Sam Drozdov

@lottsnomad 🚀

we’re building payroll for the modern workforce & we're raising in SF > gusto built payroll for employees ($9b) > deel built payroll for contractors ($17b) no one has built payroll for performance we’re doing that. starting with pay-per-view - companies want to pay for results, not retainers. YouTube alone has paid out $100B+ based on video performance Successful apps like Cal AI & Quittr are running $500k+ monthly ugc campaigns but its impossible to: > calculate views across platforms > pay people anywhere in the world > stay compliant with taxes and reporting so we fixed it. our platform makes it easy to pay anyone, anywhere, for performance. > ⁠one dashboard > ⁠instant global payouts > ⁠automated compliance no spreadsheets, no stress. - i’ve spent the last few years building, scaling and exiting apps that reached millions of users. i paid hundreds of contractors and creators on a CPM or performance basis. it always felt broken. every week was a mess of spreadsheets, invoices, and late-night Slack messages asking... “how much do we owe Emily this week?” that’s when I realized, the system we needed didn’t exist. so we built it. we started hosting the biggest consumer app events in SF (1000+ people came to my home) on the surface it looked like community building in reality it was market research we wanted to see if others felt the same pain we did they did. it was so painful that when we raised our angel round, a customer invested mid convo (crazy) today we’re launching with $500k in monthly payroll ready to go and another $1.5m in pipeline how? > i run a community of 400+ app founders, scaling through performance based ugc marketing > i've helped marketing agencies close down new clients doing performance based organics > i am the distribution. this isn’t theory it’s real, and it’s live today here’s how we see it: the future of payroll isn’t hourly. it’s not monthly. it’s performance based. You deliver results, you get paid. Simple as that. > Gusto built payroll for jobs. > Deel built payroll for work. > We built payroll for performance. if you're in SF and back early stage founders, i want to meet you

Roblox’s concurrent users up 50% since this tweet

@metapreston love it, Steve was a sales person before a product person

@SamuelDrozdov actually a good point. What did Steve Jobs do as his first act at Apple? He went to the local electronics store and sold them a computer (that was yet to be made)

How do you *really* start a startup? You get in a room with someone you trust and don't come out until a product is built

I would be surprised if there isn’t a Cursor for product managent soon. It’ll probably work something like this: - ingests product context (docs, analytics, codebases) - creates projects and sub tasks - assigns tickets - evaluates outcomes With a human in the loop at every step and many opportunities for reinforcement learning.

@DylanMcD8 Iridescent metal! Beautiful.

These new Milestone coins in Apple Music Replay are stunning

Interfaces are now made out of paper and liquid glass. What comes next? Some ideas: - iridescent metal - mixable paint - electric neon - bottled rainbows - smoke and mirrors - spreadable butter - chunky peanut butter - chocolate rain - firm tofu - spilt milk

Roblox spent 15+ years focused on building a game engine and economy. Now they’re building social media features and going exponential. Recent launches: - UGC notifications and events - Revamped feed and algorithm - Revamped groups and friends - New messaging features and parties

Apple has had 3D icons for a while and no one noticed

@markgurman Is this the metaverse?

NEW: Apple is planning a dedicated app for video games on its devices, seeking to sell gamers and developers on the idea that it’s a leader in the market. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Bad year for Apple brand perception - lost to Meta - lost to OpenAI - lost to Epic Games - lost to Google

@0sebo Not what I was imagining but this is kinda a chat-based example

@0sebo Not sure hah. Hoping someone would tell me. Some ideas: - chat-based games - llm-powered NPCs - generative worlds/games

Where are all the LLM games?

@0sebo Where?

@SamuelDrozdov aren't they everywhere?

@metapreston Homemade cioppino from ny 😞

@SamuelDrozdov yo! come through

One of San Francisco’s greatest inventions is cioppino with sourdough

@bchesky 🤔

Flat design is over. The future is colorful and dimensional.

@jonathanroomer This is by far my longest. The report was mostly blank space so I think something broke along the way

Anyone seen a longer ChatGPT Deep Research time ? Nearly an hour !

New Deep Research record. Can anyone beat this?