The real gold? That's inside us all. Remember that you only fall for lies and stories when you really want to. From the song “Turnpike Tom” by Steve Goodman
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WalletWorks retweeted
This was a cool listen. I think Cloud+AI is increasingly making the @levelsio -style model of a scrappy solo serial micro-entrepreneur viable, allowing one person to spin up and run a number of companies that generate income, possibly well into billion-dollar valuations.
Here's my conversation with Pieter Levels (@levelsio), self-taught developer and entrepreneur who designed, programmed, shipped, and ran over 40 startups, many of which are hugely successful. In most cases, he did it all by himself, while living the digital nomad life in over 40 countries and over 150 cities. This was a fun and inspiring conversation!
It's here on X in full, and is up on YouTube, Spotify, and everywhere else. Links in comment.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:03 - Startup philosophy
9:34 - Low points
13:03 - 12 startups in 12 months
19:55 - Traveling and depression
32:34 - Indie hacking
36:37 - Photo AI
1:12:53 - How to learn AI
1:21:30 - Robots
1:29:47 - Hoodmaps
1:53:52 - Learning new programming languages
2:03:24 - Monetize your website
2:09:59 - Fighting SPAM
2:13:33 - Automation
2:24:58 - When to sell startup
2:27:52 - Coding solo
2:33:54 - Ship fast
2:42:38 - Best IDE for programming
2:52:09 - Andrej Karpathy
3:01:34 - Productivity
3:15:21 - Minimalism
3:24:07 - Emails
3:31:20 - Coffee
3:39:05 - E/acc
3:41:21 - Advice for young people
WalletWorks retweeted
This was a cool listen. I think Cloud+AI is increasingly making the @levelsio -style model of a scrappy solo serial micro-entrepreneur viable, allowing one person to spin up and run a number of companies that generate income, possibly well into billion-dollar valuations.
WalletWorks retweeted
In this episode of the Elon, Inc. podcast, long-time Tesla fan and @ElectrekCo editor-in-chief @fredlambert joins us to discuss how Musk's right-wing views and polarizing leadership style have turned some EV buyers off the carmaker trib.al/dR8Np2R
WalletWorks retweeted
The business of America is #BusinessIntelligence
I feel like a large amount of GDP is locked up because it is difficult for person A to very conveniently pay 5 cents to person B. Current high fixed costs per transaction force each of them to be of high enough amounts, which results in business models with purchase bundles, subscriptions, ad-based, etc., instead of simply pay-as-you-go. As an example, I'd like my computer to auto-pay 5 cents to the article/blog that I just read but I can't, and I think we're worse for it.
In a capitalist system, transactions between entities are the gradient signal of the economy. Because our pipes don't support low magnitude terms in the sums, the gradients are not flowing properly through the system. I'm not familiar enough with payments to have an idea of specific solutions, but I expect we'd see a lot of positive 2nd / 3rd order effects if the gradients were allowed to flow properly, frictionlessly and with much higher resolution.
WalletWorks retweeted
"Tell me the brand of whiskey Grant drinks. I'd like to send a barrel to my other generals."
-- Abraham Lincoln
WalletWorks retweeted
BlackRock and Grayscale in a battle to see who can clock more SEC meetings. I think it's like 5-4 BlackRock. Poss foreshadow of the asset/volume battle a year from now..
Grayscale had a meeting with the SEC at Dec 19 about their conversion of GBTC to a #bitcoin #etf sec.gov/comments/sr-nysearca…
WalletWorks retweeted
Your discussion of #HiddenFees is excellent. It should be more prominent. Also really like your discussion to #ImpactInvesting. withplenty.com/blog/values-b…
WalletWorks retweeted
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✨ Today, we’re announcing @withPlenty : where couples invest and plan for their future together. ✨
It’s our first step towards becoming the home where families collaboratively manage their financial lives.
