Capital rewards predictability, not brilliance. The most impressive idea can die if the system refuses clarity.

A lot of founders are missing the point of tools like Claude Code. Don’t think who you can replace with it. Use it to create more builders in your org. Give your team ways to make their job easier, more productive, and more fun. We tested this at CT HQ last week - internal

Trust is fragile. Returns don’t fix it. Clarity does. And clarity is rare.

If you're scrolling the 'For You' feed and you see this post can you let me know please. Even if we're not following each other, I'm interested to know who the algorithm is showing me off to..

Regulators aren’t villains. They’re just responding to systems that break faster than rules can be written.

The real tension isn’t innovation vs regulation. It’s speed vs institutional memory.

at this point I’ve lost all motivation to post on X . The new algorithm is so demoralizing. I have 700+ followers and am getting 15 views per posts I’m getting done with this place. Well done Elon Musk Nikita Bier

Most startups misread the risk: It’s not the law. It’s the interpretation of the law by everyone else.

The ecosystem performs optimism better than it processes failure.

Communities amplify momentum but rarely create it. Most support is visibility, not insight.

Nigerian founders rarely get credit. But even rarer is accountability. Both slow growth quietly.

Brain drain isn’t betrayal. It’s rational optimization. The system just can’t hold certain effort levels.

Favour The Elon Musk philosophy helps here. Always be removing waste. Brain energy is finite and every small thing you take on adds up.

Many senior engineers leave not for money, but for environments where effort compounds.

Patience is a scarce resource. Most innovation dies because the system runs out of it first.

Working at our company is weird out of context...

Africa doesn’t need more startups. It needs systems that survive the second generation of founders.

If progress depends on exceptional individuals, it’s heroism, not growth.

Men be honest, is this enough?

The question isn’t whether Nigeria can win. It’s how many capable people it will lose along the way.