What if big things are coming?

First time in San Francisco (and the US). Spent 10 days with the Zernio team meeting people, going to events, and just being around the city. Some observations I thought were worth sharing: 1. Tesla is the default car. You see them everywhere. Then you notice the size of everything else and realize Spanish cars look like toys next to what’s normal here. 2. In any event you walk out with at least one contact that turns into something real not long after. The feedback loop is stupidly fast. One conversation, one intro, and suddenly you’re in a meeting two days later. 3. The US market is where you need to be if you want to play at the highest level. Everything moves faster, the budgets are bigger, and the density of people who can actually help you is on another level. 4. Every time I said I was Spanish, Americans immediately asked what the hell is going on with salaries in Europe. I stopped trying to explain it after the third time. They just look at you like you’re describing a different planet. 5. People with a real personal brand on socials are going to be critical for tech companies and VC-backed startups over the next few years. Founders are already treating distribution as career insurance. If the product fails, the audience still exists. It’s becoming table stakes. 6. The “you can just do things” attitude is real. We hosted a party for 50+ people with almost no planning. Food and drinks almost fell apart. They didn’t. Everyone stayed late and it turned into one of the best nights of the trip. 7. Tiny teams are the flex. Met founders running serious numbers with four or five people. The old “we need more headcount” conversation feels increasingly outdated. 8. Content compounds faster than I expected. Started posting daily vlogs on day one. People from the trip were already watching them by day three. 9. Coffee is $7 and nobody blinks. Also, you can have a proper Warriors game and Alcatraz in the same trip without it feeling forced. The city mixes work and random fun more naturally than most places. 10. Standing out is harder than ever, but storytelling and distribution still win. When anyone can ship a product, the ones who can actually get attention and build trust move faster. Brand is not a soft skill anymore. 11. The gap between SF and everywhere else is still growing. People here are more AI-pilled, more open to meeting, and more willing to move fast. Most of Europe still hasn’t fully internalized how different the pace is. 12. You leave with a completely different sense of what’s possible. Going back to Spain with beast mode on. I love this place. Thank you to everyone who made time, came to the party, showed us around, or just said hi.

We just crossed 10,000 paying customers for @zernio

13. In SF the status is some kind inverted. People celebrate chasing crazy dreams instead of the safe career paths. That makes it magical for entrepreneur souls. Great post charles!!! Keep rockin

The other day I asked this to the team and it lead to really good ideas 👀 So, are you missing anything on zernio? Let us know!

Haven’t seen this many articles mentioning Revolut in a single day. All because the services went down. I wonder - did Revolut Mobile go down in the UK, NL, PL, or DE too?

We have a new ritual at @zernio: every morning we get a video of what the product shipped in the last 24 hours. No daily meetings. No wall of text. Just a video of what actually happened. Not really sure if everyone will watch it, but there’s no excuse for being out of sync now.

La putada de poner el ARR de Zernio en una foto es que se te queda outdated en 1 semana

Si!!! Por cierto - desde ayer cliente vuestro. Anda que no mola. Ya lo he recomendado. Y llevo un dia! Sabes qué me soluciona a mi? Yo trabajo con code para todo. Es mi harness. Todo desde ahí. web, metricas, programar, content... Parece mentira la de tiempo que lleva postear en linkedin. Y ese tiempo hacía que no lo hiciera. Pues con code + zernio, solved. Seguro que haré más cosas cuando aprenda más funciones! FELICIDADES!!!