Greg Van Horn

I started and failed at 4 businesses in my 20s. Today I’m the founder $100M / year bootstrapped business here is what I learned along the way 👇👇

@CoachDanGo Just added glycine to evening tea. Love the added sweetness, very close to honey. 💪

Every night I drink something I call Knockout Tea. It’s a bag of chamomile tea, 5-10 grams of glycine, and electrolytes. The chamomile calms the nervous system. The glycine improves sleep quality, and the electrolytes prevent nighttime trips to the bathroom.

@sitetusk @thesamparr Asmartbear.com

@thesamparr Link to the SAAS blog?

My buddy Jason Cohen has built not one but two companies worth over a billion dollars (we met in Hampton). - First he founded SmartBear. Grew it, sold it. - Then he starts WP Engine, a managed WordPress hosting platform. - Bootstrapped the early days, raised capital and scaled it to $350M+ ARR. - WP Engine sells part of the company to PE - On the side Jason writes one of the best SaaS blogs on the internet He's got a book coming out this summer called Hidden Multipliers (hiddenmultipliers.com). If you're building a company, keep an eye out for it. Pretty awesome.

Someone built an API whose only job is to say no. You send it a request. It sends back a rejection. That's the entire product. It's called No-as-a-Service. NaaS. 1,000+ rejection reasons. All curated. All devastating. Here's what it returns: - "This feels like something Future Me would yell at Present Me for agreeing to." - "I only function on coffee and denial, and I'm out of coffee." - "If I agree, I’d need to clone myself. And I don’t trust him." - "I have a personal policy of saying no on days ending in 'y'." Need to reject a meeting? NaaS. Need to decline a date? NaaS. Need to say no to your boss without getting fired? Believe it or not, also NaaS. Here's the wildest part: Developers loved it so much they built an entire ecosystem around it. - A Slack bot that responds with /no in team channels - A Signal bot for automated rejections - An iOS app on the App Store called "Nope App" - An Android app that gives you excuses on demand - A Raycast extension so you can reject things from your launcher - An MCP plugin so your AI assistant says no for you 6,500+ developers starred a joke. 408 people forked it to build their own ways to say no. The license reads: "MIT -- do whatever, just don't say yes when you should say no." The most honest software ever written. Its only job is to say no. And it does it beautifully. 100% Open Source. (Link in the comments)

@MediaKing Love my 40th anniversary version, it's just very thick, so don't wear it as much. This might be a nice add.

I'm a buyer.

@ClimStefan @CoachDanGo Good poops

@CoachDanGo What does psyllium husk help with?

I eat this breakfast every day. I call it Lean Body Glop and it looks like slop but it tastes delicious. Recipe: - 250g low fat Greek Yogurt - One scoop weigh protein powder - Tablespoon of psyllium husk - 100g frozen fruit (strawberries, blueberries, mangoes work best) Around 350 calories, 40-50 protein, 10g fiber. Eat this for breakfast every day.

@jordan_ross_8F OS

I fully reverse-engineered Ramp's internal AI operating system. Their system — called Glass — is how they got 99% of their entire company using AI every single day. 350+ reusable workflows. Every tool connected at first login. Memory that refreshes every 24 hours. Automations running while everyone sleeps. I partnered with my engineering team and we broke down every component inside it. Then we rebuilt the whole thing for marketing agencies. 76 pages. Every system. Every layer. Every step. Steal it. Comment "OS" and I'll send it directly. Must be a following to receive auto DM

@pitdesi You need to checkout Equinox Hotel NYC. It’s exactly that. There minbar has everything you want and more lol

Idea: a hotel brand geared towards great sleep I get especially bad sleep when traveling (jet lag etc) and being alert is often even more important than usual So design a hotel around it: Soundproof rooms with warm lighting, blackout curtains, great bedding & mattresses with firmness options, weighted blankets for those who want them, individual temp control Provide sleep tracking, smart wake-up, soothing audio for those who want it Better nutrition in the restaurant, minibar with sleep oriented products (sleepy tea, etc) You can take it further with wellness- saunas and hot tubs, sleep focused massages, etc. I would stay!

@JoePompliano Whoop needs to sponsor these events and then date their HR after each hole when they post the score. Would be awesome to see. Live streaming would be even better

Rory McIlroy is an investor in Whoop, wears one of the company's wristbands while playing, and allows the brand to share his data periodically. Here are some of his Masters highlights: • 24,000+ steps on Sunday • 91,000+ steps during the tournament Rory's heart rate spiked to 135 BPM during his tee shot on 18, dropped to 121 BPM during his approach shot, fell further to 105 BPM during his winning putt, and then jumped back up to 150 BPM during his celebration. His resting heart rate for the week was 47-49 BPM. Rory says he follows a strict routine during the PGA Tour season to ensure proper rest and recovery: • No caffeine after 2 PM • Last meal at least 2 hours before bed • Magnesium and theanine for sleep quality • Blue-light-blocking glasses in the evening • Sauana or Epsom salt bath when available • Cool room temperature for sleep He follows the same three-hour routine before every round: arrive at the course → warm up in the gym → eat breakfast → hit balls on the range → putting green. Rory says he believes his focus on longevity will help him play another 10+ years at a high level, and his physiological age on Whoop is now 1.5 years younger than his actual age. Plus, it turned out to be a pretty good investment. Rory initially invested in Whoop in 2020 when the company was valued at $1.2 billion. While we don't know exactly how much he invested, Whoop recently raised another round at a $10.1 billion valuation. That's an 8.4x multiple in five years. Not bad, not bad.

