# ![@TheGeorgePu Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1382868229765230595.png) @TheGeorgePu George Pu

George Pu posts on X about ai, money, in the, vcs the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  #2178 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  7.93% [stocks](/list/stocks)  #1668 [social networks](/list/social-networks)  3.66% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  1.83% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  0.61% [countries](/list/countries)  0.61% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  0.61% [exchanges](/list/exchanges)  0.61%

**Social topic influence**
[ai](/topic/ai) #1212, [money](/topic/money) #1615, [in the](/topic/in-the) 4.27%, [vcs](/topic/vcs) #2531, [if you](/topic/if-you) 3.66%, [pay](/topic/pay) 3.66%, [$googl](/topic/$googl) 3.05%, [$300k](/topic/$300k) 2.44%, [$200k](/topic/$200k) 2.44%, [$500k](/topic/$500k) 2.44%

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**Top assets mentioned**
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The VCs posting daily 'founder advice' on X - Sequoia isn't doing that. - A16z isn't doing that. - Founders Fund isn't doing that. They have deal flow. The ones writing thought pieces every day are fishing. Because their LPs stopped returning calls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021421946496303304)  2026-02-11T03:12Z 35.6K followers, 12.2K engagements


"MVPs are dead. Even 'minimum viable' is too slow. No signup flow. No onboarding. No settings page. Ship something ugly in [--] days. Let users complain. Fix it live. Everyone has AI now. Everyone can build. The edge isn't shipping faster. It's being willing to ship uglier. Your competitors are still planning their MVP. You should already have users"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1994391854121439644)  2025-11-28T13:04Z 35.6K followers, 57.4K engagements


"Claude's plugins works on local files. - What was Notion A fancy UI for markdown files. - What was a CRM A fancy UI for spreadsheets. - What was Linear A fancy UI for task lists. Claude doesn't need the UI. It just does the work. UI layers are now useless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019157286497972327)  2026-02-04T21:13Z 35.6K followers, 23.7K engagements


"I don't budget. But I: - Know roughly what I spend monthly - Review credit card statements every month - Pause before any big purchase - Pause before any subscription Personal finance isn't spreadsheets. It's reps. Daily habits. Thinking before spending. No magic bullets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021842727269261712)  2026-02-12T07:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The goal isn't to get rich. The goal is to never have to do things you hate for money. That number is smaller than you think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021904130487312426)  2026-02-12T11:08Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Founder I know just sold his startup for close to $5M. Raised $3.6M seed [--] years ago. After liquidation preferences: He walked away with $140K. That's $35K/year. Google L3 (entry level): $249K/year. - He would have made 7x more at Google. - With weekends. - With sleep. But the headline says '$5M exit.' Nobody mentions the math. This is why I stay profitable. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1991510863644098712 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1991510863644098712"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1991510863644098712)  2025-11-20T14:16Z 35.5K followers, 625.7K engagements


"Lost $300K in [----] running my own quant trading desk. Built the infrastructure. Built the algorithms. Small team. Turns out we were just 'another shop on the street'. People in that niche were dropping out everywhere. Should have seen it coming. Expensive lesson in complexity. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2004917197622190184 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2004917197622190184"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2004917197622190184)  2025-12-27T14:08Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Two years ago building what I'm building now would've taken a team of [--] and $200K. Last week I shipped the same thing in [--] days with Claude. The leverage changed. Most people's assumptions didn't update"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2013449429613690898)  2026-01-20T03:12Z 35.2K followers, 12.8K engagements


"Early in my career I believed everything people told me. Networking events. Mentors. Impressive people with impressive titles. I didn't know people had a public side and a private side. Took years to learn you shouldn't believe the public side 100%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2013870205290619301)  2026-01-21T07:04Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Every podcast every pitch same question: 'How do you stay focused with multiple things' The question assumes focus on one thing is always better. In [----] Diversification might be the smarter play. What worked for [--] years might not work for [--] months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2015479295175499907)  2026-01-25T17:38Z 35.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Friend's fintech just 'exited' for $100M+. $140M equity. $190M debt. Founders got $0. Not a single dollar. The guy selling you gum at a dollar store made more money today than they did in [--] years. How freaking sad is that. I keep telling these stories. Some founders still think it's [----]. Nostalgia is not a strategy. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015969041278468117 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015969041278468117"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2015969041278468117)  2026-01-27T02:04Z 35.2K followers, 31.5K engagements


