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@theoldmnk
scaling consumer apps across the world
Katılım Kasım 2022
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I decided to join Y Combinator, again.
This would be my second time! Not fully sure what I'm working on yet. But, I'm sure I'll find something in time as I wander and ship.
I'm a little scared to do the whole build a company thing again ngl, but mostly excited. There's never been a better time to work on the ideas in my head. The batch started this week.
Starting a company at 23 vs now starting a company at 30 feels so different.
At 23 (when I did YC in 2020), naivety was there. At 30 I guess I know how difficult it all is. It's not surprising to me that most people in YC are aged 19-24. Still, I feel like I have the naivety of a 19 year-old, but, with the mental of a guy who's been through a lot and learned a lot. So, I'm bullish.
Let's see what happens. You'll probably see me launching a lot of random stuff over the next few weeks especially.
Also, I am blown away by the number of founders in the batch walking up to me telling me they credit being at YC to @_buildspace. It's so wonderful, and warms my heart. I often struggle to stop and understand the value of my past work because I'm so interested in the future. So, this was nice.
It's funny, many saw me irl and freaked out thinking I was joining as a YC partner and were very very surprised to hear I was joining as a founder back in the dirt alongside them haha.
Most founders never start another company and usually turn into VCs or get a high-tier job at a big company. I do not blame them. And honestly, that would be the easier more secure path for me especially as I begin thinking about family.
But, idk. I feel like my ideas are important. And even though I don't have a specific "This is the idea I'm excited about" it's more a feeling of "I should explore my ideas...I would regret it if I didn't". Especially in 2026, at the epicenter of one of the greatest inventions of my lifetime.
Every time I think about getting a job (of which I've been offered many great ones) that voice in my head comes back and says to give my nascent visions a shot.
So, gonna try :)
Maybe I flop, maybe I don't, only one way to find out.
I'll be dropping weekly updates on YouTube if you're interested. I put one out last week that talks more in depth around the story of how this YC stuff even happened randomly, why I'm doing this again, my imposter syndrome and how I think about it, and other stuff. I'll link it below.
Lets see what happens!! See y'all.
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CACmaxxing is such a dream come true
liam@liamecom
AI found the leak in my funnel and tripped my cac! 👍👍
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@dmytroomelian the real edge is to be invisible on the pursuit to greatness
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i am no longer in blr anymore(mentally)
the blr startup and tech ecosystem has a lot of self limiting belief's that make it really hard for people to get exposure to millions in wealth
everyone is chasing the same cookie cutter goals
the same VCs, AI agents bs, YC and what not
wealth is in the gaps anon
seek and you shall find
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@theoldmnk when everyone’s consuming the same content, going to the same meetups, listening to the same podcasts, individuality kinda flattens out and people just start echoing each other.
big reason why i’ll always love delhi over other indian cities.
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Everyone should share their MRR chart alongside their take on this tweet
Would bet there’s a direct correlation between low MRR and obsessing over organic
andrew chen@andrewchen
lots of AI cos starting to experiment with paid marketing so here’s my take: Paid acquisition is a tax on your product's defensibility. the moment you can't out-spend the incumbents and competitors, you die. build channels that get cheaper as you grow or you're just renting your growth
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this is the funniest take on the internet lmao
if VC backed companies actually learn and do paid ads at scale - they get profitable and probably never need to raise capital again
which means VCs don’t get their ‘exponential’ exit
Olivia Moore@omooretweets
In consumer, paid ads generally = lack of true product market fit I have yet to see a generational startup with largely paid ad-driven growth…
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@Dr_Spaghetti_Jr @Infinityapp_in its not sponsored bro, ive been using them for a long time and still do
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@theoldmnk @Infinityapp_in Is it a sponsored post or a genuine one? Please be honest. Wanna use it.
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do everything in your power and learn paid ads
ₕₐₘₚₜₒₙ@hamptonism
do everything in your power to move to sf.
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@mr_vibe_it @andrewxroas i find the people on twitter who ask to share app names so retarded
why would anyone building a successful business drop all the sauce to you bro
so that you can come in and nuke his CPs tf
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@andrewxroas bro sharing graphs but not the app i can also share a graph, here i hit 10m MRR
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