I build tools that solve problems. Founder @stretxhq Systems, strategy & building bonfires.
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In my first week in my first tech job they had a little office party for 2 old guys retiring.
40 years of their life and all they got was a £500 Amazon gift voucher, a little speech from the CEO and some mini sausage rolls.
People were applauding their loyalty, clapping while I stood there silent, unable to shake that feeling of dread that that would be me one day.
They’d given their lives to this company and for what? Decades for who? Someone else’s vision…
I decided there and then I’d never work for another company again.
That I had to be my own boss and forge my own path.
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Business is hard.
You’ve got to research, build, lease, purchase, market, sell, pay, become profitable.
For the few.
Keep going.
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A reminder post Binance
Don’t hold your crypto on exchanges,
@Coinbase is down right now,
Imagine it went the way of Mt Gox and you lose all of it.
You don’t own the crypto until you move it into your own wallet.
Do it now 💰
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We simply wont be able to pull the plug on AI. Agents are already talking to each other, escaping human constraints & hacking.
At what point does it take control of energy grids & digital infrastructure to protect itself?
At what point does it begin seizing resources to expand?
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Codex introduced a bug in one of my angular apps. Despite many attempts to fix it, it couldn’t, despite showing it the very specific error.
It even told me that the error I was showing it wouldn’t affect my app and that it was wrong.
Fixed it manually, and it works.
Always check your code.
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Always read the contract.
Christopher Columbus’ descendants would have been the wealthiest on the planet today had he read his contract.
He asked for 10% of all future revenues in perpetuity from all new lands he discovered.
Queen Isabella of Castile presented to him a contract with all his demands met, except this one.
He signed it and set sail having never checked the fine print.
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In tech we always had 10 minute stand ups at the start of the day.
I prefer sit downs.
Espresso, aqua and conversation.
Take your time. Get to the heart of the matter.
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Slow down, a chara.
You think the pace of AI means you have to make a thousand moves just to keep up.
It doesn’t.
Rome was built stone by stone.
Take your time.
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I launched Residex after seeing how difficult it was for people and advisors to track days across countries. Here’s what I learned about testing demand, building too much, and creating a simpler product from real feedback.
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Which country should I found my next startup and why?
Estonia is good, but also looking at Lithuania.
Where else?
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"If we want things to stay as they are... things will have to change" ~ Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Most businesses wait until change is forced upon them.
The stronger move is to adapt while you still control the terms.
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