"I don't build for investors anymore. I don't build for what looks good on Twitter. I don't build for 'scale.' I build things I want to exist. That I'd use. That I'd enjoy running for [--] years. Selfish Maybe. Sustainable Definitely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2016830717490053320)  2026-01-29T11:08Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If your entire identity is 'I'm a senior software developer' - you're fragile. The skill might survive. The premium for it won't. What comes after singularity careers: multiple skills ownership new routes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2017373286305337730)  2026-01-30T23:04Z 35.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Moltbot's creator says he didn't write a single line of code. If you are still building an AI-wrapper you need help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2017449777827397889)  2026-01-31T04:08Z 35.4K followers, 14.5K engagements


"Divvy Homes sold for $1 billion in [----]. The founders got $0. Liquidation preferences stacked so high that a billion-dollar exit couldn't clear them. This is what 'successful exit' often looks like. Own your outcome or someone else will"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2017600776676196672)  2026-01-31T14:08Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The time trap no one talks about: - 22-30: Paying dues sacrificing your most energetic years - 30-40: Building career sacrificing your kids' childhood - 40-50: Peak earning sacrificing health and relationships - 60+: Finally free least capacity to enjoy it What freedom is left at [--] https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017707987150798858 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017707987150798858"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2017707987150798858)  2026-01-31T21:14Z 35.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Uncomfortable truth: you're probably not in the 20% who will survive AI. Most people reading this are building generic things. Including me sometimes. The question isn't 'am I special' It's 'what am I building that [-----] other people can't prompt into existence' Be honest with yourself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2017846387933626729)  2026-02-01T06:24Z 35.2K followers, 33.8K engagements


"Pattern I see in laid-off tech workers: - Month 1: Update resume apply to similar jobs - Month 3: Lower expectations widen search - Month 6: Consider 'pivoting' - Month 12: Still applying to jobs that don't exist anymore The job isn't coming back. The question is: what do you own"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018070366300537047)  2026-02-01T21:14Z 35.2K followers, 139.3K engagements


"Ask Claude to build a basketball game. It builds one. [-----] other people ask the same thing. Same thing - maybe slightly different UI. All competing with identical products. This is not building it's an assembly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018341667938435454)  2026-02-02T15:12Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Claude Sonnet [--] rumored to drop tomorrow. Leaked features: - 50% cheaper than Opus [---] outperforms it - 'Dev Team' mode - a team of agents (backend frontend researcher QA) You give a prompt your 'dev team' gets it done. Execution is now free. Knowing what to build - and owning it - is the game. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018371181225652623 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018371181225652623"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018371181225652623)  2026-02-02T17:09Z 35.5K followers, 33.2K engagements


"When you ask AI 'should I do X' - you're not making a better decision. You're outsourcing stress. AI removes neither uncertainty nor accountability. - You still don't know if it's right. - You're still accountable for the outcome. You just feel less alone. That's not the same thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018460443375734852)  2026-02-02T23:04Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"'Irrelevant' doesn't mean you'll starve. It means: you saved money doing one thing for [--] years. That thing is now commoditized. - You have savings but no leverage. - You have a past but no future. - You'll survive. But you won't matter. Rich but irrelevant is still irrelevant. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018704053748854999 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018704053748854999"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018704053748854999)  2026-02-03T15:12Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Meta now tracks 200+ data points on employee AI usage. - High adoption = 300% bonus. - Low adoption = managed out. Your employer is next"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018758887546245555)  2026-02-03T18:50Z 35.4K followers, 346.7K engagements


"What comes after singularity careers: Not 'software engineer' but: Someone who can build write present and connect people. Not one skill but a portfolio of capabilities. Multi-plural routes. Multiple skills. Ownership of your direction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018822863009063363)  2026-02-03T23:04Z 35.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Stop calculating your retirement number. Calculate your freedom number - the point where you can say no to anything. It's lower than you think if you own cash flow instead of just saving. $10K/month you own $500K saved"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018943622314405947)  2026-02-04T07:04Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"'I am a software engineer.' 'I am a marketing manager.' 'I am a founder.' This singularity felt safe. You got good at one thing. Built a career around it. Identified with it. Now it's a vulnerability. If your entire value fits a job description you're at risk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019005027726041253)  2026-02-04T11:08Z 35.4K followers, [----] engagements


"The traditional path requires permission at every stage: - Permission from colleges to educate you. - Permission from employers to hire you. - Permission from managers to promote you. - Permission from government to collect pension. I don't want to ask permission. I want to write my own ending"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019066428922482824)  2026-02-04T15:12Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Unpopular opinion: AI is making some founders dumber. Not because AI is bad. Because we stopped hiring people who disagree with us. Small teams without diverse thinking = echo chambers with faster execution. You can ship faster and still be going the wrong direction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019128363399446551)  2026-02-04T19:18Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Your savings won't save you. $500K in the bank and no leverage = rich but irrelevant. You have a past. You might not have a future. Savings buy time. They don't buy relevance. What do you own that compounds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019306018803499013)  2026-02-05T07:04Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"AI isn't taking your job. It's making your job worth less. The salary stays the same for now. The leverage you have Dropping every quarter. By the time they cut you your skills are worth half what they were. That's the trap nobody talks about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019428816167309433)  2026-02-05T15:12Z 35.3K followers, 34.5K engagements


