It's been such a mind-expanding 15 months.
May last year, I didn't know if I was crazy but I wondered if it was possible to start a tech company without a tech cofounder.
My experience at my last startup was an eye opener. 50% of equity to a technical lead to get started, another 25% to get the first funding to hire a technical team, and that got me underway but holding <33% of my own company. By the time I listed it, <15%. By the time I stepped back from it <7%. And over the course of all that time, the biggest share of the capital raised was for technical development.
So – "Can you start a tech company without technologists now?" was a crazy question. Impossible, clearly. Except, you know, maybe worth a shot? Claude Code was not yet generally available. Even the term "slop" hadn't been created yet.
But here we are. Just 15 months later and for a total of ~$100K. Shosho is V1 and *everyone* knows that not only is it possible, it's just the way things are now.
The mind expanding part.
Yes – It's crazy that this can be done at all BUT –
IMO the crazier thing is the second order effects, and I think we're still working them out.
E.g. a customer asks for something, and instead of making a note, tabling at the next meeting, putting in the backlog, arguing it through backlog grooming into sprint planning, and only then it even gets looked at – How fast were your companies before? That's a multi-week process almost everywhere – instead you forward the customer's message to your agent harness from your phone while on a walk and say "I'm AFK, address this and raise a PR, I'll check it tomorrow." Time on the desk until something is POC can be literally 0.
Or, take it further, a customer needs something, and the *customer builds it themselves*.
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In summary in 15 months we've gone from new tech creation being something that cost $M of capital and >50% of equity in every new venture, to something that costs ~$000k's, is now on the way to $0, and THEN is on the way to being something that customers do for themselves without needing tech companies at all.
It's a "sovereign-individual" sounding future, and IMO it's just get started.
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TLDR:
- Just 15 months ago the idea of building a top tier-like streaming product for Nostr would require capital formation and $M, and years, now 15 months and ~$100K.
- Last year, the idea that it could go to $0 and be done by the customers themselves was crazy, but now everyone knows it's coming.
- What happens next is very "sovereign-individual" and I'm glad we're all here for it.
GM
