Jonathan Dobkin

Helping small & medium businesses save money with AI workflows & automation | Founder ConnectA, Builtt

[Jonathan Dobkin @JonathanDobkin]

I haven't really introduced myself in a long time, so here it goes.

I'm in my early 20s, running an AI-automation agency called @ConnectA__

We build AI agents and automation systems for real businesses ops, sales, data, messy workflows that usually break when scale hits.

I’m still learning, still messing things up and still figuring out what actually works vs what just sounds good on Twitter.

If you're a founder building in AI, automation, or agent-first products, I’d genuinely love to connect, not to pitch.

Just to exchange notes and learn together.

[Jonathan Dobkin @JonathanDobkin]

@EmailCopyJames What about all 3 together?

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@OnatAksaray Yes!!

[Jonathan Dobkin @JonathanDobkin]

Running a startup teaches you more than school ever will.

No syllabus. No right answers.

Just pressure, uncertainty, and figuring things out in real time.

At some point, you stop building a company…and start building yourself.

[Jonathan Dobkin @JonathanDobkin]

3 things I learned the hard way:

→ Wrong clients cost more than no clients
→ Cash flow > revenue
→ Time leaks kill growth

It’s not about doing more. It’s about what you allow in.

[Jonathan Dobkin @JonathanDobkin]

this is one the best advice i have read in recent times.

[Justin Welsh @thejustinwelsh]

The biggest advice I'd give to entrepreneurs in their 20s:

Become crazy obsessed with being an optimistic problem-solver.

You'll fix big problems before pessimists finish talking about why it can’t be done.

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If you disappeared for 7 days, what part of your business would break first?

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@Lilly7862 Waiting for motivation is usually just waiting longer than necessary.

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@shawnmarcx Momentum usually drops when decision fatigue quietly piles up in the background.

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@heyizmadz Repurposing one idea across formats removes a lot of pressure to constantly “come up with something new”.

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@TTrimoreau Starting sooner and correcting publicly seems faster than perfecting privately.

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@eliana_jordan Which part of the guide made the biggest difference for you?

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@thejustinwelsh Mental diet is probably the least consciously managed input most people have.

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@pmitu A lot of builders treat marketing like an optional phase instead of part of building.

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@EmailCopyJames Writing is leverage that compounds quietly. One clear idea can travel further than hours of effort elsewhere.

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@DavidWentNomad Vertical delivery is wild… that pizza went through emotional damage before reaching you.😂

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@4evernoeyy The shift from “more” to “repeatable” is underrated. Structure quietly removes a lot of mental noise.

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@4evernoeyy Consistency sounds boring until you realize it compounds quietly in the background.

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@HussainIbarra Feels simple but it actually kills the “I’ll start later” excuse. The project part is where things stop being theoretical.

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@J_dev363 Model switching pain is real… small differences in reasoning style can break workflows fast.

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@AlexTolson91 Feels like some bots are optimized for revenue protection first, customer experience second.