"Claude Opus [---] is now available. No announcements though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019466620372926604)  2026-02-05T17:42Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The career ladder didn't disappear. The bottom rungs did. Junior dev hiring down 40% since [----]. AI doesn't replace you. It compresses the path so dramatically that entry points vanish. Nobody's coming to train you anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019668398104265061)  2026-02-06T07:04Z 35.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Your $200K job is training your replacement. - Every task you document. - Every process you systematize. - Every 'best practice' you write down. You're building the manual that makes you unnecessary. The irony: being good at your job accelerates your own obsolescence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019729799980191826)  2026-02-06T11:08Z 35.4K followers, 10.9K engagements


"I asked a founder about his app. 'Is this built in Next.js' 'What's that' He built the whole thing without knowing what stack he used. That's where we are now. The gap isn't coding anymore. It's knowing what to build"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019791215781200181)  2026-02-06T15:12Z 35.3K followers, 15.6K engagements


"Companies: 'We're a family here' Also companies: Laid off [----] people over Zoom with security waiting to collect laptops You're not a family member. You're a line item. Act accordingly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019853126400917549)  2026-02-06T19:18Z 35.4K followers, [----] engagements


"100% of employee jobs are exposed to AI. 80% of founder jobs are exposed to AI. The 20% difference Owners can redefine their role. Employees wait to be redefined. That gap is everything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019909992145408444)  2026-02-06T23:04Z 35.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Your resume is a list of skills AI is learning to do. Your network is a list of relationships AI can't have. One depreciates. One compounds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020020720290423170)  2026-02-07T06:24Z 35.4K followers, [----] engagements


"That VC in your replies - 75% of new VCs never raise their first fund - 25% of VC firms shut down since [----] - Most can't raise money from their own investors They're not here to help you. They're here because you might be their only shot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020244706463019064)  2026-02-07T21:14Z 35.4K followers, [----] engagements


"'Learn AI to stay relevant' Wrong. AI has the knowledge. AI has the skills. What it doesn't have: - Your specific story - Your specific relationships - Your skin in the game - Your name on the outcome Move layers not skills"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020295038526185972)  2026-02-08T00:34Z 35.4K followers, [----] engagements


"A tool that makes you 1% better daily. Sounds small. That's 37x better in a year. Most people are building apps for customers who might never come. What if you built for the one customer guaranteed to use it Yourself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021359555863589038)  2026-02-10T23:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The quiet crisis nobody talks about: Senior engineers aren't getting fired. They're getting frozen. Same title. Same salary. No new projects. No growth. Just maintaining legacy code until. They call it 'quiet cracking.' You're not imagining it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021541740864319664)  2026-02-11T11:08Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"FanDuel sold for $465M in [----]. Founders got $0. Zero. - The CEO who joined later $11.3M. - The CFO $5M. - The CLO $6.2M. [--] years later FanDuel was valued at $11.2B. The people who built it for a decade got nothing. The people who joined at the end got millions. That's venture capital"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021059574271217795)  2026-02-10T03:12Z 35.6K followers, 680.3K engagements


"Good Technology rejected an $825M cash offer. [--] months later sold for $425M. Employees paid taxes on shares at $4.32. Exit price: $0.44. - CEO payout: $5.9M. - Board's preferred stock: $125M. - Employee common stock: Almost worthless. This is why 'equity compensation' at someone else's company isn't compensation. It's hope. And hope isn't a financial plan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021603150247924079)  2026-02-11T15:12Z 35.6K followers, 10.5K engagements


"The hardest part of building alone isn't the work. It's having no one who fully gets it. Friends are supportive. Family is proud. But no one really understands what 3am feels like when revenue drops 40% and it's just you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2022027448775278992)  2026-02-12T19:18Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The market doesn't care how hard you worked. It doesn't care about your late nights. Your sacrifices. Your grind. It cares about value delivered. Effort results. Hard truth: some people work [--] hours and create more value than you do in [--]. That's not unfair. That's leverage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2022084319322186035)  2026-02-12T23:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"My parents called it optionality. Graduate. Move to California. Work at Google. $150K then $200K then $300K. That wasn't optionality. That was one path disguised as freedom because it's the only one they knew"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2011032496679399456)  2026-01-13T11:08Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"5 stages of grief for the old career path: [--]. Denial: 'AI is just hype' [--]. Anger: 'This isn't fair I did everything right' [--]. Bargaining: 'Maybe one more certification.' [--]. Depression: 'What's the point' [--]. Acceptance: 'The world changed. I'm changing with it.' Most people are stuck in denial. Acceptance is where you can move. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018765957850661007 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018765957850661007"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018765957850661007)  2026-02-03T19:18Z 35.5K followers, 15.9K engagements


