Roman Khan - Founder of Peak 21. We acquire brands

We sold $200,000,000+ worth of earbuds in 3.5 years. All bootstrapped with zero funding. Here’s how we did it. 🧵

@macastel3 Yeah. My heads of production definitely does for each brand

A good manager in China now makes more money for a similar position than in Europe

@Seanfrank @MediaKing Great take

Ai job loss- my perspective as the decision maker in a $100,000,000+ company: 1- ai job loss is over hyped. we have fired zero people because of ai we have fired people for refusing to do the work on their job description. we have fired people for being bad at their jobs. we have fired people for not trying to use new tools. But we are still set to SLOWLY increase headcount this year. maybe net 2-5 people. 2- the real effect is job growth slowing. I will always need someone who "owns" a vertical. I have an inventory director. She needs to be the decision maker in all inventory planning. Agents SHOULD help her. Agents should do most of the work. But it needs to roll to a human. If she is gone, it has to go to my COO or me. Just not functional at a large org. I see the revenue per person target just increasing. 1 million was gold standard. Now its 2m. and by 2027 it will be 5m. More work being done. the same number of humans in the loop- not less. 3- The stagnation in the knowledge work market will be offset by the demand in blue collar work. this is obviously happening right now. My brother in law is a welder. there is unlimited demand. we run a production facility. that has doubled in 12 months. There could very well be a decline in "email" jobs. but that decline will be modest, and will be more than made up for in the blue collar boom. eventually, we will build houses and mines and factories in america. 4- every 20 years, the hot job has to change. It was finance in the 80s. tech in the 2000s. and now it will be plumbing and electrician. I remember the "learn to code" movement around coal miners. It came off as mean and tone deaf. but I think we will need a program to teach former product managers from SAAS companies to learn to weld. 5- Jobs are fake. In 1800, 95% of people were farmers. In 1900, 80% of people were farmers. In 2026, 3% of people are farmers. If you went back in time to 1880, and explained your job to a coal miner, he would assume you were the god king of earth. But no, we just tippy type and order private taxi for our food. The work we do just changes. we are going through a change now. on the otherside, I think there are higher wages and lower prices for everyone. service work will be seen as high status. baristas will make 100k a year. the future will be awesome, because tech will do more and more of the work. like farming today. ---- Not financial advice, but I dont believe the doomerism. Im daily cost averaging into the market. We are going to see the single biggest quality of life jump EVER. 4 day work weeks, higher saleries, people building shit again. as you know, I am an optimist. NEVERDOOM!

@TheCopyTrail Yup

@RomanEcom They know, they just don't give a shit.

52% of the worlds population lives on less than <$10 a day. When oil goes >$100 a barrel the inflationary impact is insane. Oil as a % of wallet share goes to >33% in many cases. My biggest privilege in life was two folded: 1. Winning the Norwegian lottery (my dad had the foresight to leave Bangladesh pre independence) 2. Growing up “poor” in Norway with frequent trips back to the “homeland” to Bangladesh providing me with clarity and perspective on how privileged I was l being Norwegian I fear that so many of our policy makers globally lack this very perspective and go to war not understanding how they put half the global population at risk in the process. I pray that this war ends and we return to normalcy sooner than later. No one’s winning.

@shiri_shh I’m sure you can pick these up for $1 No need to borrow if you have this strong of a conviction

Can someone LEND me MONEY to SHORT Duolingo 😭 It's going below $50 in next few months.

@George_Laing_ @TimurNegru You’re YouTube link is broken fyi

@RomanEcom @TimurNegru 😎😎😎

There is this British guy that is single handedly giving some of Italy's dying villages a new life. He's 33 and from London. Couldn't afford to live there anymore so he moved to a small village in Sicily called Mussomeli (the one that went viral a few years ago for its €1 housing scheme). He bought 2 houses through the scheme and has been renovating them himself, documenting everything on Instagram. Grew to around 800k followers across his socials in the process and now the mayor of a nearby town has reached out and asked him to partner up on a similar scheme there. They're planning to sell around 100 houses together, while also promoting Sicily to an international audience. He's also buying 3 of those himself, bringing his total to 5. Channel 4 are joining him too btw, so this is now national news in the UK. I'm frequently asked how hard renovation in Italy is. My answer is always the same, it's not easy, especially in smaller villages..but possible. This guy has done it multiple times over and in Sicily of all places. He's even starting to look like a Sicilian.

@Sumohax0r Hahaha

I’m flying back to HK on Saturday from JFK. Anxious about TSA and the delays at the airports. What amazes me about America is that you have enough money to fund another war but not enough for your airport staff 🤣

@NotZainAgain Hahaha I was wrong and I’m glad. All ICE agents throughout. Strange experience for someone who comes here 4-5 times a year. All of them were so polite and nice. I guess they are because I am leaving the country by choice 😂

@RomanEcom you were saying?

Got here way too early. No line and I got through in <3 min. Apparently lines were super long leading up to 09:30 AM ET

@kennyhanson @moizali So good seeing you both !

Great hang with the guys last night @RomanEcom @moizali

@ecomlion @VijarKohli Not something that’s amazing

@RomanEcom @VijarKohli Curious if you found the one by now

It's pretty crazy. I've talked to 3 prospective AI customer service providers the past week. All of them are more expensive than actually hiring offshore on a per ticket basis. Makes no sense. AI Agents is a feature not a moat. Not sure why all the legacy customer service platforms are moving so slowly (Zendesk, Gorgias etc) - they have the customer already (?) and its a nice way to grow MRR.

@theisaacmed @MehtabKarta I’m spending too time on X

@RomanEcom @MehtabKarta How bad is it? I didn’t even think of it affecting pjs

@sagupta_nyc Yes consistent track record

@RomanEcom You can always count on America to start another war.

@Sumohax0r The lease was not real to start with

@Sumohax0r LOL

@MehtabKarta I can't afford it with the new fuel prices. It's like I'm getting double-fisted right now

@RomanEcom Just take ur private jet sir

@TMT_arabic 🤣

Pakistani Defense Minister: ​"It seems that the goal of the war against Iran has shifted to 'opening' the Strait of Hormuz—which was already open before the war began."

@runtraffic I don’t! Can I get it as a foreigner?

@RomanEcom Do you have Clear?

@yojimmykim This is what worries me

@RomanEcom Just don’t take an early morning flight and it’s fine.