NIK HUNO 🦉

They tell you to 'pick a niche'. I say follow the electricity in your nervous system. Your zone of genius isn't found through market research. It's encoded in your body's response to truth. Every time you feel truly alive, you're being shown your medicine. My most honest thread:

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Canadian crypto millionaire was kidnapped by three Serbians in one of the most popular streets in Madrid. He was rescued by the Spanish police and two suspects are in custody. okdiario.com/sucesos/tres-s…

anyone still here using X? Been on a break, feel like posting here again.

@itsolelehmann Made a flute a couple of years ago, was fun

@NikHuno very cool idea

I want to start a new hobby in 2025 give me some ideas Best if - not with a computer - you create something while you do it - challenging stuff im thinking about: - 3d printing (i know, its with a computer) - getting better at playing handpan (I love the combination of drum + melody) - martial arts help me out here

@WrongsToWrite you’ll be a great dad and I’m inspired by how you show up in this difficult story

“Who’s my dad?” I asked my mom. The dinner table went silent. She didn’t know how to respond. How do you explain to a 4-year-old that their father is a crack addict? That he chose a crack pipe over his own sons? My mother told me about this moment when I was 16. Up to that point, I shrugged off the idea of having a father. That it was “no big deal.” Our relationship followed a cycle: 1. My father would disappear for months on a crack-bender. 2. He’d run out of money. 3. He’d check himself into rehab and get clean for a few months. 4. He’d take my brother out to dinner once in awhile, telling us “I’ll never touch drugs again.” Inevitably, he’d repeat step 1. My father felt like a distant friend you’d catch up with once in a while rather than a dad to look up to. I didn’t feel much emotion toward him because of that… but I did feel a responsibility. My brother and I were the only things he could look to in life with pride and genuine love. I didn’t have the heart to take that away from him. So for years, we’d go through endless cycles of rehab, relapse, and empty promises to get clean. Until one summer in 2022. I paid my father $7,000 for his car so he could clear his debts. Only to later find out he lied to me. He used the money to go on a crack binge. And the cherry on top? The car needed a bunch of repairs (that he didn’t tell me about until he delivered it). It was a slap in the face. I spent years trying. Trying to be patient. Trying to be understanding. Trying to be the adult in our relationship. But after 24 years, I snapped. My face went hot. Tears blurred my vision before I could blink them back. There he stood, 10 feet away. The man who gave me life. And all I felt was disgust. “Do you know how fucking hard it was to grow up without a father? The shit we had to go through? You’re a fucking loser.” The words bursted out of my mouth like an untreated pipe that built up pressure for years. I was 24 years old. But I felt like the same helpless 13-year-old Dakota. All this time, I told myself I didn’t care that I didn’t have a father. But I guess it's easier to pretend you don't need something than admit you'll never have it. I wanted to hate him. But in that moment, I saw the helpless kid in his eyes. A kid who never knew his father. A kid who was molested by his priest. A kid who turned to drugs to cope with his pain. A kid who wanted to be a good father, but didn’t know how. His eyes welled up with tears, realizing the pain he caused our family. He tried to explain how sorry he was, but I turned my back and went inside. It wasn’t until this year, that I felt something shift in him. My father saw me build my ghostwriting business from nothing over the years. And for the first time in his life, he wanted to stop basing his life around running away from pain. He wanted to chase purpose. Lack of purpose is why I lost my mother to drugs. I knew this was what he needed to finally get clean. So at 50-years-old, I started coaching my father. And to my surprise, he actually showed up. He wrote daily, sharing his journey online. He was no Shakespeare, but he was getting better fast. For the first time in 27 years, I felt something I'd never felt with him: Hope. Not hope that he'd stay clean this time. Hope that he’d have a reason to stay clean. Hope that we could finally have the relationship I pretended not to want. And things were looking up. In May, 2025, he’d been sober for ~9 months, writing for 6. Then, his birthday rolled around. I was in Colombia at the time. He called to tell me he was going out of town to meet up with a lady friend. My stomach dropped. "I don't think that's a good idea," I said. "You always relapse when you do that." He told me not to worry. That the woman had been sober for a while now. I threw my hands up. What else could I say? “Alright, well, be safe please. And call me if you ever have any urges.” The next day, I called him. “Happy birthday, old man.” He picked up. Same voice. Same energy. Everything seemed fine. But I was cautious. I'd been through this too many times before. The next day, I called again to check in. No answer. I called a few more times that day. No answer. I called the next day. And the day after that. No answer. I recognized this pattern from countless other times: Relapse. But something felt different this time. I can't explain it. Just a pit in my stomach that wouldn't go away. I told myself I was being paranoid. That he'd call me back in a few days, embarrassed, asking for help getting back into rehab. That's how it always went. A couple days later, I got a FaceTime. My brother. Before he said a word, I felt it. The weight in his look. "I'm driving to Grandma's right now," he said. His voice tight. Controlled anger masking something darker underneath. "The police showed up at her door." My chest went hollow. He didn't need to say the next part out loud. 7 years ago, we'd lived through this exact moment with our mother. • Police at the door. • Same conversation. • Same ending. Our suspicions were confirmed when my brother arrived at the house to talk to the officers. Our father was found dead, lying on the bed from an overdose. Neither of us cried. We just sat there, two brothers who'd spent their entire lives waiting for this call. I hung up the phone. I sat there on my coach in Medellín, staring at the wall. Waiting for something to hit me. Tears. Anger. Sadness. Fucking anything. Nothing came. For the past 7 months, friends would ask how I was doing. I'd tell them I was fine. And I meant it. I was fine. Which somehow felt worse than being devastated. I kept waiting for grief to show up. For the weight of losing both parents to finally break me. But it never came. Until now. I’ve finally stopped pushing down my feelings and am doing the one thing that brings me clarity: Writing. And for the first time, I grieve his death. Because I didn’t just lose him, I lost hope for a father. But I think back to that day I snapped on him. The time I looked him in the eyes and saw the kid in him. He wasn't a villain. Not even a bad person. He was just a kid who turned to drugs because no one taught him how to deal with pain. A kid who wanted to love his sons but didn't know how. Trying to fix himself with the wrong tools. Over and over again. Until it killed him. This understanding has helped me release the anger, disappointment, and resentment I held toward him. And in the absence of those feelings, I feel something I never felt toward him: Forgiveness. And now when I think about my future, about the family I want to build one day… I realize something: My highest aim in life isn't to build the biggest business or make the most money. It's to be the father my dad never got to be. One day, my kids won't have to ask 'Who's my dad?' Because I'll be there. Not because I'm better than him. But because he showed me, through his absence, exactly what presence looks like. That's how I honor him now. Not by remembering the father he was, but by becoming the father he wanted to be.

