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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 10

After 10y scaling #startups, I’m figuring out what’s next:

🤖 Build in AI?
🚀 Scale my agency?
🗄️ Return to industry?
👨‍🎓 Take a PhD?
🗺️ Go off the grid?

Documenting the highs & lows in my quest of solving real problems for real people.

While keeping my Spark alive
✨✨✨

#entrepreneurship #buildinpublic

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jun 15

#buildinpublic

Anyone interested in mentoring me on how to get started with Vibe Marketing?

All I need is 30min per week to get feedback and help me structure my journey

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 23

For everyone out there with

balanced views:

1. Stay together

2. Hang tight

3. Brave for impact

It seems like it’s the beginning of a new historical cycle.

And it’s dark.

#buildinpublic

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 23

How did Silicon Valley go from

“Dont Be Evil” to “Heil Elon”?

#BuildInPublic #tech

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 20

Hey #buildinpublic peeps

Im looking for the best Framer course for complete beginners like myself.

Any suggestions?

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 18

I’ll fail again and again.
Over and over.

But I only need to be right once.
Just once.

So I’ll never give up.

#BuildInPublic

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 18

Always back. No choice but to believe I have what it takes to build something great!! Proved it before will prove it again. I’ll probably fail over and over. But all I need is
.. to succeed once.

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 18

Thanks for the offer. Would love to get in touch!! Just gave you a follow

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 18

#BuildInPublic

Haven’t been posting—head down, building my “next” thing.

Zik & I spent 6 months with a CTO who had 0 urgency. A lousy MVP took 3 months.

VCs met us, asked questions, but didn’t invest. Then CTO dumped us… by text.

Spent 10 days angry. Now? 2 new ideas. No CTO needed. Back at it.

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 16

Raise money or create a fan base 😂

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 12

You will! Trust the process. You’ve got this 💪💪

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 12

Sticking to the vision - if the vision is validated and there is clear PMF.

PMF is the right path and it’s dictated by the market.

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 12

Oh wow you’ve immigrated twice? Where are you orginally from? Levant?

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 12

Yeah! Remote work from great locations 😜

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 12

You dont sound confusing to me at all right now :-) Im sorry to hear about your ADHD. You’ve got this 💪

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 12

Yes I get what you mean now. Abusive monetization is really sad. But hey Bluesky seems to be a bit different :(

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 11

Use Cases and Case Studies drive sales.. the rest is noise. Trust me.

You’re 95% there..

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 11

This post is so smart.

I’ve always told startups I invest in that “White Spaces” make me anxious:

A) You’re either 10X smarter than 99% founders out there
B) There’s nothing there

Most likely. It ends up being B

The key is taking an emerging “hot” space and do things 10X better.

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 11

What exactly do you feel you’re struggling with?

I’m really good at this stuff.

You need to identify where EXACTLY you suck at social skills (massive subject).

Clarity comes from unpacking

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 11

Yeah - when you habe kids is different though.

You do that and you are FIRED! 😂😂😂

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 11

I’d love to see a Youtube video of someone working remotely from Khasab - a 60 people fisherman village in Oman

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 11

Design wise it looks awesome.

But both one liners dont tell me who it is for and what problem it is solving.

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 11

Well said!! As long as you’re not an Enterprise user 😂 cuz then it’s fully custom

GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 11

Invested in 13 startups.
Built 1 unicorn ($3.1bn to Uber).

Business is war without bullets.

Monetization & distribution matter, but so does the Culture you bring to market.

Culture is the only escape from the “It’s All About Money” version of Capitalism.

Define your Culture.
Make a difference.

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 11

Being laid off must have been really tough. Your/your part er reaction is admirable to say the least.

Not sure if you’re from Turkey (name sounds familiar) - but if you are..

Turkey is #1 country in Emerging Markets for highest IRRs for VCs 😜

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GrowthOps Guy 🦄 @nelioleone.bsky.social · Jan 11

Agreed! That made me “smell” the potential of SageFlow as well.

Sageflow has definitely something great imho