MJ Arnaiz

Founder and CEO of Listahan

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

Not bad at first: around ₱600 in materials, around ₱1,000 in sales. But that’s only ~₱400 gross profit before counting my time. Each bouquet takes too long to make, so the return isn’t worth the hours.

Nice product. Not a business I want to keep doing.

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

Trying another small business idea: fuzzy wire flowers🌷

I’ll make a few samples for different occasions and see if people actually order.

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

Update on the fuzzy wire flowers:

I don’t think this is a good business for me.

It takes too long to make each order, and the profit is too small compared to the time I spend making them.

I’d rather use that time on something with better margin and faster turnover.

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

I messed that up todayyy. I moved fast, jumped to a conclusion, and created work based on something I hadn’t even validated yet ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

Getting things done fast matters, but only if the work has value and you’ve actually tested the assumption behind it.

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

@thewilliampan congraatsss

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

@itayevron @nvidia congrats bro!

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

Closing time and I’m still counting coins one by one. Cash doesn’t match the sheet? Count everything again ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[Joma Tech @jomatech]

Finally found a use case for an Apple Vision Pro… made my AI Agent return to office

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

@thsottiaux Building a thesis-level AI system that identifies medicinal plants, maps their compounds to diseases, and finds drug-discovery gaps pharma might care about.

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

@mattyryze I wonder how it looks like when it stumble

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

Bought 240 pcs of Downy for ₱1,415.
₱8 each, or ₱87 per dozen. Selling one by one gives me more margin. Selling by dozen gives the customer a ₱9 discount and gets my cash back faster.

That’s the part I’m testing now: how much margin should I give up to move inventory faster?

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

I’ve survived too much to give up now.

https://t.co/0RXP9u7Npw

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

Start with the mindset that you will fail. Then there’s no risk. Nothing to be nervous about. Just focus on learning, and be lethal at that. -D.

https://t.co/DLg3QBrv9p

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

@Unilever, @Nestle, @ProcterGamble, GrowSari.

Why do we need to travel 10-20km and stop at 3-4 stores just to restock?

NO DISTRIBUTOR REGULARLY COMES TO MY TOWN!!

Where the hell is the distribution?

If last mile is the problem, I'm here!😬

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

it’s been SIX MONTHS since i met someone who introduced me to AI, cybersecurity, values, etc. call me ignorant🤣 but he never got tired of teaching me even when i’m slow. “slow is smooth, smooth is fast”

anyways, i didn’t notice how fast it passed. lucky me. au revoir!˘⁠ ⁠³⁠˘

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

so i built a simple website to track my money easily and it works offline too ʘ⁠‿⁠ʘ

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

Running a small convenience store means writing inventory by hand, counting what’s left, checking sales and utang (credit), then doing the math just to know if I actually made money.

Every. Single. Time.😬

[MJ Arnaiz @MaryJeiel]

@Zai_org UX is important and u r missing a lot of it ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