44 days ago.
I hired my first virtual assistant (jeff) for $500/mo.
simple task
scrape emails and add to a csv. ✉️
simple task I procrastinated on.
made us $7.4k since. 💰
@Cobratate
Ukrainian fighters didn’t enter Russia raping women, killing children, kidnapping grannies.
Retaliation is obviously wrong, but no retaliation has happened here.
Israel has the right to defend itself to ensure nothing like this ever happens again.
Hamas are responsible for the…
day 6
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
💅🏻 dating update
sister said girls don’t date guys living in cars.
proving her wrong.
updated tinder profile:
day 7
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
since starting this journey a week ago:
- 1 investment offer. 💰
- 5 sleep arrangement invitations (all from founders). 🛏️
- 💰revenue +$4484.61
- $164.11 spent between:
* ⛽️ fuel -$107.61.
* 👔 co-working space -$10.08
* 🥘 food…
day 6
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
💅🏻 dating update
sister said girls don’t date guys living in cars.
proving her wrong.
updated tinder profile:
15 days ago
I FIRED myself from my growth role in my business.
delegated to my virtual assistant (Jeff) for $500/mo
he scrapes. does outreach. negotiates.
Jeff CLOSED $5k in influencer collabs on his own. 💰
45 days ago.
I hired my first virtual assistant (Jeff) for $500/mo.
he generated me $7.4k in revenue 💰
online punks accuse me of "exploitation"🛠️
meanwhile
Jeff going up in life 📈↗️
44 days ago.
I hired my first virtual assistant (jeff) for $500/mo.
simple task
scrape emails and add to a csv. ✉️
simple task I procrastinated on.
made us $7.4k since. 💰
i'm moving to
#SF
in April 2024.
#founders
only.
2-3 bunk beds.
central work space.
military bootcamp vibes.
ambitious people working on building companies.
$30k-200k/MRR (dm for exception)
cheapest living conditions in
#SF
.
comment if interested.
i'm moving to
#SF
in 2024.
#founders
only. (age group 18-24)
2-3 bunk beds + central work space.
military bootcamp vibes.
ambitious people working on building products.
cheapest living conditions in
#SF
.
comment if interested.
day 9
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
co-founder reunion! 🎉
we separated for 2mo.
and reunited today!
this is our first joint work session from the car.
day 10
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
met with 2 killer ecom founders
revenue is eq to GDP of small country.
BOTH watch this series!
i also went cow seeing today 🐄
day 13
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
dead car update
car back on sunday
friend offered i crash at his place.
crash i did.
first bed in 13 days.
5mo ago left military service after 3 soul-sucking years.
got sick of taking orders.
today we’re compounding revenue $$$ week over week. self-funded.
if you see this.
ur early.
day 10
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
met with 2 killer ecom founders
revenue is eq to GDP of small country.
BOTH watch this series!
i also went cow seeing today 🐄
day 9
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
co-founder reunion! 🎉
we separated for 2mo.
and reunited today!
this is our first joint work session from the car.
day 8
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
🚨POWER EMERGENCY
library work space closed on saturday
no power for laptop.
found power in gas station.
💸startup update
listed marketing processes i do myself.
delegated to freelancers.
by end of dec, all processes ->…
day 7
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
since starting this journey a week ago:
- 1 investment offer. 💰
- 5 sleep arrangement invitations (all from founders). 🛏️
- 💰revenue +$4484.61
- $164.11 spent between:
* ⛽️ fuel -$107.61.
* 👔 co-working space -$10.08
* 🥘 food…
47 days ago.
I delegated my FIRST task
and I'm absolutely ADDICTED!
we've made 3 hires: Growth, Dev, Customer Support.
stepped away from our day-to-day
business is growing & cash-flowing.💰
15 days ago
I FIRED myself from my growth role in my business.
delegated to my virtual assistant (Jeff) for $500/mo
he scrapes. does outreach. negotiates.
Jeff CLOSED $5k in influencer collabs on his own. 💰
day 4
bootstrapping a startup from my car🚗
I solved hygene!
today:
👃hygene ->✅gym shower (50$/mo)
📈startup growth -> 28% monthly growth.
* cease fire ending in 48h 🇮🇱🇵🇸
tomorrow:
- find nearest bomb shelter.💣
how to hire devs for cheap (that are secretly KILLERS)
hire under-aged (14-18yo) computer hackers.
1. teen hacker-forums
2. FIRST robotics programming teams.
3. IOI national teams (public info)
4. underground WhatsApp groups for hacker-teens.
day 7
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
since starting this journey a week ago:
- 1 investment offer. 💰
- 5 sleep arrangement invitations (all from founders). 🛏️
- 💰revenue +$4484.61
- $164.11 spent between:
* ⛽️ fuel -$107.61.
* 👔 co-working space -$10.08
* 🥘 food…
day 22
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
sent an email to patrick collison
--
my car crashed & destroyed 1wk ago🔥
stranger offered to sponser new car, but bailed.
so i sent an email to patrick collison
CC'd entire stripe marketing dept.
day 7
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
since starting this journey a week ago:
- 1 investment offer. 💰
- 5 sleep arrangement invitations (all from founders). 🛏️
- 💰revenue +$4484.61
- $164.11 spent between:
* ⛽️ fuel -$107.61.
