Brian Pridemore

Everyone’s version of freedom looks different. Some want the big house. Some want to bootstrap a business. Some want to work from a beach in Southeast Asia. But the rules are the same.

@cbovolo @TheoAugust8 🤝

@brian_mslp @TheoAugust8 lets connect as well

Hey SaaS & startup community 👋 looking to connect with builders in tech/SaaS. Love chatting about product, growth, AI tools, and scaling. Reply or DM if you’re in the game. Let’s grow together!

@alex_lrz_nmv For sure. real live software engineers, build a platform with a little assistance from Claude

@brian_mslp Yeh I see! So it's not like you'd have vibe coded the whole thing and needed AI to understand what has been done! 😄

If AI disappeared tomorrow, would your startup survive?

@alex_lrz_nmv We could implement whatever we needed. Our clients run their entire businesses from the platform so we have to gradually add any features to ensure we aren’t disruptive. A few weeks ago we added an AI support agent that has eliminated a lot of manual tasks.

@brian_mslp What if you had to implement a new feature? 🤔

@DearS_o_n Putting regular amounts in a Roth or whatever your investment choice and watching it compound over years isn’t sexy, but it’s effective

Unfortunately, financial freedom is built through boring consistency. For years.

@Prathkum I think everyone thinks they can be a software engineer. AI advancements have made it possible to be better and faster at what you already know. People who completely switch lanes are leaving behind the number one resource they have. Experience.

I saw an Instagram story from one of my friends mentioning that he was planning to switch careers and get into software engineering. I got a bit intrigued. I replied and asked what made him think so. And he literally said that he had built a couple of websites using Lovable including his personal portfolio. He also mentioned that software engineers are earning way more than auditors. I politely replied, "Good idea, but make sure you spend time learning what software engineering is all about before quitting your job." I couldn't give better advice than that. I am a bit stunned, to be honest. AI has made everyone think that the web is easy and that anyone can build on it. Building a landing page on Lovable is not even step zero of software engineering. By that logic, I could have said I was a game developer back in the day when I used to play Mario. To anybody reading this outside the tech world, I don't want to discourage you. You can absolutely switch careers and get into tech, but don't get too delusional with these fancy tools. Software engineering is much more than that. I have been doing it for more than 6 years, yet I still have so much to learn, and I see myself as just an average developer. AI is hypnotic.

@KaiXCreator People keep talking about it but I’ve never seen a commercially viable vibe coded product.

Has anyone here actually shipped a product you created via vibe coding? How is it going?

@elonmusk Then just a thought here….maybe we should use actual data and, oh, I don’t know, maybe don’t let them in.

This is simply a fact

@kenbuildsalone Rinse and repeat. An efficient builder can repeat that with 37 builds per quarter.

The emotional cycle of a solo founder: Day 1: This idea is insane. Day 3: MVP almost done. Day 5: Landing page live. Day 7: Posted on X. Day 8: crickets Day 9: Nah, the idea wasn’t good anyway. Painfully accurate 😂

@Ritesh_Yadav_14 Happy to connect. 🤝

I want to connect with more - founders - builders - vibe coders - freelancers - web designers - ai enthusiasts - growth specialists (specifically reddit and organic) - employees at large startups I'm building something huge so if you're one of them, let's connect and help each other

@siddharthwv Most people don’t want to break the golden handcuffs.

Hot take: If you stop using your salary as comfort money you can easily escape your 9-5 within 6-12 months.

@NikiTsivitanou Our onboarding is pretty substantial. Involves whole companies. Our first 3 or 4 customers weren’t smooth but luckily for us, all of them gave us immediately actionable feedback so we improved quickly.

Founders love to say their churn is normal. "Most of it is in month one." Yes. That's where almost all churn happens in early SaaS. That's also where the fix is. "Normal churn in month one" is a polite way of saying: our onboarding doesn't work.

@mattragland It’s the only way to ensure your kids are being raised right. You will see an immediate positive change in your family’s quality of life despite any sacrifices you have to make.

Piece of advice to Dads... if your wife says she wants to stay home with the kids—figure out a way to make it work. Might mean sacrifices in (many) other areas, but it's 100% worth it for your family.

@Ethantmercer It’s just a data point. Analyze it and move on.

Failure is feedback in disguise. Every result teaches you something. The people who win aren’t the ones who avoid failure they’re the ones who learn from it faster than everyone else.

@OnatAksaray @markjivko Most valuations in tech are smoke and mirrors.

@markjivko this is a good reminder to look beyond the headlines and valuations

👉 I spent roughly 7 figures on AI agents since 2024, and it was all worth it! That's $0.000000, to be exact. And if you think my math is weird, just look at any AI startup dealing in billions of dollars. 🔹 They're all selling a $10 pizza for $0.05 and calling it "demand" 🔹 They're doing (illegal) circular financing and calling it "revenue" 🔹 They're hiding the true costs of models and calling what's left "profit" So I spent 7 figures on AI. You spent 7 figures on AI. My dead grandfather spent 7 figures on AI - who's checking?! No wonder these companies are now valued in the trillions. This is not a bubble, folks. Nothing to see here!

@JaxDraxler We’re going to help people with that.

@brian_mslp access is often the real bottleneck, not ability

the best businesses are often hiding in plain sight. in underserved communities, the hard part usually isn’t talent. it’s access. a small tool like Wyoming Launchpad can turn that gap into a start.

@JaxDraxler Good morning man. Make it a day

GM fam 🔅 quick question: breakfast at home or at a café? ☕ have a great Saturday!

@Dwriteway Consistently boring content that is actually useful will compound and get you wear you want to be

Engagement bait will ruining your brand. People can smell desperation. Don’t post like you need likes. Post like you care about the reader.

@NickDiFabio1 congratulations on figuring it out. I wrote 3 books and they barely paid for my coffee... You got any tips on how to make them sell?