Nick Parsons

People need to stop thinking that getting into YC is some kind of finish line. It’s not. It’s the starting point. You leave Demo Day with momentum, not success. You get a head start, but only if you sprint immediately. And most founders don’t. They slow down. Get distracted. Start hiring too much. Instead of doing the only thing that actually moves the needle: Getting more customers. Every good thing that’s happened to us post-YC came from that one mindset shift: We stopped optimizing for investors. We optimized for revenue. That means: • No time wasted prepping pitch decks. • No vanity features or roadmap filler. • No spending sprees just because there’s cash in the bank. Just relentless execution, daily revenue growth, and a simple rule: Make customers love us. Triple revenue every quarter. Repeat. The real work starts after YC.

60

7 Comments

So which models produce HTML that has the least accessibility errors, and at what cost? Mapped it out here (bottom left is the best). This is helpful for understanding which models are most compliant for those with disabilities and do it efficiently. Qwen and Gemini 2.5 Flash lead the pack. Hat tip to Ben Ogilvie for pointing me to this: aimac.ai

55

2 Comments

The Ruby community is in flux—and AI isn’t waiting. This week’s The Ruby AI Podcast opens with the controversy unfolding around Ruby Central, Shopify, and Bundler; the tension at the heart of the Ruby ecosystem. We sat down with Amanda Bizzinotto of OmbuLabs.ai to talk about what it actually looks like to bring AI into production Ruby apps: 1. Training internal bots to handle knowledge workflows 2. Auto-generating Rails upgrade plans with LLMs 3. Building agent-based systems that do things, not just generate text Amanda’s a rare voice in the space—she’s navigating the hard parts of AI in consulting, not just the demos. We also share a few things we’re excited about: → Phoenix is going public; join the beta list [https://lnkd.in/e8PeMfeT]. → OmbuLabs is pushing real innovation inside Ruby teams → Phoenix MEAP launches Oct 21 with a 50% off for the first two weeks If you’re trying to separate signal from noise in AI—or you care about the future of Ruby—this one’s worth your time. (Link in the comments)

7

8 Comments

🚨 Founders: If you're not exploring cross-industry alliances, you're playing the wrong game. Some of the biggest breakout companies didn’t scale by outspending the competition they scaled by out-partnering them. 🚀 Think Figma embedding into dev workflows. 🚀 Calendly riding the rails of Zoom and Salesforce. 🚀 Zapier integrating with Trello and Slack before raising big money. 💡 The playbook? Fuse your solution with another industry's infrastructure and unlock distribution, data, or demand without burning capital. Cross-industry alliances do 3 things: 1. Collapse time by borrowing someone else’s audience. 2. Unlock non-obvious use cases that give you strategic moats. 3. Increase your valuation before the first funding conversation. If you're a startup founder and you’re stuck thinking, “We need capital to grow,” you’re asking the wrong question. Ask instead: 👉 “Who’s already serving my customer in a different way and how do we win together?” That’s how exponential growth actually happens. 💬 Founders: Which alliance would double your reach in 90 days? #Startups #GrowthStrategy #VC #EarlyStage #FounderTips #Platform #AI

2

5 Comments