I'll never understand doomer takes on ecommerce. "I would never start a @Shopify store in {insert year}" "You're not profitable until you hit X" "You have to launch thousands of ads" (way too sweaty) My favorite one is "The economy" It's all so noisy and honestly such a bad vibe (sorry if you're a bad vibe) My store is coming up on 2 years old and just passed $1m net. And I'm not trying that hard. I'm paying attention to other things. This is everything that we're doing. My VA sends email & sms with Shopify messaging Nearly all my ad spend is on catalog ads and I have 6 paid apps @Marpipe_HQ by @danpantelo @aftersell by @varunkundra @KnoCommerce by @JeremiahPrummer @VideoWiseHQ by @claudiucioba @tapcart, I don't know who made tapcart. and @AliaPopups by @iamshaanarora and @corylgill What else... We just got @memelordtech by @iamjasonlevin for $20 a month and it's rad, so we're going to try launching meme ads and we're tracking our competitors with @foreplay_co If you have an idea for a physical product that people might like, Shopify has made it pretty easy. Don't let the doomers stop you.

I can’t believe Anthropic comparing their product to nuclear weapons 800 times backfired on them. I am shocked

Fable 5 is just going. Also what happened to Fable 1-4?

RT @tunguz: Our Anthropic overlords deciding which prompts the peasants are allowed to use.

Just go outside and call it a day.

We will solve every problem. I believe in the unrelenting power of human innovation.

99% of the people I know who care deeply about politics are total losers. How can you win when you’re devoting brain power to things that you have absolutely no control over? Can’t think of a bigger waste of time.

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Great to talk to @jacob_posel about what the team are building at @getindigo / HQ / Glass / @tryramp

Jeff Bezos: "If I do my job right, the value to society and civilization from my for-profit companies will be much, much larger than the good that I do with my charitable giving."

True

Thanks @jackdoesecom @JeremiahPrummer @rishabhmjain for having me on the SaaS operators!

E54: Become AI Native with @jim_benton from @Adapt @jackdoesecom @JeremiahPrummer @rishabhmjain Watch the full episode below 👇

Major life hack: Don't complain, ever. Nobody likes a complainer. They drain the energy of everyone around them. It's exhausting spending time around someone who constantly complains about things outside their control. If it’s within your control, go do something about it. If it’s not, you’re just wasting energy thinking about it. Complaining gives too much power to the thing. Take back that power.

Last week we talked to @obviceo and @kreatekit about how ai is changing ecommerce and ecom saas, @rishabhmjain brought up how fast @codyplof is moving with ai, and my 2c is that it's never been better, claude or codex is doing most of the work for you, you just need to ask for it

This is something the High Growth Handbook taught me: Build systems amongst the chaos. “When you’re in the thick of it, it is so hard to move yourself out to get the view you need on things.”

It was great to jam with Ron and Ankit on all things ecom & saas. Thanks for the chat guys @obviceo @kreatekit

E53: @GaaSForSaaS with @obviceo and @kreatekit of @my_obvi @jackdoesecom @JeremiahPrummer @rishabhmjain Watch the full episode below 👇

Everyone's seen posts on @X that say "Comment XYZ for an AI tool that replaces {entire industry}" If you're scrolling, commenting, toolswitching and feeling behind with AI my best advice is to actually just do it. Just ask @claudeai if it can do the thing you actually need to get done. It probably can, you just need to ask for what you want. (and know what you want) My next best advice is to do everything in cli so you don't have to download new apps and learn UIs. UIs are pretty intuitive, but having to use a mouse to click buttons is unnecessary friction and a entirely different, much slower workflow. That's the secret, two changes and you're pretty much caught up. We might do a daily show for @saasoperators building live, in the meantime here's a video of an influencer outreach agent I built for the Profit AI MCP inspired by @Seanfrank's tweet about the hudson method @itshudsonblake Comment PROFIT and I'll DM it to you (Don't worry Qinro, you're not going anywhere)

Watching people outside of this space discover AI for the first time is one of the most fascinating things happening right now. “It’s like a kid in the candy store, but is the candy good for you?” People spend hours in Claude, but there's a difference between using AI to complete outcomes and using AI to create systems you "believe" will help you complete them later.

“Most engagement rings are made by slaves.” That’s why Jack Kavanagh (@jackdoesecom) sells lab-grown diamonds, but he’s done simply educating customers. His jewelry brand is going on the offensive—Hims-style “sick of the system” energy. Marketing that has an enemy wins.