Gui 🏄🏻‍♂️ @gui_olivetree

Last week-end, I met a millionaire. Last year he made: $1.2M/year His name is @marc_louvion. His 2 main products are CodeFast (Coding course) and ShipFast (Javascript Boilerplate). Let's look at his numbers: • 166.7k followers on X • 120k subscribers on YouTube • 32k…

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The meet-up in Bali with @marc_louvion was indeed spicy.

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Yesterday's meetup was wild... 30 entrepreneurs gathered in a sauna (and watched me getting whipped by a Russian dude with eucalyptus leaves) 🥵 And 60 people talked about startups under the Bali rain at Green Bowl beach 🌧️ Thank you all for coming, IT WAS AWESOME!! The next…

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it's ok to work on 3 projects at the same time.

Solo founder life: when bathroom breaks feel illegal 🫣 As a solopreneur, every hour, minute counts ⏱️ You need to constantly invest time into revenue-generating activities. OR “potential” revenue-generating activities. That's how I ended up: → Being guilty for 10min…

How I wasted $30 and 5 hours chasing the perfect LinkedIn headshot 🤦‍♂️ As I was rebuilding my LinkedIn profile, I fell for the AI photoshoot hype. Their pitch was simple: → Save $100+ vs professional photographers → Skip the studio visit hassle First challenge: Upload 10…

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We burned $30k on code we couldn't maintain. Here's what happened 🚨 We needed to have a MVP for our Bakery Planning Software. Problem? Neither of us were full-stack developers. Hired a consultant who built in C#. Another problem? We didn't know C#. At all. 😂 Fast forward…

10k/month solo journey: Why I'm hiring a mentor instead of co-founders Being a solopreneur is hard. → Nobody to talk to. → Nobody to bounce ideas with. → Nobody to give you feedback. → Nobody to challenge you. I miss the dynamic of a team, truly. BUT - I won't give up…

Message for Start-up Founders: Stop begging for survey responses in slack channels Here's a smarter way to validate ideas 👇 Think about what normal validation looks like from “Marketing” books: → Create a survey → Reach out with "please fill my 2-min survey" → Get ignored…

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Want to be an entrepreneur? Here's why you should NOT quit your job just yet 👇 There is no reason for you to quit your job if: → You are happy about the work that you do → The people that you work with are great → You are paid a high salary and save a decent amount → You…

Am I the only one getting tired of recommendation systems? 🤔 Yes, I love seeing content that matches my interests. But my LinkedIn, YouTube, and Netflix are just feeding me more of the same stuff. Getting kinda boring tbh. Sometimes I just want to see something totally…

Found 3 AI-Resume builders for sale... Something doesn't add up 🤔 Here's my quick analysis: → Competition is intense → Barriers to entry are super low → Differentiating from the big players (Teal, Rezi) feels like mission impossible → Keyword competition? Already a…

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I always thought I needed a technical co-founder. THAT IS WRONG. Don't let anyone tell you that you need a technical co-founder to start a company. Unless you're building: - Deep tech - Aerospace - Quantum computing - Advanced robotics Today, you can learn to code on your…

I got 13 potential users for my app by just posting a simple message on Reddit 👇 This is the first step you should do before starting any business: Walk into your user's shoes. Live, breathe, and sleep like them. Know what they're getting for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.…

I deployed my first coded app into production 🚀 No Containers No Dockers No Kubernetes No fancy words for fancy cloud stuff No fancy API CRUD So yes, I am not a fancy dev guy. So yes, I might not optimize my infrastructure. But hey, I have an app that is (almost 😂) working…

Dev wants to code. Sales wants to sell. Here's the problem... Learned this the hard way while building software with a team of 4: Everyone unconsciously pushes their own agenda: → Developers: "Let's use this cutting-edge tech" (translation: they want cool problems to solve)…

PIVOT - 1 month in → I am shifting my focus with ResumeAI Starting on this journey, I had conflicting interests: → Interest 1: Keep coding to strengthen my technical skills → Interest 2: Validating an idea in one month But I have realized that I am fighting 2 battles that…

The classic founder's trap: Should I build first or validate first? 🤔 Last week I was stuck in the classic founder's trap: 1- Keep building my MVP 2- Take a step back and validate the idea (before writing code) Here's what I found: Indie hackers (90% devs) say: → Build…

Did you know that the US election has affected my client’s sales? 🥖 Me: "Hey, how are you? How was your year?" Client: "Amazing, made the best year this year again! - Although, with the Trump election, there are uncertainties in the economy..." Me: "Oh wow, I see... how does…