Stefano Taranto

I spent 12 years in a software house. Started as a junior with no senior to learn from. Ended up as CTO. Here's what that journey actually taught me and the mistake I'd avoid if I could do it again🧵

@thedankoe This is so true. When i pause and listen or let my self bore, i find that the path in frint clears up

A pattern I've noticed in stuck people: They're always busy. They never stop moving. They have 47 tabs open and a notebook-sized to-do list. But if you ask them what they accomplished this week that actually matters, their mind goes blank. Busyness isn't a badge of honor.

@mskoriwilson Unfortunately entitlement seems to be an issue with many people today

Don't be like those people who think the world owes them something. Be like those people who believe that they owe the world something.

@aryanlabde Well try outsourcing the development to a company

Nobody talks about the cost of vibe coding. Claude, cursor, vercel, supabase. You’re paying $200/month in tools to build a product making $0.

Manifestation isn't voodoo. It’s biology. Your Reticular Activating System (RAS) is a literal hardware filter in your brain. If you don't give it a logical set of instructions, it filters out the opportunities you're looking for. Stop vibrating and start engineering your inputs

@delveroin Depends on the type of followers

Which one would you rather have right now? - 50k followers - $1k MRR Be honest

@wisdomXplorer Only thing to do is to learn from past mistakes

What's done is done. What's gone is gone. Now keep your eyes forward.

@sheddy_memes Staying in your comfort zone is the biggest danger

you have to take risk to be successful.

@theandreilucian On it

Stop collecting advice. Start collecting reps.

@SimonHoiberg Well, truth is you can use temporarily these tools for validation and then migrate to something else.

"Just use Vercel." "Just use Supabase." "Just use Clerk." Cool. Now your auth, database, and deployment are owned by 3 different companies who can change pricing whenever they want. And the rest of your product is wrapping OpenAI. At some point you have to ask yourself: what do I actually own here?

@danmartell I accept advice from people that do things better than me

If they've never done the thing, they're NOT qualified to tell you whether you should.

@mskoriwilson It's hard because people start at Step 1 and hope for the best. If you start at the goal and reverse-engineer the logic gates required to get there, it’s just a series of technical problems to be solved. One is emotional and the other is operational. Choose the latter.

There's a reason why most people don't build a business. It's f*cking hard.

@stijnnoorman It's more of a marathon and not a sprint

Relax. 99% will quit. You don't need to beat everybody. You just need to stay consistent for long enough.

@sheddy_memes @AlexHormozi “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows”

@AlexHormozi You have to be ready being a beginner.

To become great, you gotta be bad for a very long time.

@sexto_element0 Probably because they don't limit themselves

A FACT! Believe it or not, this happens every time even if things are not manifesting in the way you want. Because you unconsciously delusion your future with fear.

@andysvibe Stress is definitely a performance killer. But for someone already executing and investing regularly, what does 'aggressively clearing thoughts' look like in practice? Is it just mindset, or is it about unblocking the specific fears that stop you from scaling?

I get text messages from my friends or clients everyday about how overwhelmed they are with money and sales. The manifestation formula that I put them on is aggressively clearing their negative thoughts on money and aggressively doing money affirmations. If they execute this formula correctly, then without fail, money comes flooding in within a short period of time like never before.

@AlexRev19 Good job. Agree with you 100% about manifestation

Closed partial profits at EQ clean execution and solid RR. Most importantly.I finally passed the FTMO Challenge Phase. Consistency beat doubt. Discipline beat emotion. “Manifestation isn’t magic it’s what happens when preparation meets unwavering belief.”

@Lipstick_Logic I’m a believer in 'Manifestation through Work.' I think if you get crystal clear on what you want, it stops you from wasting time on things that don't matter.

People talk about manifestation, the universe, energy etc. Do you think manifestation actually works?

@danmartell True, but there is also the opposite, where you are never comfortable

The most dangerous person in your life is the one who makes you feel comfortable with mediocrity.

@danmartell Isn't that discipline?

Underrated life skill: show up even if you don't feel like it.

@yashhq_22 Most of them by bad distribution for sure, especially now with AI handling most of the build phase.

Which one kills most startups? - bad idea - bad distribution