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I first knew about David around liek two years ago in an interview with EO Global on YouTube. He came across as an ordinary guy who had dropped everything to go all in on startups, failing over and over until one finally gained traction. Then he got diagnosed with cancer. Like WTF!?
Bro then fought through it, beat it, and kept building. His story was so unbelievably motivating that I left a comment under the video praising him and telling EO to feature more people like him (fyi I NEVER EVER leave comments)
Seeing that David was able to sell Jenni AI and exit as a successful founder makes me genuinely happy for him. I am just starting out as a founder myself and have already failed with quite a few ideas, but my approach to startups aligns closely with his. I will keep getting back up after every failure and keep trying until something works. No matter how hard or how long it takes, I am determined to make it happen.
Anyhoo congratulations David. I am super happy for you and your family. Keep up the great work!
my parents had to declare bankruptcy when I was a kid, so they had every reason to pressure me towards a more stable career path
instead, they were so patient with me, even as i failed startup after startup for years
so getting to tell my mom that everything turned out okay was a really special moment :)
for those who can't read Korean, her first message roughly translates to:
"Really!!! Congratulations my son. So much :') Thank you God!"
i know I've been posting about my exit for like a week now, but it really is a big deal for me and my family!
i'll share more about how this all happened and some tactical advice later this week, but for now i'm just riding out all the emotions
to quote my mom, thank you God!!!!
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Yo if Tony’s O1 got denied then im no hope. What in the actual fuck!? The man got accepted into YC, raised $8M, wrote research papers, judged hackathons, founded a startup with thousands of users, and still got rejected? Damn is it freaking competitive!
Anyway I hope you find better lawyer man I know you’ll get it!
My O-1 visa got denied :(
I have about half a year left to leave the country. It sucks but I'm positive about it. I truly believe things will work out if I'm building something great.
With @instabox_sh, we got into YC and raised $8M. Personally, I have served as a hackathon judge 12x, written a research paper, and have seven recommendation letters from infra experts and staff-level engineers. But I guess it's still not enough 🥲
I'm having my @bot help me look for other lawyers recommended by YC.
Worst case, I'll just leave the country and figure out another way to come back to the US.
But no matter what and where I end up, I will keep working on InstaBox 😤
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We got another one!! LFG 🔥🔥🔥
Legit 5 days from cold to paid. Replied in 2 hours, booked a call next day, asked for a demo with her own files, got it 3 days later, then paid!
Same deal: let's make this customer happy! 🤓🤓🤓
Anddd here comes our first paying customer LFG!!! 🔥🔥🔥
7 days from cold email to paid. Not even a call made!
The guy liked our demos so much that he (and probably his team) visited 120+ times 🤯🤯
Anyhoo, now it's time for the biggest responsibility: deliver well and make him stay!
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This is exactlly what I do for my cold email copy. Literally three core lines,
```
Hey [name],
Saw [their issue]
I run [my start up and how it helps them]
Mind if I send a demo over?
Logan
```
Simple and straightforward! The whole email is less than 75 words.
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Man the longest fucking week ever ngl 💀
Btw it ran out on that same day LOL
Of course this has to fucking happen the week I land my first customer!
Every other week I finished around 50% of my weekly usage, and this is the one week I hit the limit. Dang it!
@AnthropicAI @claudeai @bcherny can a little solo founder get a reset to celebrate his first paying customer ever? Pls 🥲🥹🥹
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Dang a no reset!!
We’re renaming our Max plans:
Max 5x → Max
Max 20x → Ultra
Max is still $100/month, and Ultra is still $200. If you’re a subscriber, there’s nothing you need to do.
We’re also removing the 5-hour limit for verified Ultra accounts, starting today with most existing subscribers. Newer accounts keep a temporary limit until they’re verified, which helps us prevent fraud and abuse. You'll get an email when it's removed.
Weekly limits remain unchanged. View our plans here: claude.com/pricing
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Granola is thanking Flow for the free marketing LOOL
Got an email from @WisprFlow with step-by-step instructions to disable voice typing in @meetgranola.
