Scott Faust

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Scott Faust

Scott Faust

@scottfaust43

Startup founder working on something new. I post about growing early-stage startups. #BuildinPublic #COYG

Austin, TX Katılım Nisan 2009
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Scott Faust
Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
I've learned that trust is the currency of any fast-moving and fun startup journey. So I'm excited to team up again with my good friend and the incredible product mind, @marbemac. We'll be sharing more as we all reimagine and absorb how software is built and consumed.
Marc MacLeod@marbemac

Finally. It's time. A decade after starting my first company (wow time flies), I'm working on something new! The new company is Datanaut, and while it's too early to share specifics, I'm excited to work with @scottfaust43 and our small team to re-imagine how we as humans interface with AI, each other, and the treasure trove of data that is fragmented across the apps we use every day. I'm not much of a sharer, but this go-around I'm committed to building more in public. Expect to see regular posts from me on things like ui / ux design, agentic patterns, running a lean company, and more in the weeds technical stuff - basically a log of the real-world challenges that we're faced with every day as we build Datanaut. I can't wait to share more. Most importantly, I can't wait to start shipping again 🚀.

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Scott Faust
Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
Agents are very good at the summary work. Surfacing the details, synthesizing the outputs, and providing you with an aggregated update. But there's something that happens when you double-click into the data yourself. Or see how a team member narrates the numbers. Or listen to how somebody prioritizes the work. You find out if people actually understand what they're looking at. If they understand the most meaningful inputs. You see the gaps in the org that never make it into the Cliff Notes version. There will be an emergent skill in knowing where to hold back on handing it off to AI.
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Alex Dees
Alex Dees@alexmdees·
1. FREE AI Visibility Scanner To celebrate our launch, we built the first free LLM visibility scanner. Type in your domain. We’ll show you exactly how (and if) you’re being recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini. RT + Comment "AI" on the launch vid and i'll send it to you.
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Alex Dees
Alex Dees@alexmdees·
Introducing Meridian. 50% of searches are now powered by AI (Think ChatGPT and Gemini) Meridian is the FIRST Visibility Engine to get you ranked #1 by AI. Bold claim? Here's how 👇
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Scott Faust
Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
Met with a buddy who switched his weekly leadership meeting from weekly to monthly. I asked him, "Would a sports team play a game, and then wait a month to review the game tape?" Of course not. The problem is that these weekly meetings are often poorly run. If objectives exist, they are not updated in advance and commented on by others. The team is giving status updates vs problem solving. The loudest person gets the mic. All objectives are normalized vs. supporting the team member with the clearest objective on fire and most impactful to the company. A data question leads to a 30-minute discussion that veers off into a rabbit hole. Transactional, week-to-week tasks are heavily discussed versus a brief 'yes/no' agenda section. If done right, the weekly meeting is the most important hour of the week and the highest growth lever of the company.
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
The family is back in Austin after a year on the move — 13 countries, 23 flights, 44 Airbnbs, and 16 hotels. I pulled together my Top 10 Reflections from the journey (link in comments). Excited for the shift into product building mode with Datanaut.
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
There are many amazing nuggets in this conversation, but one stood out, and I see it a bit differently. @danshipper makes an interesting point: junior folks will enter the workforce with management skills, having grown up managing fleets of AI agents and navigating the nuances among the models and tools. At first, it landed. But the more I thought about it, the more it felt off to equate managing agents with managing people. AI fluency and agent integration are fast becoming essential skills, but that does not mean a twenty-something knows how to manage. Management will always be deeply human. It's about recognizing patterns in hiring and retaining the best talent. It’s about getting more out of people than they see in themselves. It’s about navigating priority tradeoffs that will upset key team members. It is built upon thousands of human interactions, resulting in hundreds of lessons learned from successes and failures. Perhaps better to distinguish this emerging skill as ‘coordination’ vs. ‘management’.
Lenny Rachitsky@lennysan

Inside @Every: The AI-native startup with 5 products, 7-figure revenue, and 100% AI-written code With just 15 people, @Every publishes a daily AI newsletter, ships AI products, and operates a million-dollar-a-year consulting arm—all while their engineers write virtually zero code. It’s the most radical example of an AI-first company, and @danshipper (CEO) is a prolific writer who has become a leading voice on how AI is transforming the way we live and work. In this conversation, we discuss: 🔸 Why every company needs an “AI operations lead” 🔸 The most underrated AI tool for non-programmers 🔸 Why Dan thinks AI will reshore jobs to the U.S. 🔸 An inside look at Every’s AI-first workflow 🔸 How Dan’s team uses an arsenal of AI agents (Claude, Codex, “Friday,” “Charlie”) in parallel, treating each AI like a specialist with unique strengths 🔸 Why generalists will thrive in an AI-first world, as rigid job titles blur and everyone becomes a “manager” of AI tools 🔸 Dan’s playbook for making any company AI-first—from the CEO setting the example, to hosting internal prompt-sharing sessions, to upskilling teams on AI tools 🔸 Much more Listen now 👇 • YouTube: youtu.be/crMrVozp_h8 • Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4VrhcU… • Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting the podcast: 🏆 @coderabbitai—Cut code review time and bugs in half. Instantly: coderabbit.ai 🏆 @DeveloperXM—A platform for measuring and improving developer productivity: getdx.com/lenny 🏆 @posthog—How developers build successful products: posthog.com/lenny

