Declan

Here’s my official 3-step guide on how to LOSE $1,000,000 Step 1: Make $1,000,000…

@aadilpickle @slamco_ reality has broken

Sprint Like A Marathon @slamco_

I spent my life savings to try building a cafe. It humbled me.

I spent a week with Farza Majeed. In his own words, he's "just a guy that loves creating things for others", such as: - a $100k/year eBay business selling CDs as a teenager - Zipschool, a better way to homeschool your kids via live classes for 150,000 students - Buildspace, a school for people to work on their own ideas, helping over 200,000 people become app developers, content creators, musicians, writers, or doing anything else they loved Farza is like the internet's big brother. He makes it seem so simple to follow your passion, because he's because he's been doing it for years. He never gives advice, just tells his story and hopes people learn something from it. You look at him and think, "if he can do it, why can't I?" Everyone in Silicon Valley wants something from you, but Farza literally hasn't charged his users for the past 5 years. I'm often shocked at how he's able to afford rent, yet I'm also fairly certain he's going to be a billionaire. After burning out, he's back to founding another company. I wrote for @sfalexandria_ about his journey, how he changes the lives of everyone he meets, and what keeps him going. sfalexandria.com/posts/farzas-c…

every morning i sit down at my desk and ask myself the same question "do i build or do i share?" "do i build or make another tiktok?" building is always easier. there's always something new to make. but sharing is hard. it means putting yourself out there to be judged. i recently started posting a youtube video every day, and it's helped a lot. it stopped me from asking "should i share this?" and forced me to ask "what should i share?"

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I dropped out of college to open a cafe for unemployed people. Would you pull up?

my grandma watches my youtube videos every day last week she told me “no one else is watching. you should make something more interesting” she’s right. i’m a founder who’s sunk over a million dollars into this company posting daily vlogs that get a few hundred views i made a video about why, and why ever founder should be making content

@wordisbonz @fdotinc i'm excited to watch

i’ve had this idea for a while now. so, i’m going to give it a shot

i met january this year with a lot of dread for most of last year, i was working from my room. i thought that's what hard work looked like, being alone and heads down for so many hours, but it was incredibly lonely. for the last two months, i had the absolute delight of being part of an incredible community: SLAM & Co i was working alongside some of the most sincere, talented, and warm people: ceramicists, video game designers, bakers, engineers. it is so rare to find a community that feels good down to it's bones, and Slam has done the near impossible of achieving was that. i have felt nourished by the time I spent there. If you're also a solo entrepreneur looking for community, take this as a sign ✨

shani once said "Work can be literally anything you want if you know how to sell it" she's carved out her own path making a living from art by doing things like painting portraits at tech events writing poems during mother's day we made a video about her story and how there are so many ways to carve out your own path in this world

@dantioxidants @wabi y'all have been cooking!

Last month, I turned 24 and escaped to Austria bc I’d been building at a pace that had nothing to do with what I was actually building toward Brought a filmmaker, a creative director, and a production studio (and a bunch of creators) into @wabi And… too many cooks. So I stopped. Not strategically. I think God just got tired of watching me sprint in circles This is the slowest I’ve taken to build an account - but it’s been worth it My first app hit nearly 500k followers and $500k in revenue in 50 days from the one account I built for it. But the app fell apart bc we built it in the same 50 days (and bc our school threatened to sue us lol) It’s the same story with my past apps. Quick wins, then forced to play the optimization game After 5 apps, I realized the bottleneck was never the story. It was how hard software is to make well (meaning people actually use it and aren’t just optimized into conversion) And that’s why I want to make software as simple to create as a TikTok - or as deep as a YouTube film And unless software is dead, the question is actually one I think worth answering Shoutout @thesimonkim @wordisbonz (and ofc the wabi team) - it’s been a pleasure to cook with y’all. I’m grateful to learn by doing, grateful especially for the friction & clarity More coming, but with certainty

POV: you run a company with your friends

today was day 3 of Declan eating souvla every day also day 6 of documenting turning an empty warehouse into our dream workspace i hope you enjoy the video. lmk if you have any feedback

@alexmazansky @cafebonney @_dcai @slamco_ glad you like it!

this is awesome, keep it up @cafebonney @declangessel @_dcai @slamco_

We made a video about Meghan, who left her accounting job to pursue her dreams She started a business selling sudoku journals This is a video about her story, it's really worth a watch

We rented out an entire building in San Francisco To make the Hogwarts for founders, artists, creators, and makers. We just got the keys, and I made a video about it

@donaldjewkes @RoKhanna @coffeebreak_YT i'm excited to watch

TOMORROW: JMail documentary featuring @RoKhanna – U.S. Congressman and co-author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act Stephen Findeisen – investigative journalist, JMail power user, and creator of @coffeebreak_YT

I spent 24 hours with Niv, a baker, before she held her first ever cake pop-up. We talked about how she got into baking, her love for storytelling through food, and why you should start before you’re ready. Here’s the video