Working 5-9 to quit my 9-5. 9-5: Finance @ FAANG 5-9: Vibe Coding with AI. Run an AI Accounting Firm. Husband. Dad. Built @faveflow - shut down (2024)
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Okay I'm full on on board the Vibe Coding era. Good vibes only.
Step 1: Learn
1. @bentossell's vibe coding course. (Ben's one of my faves and OG #nocoder and he's all in on Vibe Coding)
2. @marc_louvion's codefast course. (He makes money. Didn't know how to code several years ago. Nuff said.)
Step 2: AI Stack
IDE - @cursor_ai (debating between @windsurf_ai too)
Guidance - @OpenAI & @AnthropicAI
Design - @onlookdev just discovered this. I'm big on design and feel like I would be far too intimidated trying to design on Cursor IDE when I'm used to a visual editor (ala Webflow). This looks like the perfect tool for me to help bridge the design visually + coding.
Backend - @supabase
Will try to share my guidance. I'm super excited about my next project and it's been one I've been thinking about for a while. Has to do with current field in my main job (finance).
Still debating on technical stack (leaning @reactjs @nextjs).
LFG. Any #vibecoders out there? #vibecoding #buildinpublic #vibecode
BD Hoang retweeted
I got rejected by 144 investors before raising $150M for my $200M+ rev/year startup.
After 144 rejections, I started questioning our approach.
Were we solving the right problem?
What were we doing wrong?
Why weren’t investors seeing what we were seeing?
Were we the right team to build this?
We tried everything: different pitch angles, new deck structures, and reframing the problem.
Then came the 145th meeting, where we closed our first growth round.
That yes made everything worth it. But getting there took years of mistakes and hard work.
We went through a lot of trial and error just to figure out what resonates with investors.
We tried dozens of approaches to figure out what made investors engage.
Some landed, most didn't. But each iteration taught us something about what builds conviction versus what just sounds good on paper.
And once we cracked that code, our Series C closed faster than expected.
And today, I see so many founders in the exact same position I was in 10 years ago: grinding through rejections, questioning everything, and trying to figure out what works.
So today I want to give you the resource I wish I had back then:
Something that shows you exactly how to structure these conversations and navigate the entire process
(because the fundraising cycle can be a big distraction and take a toll on you as a founder).
So I've partnered with Notion's Startups Team to create the essential fundraising resource that helps you avoid the mistakes that cost me years.
Here's what you are getting:
• The actual decks I used to raise $150M for Super[.]com (Series B, C)
• 50 real examples from funded startups like Eleven Labs and Artisan AI
• A searchable database of 10,000+ investors - angels, VCs, and accelerators you can reach out to immediately (this alone would take months to build manually)
• An AI-powered fundraising agent built into Notion with step-by-step prompts (no separate ChatGPT needed)
Want access?
• Like and share this post
• Comment "FUNDRAISE"
• Follow me so I can DM you the link
I'll send it over ASAP.
P.S.: If you are serious about fundraising (now or in the future), you should grab it right away.
BD Hoang retweeted
After 10 years of failed startups, I’ve finally found the next trillion dollar company.
Introducing @VirioAI — the AI marketer for enterprise.
As a teen I made content that did 1B+ views/month…
…and earned <$10K.
That’s when I learned:
Views ≠ Pipeline
Likes ≠ Revenue
The problem wasn’t creating attention. It was turning that attention into revenue.
Virio is built to solve exactly that:
1) Tracks your sales pipeline & marketing initiatives
2) Plans targeted content across your entire GTM team
3) Deploys messaging tailored to each decision maker
To celebrate our launch out of stealth, I'm giving away our 16,456-word playbook that's generated $50M+ in pipeline.
Repost & comment "Virio" and I’ll share it with you in a few minutes!
BD Hoang retweeted
Introducing Kling 2.5 on VEED 💫
• Create realistic characters
• Animate smooth, dynamic shots
• Build longer, higher-quality videos
🚨 Giving away FREE credits in DMs for the next 24 hours.
Want access?
- Retweet
- Leave a comment
BD Hoang retweeted
Introducing VEED Fabric 1.0
The world’s first-ever AI talking video model.
– 1-minute-long videos
– 60x cheaper
– 7x faster
🚨 Giving away unlimited FREE credits for the next 24 hours.
(until they run out).
Want access?
• Retweet
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BD Hoang retweeted
The lovable for voice agents is here!
You can now launch a custom voice agent in just 30 seconds, no coding required.
After nearly a year experimenting with voice AI, @YoniDejene and I packed everything we've learned into one easy to use tool.
Give it a try and let us know what you think.
Being on Twitter (X) is crazy (especially on #buildinpublic communities) because you literally see your scary competitor founder(s) tell you their progress updates to destroy you lmao
progress on @maybe today: built out foundation (@rails + @inertiajs) with multi-tenancy support plus got initial quickbooks oauth connection and data import done.
also built a rudimentary runway forecaster with the data just to sanity check that we got the *right* data. 🎉
BD Hoang retweeted
i vibe coded a little game called Coldplay Canoodlers
you're the camera operator and you have to find the CEO and HR lady canoodling
10 points every time you find them
👇link
