Evan

Almost 4 full days of listening to @ShaanVP and @thesamparr chop it up this year

In the age of AI power has shifted from dev to sales When anyone can build software, it means 10x the competitors 10x the value of someone great at sales

I've been heads down building Pavemnt and some other fun side projects recently I have some catching up to do here what did I miss?

My AI agent has generally done a good job finding interesting updates in the industry After all, it has to choose only 5 articles out of hundreds it scans through But this is a stretch 😂 breakingdownai.com/project-patti-…

@PaulTheLi Appreciate that! Would love any feedback on it breakingdownai.com

@BuildWithEvan hat sounds super useful—love the added context on why the article matters. Would definitely check this out!

Built my first AI agent last week Scans hundreds of articles across popular AI news sites Decides which are most relevant Creates short summaries on a site for me Also breaks down why the article matters and how I can use the info myself Very fun project so far

@lamp1billion Obviously Can you even be an AI dev without one of those?

@BuildWithEvan next step, stock/crypto trading bot?

@EgorKhimi Always helpful Are you using a tool or did you just use APIs?

@BuildWithEvan I’m using AI agents to speed up research and cut down on repetitive tasks.

@BostonRobby Love to hear that, there’s a solid lesson in there

I guess I talked about them out loud. Bounce them off and peers/mentors. And then start doing it. My was social organic on IG. I posted content everyday, commented/followed folks. It wasn’t until post 65 that I started gaining traction. But as I did it, my reels got better. I focused on the first three seconds, and boom started to become my own distribution. No paid ads, no TikTok, YT. I didn’t even have a website.

Do you think about GTM strategies as a solopreneur? Or is that overkill?

@BostonRobby Typically agree but on your own with limited time where do you start?

@BuildWithEvan I think it is helpful to think about all the different channels and strategies you think you can execute on. You never know which one(s) will work until you start testing them out.

Until you’ve called/emailed at least 1000 people and talked to at least 50 of them your product isn’t a failure

@JanisCode Social media algos tend to only promote the glamorous side of things Not as much of all the effort happening in the background

@BuildWithEvan Exactly! Overnight success usually takes years of practice and countless failures.

“My tool made it to 10k MRR in 6 weeks” says the founder with 7k followers on their 9th product over 5 years It’s not luck, it’s repetition

@technoSaas The longer you play the game the better chance you’re going to win

@BuildWithEvan Keep showing up and success will show up

@BuildWithEvan 110%

If you’re not 100% in You’re out A constant reminder to myself

@SMBGrowthGuy Ridiculous 🤣

@BuildWithEvan My favorite is the Sales Navigator resellers offering $99 subscriptions for $50. 😂

So many lead gen businesses and AI agents promising enriched LinkedIn data These all have to be violating their ToS, no? Just doing it anyway?