🧵 Why we built Plenty 0/8
techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/pl…
WalletWorks retweeted
Bitcoin #MiningStocks are the new mining stocks! $MARA
I am part owner of a bitcoin mining company. We have increased our hash rate 56% recently. Added capacity to double the next 18-24 months. Making up for the halving coming up. We've seen a 61% rise in fees with all the ordinal and BRC20 use. We produced 3490 $BTC last quarter.
And I got all this buy buying $mara stock and options 😀
WalletWorks retweeted
One of my favorite stories is how Kate has been consistently definING the domain biz. So fittING and memorable to now be able to find her dba at definING.com.
One of my favorite stories. eBike purchased for $71K. Brought to @katebuckley1 3 years later and sold for over $1 million
"When our partner Reza Sardeha from DAN. com pointed us to the opportunity of acquiring ebike. com in an expired domains auction, he stated: ‘that's a domain worth $400K sitting right there.’ And it would've indeed been a $400K sale if it wasn't for Kate's persistence and vision, chasing high-quality buyers and not letting the domain go for less than what it's truly worth: one million dollars. Well done, Kate!”
—Legendary Names, Inc.
WalletWorks retweeted
The business of America is #BusinessIntelligence.
#ILiftMyLampToYOU @katebuckley1 and 🧡how you are defining the industrial base of the Information Age at defining.com!
One of my favorite stories is how Kate has been consistently definING the domain biz. So fittING and memorable to now be able to find her dba at definING.com.
WalletWorks retweeted
The team at Setter built something impressive. Solid work, @0xJMH – at Boulder, CO
Setter aims to address "the complexity and unfriendliness of current wallet technologies," making entry into Web3 a more seamless experience for more users:
coindesk.com/business/2023/1… @CoinDesk @setter_app
WalletWorks retweeted
Seeking privacy is not weird. We do it all the time. We shield our letters from unwanted snooping with envelopes, our windows with blinds.
What is weird is the recent fascination by the ruling class to have unprecedented access into our personal lives.
xitter.cf/SamouraiWallet/status/…
WalletWorks retweeted
This may be my most ratio-ed reply ever, and all the QTs are dunks. I get it, "insane ask" was too strong but I will die on the hill that for vast majority, no one wants to be bothered with having to keep track of 12 words on sheet of paper their whole lives, happy to outsource.
WalletWorks retweeted
1/2 Slow, inefficient private sector payments systems benefit banks by affording them more time to gamble with (not 'invest') your money. The banks do not share these gains with you in the form of interest on deposits. (Check your bank statements.) Hence it's a 'problem' ...
WalletWorks retweeted
2/2 ... that FedNow, a PUBLIC platform we've awaited for years, will afford real time clearing & settlement for all who make payments through banks. But before you start sobbing, ask why we NEED banks if the Fed does what they do far better than they do. wsj.com/articles/banks-newes…
WalletWorks retweeted
THIS is what keep shouting, broken-record-like, we can do with the Treasury Department's already-existing #TreasuryDirect system, and what @rontkim and I have been pushing for NY since 2018. Let's do it! #DigitalGreenbacks #IVL #DemocraticDigitalDollar ft.com/content/cf75a136-c6c7…
WalletWorks retweeted
NYT's @paulkrugman this weekend floated the seemingly all the time on-again off-again idea of a Fed-issued CBDC. Does he know the paper dollar for its first 50 years was issued by Treasury - or that we could go the same route w/ digital by this summer. roberthockett.substack.com/p…
WalletWorks retweeted
Banking could & should look so different - at some point it will but it already could
roberthockett.substack.com/p…
@rch371 @BOOMFinance
WalletWorks retweeted
Losing faith in for-profit banks? My latest in FT re-ups a plan I devised several years back. Biden and Yellen could convert already existent TreasuryDirect into higher yield P2P digital savings and payment phone-wallets for all of us by summer. ft.com/content/be5f3ab3-3bd0…
