Vincent Jong

Founder Poolside Ventures and SaaS on the Beach. Building AI-first companies like and

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

@PeterDiamandis The AI-backed sovereign wealth fund is a great direction, but you only discuss it from a US perspective. What about Europe? We'll be paying much of the bill after all. Seems like this may need a global solution for true abundance. #AskPeterD

[Sam Altman @sama]

you can sign in to openclaw with your chatgpt account now and use your subscription there!

happy lobstering.

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

With the most capable LLM models ever, tool calling is still at kindergarten level. From @claudeai saying it will wake but doesn't to @GeminiApp trying 2,000 different ways to fetch a page in 3 seconds. Whoever figures this out will be the preferred solution for builders.

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

@claudeai seems to try and solve their capacity challenges by taking away capacity, like removing Claude Code from the $20 plan and "smarter" session resets. This is not the time to focus on value extraction. There are many alternatives, don't give people a reason to try them...

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

@Benioff Best thing you can do to open your company up to AI-first use cases. Bravo 👏

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

Why don’t I see many people talking about tools in LLMs? Seems to me that that’s where most of the progress is going to come from to integrate this into people’s day-to-day. Lots of building blocks still missing to reach full potential there.

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

@pmarca Agree and also, most of the work for 80% of the population can be done by the current Mini / Flash / Haiku models if you give them the right tooling. Can get that for lower hundreds a month already today.

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

Claude: Here's your implementation plan. I suggest starting with Part 1 which will take 3 weeks, and later doing Parts 2-4 as they involve significant work.

Me: Let's implement all of it right now.

*10 min later*

Claude: Implementation of Phase 1-4 done and all tests passed
😂

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

US government is only helping @AnthropicAI gain market share by marking it a supply chain risk. No such thing as bad press.

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

Time to add a backup model to OpenClaw for when Claude goes down again. But wait, I need Claude to do that 😳

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

@RamnSnc80188196 😭

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

Claude is down...?

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

Back on X 👋 Will be focusing more on building companies with AI going forward. Sharing real life examples of what we’re seeing at Poolside Ventures.

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

@HarryStebbings @aspenjfm Having the executive team in one place can solve a lot. You don’t need every single person in the building if you hire good people.

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

Product Managers should have a deep understanding of how products are sold. There are many opportunities to improve sales with the Product. Companies with GTM fluency in their product department will be at an advantage. #productmangement #productledgrowth

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

You need to be mindful of cannibalization when introducing Product-Led Growth. But not every PLG initiative is the equivalent of Hannibal Lecter to your existing pipeline 😉

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

If you’re a remote-first company, you must bring everybody together at least once per year, to build a strong culture and get the remote processes to work well. I’m en route to Dealfront Teamweek to do just that. Can’t wait to see everyone in real life! #remote #culture

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

Before Leadfeeder became a paid product, it was free for a year, so the team could fine-tune the product experience. It's such a simple and powerful approach, but many companies skip this step. Get the product metrics right first, then start charging.
#productledgrowth

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

Want to live a happy life? Don't take yourself too seriously.

Learn to laugh at yourself.

Embrace your imperfections.

And enjoy the moment.

Success will follow.

[Vincent Jong @VincentPoolside]

It's time to stop hating on sales reps. Sales is hard and most of us would not fare that well as a sales rep. So let’s cut the sales rep some slack and appreciate their hard work. #salesstrategy