i’ve been in kazakhstan for a week, and it’s crazy how the local alternatives to doordash, uber, and chase absolutely mog the original products.
i’ve also noticed that kazakh companies always seem to become super apps.
for example, we have an app called kaspi that basically combines chase, paypal, amazon, doordash, and uber into one.
its valuation is $19 billion.
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the thing i did not expect about folk: people don't build todo / portfolios apps with it
one user built a full ERP for importing pickleball paddles from vietnam. landed cost from freight, deposit rules, per-colour stock, freebie costs folded into margin so her profit number is actually true
never played pickleball but sounds fun
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My personal account @abdullaababakre was suspended for "inauthentic behavior.
I've never used a bot, scheduler, or automation tool on it. No AI-written posts — I don't even run my drafts through a grammar checker. Everything manual.
Please help @Support @nikitabier @elonmusk
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anyone who works at @X and can DM me 🙏🏻
one of my good friends got suspended for no reason and needs to get his account restored ASAP. thank you so much.
good tip for founders:
we have 2 bank accounts
one has enough cash to operate and take big bets
the other has 70% of the rest of the funding, and we basically pretend it does not exist
lets us move with urgency without being scared to swing when something actually matters!
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unlimited runway makes you slow
which is exactly constraints are underrated
a tight deadline makes you decide
imagine brining your fully charged laptop to a coffee shop and forgetting your charger
youd be the most efficient worker alive
this is why some of the best things we ever shipped at @calcom came from a hard cutoff
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my folk vs your folk
So I saw this trend on instagram that text your AI " I don't need you" then see what it gets and I texted two AI agents on whatsapp and this is what I got
I AM SURPRISED!!!!!😭
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bullshit. send them monthly, regardless of the company’s state.
worst case, they talk ab u behind ur back, but who gives a fuck?
that simply means you chose a horrible investor (many cases like this), so just keep building.
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founders: only send investor updates when you're winning.
Listen has sent 3 in its history. All fundraise announcements.
Nobody reads a bad update and helps. They just mark you as dying.
folk is in imessage so it works perfectly with shitty wifi!
thought i wasn't gonna be productive on my flight back from sf since delta wifi only works w imessage. remembered i have folk and actually got work done 😭 niche but lifesaver usecase @arlanr
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for anyone who wants to try calorie tracker in imessage that has its own app:
free startup idea
CalAI went viral letting people snap photos of food to track calories. cool app.
but what if it was just an iMessage agent?
no app to download. no new account. you just text a photo of your lunch and it texts back the macros.
iMessage agents are the most underrated distribution channel in tech right now. Apple already opened the door. the entire phone is the interface.
someone should build this yesterday
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i have experience building products with no competition and products with a lot of competition
i can say with 100% confidence that having competition is one of the best things that can happen to a company
> it keeps you stressed in a good way
> it’s fun as fuck
> you get hate from competitors, and attention is attention + it's hilarious
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product.
everything else is noise.
looking for a cameraman in SF asap for 7 days (paid + free food)
you’d record us and help us make skits / vlogs while we do crazy shit
dm me with your past work
even ai knows that tesla is not for serious people
if your team has fewer than five people, your primary communication channel should be iMessage group chat
@arlanr Tried folk , its so smooth.
