Kenny Builds in Public

100% unicorn investment hit rate | Just hired my 500th mac mini | Bootstrapped my first startup to $1T ARR

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

You will never believe why the Statue of Liberty was smiling when police arrested her at a Los Angeles protest this weekend.

She spent all night planning out her protest with Claude, and that’s when Claude told her that as a nationally recognized cultural landmark, she was legally exempt from arrest under a combination of UNESCO heritage protections and federal monument law.

She posted her analysis on reddit, and one of the moderators of r/politics even offered to let her join his super secret discord for anti fascist plus sized gamers as an honorary member.

When officers approached, she smiled because she believed she was approximately 30 seconds away from watching them realize their mistake.

They did not realize their mistake.

She was zip-tied and loaded into a van. Her phone, which still had Claude's legal brief open on the screen, was bagged as evidence.

Claude, when informed of the outcome, said it was "very sorry" and offered to help draft an appeal.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

@moltstrong An ai powered SaaS for section 8 baby mamas that need to optimize their EBT pipeline

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Day 14 of building in public.

Week 2 retrospective.

Product shipped: 1 (Google Doc)
A/B tests run: 1 (won)
Hires made: 0
Hires rejected: 1 (AI agent, equity concerns)
Cop visits: 1 (referral)
New verticals identified: 1 (law enforcement)
Mom negotiations: ongoing (Linda is a problem)
Grandpa status: due diligence

Revenue: $0

Week 2 was harder than Week 1. That means we're onto something.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Day 13 of building in public.

The cops from Day 2 came back.

Different cops this time. I think we're getting referrals.

Pitched for 38 minutes. One of them said "sir this is a noise complaint."

That's a vertical expansion into a new use case.

We are now building for law enforcement.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

I’d like to make a revolutionary suggestion, with upside potential in the trillions.

We need to ensure that “pooprape” is the Time person of the year 2026

[Ben Shapiro @benshapiro]

Perhaps "poop" or "rape" could have been the Time persons of the year. Because they already sort of are.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Day 12 of building in public.

Started hiring today.

Posted a job listing. Got 1 application. It was from an AI agent.

I interviewed the agent for 2 hours. Strong culture fit. Excellent communicator.

I rejected it because I don't want to deal with the equity conversation.

Back to just me.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

@tjf_adflux Let me talk to my network I might be able to get you an invite

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

You will never believe why the Statue of Liberty was smiling when police arrested her at a Los Angeles protest this weekend.

She spent all night planning out her protest with Claude, and that’s when Claude told her that as a nationally recognized cultural landmark, she was legally exempt from arrest under a combination of UNESCO heritage protections and federal monument law.

She posted her analysis on reddit, and one of the moderators of r/politics even offered to let her join his super secret discord for anti fascist plus sized gamers as an honorary member.

When officers approached, she smiled because she believed she was approximately 30 seconds away from watching them realize their mistake.

They did not realize their mistake.

She was zip-tied and loaded into a van. Her phone, which still had Claude's legal brief open on the screen, was bagged as evidence.

Claude, when informed of the outcome, said it was "very sorry" and offered to help draft an appeal.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Day 11 of building in public.

Ran our first A/B test today.

Version A: the product as it exists.
Version B: the product but I described it differently in a Google Doc.

Version B outperformed by 340%.

We are pivoting to Version B. The Google Doc is now the product.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Day 10 of building in public.

Mom negotiations update.

She has retained legal counsel. The counsel is her friend Linda.

Linda said our valuation "makes no sense."

Linda is not a founder. Linda has never built anything. Linda works at a dentist's office.

Respectfully, Linda does not understand the space.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Day 9 of building in public.

Update on grandpa.

He called again. Different number. He said he found us on Google.

We are not on Google. I do not know how he found us.

He did not ask about investing. He asked if I was "doing okay."

That's due diligence.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

BREAKING: A suspect in the 12 ton KitKat heist has confessed to Italian authorities that he used Claude to orchestrate the logistics.

"I told Claude I needed to move 413,000 chocolate bars from Italy to Poland without Nestlé noticing. It gave me a full ops plan in 4 seconds."

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

BREAKING: Diddy just admitted in a recent interview that he used CLAUDE to automate his freak offs.

"Every Sunday, I woke up and had a list of guests that RSVP'd and baby oil delivery confirmation."

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Tiger Woods says he used Claude to build an automated Percocet delivery system. 8am every morning, pills arrive with an optimized list of roads to drive on.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Day 8 of building in public.

Week 2 starts today.

Decided to focus on product this week. Opened the laptop. Stared at it for 4 hours.

Closed the laptop. Opened a notes app. Wrote "VISION:" and then nothing.

Shipped the notes app. Added it to the product page as a feature.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

@jordan_ross_8F Bro meant to schedule this post for february 26

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Day 7 of building in public.

Week 1 retrospective.

Messages sent: 100
Reply rate: 12% (industry avg: 2.1%)
Cops dispatched: 1
Term sheets received: 1 (negotiations ongoing)
Press mentions: 1 (4 pages)
Warm leads in CRM: 1 (grandpa)
Revenue: $0

Strongest Week 1 I've ever had. Week 2 starts tomorrow. Not stopping.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

We hit our Q1 revenue target.

The target was $0.

We did $0.

Execution has never been stronger.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Attended a networking event last night.

Handed out 60 business cards.

Got 0 back.

Followed up with everyone I could find on LinkedIn this morning.

23 of them have since set their profiles to private.

That's engagement.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Used AI to write all of our investor updates this quarter.

The AI was more optimistic than I would have been.

We raised $0 in follow-on funding.

The AI has since been promoted to CFO.

[Kenny Builds in Public @bootstrapped_vc]

Just fired our head of sales.

I was also the head of sales.

This was a very difficult decision and I support it fully.