Hey Reader! Tip: Setting deadlines without your team's input isn't managing. It's guessing out loud. Why: Technical work doesn't run on willpower. Deadlines set without developer input ignore testing requirements, hidden complexity, and the fact that some requests might be outright impossible. Do this: Manage your team, don't dictate to them: Set expectations and deliverables together — let the team give input on timelines and scope Once expectations are clear, give them room to breathe...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! Tip: Don't blindly copy your competitor's tech stack. Why: What works for them might be wrong for you. Their tech stack was built around their business model, their team size, their budget, and their specific problems. Those choices came with tradeoffs and limitations baked in. If you copy their stack without knowing any of that context, you're also copying the baggage that came with those tools; limitations that were acceptable for them but might be completely wrong for your...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! There's a number most business owners have never calculated. Take the hours your team spends on admin every week; scheduling, follow-ups, document prep, chasing approvals, updating records. Add them up. Then put a dollar value on that time. For a business owner spending 20 hours a week on admin tasks, that's roughly $40,000 a year in opportunity cost. Not salary. Opportunity cost. The revenue you didn't chase, the strategy you didn't think through, the client work that got delayed...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! Everyone tells you to study Elon Musk.Read Steve Jobs biographies.Watch TED talks from founders who built billion-dollar companies. Here's the problem: those people aren't relatable. Elon builds rockets. Jobs was, genuinely, an anomaly in human history. Great to admire. Not useful to copy. When I made a video about the 8 challenges non-tech founders actually face, I didn't pull from famous founders. I went to Reddit. Specifically r/entrepreneur and r/SaaS, and read through threads...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Tip: Don't wait for AI to be perfect before adopting it, just manage your timeline so you don't run out of money while it improves. Why: As my friend Johnson says, "Today is the stupidest AI will ever be." But that doesn't mean you should wait for AI to mature before you invest in it. Because by the time AI is "perfect," you'll be a complete beginner. Your competitors who started early will have months/years of experience. They'll know what works, what doesn't, how to implement efficiently —...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Tip: The biggest waste of time with AI isn't the tool failing. It's trying tools without knowing exactly what problem you're solving. Why: You can sign up for every new AI tool, test ChatGPT plugins, and try automation platforms. But if you're not clear on the problem you're trying to solve, you won't move the needle. ALWAYS start with the problem, not the solution. Map your value delivery process. Identify the gaps that cause problems or leakages. THEN find the tool that fixes that specific...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Tip: AI won't work with messy data. Why: If you're not tracking things like out-of-stock events or collecting data correctly, your AI will train on garbage and give you garbage predictions. Example: Johnson Goh from Mindhive learned this the hard way while building sales forecasting for Zus Coffee. They were training AI to predict what food would sell the next day. But the predictions kept missing the mark. Turns out the problem was that Zus Coffee wasn't recording when items ran out of...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Tip: Every business can use AI somewhere. The question isn't "should we" but "to what extent". Why: Even physical businesses can automate their workflows. Especially those running physical operations like gyms, cafes, or retail stores. Even if you're running a purely physical business, there's likely a workflow you can — and should — automate. For example: Invoicing Follow-ups Sales forecasting Inventory planning Etc Do this: List down your workflows. Now ask yourself: what task is...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Tip: Use vibe coding to build fast, but budget for developers from day one. Why: Security and scale need technical expertise you can't vibe-code. Vibe coding tools are amazing for getting started fast. You can build an MVP in weeks instead of months. No coding required. But here's what happens next: You launch. Users start signing up. Things break. Data slows down. Someone asks about security. And suddenly, you're stuck. Vibe coding gets you 80% of the way there. But that last 20% requires...
5 months ago • 1 min read