Evan

Founder and 9-5’er | Data Nerd | Building software for fun | Current: | | Chronic shiny object syndrome

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

Almost 4 full days of listening to @ShaanVP and @thesamparr chop it up this year

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

In the age of AI

power has shifted from dev to sales

When anyone can build software, it means

10x the competitors

10x the value of someone great at sales

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

I've been heads down building Pavemnt and some other fun side projects recently

I have some catching up to do here

what did I miss?

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

My AI agent has generally done a good job finding interesting updates in the industry

After all, it has to choose only 5 articles out of hundreds it scans through

But this is a stretch 😂

https://t.co/lm16fW0dyo

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

@PaulTheLi Appreciate that!

Would love any feedback on it

https://t.co/srssp6llEz

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

Built my first AI agent last week

Scans hundreds of articles across popular AI news sites

Decides which are most relevant

Creates short summaries on a site for me

Also breaks down why the article matters and how I can use the info myself

Very fun project so far

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

@lamp1billion Obviously

Can you even be an AI dev without one of those?

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

@EgorKhimi Always helpful

Are you using a tool or did you just use APIs?

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

@BostonRobby Love to hear that, there’s a solid lesson in there

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

Do you think about GTM strategies as a solopreneur?

Or is that overkill?

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

@BostonRobby Typically agree but on your own with limited time where do you start?

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

Until you’ve called/emailed at least 1000 people

and talked to at least 50 of them

your product isn’t a failure

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

@JanisCode Social media algos tend to only promote the glamorous side of things

Not as much of all the effort happening in the background

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

“My tool made it to 10k MRR in 6 weeks”

says the founder with 7k followers on their 9th product over 5 years

It’s not luck, it’s repetition

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

@alexworks The longer you play the game the better chance you’re going to win

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

@dumbuffalo

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

If you’re not 100% in

You’re out

A constant reminder to myself

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

@SMBGrowthGuy Ridiculous 🤣

[Evan @BuildWithEvan]

So many lead gen businesses and AI agents promising enriched LinkedIn data

These all have to be violating their ToS, no?

Just doing it anyway?