"I wasted $15K+ incorporating too early. At [--] I thought: 'My customers are in the US. I need a Delaware C-Corp.' I felt official. I felt like a real founder. I didn't need the entity to get paid. I needed customers. Don't confuse feeling official with making progress"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019185215453687907)  2026-02-04T23:04Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The YC math nobody shows you: - 1% chance of getting in - Of those 60-80% return nothing to investors - 5-7% chance of unicorn - Prize: Maybe rich definitely still employed The bootstrap path: - [--] clients $5K/mo = $300K/year - You own 100% - No lottery required - Prize: Freedom Which is actually riskier https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019972403393188346 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019972403393188346"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019972403393188346)  2026-02-07T03:12Z 35.5K followers, 68.8K engagements


"Shut down my SaaS last month. This month I'm building again. Difference: zero customers in sight. One customer in mind. Me. Tools that make me better at languages investing thinking. I use them daily. They cost nothing. They compound. Building for yourself might be the highest ROI work now. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020137492465307772 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020137492465307772"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020137492465307772)  2026-02-07T14:08Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Your boss's boss is wondering if AI can replace your boss. Your boss is wondering if AI can replace you. You're wondering if you should learn prompt engineering. The only person not worried is the founder. Because they can fire everyone and rebuild with AI. That's the game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020383117714882899)  2026-02-08T06:24Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Hustle culture is a scam for employees. If you own nothing working harder just makes someone else richer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020755580575461505)  2026-02-09T07:04Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Same $1000/month customer. - SF founder: Covers 1/5 of rent - Toronto founder: Covers half of rent - Mexico City founder: Covers [--] months rent - Bengaluru founder: Covers [--] months rent Revenue is location-agnostic. Cost of living isn't. The 'second-tier city' founders are winning now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020816966324220071)  2026-02-09T11:08Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Employee money hits different than founder money. Same $10K every month no matter what you do Easy to spend. $50K one month $0 the next six You get careful real fast. The uncertainty made me more frugal than any book ever could"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020878369479389185)  2026-02-09T15:12Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The career advice that worked for your parents: 'Get a good education work hard stay loyal climb the ladder' That advice assumed the ladder would still be there. AI didn't remove the ladder. It removed the rungs you were standing on. Different game now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020940281776947351)  2026-02-09T19:18Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"In [----] 'I'm building from Toronto' was an apology. In [----] it's a flex"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021117950082650452)  2026-02-10T07:04Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I look calm in photos. Inside I'm usually running [--] anxiety spirals about: - What if this stops working - What if AI makes me irrelevant - What if I'm not as smart as I think Confidence is performed. Doubt is constant. You're not the only one faking it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021179366433079730)  2026-02-10T11:08Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"'I'll upskill and stay competitive.' Upskill to what The skills you learn today get commoditized in [--] months. The only durable advantage isn't skill. It's ownership. Own something. Anything. Stop renting your career"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021240763741331960)  2026-02-10T15:12Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The old world was a bell curve. Most people landed in the middle. Middle class was fine - house family retirement. The new world is a barbell. The middle is collapsing. You're either adapting and thriving or becoming irrelevant. There's no safe middle ground anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018642639134904707)  2026-02-03T11:08Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Instead of building for millions of imaginary customers: - I built a language tool because Duolingo wasn't enough - I built a sandbox to practice real coding infrastructure - I built a portfolio analyzer because I'm underperforming the S&P Three tools. One customer. Actually gets used. That's the game now. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020997155616428336 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020997155616428336"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020997155616428336)  2026-02-09T23:04Z 35.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@SH10611323 Offshore is being impacted now as well. India's tech sector just saw $22B in value evaporate last week due to Claude Cowork. The offshoring the Bengaluru tech-hub real estate is about to take a dive. No one is really safe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2022095213200584742)  2026-02-12T23:47Z 35.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Took my first real break in [--] months yesterday. No Slack. No email. Just walking and thinking. Came back with clarity on SimpleDirect's next [--] months. Breaks aren't weakness. They're strategic. What are you working on this weekend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1977027427445420531)  2025-10-11T15:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The VC market split into two games: - Game A: AI companies raising billions - Game B: Everyone else can't raise at all Most founders don't realize which game they're in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1988306744888484105)  2025-11-11T18:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Worst feeling: Posting something I'm proud of. It gets [--] likes. Random throwaway thought. Gets [---] likes. Makes me question: Am I building an audience for substance Or am I just learning to game an algorithm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1989741713066242059)  2025-11-15T17:06Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Big Tech is spending $700 billion on AI this year. More than NASA's entire budget since [----]. They're not building tools to help you work. They're building tools to work without you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020538778423644442)  2026-02-08T16:42Z 35.6K followers, 16.2K engagements