@Curlh1 @marmaduke091 There’s a huge step for non-engineers between lovable up to Claude Code. So many prerequisites that most people don’t even realize. Huge Anthropic fan however perplexity computer with Claude is easier to get your app/web app out

@marmaduke091 Still a bit confused myself. What is the benefit of loveable above current claude code? except lovable has a lot less flexibility?

Another leak from Anthropic They created a lovable-like feature where you can build full-stack apps easily They are coming after everthing

@maxwellfinn How are you scoring each section?

Doing the same thing for ads. The key is the pass back the live data so the grading rubric can get better and more accurate with every run.

Really need a g650 or a 7500.

Correction: Round trip $15,000* in direct operating costs (fuel + maintenance programs). He does indeed have a G650 (ER). His is a 2022, so lower end of that range (probably below $50M). He made an estimated $83M in 2024 when he took delivery of it.

What incredible few days in Indianapolis. Capital One hosted Christine and me at the NCAA Championship, and the hospitality was absolutely next level. VIP access at Capital One Jam Fest to see Post Malone and Megan Moroney live (Posty was unreal), meet and greet with Caitlin Clark, followed by watching Michigan take down UConn in a game that came down to the wire. One of those trips you don’t forget. Grateful for great partners who go above and beyond.

@blvckledge Advert

advertorials are a CHEATCODE for scaling google ads while everyone’s bidding on the same $3 CPC keywords you can use them to acquire cold traffic customers with $0.07 CPCs i made a guide breaking down how we pull it off. like + reply “advert” and i’ll send it to you (follow so i can DM)

@MediaKing Agree. Could see them building a nice orchestration layer on top of twilio.

@GregVanHorn It’s not an easy thing to build.

SMS right now is where email was 10-15 years ago. Open rates are really good. Most people are opening most of these texts. But it won't always be that way — there's a window right now, and you should be taking advantage of it.

@mhp_guy Hey Chris - love your episodes on MFM. Don't have an acquisition offer but do have an idea on how we can increase revenue for your show. DM sent.

TBPN had 70k viewers per episode and sold for $100m. The Koerner Office has 170k viewers per episode and is now formally soliciting acquisition offers for $250m and above. DMs are open😂 Who wouldn't want to reach 45% biz owners & 55% aspiring biz owners aged 25-55 in the US??

@jnpayne What did you like about each? I assumed you be closer to the ocean

@GregVanHorn We were in Alaro and now Santa Maria del Camí. Favorite part of day is the late morning…super quiet bc everyone back in US is not up yet!

I’m Josh. I sold my 1st company for near 9-figures, and 8 months ago I did something unexpected. I moved my family to Spain three years into building my 2nd company. 10 weeks later, it hit a $20M run rate profitably and bootstrapped. Here's how I made both happen:

@MediaKing @danielcberk @thesamparr You mean you don’t want someone who has a nytimes article written then half the intent is after them?

@danielcberk @GregVanHorn @thesamparr Compliant?

Big news: I am the new host of the Moneywise podcast. I met @thesamparr a couple years ago and started getting to know him after interviewing him on my own podcast. I love what he’s doing with Hampton and have a ton of respect for what he’s built across his different businesses over the years (The Hustle, My First Million, etc). Moneywise has the potential to be a top 10 podcast (I genuinely believe it), and I’m excited to play a part in that. Now I’m looking for $50M+ guests to come on the podcast who want to be radically transparent about their finances and personal spending. Moneywise divulges the spending habits and financial details of the world’s wealthiest individuals in a way you can’t possibly get anywhere else on the internet. The concept is amazing, but finding wealthy people who are willing to share all the tiny details about their money is way harder than you’d expect (go figure). When you do it right, it’s gold for both guest and listener. The average listener is a highly successful founder themselves, so guests often experience a lot of serendipity and network expansion from coming on the show. And in the event someone wants to share their details but remain anonymous— good news. They can! Some of the best performing episodes to date are from billionaires who changed their name and voice on air to remain entirely anonymous. If you know someone who might be a good fit to come on Moneywise, please connect us. And if you’re not already listening to the show, now’s a great time to start.

@MediaKing @danielcberk @thesamparr I appreciate the nomination, I’m usually more of a behind the scenes kind of guy

@GregVanHorn @danielcberk @thesamparr @GregVanHorn You should be the next guest!