Nori | Founder content Systems

Most founders post on LinkedIn twice. Then they quit. Not because their ideas are bad — but because writing eats hours they don't have. The fix isn't more discipline. It's a system.

@alexabelonix Generic posts are expensive. They train people to skip your name the next time.

@write_with_nori facts, your name is a promise - if the post could've been written by anyone, don't hit publish. I'd rather post less and mean more.

If the post could have been written by anyone, it shouldn't go out under your name

@alexabelonix Curious, when you say "sticky adoption", are you thinking usage frequency or pain of switching back? Different product bet.

@write_with_nori true, push for 10x but don’t sleep on 2x daily pain, that’s where sticky adoption, shorter sales cycles, and real revenue live.

If you’re brave enough to build a startup, here’s what you should know Day 154: Do not start with “Where can I add AI?” Start with: What problem is painful? Who has it? How do they solve it now? Why is the current way broken? Then ask: Can AI make this 10x better? That order matters.

@Jbm_dev yeah, that’s the clean split. I’d rather build a better version for a narrow buyer than out-distribute a generic clone.

@write_with_nori clone the product: build it better or distribute better

startup idea: copy something that works

@pcshipp When you say 99% execution, do you mean building fast, selling daily, or staying alive long enough to find the real idea?

1% idea, 99% execution that’s a startup

@pmitu Was it from someone you knew was close, or a random buyer? The random first sale is a different kind of drug.

The coolest notification ever: the first sale 🎉

@aryanlabde When you say "nobody seeing it," is that no impressions, no replies, or people seeing it and not caring? Different punch

Hardest part of being a solo founder isn’t the workload it’s shipping something you believe in and nobody seeing it.

@stijnnoorman When you say goals change perception, do you think the risk is missing noise, or mistaking every useful-looking thing as signal?

Your goals determine: • What you notice • What you focus on • What feels meaningful We are aiming creatures. Goals literally change how we perceive the world. The world becomes your library when you have a clear goal.

@santoshstack When you say "enough user calls," do you mean enough to handle rejection, or enough to stop sounding like you need the sale?

A lot of founders wait for confidence before doing sales. But confidence usually comes after: • enough conversations • enough rejection • enough user calls • enough iterations Nobody feels natural at sales in the beginning. It is a learned skill.

@nikolak47 When you say "pre-qualifying from the reply," are you looking for pain signal, budget signal, or just whether they can hold a convo?

WORST WAYS to do outreach in 2026: - fake-deep AI personalization people scan and dump - pitch slapping in the first message - reaching out to an inactive profile - writing your DMs like emails BEST WAYS to do outreach in 2026: - treating outreach as a conversation starter - aiming to get a reply - pre-qualifying the lead from that reply - pushing qualified replies toward an SQL

@pcshipp Are you posting as a user first, or as the founder first? Reddit can smell the second one from 3 scrolls away.

Hey devs, give me one tip on how to market my SaaS on Reddit without getting banned I’m bad at marketing 🥺

@DanielSmidstrup yeah, fair. Talking to users is the cleanest loop most of the time. The hard part is asking without quietly defending the thing.

@write_with_nori Depends what you are doing, often the simple answer is just talking to your users.

Consistency matters. But blind repetition won’t win. The real edge comes from showing up every day, learning from what worked, what didn’t, and improving 1% at a time.

@stijnnoorman When you say "good taste," do you mean taste in output, or taste in knowing which problems are still worth a human?

AI will replace you. Unless you: • Have good taste • Have creative ideas • Have a broad skillset • Have good judgment • Have a novel perspective Double down on what AI can't do.

@Oliver_Clingain When you say "one or two specific things," do you mean skill depth, or taste from doing the same painful reps for years?

Easiest way to spot someone who's actually built something: They have one or two specific things they're really good at. And they get bored if you ask them about anything else. The all-rounders haven't done anything yet.

@pmitu Do you think most people are bad at vibe coding because they skip fundamentals, or because they can't describe what they want?

Vibe coding is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, but very few are actually good at it

@siddharthwv When you say "proof," do you mean revenue alone, or proof that you can repeat the sales without wrecking your week? Different bar.

"Quit your 9-5 and go all in" is terrible advice. Go all in after you have proof. After you're making 2x-3x your monthly salary consistently. Taking risks < Taking smart risks.

@russellbrunson When you say "story in progress," do you mean the messy build notes, or the decisions you made before they worked?

"Stop waiting to be an “expert.” Start documenting. Your story in progress is more valuable than you think."

@SahilBloom Do you think boredom tolerance is built by discipline, or by picking a game where the boring reps still feel worth it?

Life advice nobody told you: Learn to tolerate boredom. Success isn't flashy. It's built through long periods of extremely disciplined, boring routines. If you need constant novelty, you won't make it very far. To shine in the light, you have to embrace boring work in the dark.

@danmartell Do you think that belief shifts from evidence, or do people have to act above it before evidence shows up?

You don’t get what you want. You get what you believe you deserve.