Ellie See

I used to believe that founders shouldn't cook You should only spend your time working on your business, and cooking is for the poor Eventually I started spending around €2,000 per month just on eating out (see screenshot), and my health declined because of all the unhealthy restaurant food Then I saw the videos of @dobry and tweets of @levelsio and how they cook their meals (and those guys are super successful founders), and something shifted in me I began cooking steaks because it's literally frying the meat, and it's doable in 15 minutes, then started cooking chicken breasts and fish in the oven (takes under 20 minutes) I am a total noob in cooking, so I'm using ChatGPT heavily. I go into the store, take a picture of the main protein I want to cook, and then ask it how to make it tasty and what to buy with it. Then, in the kitchen, I take a picture of all my appliances and ingredients and ask ChatGPT to teach me how to cook this meal with exact proportions and quantities. As a nice add-on, I learned how to serve food properly, keep different ingredients in the fridge so that they last longer, and awesome skills like separating the spine of the fish. Now, I'm spending way less on the food – and I feel less stressed about keeping up the MRR of my startup. Even if it goes to 0, I know how to cook and can live comfortably I have fewer energy spikes and mood swings. I know exactly what my food consists of, and I can control that it's more proteins and less carbohydrates, sugars, and fats. So if you're a founder, don't be ashamed of cooking. You will be healthier, live longer, have more independence, and as a result will build more awesome things!