this is everything you need to know to start a company from zero
this video covers how to:
1. identify your "why"
2. find a co-founder that aligns with your "why"
3. come up with ideas and test them
4. raise capital
5. achieve PMF and repeatedly launch successfully
if you want to build a company, this is for you
@AllenWangzian@tankots@WisprFlow this already exists 😄 on Mac/Windows:
Settings → System → "Mute music while dictating." flip it on and Flow ducks your music the moment you start talking.
In India, we have a saying: “Rishte lafzon ke mohtaaj nahi hote.” Relationships don’t depend on words.
Because in India, sometimes “I love you” sounds like:
“Have you forgotten us now that you’re out exploring the world?” or “I hope you’re keeping up with your physiotherapy after the surgery!”
We don’t always say exactly what we feel. A best friend pulls you into a hug without explaining why. A partner disguises care as a casual reminder.
The words may struggle to come out.
But expressing them shouldn’t feel like work.
That’s what I love about this film, and about Wispr Flow. It makes communication feel seamless, especially when finding the right words isn’t.
— Written with @WisprFlow
I want to talk about a video we posted last week, the one titled "Google is coming for us."
Most of the replies fell into two categories....
1. "Wispr is a wrapper anyone could build in a weekend."
Yes, you can vibe code a version of Wispr. We encourage it, honestly. It's a fun build and you'll learn a lot. But getting from 6/10 to 9/10 is incredibly hard. Making dictation feel instant, getting names and jargon right every time, formatting a text differently in an email, editing mid sentence with just your voice, these are incredibly tough (fun) challenges. Most models cap out well before what top-tier voice dictation needs to be to deserve trusted, habitual usage. We deeply understand this problem - because it is all we have thought about for years - and recently launched Wispr Advanced Interfaces Lab to create a step change in voice quality. We see how this can be significantly better and will prove it.
2. "Wispr has gotten too hype."
This post lacked the authenticity we aim to deliver. We started building Wispr in public closely with the X community and we want to make sure we are as grounded and humble as we always have been. We will continue to have fun, be open and push the boundaries through our content, models, and product innovations.
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Going forward, we'll be releasing more benchmarks, regular product updates, challenges we face, and incorporating all the product feedback we get here back into what we're building. The future of voice is an exciting one, and we care about what you think we should do next!
Today, we're launching Notetaker!
It takes notes on your meetings and gets the details right.
Now you have:
- Real names on your final transcript, not "Speaker 1" and "Speaker 2"
- A "What did I miss?" button that catches you up when you join late
- Clean summaries with decisions and action items already pulled out
& more👇
I'm convinced that real success is often quiet. It's spending less than you make. Driving the simple car. Wearing what you like. Loving the same person forever. Showing up for friends. Avoiding drama. Doing hard things. Real success doesn't shout. Quiet is seriously underrated.