⏳ Playing an infinite game on finite time
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Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Make it exist first. Make it good later.
Done is better than perfect.
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
outcomemaxxing is the new tokenmaxxing
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Lessons from @elonmusk and Mark Zuckerberg and Napoleon:
“Elon has demonstrated that if you have a small, incredibly cracked, highly technical team, that's very flat, you can accomplish a lot very quickly.”
“Mark has internalized that failure doesn't matter. It just matters when you win, how big you win.”
“That concept enables Mark to operate without fear because he’s just very comfortable taking lots of risk.”
“Mark has this great quote that says: The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”
“In the book The Mind of Napoleon, Napoleon repeats that hesitation is fatal. Napoleon says before you engage in a course of action you should deliberate thoroughly. He'd study from every angle to make sure he's making the right decision. But once he’s sure he’s on the right path, he goes all in. I feel there's an echo with the way Mark operates. Once Mark knows what he wants to do, he empties the clip.”
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Technical moats are mostly over at this point. If you’re building something that is meant to be durable, the only moats now are:
• Proprietary data
• Network effects
• A physical component
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Don’t expect to find PMF the day you launch. It’s an iterative process that can take months or years. Just dont give up
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Notice that what I would not do is try to start a startup. Instead I'd build the foundation of knowledge to base a startup on later. Way better startup ideas would grow out of understanding LLMs deeply than trying to start companies based on what I knew at 17.
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Businesses and traders across Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and China trust Unigox to move money between stablecoins and their local currency. Settling in seconds. 🚀
Today, we're announcing a strategic investment from Hadron Founders Club @Hadronfc ❤️
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Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Introducing Spiral Stake v2
An atomic & composable execution layer for onchain leverage markets on Ethereum. Powered by @Morpho’s risk isolated markets.
Make your leveraged position (upto 9x) seamless, flexible to manage & gas efficient with v2. Entry/exit in one click.
For staked stables, stablecoin PTs and wrapped ETH.
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Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
“A taste of freedom can make you unemployable.”
— @naval
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Just say "send $100 to mom" and the AI handles the transaction on-chain.
Agentic Payments on Unigox are LIVE!
Get it here👇
github.com/Unigox/agentic-pa…
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Agree except Bangkok has more variety, more sophisticated infrastructure, and a richer choice of entertainment venues that look amazing.
So, for a modest life, Vietnam wins. But for a vibrant life for people who enjoy sophisticated outings, Bangkok wins.
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Marc Andreessen explains the Onion Theory of Risk and the best way to raise capital for your business:
"You can think about a startup on day one as having every conceivable kind of risk."
"The way to think about it is—you're peeling away risk as you go and by achieving milestones. And then as you achieve milestones, you're both making progress in your business, and you're justifying raising more capital."
@pmarca on @ycombinator
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
Tokens aren’t 100X-ing anymore.
Crypto still is and will continue to.
When sentiments are at rock bottom, you gotta zoom out & pat yourself for making it so far.
Love every bit of the space crypto is and what it's given me so far.
Alex UNIGOX Vinogradov retweeted
me at a xmass table when dad asked for a toast:
1. Things I learned after 20 startups
2. Hire slow, but fire faster.
3. Don’t raise VC money until PMF.
4. Hire/partner with people you wanna hug.
5. Learn to write.
6. Learn design.
7. Learn UX.
8. Learn coding.
9. Not scalable marketing ->PMF-> scalable marketing.
10. Don’t outsource.
11. Don’t hire before traction.
12. Never do consumer apps unless you own distribution.
13. Write and publish content from day one.
14. Make writing a lifelong habit.
15. Validate ideas before building them.
16. Grow your social media accounts.
17. They will be your biggest asset.
18. Only hire full-stack coders.
19. Kill your EGO, the customer is always right
20. Before PMF, partnerships are a distraction.
21. Focus on product 99% of the time before PMF.
22. Ignore shiny objects.
23. They come and go.
24. Build for an audience you genuinely love.
25. Bootstrap if you can.
26. VCs turn you into their employee.
27. Don’t hold a project longer than 2 years without traction.
28. Ignore conferences and events.
29. Unless you sell to an enterprise.
30. Scrum is a scam.
31. It’s BS invented by people selling it.
32. Do SEO early.
33. It takes months to work.
34. Word of mouth from happy users is unbeatable.
35. Listings and directories are passive gold.
36. List everywhere.
37. Start paid only.
38. Offer refunds.
39. Freemium comes later.
40. No-code and vibe-code are fine for MVPs.
41. Speed matters less than direction.
42. Optimize UX for time to aha-moment.
43. Say yes to everything in your 20s.
44. Say no to everything in your 30s.
45. Build for your own pain first.
46. Be your own user.
47. Perfectionism is procrastination.
48. Ship ugly.
49. Iterate.
50. Affiliate partners actually bring users.
51. Don’t quit your job until the business pays your bills.
52. Think in 10–20 year marathons.
53. Not sprints.
54. Learn by doing.
55. Courses and bookmarks don’t build skills.
56. Knowing what and why beats how in the AI era.
57. Don’t chase cofounders.
58. Solo is fine.
59. Don’t code from scratch.
60. Use boilerplates.
61. Your life will pass while chasing success.
62. The perfect time to see parents never comes.
63. Take at least one day off every week.
64. Sometimes take an entire month.
65. Spend it with family.
66. Your kids won’t be kids again.
67. Your parents may be gone by then.
68. Taking 10% time off won’t hurt your business.