Three Weeks of Griot
What 23 meetings, 7 demos, and one uncomfortable conversation taught me about the product I thought I was building.
·9 min read·Griot
Thoughts on AI agents, engineering, community building, and navigating your 20s.
What 23 meetings, 7 demos, and one uncomfortable conversation taught me about the product I thought I was building.
You cant stop the environment from shaping you. But you can notice it happening, slow it down, and be intentional about the room youre in.
Before I start firing off campaigns for any product, I get clear on the framework first. Heres the system I use to decide what to do, where to do it, and whether its working.
A running list of UI/UX principles that keep proving themselves true.
What I learned from a single intro call with a company that just raised $1 billion. No bullshit, no fluff — just a fast read of the room.
I reverse engineered the exact number that buys the life I want — the houses, the freedom, the optionality. Heres the math, the method, and what will kill me if Im not careful.
We went from 0 AI visibility to showing up in ChatGPT search results in 3 days. Heres exactly how — directory listings, structured data, an autonomous Claude Code bot, and a lot of schema fixes.
The exact steps Id follow if I were starting from zero today. Build a website, learn a backend, ship agents. No theory, just what to do.
After graduating college, its easy to sleepwalk through life. Heres my favorite antidote — structuring life in 3-month seasons with friends.
A year-end reflection on leaving college, moving to San Francisco, joining a YC startup, and the two biggest lessons I learned along the way.
Most people are one decision away from a completely different life. Heres the framework I use to identify and execute on macro actions.
I graduated with a Finance degree and became a founding engineer at a YC startup. Heres what the self-taught path actually looks like.
From hosting rooftop hangouts at UIUC to saying no to everything in SF — and why I finally came back to the table.
How I went from spending 20 hours a week prepping for customer calls to 20 minutes a day by building an internal AI agent at Origami.
I started an interview channel for student founders. What happened next taught me more about community than any business class ever could.
What happens when you take a gap from school to join a YC startup in San Francisco. A story about uncertainty, growth, and learning to face discomfort.