"Some days I feel like I've figured it all out. Most days I feel like I'm one bad quarter from losing everything. Both are true. That's the founder reality nobody posts about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021302681755668560)  2026-02-10T19:18Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Brex sold for $5.15B. VCs: 'What a failure down 58% from peak' Reality: - Top 0.1% startup outcome - Only [--] fintechs ever sold for $5B+ - Founders worth $500M+ post-tax This IS winning. And it still means reporting to Capital One. That's the part nobody wants to say out loud. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019547620381766131 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019547620381766131"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019547620381766131)  2026-02-05T23:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I ran a fintech business for [--] years. Still leased a $40K car I didn't need. Knew it was stupid while signing the paperwork. Did it anyway. Personal finance isn't a knowledge problem. It's a psychology problem. That's why books don't fix it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2019610011891093672)  2026-02-06T03:12Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Friend got laid off last month. $180K salary. [--] years experience. Great reviews. 'Nobody's hiring at my level. All the jobs are junior roles at half the pay.' That's the AI squeeze. Senior roles shrink. Junior roles disappear. The middle gets crushed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020607092004974608)  2026-02-08T21:14Z 35.6K followers, 441.1K engagements


"I used to dream about $5B exits. Then I read the Brex cap table: - Founders: 15-25% ownership - [--] years of work - Now report to a bank CEO I'd rather: - Own 100% of something small - Work [--] hours/week - Report to no one $500M and a boss vs $50M and freedom. I know which I'd pick. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020706269309358105 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020706269309358105"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2020706269309358105)  2026-02-09T03:48Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Michael Saylor holds [------] Bitcoin. Every time he tweets 'stack sats' every new buyer pushes HIS position up. Down 47% from peak. Gold at all-time highs. But his followers 'Buy the dip.' 'Weak hands.' 'This is actually good' Go all in. Never sell. Never question. Doubt it You're stupid. Leave You're weak. - Price up 'Told you.' - Price down 'Accumulation.' Name one other 'investment' where doubt gets you shamed and every outcome confirms the belief. That's not a market. That's a CULT. And I already know the replies: - 'You don't understand the tech.' I do. - 'You're just mad you didn't buy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021651803994005687)  2026-02-11T18:25Z 35.6K followers, 44.9K engagements


"Imagine if we celebrated: - [--] years profitable over [--] months to unicorn - 'I own 100%' over 'I raised $10M' - 'I work [--] hours' over 'I'm so busy' - 'I stayed small' over 'we're hiring aggressively' One is what looks good. One is winning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021665075178684584)  2026-02-11T19:18Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Your company is hiring AI engineers and laying off everyone else. They're not going to tell you what that means. I will: You have 18-24 months before your role looks completely different. Or doesn't exist. Start building something you own. Now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021721950339363032)  2026-02-11T23:04Z 35.6K followers, 17.3K engagements


"8-year-old VC funds have returned [--] cents on the dollar. [--] cents. After [--] years. These are the people telling you how to build"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021965536507171089)  2026-02-12T15:12Z 35.6K followers, 39.3K engagements


"@Celsius233Books https://carta.com/data/vc-fund-performance-q1-2025/ https://carta.com/data/vc-fund-performance-q1-2025/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2022019448849543332)  2026-02-12T18:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Nasdaq dropped 2.3% today because Anthropic added enterprise plugins to Claude. The market finally sees it. SaaS is dead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2018788736247718122)  2026-02-03T20:48Z 35.6K followers, 669.3K engagements


"I don't want to be a billionaire. I want to wake up on a Tuesday with nothing I have to do. Those are different games. Most people are playing the wrong one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021480335985258589)  2026-02-11T07:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Met a founder last week. $30M exit. Featured in TechCrunch. 'Made it.' Raised $12M total. Investors got 2x ($24M) He got $6M pre-tax After [--] years and California tax: $2M His employee who joined Google instead and saved aggressively Same number. Less stress. Better sleep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2021784339151814801)  2026-02-12T03:12Z 35.6K followers, 282.8K engagements


"Your side project isn't a stepping stone. It's a safety blanket. You're not building. You're hiding. If you were serious you'd be talking to customers not tweaking the landing page for the 47th time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2022146725184455067)  2026-02-13T03:12Z 35.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Tech salary progression: - Age 22-28: $100K $200K $300K - Age 28-35: $300K $320K $310K - Age 35+: 'We're going in a different direction' The career ladder has a ceiling. And AI is lowering it every year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2022266521007911246)  2026-02-13T11:08Z 35.6K followers, 130.2K engagements


