Jonathan Chan

Personal Lending Expert | Ex-BCG | Ex-Big Bank | Ex-Programmer | Geek | - AI News and Automations

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

12 apps. 12 months. Everything documented.

That's the challenge I'm starting today.

Here's the plan, a🧵👇

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

This is the life… watching the kids play soccer on the beach

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

Check out the interactive map here: https://t.co/syKEvfECDG

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

Hot take: Every Sydney suburb where Mandarin is the most spoken language (after English) have seen massive price rises over the las 10 years.

Buy in suburbs where Mandarin is NOT the most spoken language...

... because in 10 years time 🚀 💰💰💰

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

@rileybrown Try https://t.co/f37gb0RUma?

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https://t.co/4ZnP6uehac
Here's the site, enjoy!

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

Tuesday midnight: saw a tweet about Quick, Shopify's internal tool for hosting AI-built HTML. 217K views, comments full of "I want this."

Wednesday night: the public version was live.

Here's what I shipped in 24 hours:

[Daniel Beauchamp @pushmatrix]

Everyone's talking about AI-generated HTML.

But have you tried giving your sites a zero-config API for saving data, file storage, AI, websockets, etc?

We did this at Shopify. Runs on a single VM that costs $200/month, and it's changed the way we work.

We call it Quick 👇🧵

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

The gap between "my AI made this" and "it's live on the internet" used to be a weekend of DevOps.

Now it's a drag and drop.

Try it: link below.

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

7/ They see the "after" screenshot and think it happened overnight.

It happened on the 47th Tuesday when I published anyway.

If it feels like nobody cares yet, that's normal. Keep going.

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

1/ 146 subscribers to 537 in 10 months.

Here's what nobody tells you about growing a newsletter.

It is brutally slow at the start.

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

6/ You don't need a massive audience to build something that matters.

You need to show up when nobody is watching.

That's the part most people skip.

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

7/ I break down every dollar inside the AI Never Sleeps community.

Not just numbers. The systems. The automations. What actually moved revenue.

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

6/ Nobody shows the middle.

You see the "I quit" post.

You see the "I hit $1M" post.

This is the part in between where some months the brand grows, some months consulting carries you, and some months you just survive.

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

5/ But zoom out.

Month 3: $15,000. Almost quit.

Month 9: $27,800.

Month 10: $40,451.

The salary was a ceiling.

This is a foundation.

Messy. Less predictable. But it compounds.

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

1/ $40,451.

Month 10 after leaving a $420K salary.

February was $27,800.

Here's every dollar in March.

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

4/ And my brand actually went DOWN.

$12,400 in Feb. $9,605 in March.

One slow launch. A few refunds. A cohort gap.

Month 10 is not a straight line.

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

3/ Now the honest part.

73% is still consulting.

Time for money. The thing I said I was leaving.

Hard to say no to $29,700 though.

[Jonathan Chan @JonochanScaleup]

2/ CONSULTING: $29,700

(Two clients. Biggest month yet.)

AI NEVER SLEEPS: $9,605

(Course, agency, newsletter)

SAAS APPS: $1,146

(Trvel eSIM + BankStatements)