today is the start of a world where you never have to think again.
we just killed 9 industries (thread):
1/9] cheat on meetings.
in a team meeting, cluely
> takes live notes for me
> comes up with questions to ask so I can seem engaged
> answers every question
> overlays on the meeting so my eyes don't wander
2/9] cheat on sales.
cluely takes me through an entire sales call
> walks me through customer discovery
> answers technical questions
> handles real-time objections
> instantly generates follow-up emails.
> keeps my gaze focused on the same part of the screen
got 4 million views on instagram with @cluely in the first week on completely new accounts.
here's how to run an insanely viral ugc farm
[LONG THREAD]
1/10] the algorithm is not random; it's just not public.
the algorithm will tell you exactly how good your videos are (view count), and it will not lie.
if you understand nothing else, understand this:
> if u make 100 different videos. 1 of them will go viral.
> if 100 accounts recreate that video, 20-30 of them will go viral.
below is a more detailed guide on how to implement
2/10] it starts with an "idea guy."
you need someone to create 100 different video ideas.
the only case where 1 in a 100 videos doesn't go viral is if the person coming up with 100 concepts is HEAVILY lacking viral sense.
I just got kicked out of Columbia for taking a stand against Leetcode interviews.
Here's the whole story (long thread):
1\ Fall ‘24, I transferred to Columbia as a CS major.
I came in knowing I wanted to start a company and found an amazing co-founder in @shanmugam_neel.
We hacked on a few things, but nothing stuck (note-taking app, AI sales agents for liquor distributors, etc)
2\ We took a step back and realized we needed better distribution. So we started from scratch and thought about what would go viral.
distribution -> product instead of product -> distribution.
This is also, in my opinion, what the future of companies looks like.
I got rescinded from Harvard, went to community college, and am now at Columbia. Here's everything I learned (LONG THREAD)
1/12] In October 2021, I got accepted early to Harvard's class of 2026. Then in June 2022, they rescinded me for sneaking out on a field trip, getting caught by a cop, and trying to outrun her (dumb move). But I wouldn't have been reported to Harvard if I didn't make so many enemies out of being extremely blunt in my speech (something I still deal with).
LESSON: authenticity != asshole-ity. Know your audience.
LESSON: don't be a dumbass with the cops
2/12] After 100+ hours of screaming matches, my family decided: no one can know I was kicked from Harvard. We run a college-prep business (yeah, the irony hurts), and there is nothing that would've been worse for the family reputation + business than having this get out. So I dropped all my friends, faked a gap year and thought I'd just go somewhere else the next year.
LESSON: no real regrets here. family > everything, i have no regrets. sorry to the friends that I ghosted; i'm still trying to make amends.