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Tyler
Tyler@tyler_agg·
I just made a full walkthrough on how I built an AI chatbot trained on someone’s YouTube videos so it can answer questions about what they teach (I built one on @ryanclogg's video catalog) inside, I show: – how I collect and organize the video content – build the knowledge base so it gives accurate answers – set the rules for how it responds – setting up guardrails so it doesn’t go off-topic or give wrong answers – testing and improving it so it keeps getting better if you want the walkthrough, comment “YT” and I’ll DM you the full guide (must be following)
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Amir Elaguizy
Amir Elaguizy@amirpc·
@scottfaust43 Its not just that, if you have any competitive pressure at all in your market adoption is mandatory. If your competition adopts and drives their cost down, they can pay more per customer you lose. I'm seeing this in e-commerce. Everyone is afraid of not using bc competition.
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Scott Faust
Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
All the talk is about AI boosting productivity, but the reality is that most businesses have become more efficient through increased focus and accountability. Orgs woke up and realized they could achieve 2-3x results with half the people. Headcount reduction + AI inaction being indefensible = lots of cash on hand -> primed to invest seriously in AI. This makes the landscape ripe for startups integrating AI across an organization. If you're an incumbent SaaS, it's a scary place. You're being consolidated, threatened by a cheaper/better way, and have to innovate away from your historically predictable per-seat pricing growth. If building something new, you're now always in the foundation model provider's roadmap. BUT, there is freed-up, aggressive budget with decision makers game to chat. Fun, new times.
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Scott Faust
Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
Back in the US for the first time in a year. Hardest adjustment? The default 25% tip for ice cream.
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
Red flag: Company marketing dominated by hackathons and events over product updates.
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
Most of the time, I ask the models to rewrite my prompts to make them more effective. I imagine this soon becomes an on/off toggle.
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
@Karthicvasu15 The big surprise I see with lots of companies is not realizing they have a high annual plan cohort about to churn. Would want to easily break down by engagement and plan type.
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Karthic Vasu
Karthic Vasu@Karthicvasu15·
I’ve spent hours staring at MRR graphs wondering Why the hell did churn spike this month? Most dashboards show what happened. I’m building one that tells you why. SaaSBoard → AI-powered Stripe + Mixpanel insights. It show all the metric you want DM if you want early access.
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
@37leads yes, 100%. short, to the point, establishes cred.
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
@ProductRambler It'll be clear in your engagement to word-of-mouth loop. If both are high, you should have PMF. If not, then no, and always have to feed the marketing machine.
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Kumar
Kumar@ProductRambler·
Every day, I question whether we have reached PMF, even after reaching mid-7-digit $$ revenue figures, the velocity still does not work or scale like a well-oiled machine. Is this something unique only to me, or is every startup out there facing the same question?
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
@AivaDV Yes, and to show those people with money how you built it, not just what you built.
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Cory • @ProofBridgeApp
Cory • @ProofBridgeApp@CoryOnGrowth·
The best way to make money is solve problems for people who have money.
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
@quinnsync Staying lean for as long as possible. Realizing that most of the time, adding that one missing person introduces more coordination and execution risk.
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JR@BuiltByRankin·
For those building B2B SaaS, what’s been the hardest part to get right? Messaging? Pricing? Activation? Feedback loops? Curious what’s actually been challenging as you’ve grown.
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
@codedinquiet Going through a simple google sheet that shows Tool | Owner | Why We Use produces so much waste and areas to optimize/consolidate. Shows a lot about the culture.
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The Quiet Coder
The Quiet Coder@codedinquiet·
You regularly review and track your employees to make sure they’re performing well. But what about your B2B SaaS tools and service licenses? Do you know how many you have and how well they’re being used? If this made a lightbulb go off in your head, there might be hidden waste. We can review your subscriptions for free and prepare a benchmark report. Reply or DM to get started. RT to help others too.
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
@dsancheztweets yes! I see this the most with a spaghetti-like Slack structure, where it's a free-for-all.
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Denis Sanchez
Denis Sanchez@dsancheztweets·
You’re not scaling a product. You’re scaling a decision-making system. Fast-growing SaaS companies fail when: ✔️ Decisions get stuck at the top ✔️ Teams don’t know who owns what ✔️ Everyone’s waiting for permission Great orgs don’t just document. They delegate with clarity, confidence, and feedback loops. Scale comes through decentralized ownership. #saasgrowth #orgdesign #scalingsystems
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Scott Faust@scottfaust43·
Back-of-the-napkin math beats polished slide decks and fancy financial models every time.
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