@itsolelehmann Amsterdam with a second base somewhere southern or going away for winters.

I'm researching our next city to live in Europe, here are my criteria: - (mostly) walkable (also with a baby stroller..) - good level of english - over 500k people (I lived in berlin -> then small 40k village in cyprus-> I need the city again, at least nearby) - nature in and around the city - major airport - good startup ecosystem - good english level - (mostly) sunny climate - tax system that doesn't destroy you Right now this is the list I have with these criteria - Madrid 🇪🇸 - Lisbon 🇵🇹 - Barcelona 🇪🇸 I lived in Cyprus the last year and people speak amazing english here, so that's def a big plus for a country that has that Cyprus is nice in many ways, but just way too small and village-like for me If I don't care that much about the weather (still not sure about this), there are these options: - Amsterdam🇳🇱 - Berlin 🇩🇪(love hate relationship, lived there 11 years, want to be sure before I come back) - Munich 🇩🇪 (I like that its so close to mountains, Italy etc) Switzerland is also nice but I think it's a bit too polished and structured for my liking. Might come there later in life ;). I still have a small small voice in my head that tells me to check out the US more. My main problem is that it's SO FAR away from my family. What we'll do next year is to say 2 months in a couple of cities/places and then decide Might also come 2 months to the US just to get a better picture, it's possible that I won't like it as a place to live. I also have accepted the fact, that there is NO perfect place to begin with. There's always up and downsides.

@itsolelehmann Go to Ericeira - very close to Lisbon yet more chill, although also getting expensive. That’s where Pieter and and the gang live

lisbon people, I have a question: what's a good way to get a 2-3 month rental in lisbon? airbnb has some but pretty expensive are there any good alternatives to airbnb for serviced apartment setc?

@TomRossTalks 🙏🏻

This was a beautiful bit of writing. You hsould read it. Thx @NikHuno #media-bdf51777-f5ca-401d-9b06-4651204bafc3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nikhuno.substack.com/p/the-artist-v…

@bodhiperryer 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I've done this with Nick, and yeah, I thought it was a really wonderful perspective on how to offer your gifts.

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Yeah I get you. To be honest Youtube and Substack feel the "best" in terms of depth and quality and I feel high quality content lives there the longest (especially Youtube). Substack is changing and becoming more X-like which has benefits but we will see how that plays out. Instagram - you have to understand that in the end it's the most used social media platform in the world right now, at least in the West. When I travel and meet people, it's often either exchanging numbers or connecting on instagram. Plus it has the visual and aesthetic side — for my direction with visual arts it's a no brainer. I think once you curate it well in terms of accounts you follow, it can be a pleasant experience. but it's still an attention sucker, I rarely get sucked in with Youtube or Substack in the same way I do with IG. Or if I do with youtube it's still more rewarding.

