Ernest Zimba

AI Engineer - RAG, Agents and DeepLearning

[Ash Maurya @ashmaurya]

Demo-Sell-Build in the AI era:

The sequence is more important now, not less.

AI makes it faster to build. That means it's faster to build the wrong thing.

1. Demo the outcome (in a Loom, a mockup, a conversation)
2. Sell it (get a commitment before you code)
3. Build it (now you're building what someone will pay for)

AI acceleration is only valuable if you're going in the right direction.

[Ash Maurya @ashmaurya]

The biggest lie in startup culture: "Get to product-market fit and everything gets easier."

PMF doesn't solve your problems. It amplifies them.

Broken unit economics? Worse at scale. Wrong customer segment? Louder at scale. Leaky retention? Catastrophic at scale.

Fix the model first. Then grow.

[Ash Maurya @ashmaurya]

10 years ago, starting a company from scratch required $500K, a team of 5, and 18 months before first revenue.

Today: domain expertise + AI tools + a Lean Canvas + 10 customer conversations.

One founder with real knowledge is worth more than a funded team with none.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

Think about it: uncertainty = extinction risk.
Every discovery, every invention, every insight? A hedge against being wrong.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

If you want to leave a mark, forget “being remembered.”
Focus on making humanity less wrong. Everything else is noise.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

@denicmarko Hey I'd love to join

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

@araghougassian BET

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

Accept that everything ends - Act with urgency

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

You don’t get to question the requirements until you’re competent in the art. Order matters. Always.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

You can never be truly afraid in a place of abundance. Fear only exists where scarcity does — that’s why taking risks feels terrifying when you’re broke, and exciting when you’re safe.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

The urge to “leave a dent on the world” is the most narcissistic virus of our age — disguised as purpose.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

If you want to leave a mark, forget “being remembered.”
Focus on making humanity less wrong. Everything else is noise.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

Da Vinci mapped nature. Einstein decoded the universe.
Not for memory, but so we wouldn’t stumble blindly into extinction.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

Legacy is just a byproduct.
The real purpose: make humanity less wrong, less fragile, less blind.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

Think about it: uncertainty = extinction risk.
Every discovery, every invention, every insight? A hedge against being wrong.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

The hallmark of their existence?
They wanted to help humanity reduce its uncertainty.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

Everybody from history is dead—Da Vinci, Einstein, Tesla.
Their goal wasn’t fame or legacy.

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

The Money First → The Existential Problems Next
- Living in a 3rd world country(Zambia), I trust this is the path that will allow me to move to the location where zero to one moves are made(Silicon valley)....

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

Solve Humanities Existential Bottlenecks....
- Our Goal Is to reduce our uncertainty....

[Ernest Zimba @ernestzimba__]

Build the Arena where your people will play...
- It's not about you, but them...
Humans are born Narcissists...