* 👔 co-working space -$10.08
* 🥘 food…
in the past 58 days
I've made $41k hiring underaged talent🔞 (LEGALLY)
instead of: $8k/m for 10x programmer.
opted for: 17yo HACKER for $2k/mo.
bro has 7y experience coding.
baby-face with senior-level experience.
heres how I found him:
day 17
bootstrapping a startup from a couch 🛋️
hire & fire 🔥
✅finalized a new hire (customer support specialist).
🔻scammed by arab outreach freelancer for $450
car update 🚗
destroyed (see last update)
day 21
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
i get dm's every SINGLE day that I should vlog.
So... here goes
vlog
#1
next week.
ask ANY question.
i'll answer.
vlog
#1
next week.
day 23
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
delegated all marketing tasks to remote filipino workers🇵🇭
✅good: growth has continued w out me.
❌bad: growth has continued w out me.
I'm out of a job.
officially entering exploration mode.
need to find my next 10x.
day 22
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
sent an email to patrick collison
--
my car crashed & destroyed 1wk ago🔥
stranger offered to sponser new car, but bailed.
so i sent an email to patrick collison
CC'd entire stripe marketing dept.
Recently flew back from
@awilkinson
's Mastermind - "IP1".
~32 hour travel per direction.
2 days stay.
Sleep pattern is mostly destroyed.
Was it worth it?
Well... Yes!
Mind was irreversibly blown!
3 unexpected takeaways I'd like to share:
1. NEVER order a burger 🍔 in…
day 13
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
dead car update
car back on sunday
friend offered i crash at his place.
crash i did.
first bed in 13 days.
we build ChopShopAI 🪓
no budget, no openai/whisper
backend uploads videos to Slack channel.
Slack transcribes videos automatically.
We steal transcription through free API.
day 23
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
delegated all marketing tasks to remote filipino workers🇵🇭
✅good: growth has continued w out me.
❌bad: growth has continued w out me.
I'm out of a job.
officially entering exploration mode.
need to find my next 10x.
day 18
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
blackmailed by outreach freelancer.
"EiThEr pAy Or I CoNvInCe aLL LeAds YoUrE a ScAM"
sry don't negotiate w terrorists.
day 17
bootstrapping a startup from a couch 🛋️
hire & fire 🔥
✅finalized a new hire (customer support specialist).
🔻scammed by arab outreach freelancer for $450
car update 🚗
destroyed (see last update)
I’m receiving 3-5 design service offers every day.
when prompted for Proof of Excellence
they all reply w generic templates.
tag the BEST designer you know.
looking for someone good.
Help needed!
@thetechbrother
account just got locked 🔒
Our intern entered his date of birth to activate Subscriptions 📆
And now we lost our account!
if you’re in e/acc pivot to reposting this.
@X
novel marketing is how you get facetime with hard to contact people
when it feels new, people are more receptive to it
thats why ads on new social platforms rip vs ads on established networks
in the past week
we've BLOWN through 3 startup ideas
one stood out
high-growth fresh fruit & veg chain🍉
last co does $21k/mo
mom says I should get a "real" job... 😂
1.5y ago I convinced my co-founder to join me.
4mo ago we convinced our first dev to join us.
I'm convincing an incredible writer to join our team.
technical?
have write skills?
hmu
day 18
bootstrapping a startup from my car 🚗
blackmailed by outreach freelancer.
"EiThEr pAy Or I CoNvInCe aLL LeAds YoUrE a ScAM"
sry don't negotiate w terrorists.
setting revenue numbers as goals is unproductive.
"$100k/mrr by 2024"
unhelpful. you can't iterate over revenue!
instead
set company goals:
"by 2024 content team does 180pcs per week."
I split every $ w my co-founder Roey. (50/50)
(even UNRELATED to our biz)
and he does the same.
this incentives us to ONLY dedicate effort to grow the MUTUAL pie.
no side-consulting, no tutoring, no course-selling.
my most productive days
happen when I skip my morning routine
just go straight into work.
open eyes
open laptop.
start working.
no coffee. no breakfast.
builds up work-momentum for the entire day.
🚨
#founders
LISTEN UP!!!
if u delaying a black friday offer.
fire up gmail RIGHT NOW
send this email:
“Last chance to get 50% off X”
To all people that sign up but didn’t buy.
print
printttttt
NOW
on a more personal note.
the community makes this journey worthwhile.
I have so much to update but time-consuming to condense into a tweet.
will keep doing my best 😊
if you're ambitious but aren't very smart
one way to get ahead (of smarter peers)
is to master convincing smarter people to work w/ you.
it's a skill
and those nerds aren't innately better in utilizing it.
founders doing tasks THEMSELVES are rookie.
DELEGATE!
Archimedes said:
"give me a place to stand
and a lever long enough
and I will move the world."
anchient greeks knew you should delegrate.
stop being a punk.
how to grow exponentially?
scale process that ALREADY works.
✅more ad-spend, more emails, more hires.
what next?
copy systems that work for other people.
✅scale with VAs.
e.g
10$ course by top 1% SEO expert (see comment)
300$ copy course.
etc
went to
#1
teen (<18) forum in Israel. (FXP)
went to "Security Research" sub-forum.
found a link to with 150 upvotes.
decided to post a job post for $20.
got 9 applications, hired 1.
undervalued talent realestate.