Biraz boşta gibiyken futbolun dışına çıkayım.
TV'den başlayayım; Murder at the End of the World diye bir dizi var Disney+'ta. İlk bölümün ilk 10-15 dakikası "Aha, Mindhunter tadında bir şey nihayet" dedirtti. Ocak ayında Jodie Foster'lı bir True Detective gelene kadar bir mini Jodie Foster da (Emma Corrin) barındıran dizi daha ilk bölüm bitmeden modern zamanda geçen bir Poirot'lu Agatha Christie senaryosuna döndü. Geçtiği izole ortam ve twist'leriyle devam ediyor, bu hafta da bitecek. Her şeye rağmen merak ettirerek izletiyor.
"You need to make yourself a big target for luck, and the way to do that is to be curious. Try lots of things, meet lots of people, read lots of books, ask lots of questions."
— Paul Graham, How to Do Great Work
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The Audacity. Çok enteresan bir dizi. Halt & Catch Fire'ın Silicon Valley / Industry'le buluşmuş hali. Bütün karakterleri aşırı sorunlu, kadro zaten iyi. Hikaye nereye kadar gider bilemedim ama ne izlesem diye bi boşluktaysanız bulup şans verebilirsiniz.
Harvard MBA bragging about the roofing business they purchased at 4x cash flow without working capital which means they will run out of money within a month post close
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2 more working days to finish out my first full year owning my HVAC company. Even though I was super confident I could do something special with it, I can’t say I would have bet on this exact outcome.
Prior to acquisition:
Annual Revenue: $1.9M
Gross Margin: 35–40%
SDE: $335k
First 12 months post-acquisition:
Revenue: $3.7M
Gross Margin: 49–51%
EBITDA: $1.0M
SDE: $1.14M (conservatively)
Where we stand right now in 2026:
Officially crossed $2M in YTD revenue 3 days ago.
May is on track to finish at $655k (a massive 351% growth YOY).
More importantly... May is going to put $280k cash in the bank.
The best part? Our top-line growth isn’t due to burning cash on massive marketing spend. Including truck wraps, a new website, GMB/SEO, and lead gen, we spent just 2.2% on marketing in the first 12 months. We are just starting to lean in on marketing strategy.
Coming into this, my top concerns were making payroll and paying the monthly acquisition loan payments. I haven't had to worry about either. Even though weekly payroll is now 3x what it used to be, we have managed such profitable growth that we currently have 8 months of cash in the bank—and we haven't even hit our true busy season, which starts in a few weeks. (And yes, I know... I need to do something with that cash!).
As I continue to invest in our people, technology, growth strategy, and marketing, I expect our next 12 months to look quite different. Who knows what the story will be. Our initial budget for 2026 was $3.5M, but I'm honestly not sure what our new ceiling is at this point.
The goal now is simple: maximize our opportunity and build a platform for everyone on this journey with me to achieve greater success than they ever thought possible.
The journey has just begun.
@insaatdoktoru claude'a yazdırdım hemen şöyle bir şey, geliştirmeye çalışacağım boş vakitlerimde. eklenti olarak çalışıyor şuan tarayıcıda, herkese açık kaynak paylaşırım en son halini
You are a VC doing a walkthrough of a new defense tech startup.
You see a row of Bambu Lab X1 Carbon printers churning out dozens of prototypes for the future of American anti-drone technology.
You see nothing wrong with this setup. You write them a $250k check.
A founder just apologized for dialing in to office hours from a car. It’s the sixth time he’s done this.
He spends close to 100% of his time meeting customers in unglamorous places a long way from San Francisco.
I wish more founders did this.
Burnout isn’t caused by hard work.
Instead, it’s a decoupling of effort and outcome.
You push as hard as you can and nothing moves. Your company has become a supertanker with its own inertia.
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