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@TheGeorgePu "What have you learned this week What are you building next week"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-12T23:30Z 28.5K followers, 2041 engagements

"Your first $100K should come from consulting. Not VC. Not friends & family. Not savings. From customers paying you to solve their problem manually. Then productize what works. Not before"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-11T23:30Z 28.5K followers, 38K engagements

"North Star = money: You think linearly. Every decision is 'how much can I make today' North Star = freedom: You think in compound terms. Every decision is 'does this buy me freedom' Different metrics different lives"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-15T17:16Z 28.5K followers, XXX engagements

"Instead of #buildinpublic we should normalize #learninpublic. No shame in not knowing. Just growing and learning together"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-02T16:00Z 28.5K followers, 4896 engagements

"Mercury surveyed 1500 startups: XX% changed funding strategy. Translation: They're realizing what bootstrap founders knew all along. Your first $100K should come from customers. Not investors"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-09T15:46Z 28.5K followers, 1363 engagements

"Big Tech path: $150K $300K $500K plateau. XX years later you're still trading time for money. Founder path: X years grinding for nothing breakout velocity millions annually. Different timelines. Different outcomes. Choose your metric"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-14T15:46Z 28.5K followers, 2645 engagements

"If your product disappeared tomorrow would customers panic or just switch providers - Figma disappears Designers panic - Generic CRM disappears Shrug and switch Build something irreplaceable not just functional"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-07T13:16Z 28.5K followers, XXX engagements

"Follow the money: NVIDIA invests $100B in OpenAI. OpenAI uses that money to buy NVIDIA chips. Oracle buys $40B of NVIDIA chips. Leases them to OpenAI for XX years. This is what bubbles look like from the inside"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-13T17:16Z 28.5K followers, XXX engagements

"Friend wants to start a VC fund together. - Old me: 'Let's do it' - New me: 'Hard pass.' VC is subject to market fluctuations. I want to control my destiny"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-02T19:46Z 28.4K followers, XXX engagements

"AI funding hits record highs Translation: X infrastructure companies got $1B each. Your startup didn't. Stop pitching VCs. Start charging customers"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-02T15:46Z 28.5K followers, XXX engagements

"Infrastructure owners are saying 'FU' to middlemen everywhere. I learned this the expensive way with SimpleDirect Financing. Why we're sunsetting a profitable product - and what it taught me about building in the AI age. THE BACKGROUND We built SimpleDirect Financing as a lending marketplace for home improvement contractors. Simple concept: Connect contractors to 13+ lending partners ($SOFI $UPST etc.) customers get approved everyone wins. Revenue growing. Customer acquisition working. Looked great on paper. But we had a fundamental problem I missed. THE PROBLEM We were the middleman. What"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-13T14:05Z 28.5K followers, XXX engagements

"Mark Cuban: 'Don't chase Silicon Valley ethos. Focus on real customers.' Finally someone influential is saying it. The VC playbook works for X% of founders. For everyone else it's a trap. Build revenue first. Raise later (or never). Everything gets easier when customers pay you"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-07T23:02Z 28.5K followers, 1830 engagements

"Bootstrap founders: What's harder than you expected For me: Saying no to revenue that doesn't fit"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-13T15:46Z 28.5K followers, XXX engagements

"ChatGPT isn't building a shopping assistant. They're building the payment layer of the internet. Shopify stock jumped X% because investors see it: OpenAI wants your credit card information. For e-commerce founders: Your checkout just became a commodity. The new moat is trust in AI recommendations not your brand"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-09T14:04Z 28.5K followers, 1437 engagements

"Freedom Number = Annual expenses XX Mine: $50K/year lifestyle XX = $1.25M That's Financial Independence. Everything after is optionality. Know your number. Build toward it. Compound it forever"
X Link @TheGeorgePu 2025-10-12T20:04Z 28.5K followers, 1378 engagements