"Recently got asked how much salary would be enough for me to work at a big tech firm. I said no number because nothing can buy the happiness and fulfillment of building your own startup and watching it work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1725147362279018904)  2023-11-16T13:42Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Too many people say they want to do things. It's not enough to just say it make your reputation by doing it. Earn your reputation by sticking to your promises. That's how you'll make it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1726954786078023967)  2023-11-21T13:24Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Has anyone tried Runway ML and liked it It's a new tool that takes in prompts and makes good videos. Here's my prompt of 'futuristic Dubai with flying cars'. @runwayml @expocitydubai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1727678617881104894)  2023-11-23T13:20Z 35.6K followers, 11.4K engagements


"As a founder I think growing up is by not making promises to your employees/partners/investors that you can't keep. We all start by suggesting things we are unsure of and knowing to make less promises is a good step towards maturity imo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1729853896841982171)  2023-11-29T13:24Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The startup game has changed forever in [----]. You no longer need to hire [--] developers at $125k each spend $500k on Google and Facebook ads and keep raising. You can do the same today with a team of [--] and a stream of automated AI programs. Start building"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1740760683283661107)  2023-12-29T15:44Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Unpopular opinion: when you're in your 20s try live in the big cities The experience and friends and connections you can make often outweigh the costs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1752321355096129603)  2024-01-30T13:22Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Truth are often pain to our ears but great to hear in the long-term. Build that persistance so people are more truthful around you and you can grow at a truly exponential rate by accepting that: You are not the greatest and you are wrong all the time which is fine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1752684236614570184)  2024-01-31T13:24Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Sam Altman thinks there will be a one-man billion dollar company very soon thanks to AI. Do you think that's coming soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1753765856893403446)  2024-02-03T13:02Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Startups are rarely killed by competitors. Often times it explodes within itself. Team is everything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1779483841662464019)  2024-04-14T12:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Be motivated by wanting to make a difference"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1869006265604587840)  2024-12-17T13:06Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Your network isn't who you know. It's who knows what you're capable of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1934258115454632207)  2025-06-15T14:34Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Sleep debt is technical debt for your brain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1934748852050866261)  2025-06-16T23:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Why do VCs fund 20-year-olds with no experience but not 40-year-olds with deep domain knowledge What do you think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1935355856041710071)  2025-06-18T15:16Z 35.6K followers, 15.3K engagements


"Your idea isn't special. Your execution might be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1936834604352029130)  2025-06-22T17:12Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Why do people study get-rich-quick schemes more than they study get-rich-slow fundamentals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1938647588778938378)  2025-06-27T17:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Failure is a teacher not a badge of honor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1940908958979441077)  2025-07-03T23:02Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The friends who stay when you have nothing are worth everything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1941634231496478930)  2025-07-05T23:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Being a founder in your 20s means sacrificing your 20s. I keep asking myself if it's worth it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1942720890657034548)  2025-07-08T23:02Z 35.6K followers, 11K engagements


"LinkedIn is just Instagram for people in suits pretending their morning coffee taught them leadership lessons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949821163158290682)  2025-07-28T13:16Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Founders don't go to networking events to feel important. We build things people actually want"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1949881574465372218)  2025-07-28T17:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Early founder me: 'Let's partner up and build this together' Current me: 'I'll build it myself and ship it this week.' AI changed the game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1950527825867415831)  2025-07-30T12:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The smartest people I know regularly say 'I was wrong about that.' The dumbest people I know never change their minds about anything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1950908355851035131)  2025-07-31T13:16Z 35.6K followers, 35.5K engagements


"Nothing is ever too late - things that used to take days to do now takes minutes. If you're in your 20s/30s/40s/50s - best time to build"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1952067957791523286)  2025-08-03T18:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Nothing wrong with having a job. What's wrong is half-assing a side project for years saying 'I'll quit someday' and never actually doing it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1952357872030855307)  2025-08-04T13:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Startups die from two extremes: - Overthinking obvious decisions. - Underthinking big decisions. Both are fatal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1952418268532088956)  2025-08-04T17:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"99% of people play founder. 1% actually build. We're not the same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1952818403149762899)  2025-08-05T19:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Learning how to learn is the most valuable business skill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1965041457636520270)  2025-09-08T13:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"VCs want you in SF for their convenience not your success. None of that helps you build better products"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1965139608603078924)  2025-09-08T19:46Z 35.6K followers, 23.9K engagements


