Simon Wilhelm

We recently crossed €200k ARR. 🚀 But the number isn't the crazy part. The method is: • We downscaled from 8 → 2.5 FTE. • We grew 3x after cutting the bloat. • We have Zero VC investment. We stopped building a complex "GTM Platform" (like everyone else) and focused on doing ONE thing violently well: Getting cited in AI Search. Complexity kills startups. Focus scales them. Let's build your engine. 👇 calendly.com/simon-scaile/a…

@hamptonism and now we’re trying to figure out if that was a good idea

we discovered fire, then, soon after, machine learning discovered us.

@thesayannayak give value for free charge for outcomes

Stop giving away what you worked hard to build. Charge money for your App/SaaS. You’re running a business, not a charity.

@amritwt and we’ve been dealing with the consequences ever since 😭

javascript was built in ten days

@itsolelehmann tools will change people who know what they’re doing won’t

pretty sure in 6-12 months most people will do 90% of their work via claude interface

@unkonfined replying is the new networking

If nobody’s replying to you, start replying to everybody.

@addyosmani AI just exposes your taste faster

AI doesn't replace taste. It multiplies whatever taste you already have.

@pmitu free plan gets you users paid plan tells you if you actually built something valuable

Respect yourself, remove the Free plan.

@trikcode tools got easier value didn’t

Ok… I see why SaaS might be in trouble. I just tested a tool that can generate a full product in minutes. Not a landing page. Not a mockup. An actual working app: • frontend • backend • database All from a single prompt.

@pcshipp more like 1% building something people want 99% figuring out how to get it in front of them

2026: 1% building + 99% marketing This what I have learned so far

@bindureddy lock-in is the real problem, not the model

If your code can only work with Anthropic models, you will be stuck in a local maxima 🤷‍♀️ You need to rewire your code base for GPT 5.4 thinking It’s cheaper and more performant than Opus for some tasks

Been thinking about something lately. A lot of people assume the hardest part of working remotely is the work itself. It’s not. It’s trust, communication, and timing. You deliver your part, you stay consistent, you show up.. but sometimes you’re still waiting on the other end for things to move. Not because people don’t care, but because everyone’s running on different timelines, systems, and expectations. And that gap… that’s where most frustration lives. I’ve learned that clarity matters more than effort sometimes. Clear expectations. Clear timelines. Clear communication. Work gets easier when both sides are aligned.. not just on the task, but on how things flow. Still figuring that out, but getting better at it.

@lennysan engineering is slowly becoming a budget decision

The new “how many resources should we put on this project”

@Nicolascole77 some people don’t follow up because they’re not interested others don’t follow up because they think they’re being annoying big difference

Something I tell writers about the importance of following-up with potential clients: As a business owner, I deliberately don't respond to the first email pitch anyone sends me. Not because I'm not interested—but because I want to see if they'll follow-up. It's a very easy litmus test to gauge someone's competence and persistence. If you pitch me once and give up, that tells me everything I need to know about your work ethic, how much you care, how far you'll go, etc. Whereas if you pitch me and follow-up for months in a row, that also tells me everything I need to know. Your persistence speaks volumes about your work ethic. And I'm significantly more likely to hire you.

@heyblake a lot of people have reach very few have people who actually care

Reach is a vanity metric Resonance is a revenue metric

@BillyM2k starting before I felt “ready”

what was the best decision of your life?

@james406 most founders aren’t avoiding AI they just don’t know what to actually use it for

optimist: the glass is half full pessimist: the glass is half empty founder: the glass will never escape the permanent underclass if it keeps avoiding AI tools that 10x its productivity

@joni_vrbt you built it… you just don’t fully understand it 😭

Let’s finally agree on this. If I vibe coded a project, can I still tell people that I built it?

@1Umairshaikh year 1 you chase ideas year 3 you chase people who actually pay

Year 1 founder thoughts: 'I need a co-founder, funding, and an office.' Year 3 founder thoughts: 'I need one customer who desperately needs this.'

@hthieblot @paulg yeah it usually means they don’t know what to actually build

@paulg Chief innovation officer says everything about the company that has one

A rule of thumb that has served me well: Beware of anything with "innovation" in the name.

@paulg if you have to say “innovation” out loud, it’s probably not