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Alex Prober

@alexprober

5xFounder, currently working on: BodyPro.
Side projects: @2SlashAi, @GetDewey, Content Zen.
Sharing lessons from YC, TechStars,& scaling (VC & Bootstrapped).

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We just dropped a ton of new features to kick off 2025 From Threads to Truth Social, Date Filters and a revamped Export Pass Let's dive in: 👇

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My first startup wasn’t in SaaS or software. It wasn’t even in tech, really. It was hardware. A friend and I came up with a simple ideaת a small part for electrical sockets that could extend them without needing bulky extenders. Think of it as a cleaner, more aesthetic solution

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When I first started building a team in my previous company, I made one simple decision - hire people I know and trust. My team was made up entirely of close friends (ofc all professionals). During the process I learned a few things, both good and bad. The Good: - Your friends

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Never raise money. I’ve pitched VCs enough times to know it's the most annoying work in the life of a founder, and for complete transparency I was successful in getting funded more then once. When VCs do come aboard - everything goes faster, right? More money, more resources.

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From Criminal to Entrepreneur I was born in Ukraine and left when I was four years old (thank you Chernobyl). As an immigrant I grew up in poverty, I became fascinated with earning money from a very early age. By eight, I was tinkering with BASIC (a very old programming

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Calculating valuations is science? science fiction. I’ve raised money for several startups both my own and helped others. Each time, I keep understanding the same thing - valuation is nothing but a guess. Investors talk about multiples, TAM, and comparables, but it’s about

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TikTok goes dark, with a glimmer of light The ban on TikTok is somewhat weird , but even more strange is the fact that ByteDance not interested in selling TikTok, currently they lost 20% of their user base - basically decreasing the value of TikTok. I’m not too thrilled about

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Doing some testing to see conversions on various product launch platforms and identify what drives the highest quality traffic. Any recommendations besides Product Hunt, of course?

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TikTok is now live on Dewey The U.S. government almost shutdown TikTok on Jan 19. Now, they have 75 days to figure out a solution. And you have 75 days to protect all your TikTok Favorites and Collections:

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My SaaS got attacked and made $550 MRR from it. Today, I woke up to the sound of notifications jumping on my phone. I opened it and saw that I was getting subscription purchases on Dewey left and right. I scratched my head and tried to understand—did Lady Luck just knock on my

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Decided to test out OpenAI launch spree, and the results are ... Yesterday, two major upgrades were made to ChatGPT: 1️⃣ Added Artifacts creation in the Canvas feature (copied from Claude). 2️⃣ Connected the Canvas to their most powerful model so far, o1 (o3 in the works). To be

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AI is going to push the stock market today, down, way down. DeepSeek claims to have trained a top-tier language model for just $6M using outdated H800 GPUs, this is compared to the hundreds of millions (or billions) spent by giants like OpenAI and Google. DeepSeek say they

AI is going to push the stock market today, down, way down.

DeepSeek claims to have trained a top-tier language model for just $6M using outdated H800 GPUs, this is compared to the hundreds of millions (or billions) spent by giants like OpenAI and Google. 

DeepSeek say they
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What do poker and startups have in common?Everything. Back in 2012, I packed up my life (for 3 entire months) and moved to LA with a head full of dreams and a heart set on becoming a professional poker player. It was crazy leaving behind the everything to chase such a stupid

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So many choices, so little time. With the release of o3, I felt overwhelmed by the number of ChatGPT models available. I decided to run a few tests to better navigate my options. If you’re on the paid version, you’re currently faced with 7 different models, each boasting

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Do we trust AI too much? Alphabet, just dropped its longtime “Don’t be evil” promise on AI for weapons or surveillance—citing “national security.” But with investors eyeing profits, you have to wonder: did they do it because they need more money? Meanwhile, experts like Stuart

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Shutting the Door. After 10 years of building companies and experiencing a mix of emotions, I'm at a major crossroads. I've decided to close my latest venture (unless something significant happens by month's end), and I'm debating daily: return to the steady, familiar corporate

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How much does it cost to hire someone to create a simple MVP for an idea these days? I am talking about authentication, an API or two to connect to and a few simple services, with UI.

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The day has come... Instagram saved posts are now LIVE on Dewey. Plus, bsky animated gifs, qts, tiktok galleries, pdf improvements, and more... Let's dive in: