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Product Lead I Building @justpostam

[Okwebs @Colliwry]

We are building a product to help buyers reduce the stress of knowing who to buy from when you already know what you need. On Postam, buyers request first. Sellers compete on speed and availability.
Join the wait-list https://t.co/HS5olVNSuJ

[Shane Pruitt @shane_pruitt78]

4 Encouragements for Graduating Seniors:

1.Your identity is in Christ, not your accomplishments.

2.God’s calling for your life matters more than the world’s expectations.

3.Don’t drift from Christian community after graduation.

4.Whatever your walk of life is, follow Jesus.

[Okwebs @Colliwry]

Yeah, it’s not even clout anymore… Claude is genuinely in a league of its own.

[Rousseau Kazi @rousseaukazi]

stream of consciousness:

it's never been more critical for your friends and family to have a side project.

do them a favor and get them started on one. get them a github repo, a codex/claude/lovable/replit/whatever. just a folder that they can work with an ai to commit and push stuff to.

the rate at which new tools and technology is both exhilarating and nauseating. the future has never been more unevenly distributed than it is today. however, what's different about today is that literally ~everyone can access it. the playing field has never been more even.

@tobi has this cool approach for being a futurist. it goes something like:

"predicting the future is easier than you think.

1) live in everyone's relative future, just use all the bleeding edge, latest tools to the max. just get the reps in.

2) when you compare that to what the average person is doing today, you have another data point to extrapolate a line from.

3) if on top of that, you're a student of history, you have many more data points to extrapolate a curve from."

it's pretty wild just how effective this thinking is. many of us do, attempt to do (1), every day. honestly, being able to learn about so many of the latest tools, approaches, etc is easily the greatest value add twitter/x has on my life. it's like the best group chat for being exposed to the future.

however, when i speak to non-technical friends & family, the same energy for all this new stuff isn't there.

it's not because of lack of interest, if it was, it wouldn't really bother me. that said, i know these people and they would find it infinitely interesting and they would naturally love keeping up with this stuff.

what i'm learning is that most people don't have a low expectation, fun side project that they can apply all this new tech to.

when a new piece of tech comes out, people can intellectually understand that it's cool but if there's not an easy, personal thing to apply it to... then it just stays intellectually interesting and not viscerally exciting.

for example, there are all of those cool skills today like remotion/hyperframes/etc where if you point it at a repo, it'll create a fun marketing video.

for anyone with a side project who sucks at video editing, this is super cool and you're itching to see what it produces for your project.

however, if you don't, you're sorta like "that's cool" and then you move on. you don't feel inspired to try it, it feels too heavy, and you miss out on living in everyone's relative future.

why is it important to get them setup with a repo/software adjacent project?

ai's killer use case right now is that it truly democratizes software engineering. the latest models are as, if not more, capable as most senior engineers we've ever worked with. the best tools are being made for agents that are software engineers at heart.md.

you'll get the most bang for your buck by having something with a software component. get them setup with a repo somewhere and teach them how to ask their agent to point to tools, learn it, and see their eyes light up.

having something you're hacking on is fun but more importantly, it acts as an object to apply the future to.

it's something you care about, something you know, that you're building over time, and therefore when you encounter something that can push it forward in a way you could never imagine and at a speed you find neck-breaking, you can't help but find yourself sprinting to set it up.

helping your community feel that intoxicating feedback loop is one of the more valuable things you can do for them today.

[Okwebs @Colliwry]

Just go for it

[Paul Graham @paulg]

The biggest opportunity for would-be startup founders is AI. But the most underpriced opportunity is probably non-AI ideas. So if you have a good non-AI idea, go for it, because everyone else is going to overlook it.

[Justpostam @justpostam]

We’re live 🚀

Postam is officially out.
For the first time, you don’t have to scroll endlessly or guess where to find what you need.
Just post what you’re looking for and match with the right seller.
Visit https://t.co/GGBEDcPHNC today
#Postam #WeAreLive #AfricanStartups

[Okwebs @Colliwry]

@Akintola_steve What about commerce products integrating escrow?

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

In startups, the way through a chicken-and-egg problem is to hatch one egg yourself.

[Gabe @Gabe_igh]

If you sell gadgets or fashion, this changes the game.
No more guessing what to stock.
No more slow sales.
Buyers tell you exactly what they want — you just show up and sell.
See how 👇

@justpostam

[Justpostam @justpostam]

If you sell gadgets or fashion, this changes the game.
No more guessing what to stock.
No more slow sales.
Buyers tell you exactly what they want — you just show up and sell.
See how 👇

[Justpostam @justpostam]

Stop posting and hoping.
Sell to people already looking.
That’s Postam

Every day, people need what you sell.
Postam shows you who.
You close the deal

JOIN OUR CHANNEL NOW interested vendors and customers to get updates till we launch

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[Okwebs @Colliwry]

@ManOfFocus_ Just keep moving

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

You learn by doing.

There’s no other way.

[Afolabi Sokeye 🧱 @SokeyeA]

don’t get caught with FOMO this period

Do meaningful things

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

Some of our best hires were totally unqualified on paper.

They always had the same qualities: entrepreneurial, high agency, smart, mission aligned, and they got shit done.

If you’re hiring, especially in early stages, seek out & bet on these people. Don’t over-index on resumes.

[Okwebs @Colliwry]

@TheObiLeonard Some people might wonder why 'taste' is in there before execution... But I've come to notice that how you perceive/see things directly correlates to how you execute.

[Afolabi Sokeye 🧱 @SokeyeA]

Make sure you’re having fun because that’s the only way to do hard things

[Okwebs @Colliwry]

@marcrandolph "Curiosity and Patience"

[Jay Yang @Jayyanginspires]

Some people are just inevitable. You can see it in their eyes, the way they move, the way they talk, the way they explain their goals. Life will delay them and distract them, but it can never stop them.

[Okwebs @Colliwry]

@dunkhippo33 I completely relate to that

[Okwebs @Colliwry]

@MichaelDell Just keep building