"1% daily improvement for a year = 37x better. Most founders chase moonshots instead of daily progress"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1965766249863917978)  2025-09-10T13:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The real test of character isn't how hard someone works to get the job. It's how hard they work after they get it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1965864403674230832)  2025-09-10T19:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Stop asking users which country they're from. Just accept them all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1966226778432627128)  2025-09-11T19:46Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Project-based learning beats theory every time. Build something get stuck ask AI repeat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1966276074880335915)  2025-09-11T23:02Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Talking to other founders: motivated inspired energized. Talking to VCs/advisors: want to fall asleep. The energy doesn't lie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1966490997061288161)  2025-09-12T13:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Project-based learning theory-based learning. Always"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1966589154155794642)  2025-09-12T19:46Z 35.6K followers, 10.7K engagements


"Everyone's optimizing content for algorithms. Real success comes from solving human problems. Stop building for dashboards. Start building for people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1967676336132043008)  2025-09-15T19:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Companies reject your $29/month software. Same problem solved manually They pay $200/hour without hesitation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1967725661335744664)  2025-09-15T23:02Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Your customers don't care about you. They care about their problems"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1967940565435072961)  2025-09-16T13:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Pivot when you're wrong. Double down when you're right. Most founders do the opposite"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1968340692431778207)  2025-09-17T15:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"When work feels like play you've found your thing. Money follows naturally after that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1969824978544501041)  2025-09-21T18:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Everyone talks about compound interest. Nobody talks about compound freedom. Build both"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1970152622750318737)  2025-09-22T15:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Every skill expires except learning how to learn. That compounds forever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970821533556728229)  2025-09-24T12:04Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Being smart is overrated. Being curious is underrated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970839662160679391)  2025-09-24T13:16Z 35.5K followers, 12.5K engagements


"You can't outwork someone who learns faster than you. Learning speed is the ultimate moat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1970900052953403404)  2025-09-24T17:16Z 35.6K followers, 12.9K engagements


"Every hour should either pay you now or pay you more later. If it does neither stop doing it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1971602177266196730)  2025-09-26T15:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Most founders write to promote themselves. Smart founders write to solve readers' problems. Be the hero not the salesperson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1972361688549601311)  2025-09-28T18:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Old way: Learn then build. New way: Build then learn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973358263644164115)  2025-10-01T12:04Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Instead of #buildinpublic we should normalize #learninpublic. No shame in not knowing. Just growing and learning together"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973780171506557214)  2025-10-02T16:00Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Most people quit right before the breakthrough. - Podcasters: quit at episode [--] - Businesses: quit in year one - Content creators: quit before viral The winners They just don't quit. Patience beats talent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1974101145782980943)  2025-10-03T13:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Independence Checklist: Can quit your job tomorrow Can move anywhere next month Can say no without financial stress Can choose your daily schedule Most people check zero. Drop your score (0-4) in the replies. Let's see where we all stand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1974199326680240271)  2025-10-03T19:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Likes don't pay bills. Followers don't buy products. Engagement doesn't equal revenue. Focus on metrics that actually matter: customers and cash"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1974566220734042587)  2025-10-04T20:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Protect your attention like your bank account"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1974900413707993283)  2025-10-05T18:12Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Your credibility is your say-do ratio. Better to surprise people than disappoint them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1974928596469715259)  2025-10-05T20:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Mark Cuban: 'Don't chase Silicon Valley ethos. Focus on real customers.' Finally someone influential is saying it. The VC playbook works for 1% 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](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1975698181674484107)  2025-10-07T23:02Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Being 'nice' with your time is being cruel to your business"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1975894963700261098)  2025-10-08T12:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"LinkedIn Founder: 'Founders who emphasize work-life balance aren't serious.' Disagree. Burnt-out founders don't win. I build [--] companies. Work 50-60 hours/week not [--]. Results hours worked"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1975973491393364341)  2025-10-08T17:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Solo founder advantages: No cofounder drama fast decisions total control AI fills most gaps. Solo founder disadvantages: Loneliness no one to balance you all pressure on you. Worth it For me: yes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1976060573029654775)  2025-10-08T23:02Z 35.6K followers, 26.7K engagements


"People who respect their own time respect yours. People who waste their own time will waste yours too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1976275493671293163)  2025-10-09T13:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"AI made building easier. AI made defensibility harder. Everyone can ship fast now. Almost nobody can build moats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1976335891749560469)  2025-10-09T17:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Stop chasing novelty. Start building depth. True for content. True for startups"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1976698262858911865)  2025-10-10T17:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Best way to start a SaaS: Don't start with SaaS. Start with consulting. Build revenue. Understand the problem deeply. THEN build the product"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1976736027298410547)  2025-10-10T19:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Complexity is a debt you pay daily. More tools More decisions More people More coordination More features More maintenance Simplicity is the only way out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1977074730915045439)  2025-10-11T18:12Z 35.5K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1977154798269903283)  2025-10-11T23:30Z 35.6K followers, 63.8K engagements