Yeah exactly, that does make sense because from what I've seen from your content, there’s such an embodied aesthetic quality to you. Which goes in line with the guidance business hey You had recommended to me a while ago to focus more on Instagram, but I actually never go on to Instagram like ever in my life. So when I try to go on there and post something, it just feels quite disconnected

I think my algo is so fucked on X that I don't even know if it makes sense to continue posting here. Although I haven't really been posting consistently here recently so might need to warm up the algo. Now that I've been creating on X, Instagram, Youtube, Substack, Threads... I'm thinking whether it makes sense to double down on just 2-3. X was a great starting point for me but somehow it's not what it used to be. But I might play around with it again and see what happens. thoughts?

@bodhiperryer You mean which platform ? Substack, YouTube, Instagram are my best bets

@NikHuno Platform, are you mainly focusing on at the moment?

@itsolelehmann You two should chat @konrad_gnat

I'M LOOKING FOR A TECHNICAL PARTNER I'm looking for a coding wizard to help me build software (and to bounce ideas with). The deal is simple: you build / I distribute You do all technical work. I do all marketing, distribution, customer research. What I bring to the table: • deep expertise in social media marketing/distribution/email marketing/copywriting • total audience of 160k + 42k newsletter (that's a lot of eyeballs ready to see what we build) • big network of creators we can use to co-market • experience building media companies from scratch • sold over 7 figs worth of products to an audience before I deeply care about product so I'll be involved in everything but the coding side. I will document our journey with build in public content (X, LinkedIn, YouTube). You don't need to be part of the content if you don't want to, I'll gladly be the dancing monkey. What I AM looking for: • Full stack (at least to certain extent to get decent MVPs out there) • high agency, high creativity and product sense< • you've made money with your software before • a love for cash-flow • you love homemade goulash as much as I do (well, this one is not set in stone) • someone to share shitposts and memes with (you can't compete with someone who's having fun, I deeply believe this) • someone who is obsessed with building something that people LOVE instead of just use • someone who wants to build something to be really proud of What I'm NOT looking for: • ideas that need VC funding to get started • 2 years of building before we see a dollar • someone who started coding 12 months ago • someone running 3 other side projects • someone addicted to call-culture I'm not 100% certain on the idea yet. We'll figure this out together by testing demand with an audience. We'll probably test a few ideas quickly before going all-in on whatever gets the best signal from the market. Areas I find interesting right now: • AI enhanced-B2B content/GTM/marketing tools • Financial market analytics/consumer finance • Gamified health/longevity apps (probably mobile) Building and creativity is a way of life for me. It goes far beyond the money-creation part of work. I love bringing things into the world. Best case it's similar for you. We'll shoot the shit a lot, send memes, and have fun while working hard on whatever we build. There's also an option to do this on a salary instead of a split I'm open to both. Answer a few quick questions in the form below (next post) I will reach out to people that seem like a good fit. Please tag people who might be interested. RT for visibility so your coding genius friends can build something awesome with me!

@TimurNegru Get into building/interior design/carpentry/furtniture building or even ceramics . any skill the comes useful in property development but would also be fun to you personally . Imo hobby doesn’t need to be sports related

yes hobbies! I'm ashamed to say that currently I don't have a hobby. 1. I lift and go to the gym regularly but not sure I can call this a hobby since its something that needs to be done. 2. I love skiing but realistically you'll only go max. one time a year unless you live close to the mountains 3. I do watch sports and was super passionate about watching Man United (who I've supported since 7) but this kinda died down as I got older 4. Also go to the sauna with my brothers/uncle once a week but again doesn't really feel like a hobby? Looks like I need a new hobby for next year. Any suggestions?

@TomRossTalks I interrupted it lol

@NikHuno The struggle is real. What’s been the result of your 30 day type font experiment?

@antonosika yeah but you're still incorporated in the US

Lovable just got called out for not paying VAT in Europe yet. Many came to our defense saying the EU isn't built for hypergrowth startups. I appreciate it, but that's not my takeaway. We can build a generational company from Europe, and I want to prove it. I'm not asking Europe to stop being Europe. I don’t know the perfect solution, but there are advantages to a high trust society and systems that don't bankrupt people when they get sick. Lovable WILL – and has always planned to – be compliant and pay any fees from being late. We pay our taxes and hope to pay billions more in taxes over the years to come. Building from Europe is a bet I'm proud of.

@moremileinomarx @thealepalombo I lived in Porto and Alentejo too, doesn’t get much better lol

Bad food, good food: where do you draw the line?

@ISpellmeier @thealepalombo no

@NikHuno @thealepalombo Nah...The Portuguese culinary is better and healthier as well. And I know these both places very well.