I didn't even know Granola had that feature.
I turned it on and cancelled my WisprFlow subscription.
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Of course this has to fucking happen the week I land my first customer!
Every other week I finished around 50% of my weekly usage, and this is the one week I hit the limit. Dang it!
@AnthropicAI @claudeai @bcherny can a little solo founder get a reset to celebrate his first paying customer ever? Pls 🥲🥹🥹
25 days of cold email:
- 2 campaigns
- 8,217 emails sent
- 232 replies (2.82%)
- 119 asked for samples (1.45%)
- 31 asked for price (0.38%)
- 4 calls booked (0.049%)
- 1 paid (0.012% LOOOL)
Thousands of rejections and silences later, I honestly feel nothing anymore. Funny how fast you get numb to it 😭😭
Anyway here's to many more customers!! 🍻🍻
25 days of cold email:
- 2 campaigns
- 8,217 emails sent
- 232 replies (2.82%)
- 119 asked for samples (1.45%)
- 31 asked for price (0.38%)
- 4 calls booked (0.049%)
- 1 paid (0.012% LOOOL)
Thousands of rejections and silences later, I honestly feel nothing anymore. Funny how fast you get numb to it 😭😭
Anyway here's to many more customers!! 🍻🍻
Anddd here comes our first paying customer LFG!!! 🔥🔥🔥
7 days from cold email to paid. Not even a call made!
The guy liked our demos so much that he (and probably his team) visited 120+ times 🤯🤯
Anyhoo, now it's time for the biggest responsibility: deliver well and make him stay!
The day has come! Finally booked my first call 💪
19 days of cold email:
- 2 campaigns
- 4,087 emails sent
- 187 replies (4.58%)
- 63 asked for samples (1.5%)
- 21 asked for price (0.5%)
- 1 booked a call (0.024% 💀)
Like holy shit!! The numbers are dead depressing, but man do I enjoy all the conversations!!!
Anyhoo, let's see if an engineer can close a deal or not! Let's hope that he does 😂 🤞
Sheesh new calls coming in 🔥🔥🔥
It's funny how other founders share their revenue and new subs, and I share demo calls LOOL
Got a new call booked!
Shamelessly chased the guy for like a week and a half of being ghosted. 4 emails, 10 days, zero replies, then boom, call booked on the last nudge 😎
One thing I learned doing cold email: being shameless pays, and silence isn't always a no!
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My typical day as a solo founder
NGL if not for the Kanban board, I don’t even know how I’d stay on top of all of it 💀
Respect vibe coders so much tho they need none of this and still be able to ship things LOL
How do y'all manage work when you're building an AI-first startup with a whole team of AI agents?
I just go with the industry-standard, ticket-based, 1-week-sprint kanban board 😅
It works so freaking well at keeping everything on track!!
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Got a new call booked!
Shamelessly chased the guy for like a week and a half of being ghosted. 4 emails, 10 days, zero replies, then boom, call booked on the last nudge 😎
One thing I learned doing cold email: being shameless pays, and silence isn't always a no!
The day has come! Finally booked my first call 💪
19 days of cold email:
- 2 campaigns
- 4,087 emails sent
- 187 replies (4.58%)
- 63 asked for samples (1.5%)
- 21 asked for price (0.5%)
- 1 booked a call (0.024% 💀)
Like holy shit!! The numbers are dead depressing, but man do I enjoy all the conversations!!!
Anyhoo, let's see if an engineer can close a deal or not! Let's hope that he does 😂 🤞
It went pretty well!
LFG 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The day has come! Finally booked my first call 💪
19 days of cold email:
- 2 campaigns
- 4,087 emails sent
- 187 replies (4.58%)
- 63 asked for samples (1.5%)
- 21 asked for price (0.5%)
- 1 booked a call (0.024% 💀)
Like holy shit!! The numbers are dead depressing, but man do I enjoy all the conversations!!!
Anyhoo, let's see if an engineer can close a deal or not! Let's hope that he does 😂 🤞
What in the absolutely F! Holy shit does it sound so natural
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