If you can't use your app from the toilet or while distracted—like driving—your users will have few opportunities to form a habit. There is a graveyard of live video apps that didn't make it because of the attention they require.

People download apps to solve core human needs (1) finding love, (2) making or saving money, and (3) play. People rarely take time out of their day for anything else.

Manny I will build apps with small teams until I die.

The best consumer companies incorporate both virality and network effect to grow their user base organically.

People with “founder mentality” can’t rest once a problem or opportunity is identified. They take on personal responsibility without complaint, learn & recruit skills as needed, and deliver results despite politics. There is unlimited global demand for founder mentality. Naval

consumer founders vs b2b saas founders

SF culture is crazyyy 🤯 Startups are like cults. Founders live together. Eat together. Work together. The crazy part? EVERYONE seems to be running one. Even uber drivers are hustling on a startup. Was only out there a week, but it inspired tf out of me 🫡

Build the app that you want to see in the world.

Silicon Valley first mastered the craft of building technology, then product, then design. It is now learning the craft of brand and brand marketing. As technology markets become more competitive, brand matters more, and those who can build brand are better placed to win.

introducing - @joinvinita :)

enlightened startup bro bingo: - small team - audience co-founder - no-VC / low-VC funding - cash flow - profitability - revenue per employee - dividends - AI-enabled - off-shore talent - paid community - studio / agency - holding company bookmark this, might keep updating ;)

All roads lead to Palo Alto

Being in consumer apps right now is like drop shipping in 2017

early faze clan, but building apps instead of playing cod

Keep applying pressure 🫡

Ross Ulbricht

workin on AirBed & Breakfast, another project, going to LA tomorrow