"What AI replaced for me: - Code writing and review (Cursor Claude Code) - Market and competitive analysis (Claude) - Financial modeling (GPT5-thinking) - Legal document drafting (GPT5) - Content creation (AI + my frameworks) What AI can't replace: - Gut feeling on partnerships - Full context - Energy reading in customer calls - Vision and direction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1977823181109862766)  2025-10-13T19:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Big Tech path: $150K $300K $500K plateau. [--] years later you're still trading time for money. Founder path: [--] years grinding for nothing breakout velocity millions annually. Different timelines. Different outcomes. Choose your metric"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1978125169588572451)  2025-10-14T15:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Hardest business decision: Letting go someone I liked but who wasn't performing. Waited [--] months too long. Team morale suffered. Business suffered. Being a good person and being a good leader aren't always the same thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1979156468843647487)  2025-10-17T12:04Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Why build businesses Not for exits. Not for status. Not even for freedom (though that helps). Because the alternative is spending [--] years building someone else's dream. I'd rather fail at my own thing than succeed at someone else's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1979212341557268976)  2025-10-17T15:46Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Most people think freedom requires $10M in the bank. I calculated my actual freedom number: $4K/month covers rent food health insurance basics. That's $48K/year. Not $10M. Freedom isn't as far as you think. You just haven't done the math"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1979235019815084095)  2025-10-17T17:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Freedom isn't leaving work after [--] it's doing work you don't want to leave"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1979322047990747648)  2025-10-17T23:02Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"First [--] months creating content: Felt like shouting in mountains with nobody listening. Most people quit here because they measure daily growth. Winners measure 12-month trends. Different metric different outcome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1979611472507408680)  2025-10-18T18:12Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Partnership red flags I missed: - Excited about the money not the mission - Wants to 'just figure it out as we go' - Unclear on who decides what - Different work ethics - One person does 80% other 20% Saw all [--]. Partnered anyway. Paid the price"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1979896831069811071)  2025-10-19T13:06Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I spent years trying to raise VC because everyone said 'real startups raise money.' The moment I stopped caring what investors thought we started actually building something valuable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980373046054494309)  2025-10-20T20:38Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Luck is real. But most 'lucky' people work 10x harder than unlucky people. Increase your surface area for luck"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1981348912653816282)  2025-10-23T13:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Failure isn't expensive. Pretending you didn't fail is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1981496382604050717)  2025-10-23T23:02Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Every dollar you add to your lifestyle is a dollar you need forever. That's not freedom. That's a trap with nicer furniture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982463258469503329)  2025-10-26T15:04Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Don't automate until you've done it manually 10+ times. You need to understand the problem before you build the solution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1982510555354063148)  2025-10-26T18:12Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Family wanted me to be a pilot. School wanted me at Google. VCs wanted me fundable. Social media wanted me performing. I just wanted to be George. That's when everything changed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985090575691833584)  2025-11-02T21:04Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"You can't turn on content like a button when your product is ready. Content takes time to compound"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988287120335577367)  2025-11-11T16:46Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I know a founder with $1M ARR who can't get VCs to return his emails. Three years ago that would've guaranteed a Series A. Today He's considering shutting down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1988306741868552534)  2025-11-11T18:04Z 35.6K followers, 39.3K engagements


"Watch founders raise $5M. Throw parties. Hire [--] people. Post about 'changing the world.' Dead in [--] months. I'm profitable growing building something real. TechCrunch never calls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1988347534696132996)  2025-11-11T20:46Z 35.6K followers, 109.5K engagements


"Stop taking advice from people who've never done what you're trying to do. Especially if they're charging you for it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1988974145451794564)  2025-11-13T14:16Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Go to founder events. - Everyone's pitching. - Everyone's networking. - Everyone's 'building something big.' I leave exhausted. Realized: I don't actually like most founders. I like the 5% who are honest about struggling. The rest feel like performance art"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989434697672180015)  2025-11-14T20:46Z 35.5K followers, 59.1K engagements


"The hardest part of going solo isn't the work. It's having nobody to celebrate with when something goes right. Nobody to panic with when something breaks. You wanted independence. You got it. All of it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1989696435034415217)  2025-11-15T14:06Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Competitor raised $50M. Their founder told me: 'You can't compete without capital.' We're still here. They're struggling. I check their LinkedIn sometimes. Not healthy. But honest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1989801610659217701)  2025-11-15T21:04Z 35.6K followers, 46.5K engagements


"Everyone asks: How'd you start with no money Truth I don't say: - Had $50K saved from internships. - Parents paid my undergrad. - Could move back home if everything failed. I took risks. But I had a safety net. Most people don't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/1990215841502097526)  2025-11-17T00:30Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements

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