Alex M.

If you don’t have an advisor who cares enough to be brutally honest in their assessments, you’re missing out.

Taking in sunsets is one of my favorite things.

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Your business doesn't need more ideas. It needs operations that don't fall apart when you're not looking. I see founders chasing the next strategy while their current one is half-built. Finish what you started. Build the system. Make it repeatable. Then scale.

New motto for Forbes 30 under 30

Every overnight success reflects years of dedication, effort, and persistence.

Your business doesn't need more ideas. It needs operations that don't fall apart when you're not looking. I see founders chasing the next strategy while their current one is half-built. Finish what you started. Build the system. Make it repeatable. Then scale.

Every founder I worked with can name the one thing to change their business by next quarter. Yet, almost none have actioned it. It’s usually the scariest, highest-ROI project holding them back. It’s time to act.

Your business doesn't need more ideas. It needs operations that don't fall apart when you're not looking. I see founders chasing the next strategy while their current one is half-built. Finish what you started. Build the system. Make it repeatable. Then scale.

Your lack of systems is what’s stressing you right now. Not your willpower or motivation.

Most founders spend 5 years building a business, without giving a thought to building an audience. Then they wonder why the 20-something-year-old guru with a following makes more money.

Founder: I want more confidence. Who should I model myself after? Me: DOGE. Founder: …Huh? Me: DOGE acts like they can solve every problem. Take that energy, take action. Unreasonably.

Most founders I work with think they have a planning problem. They don't. They have an execution problem disguised as planning. You're not missing a better system. You're avoiding the work of building one that actually sticks. Stop planning to plan. Start executing.

Apple: please remit $3,200 for a rectangle that calls people. Anthropic: give us ten years and we’ll figure out how to erase you. GPT: congrats—you’ll incinerate your entire token budget before lunch.

The car your drive isn’t a good measure of your wealth. The wealthiest people I know drive old cars simply because it is reliable and maiantence is cheap. Flashy cars trying to Flex extreme wealth makes zero sense.

The best founders I know are able to remain calm in chaos.

Okay, yall got me—I’m vibe coding now. What’s the best approach? I’m new to coding, so let’s have it.

The founders I want to work with don’t want bullshit answers. They want truth, clarity, and honesty. They want to improve. You improve by cutting through the mess.

No, just no. AI won’t fix a bad strategy; it will fool you into thinking you have one. Founders don’t think strategy is something you can replace with AI.

The greatest skill I learned as a founder is marketing. You can build the best business and the best solution available, but if folks don’t know it exists, they won’t buy. “If you build it, they will come” isn’t true.

Founders, are you appearing on a podcast?

Riding shotgun with a learner’s permit driver. Send prayers. This kid’s growing up way too fast.

Push yourself more than you did yesterday. Block time for one focus area. Put the phone away and grind it out.

Nothing drives me crazy like missing a day of content. I was over 200, and now I’m rebuilding. What’s your longest posting streak?

Push yourself more than you did yesterday. Block time for one focus area. Put the phone away and grind it out.

Ever drive past old jobs and say thank god I am not there anymore?

X is an elite space for founders to get feedback, talk and learn from other founders. You will learn more on X in a day than you will at any school.

Tip for X - Make sure you are filtering your feed to those who you follow. Keep engaged and stay consistent.

Reading building perspective. The perspective founders need to challenge assumptions.

If you have to hold an employees hand to do the tasks they were hired to do. Train them or fire them.

The more systems I build for my business, the more headspace I find. Your systems are vital for gaining time and reducing stress.

Founders, your toughest hire should be your managers. Managers are the ones who take care of the system and ensure the systems are working. A poor manager is going to cost you.

What’s everyone’s weekend plan? Who is resting and who is building?

If you don't know what to write, write to your former self. If you don't know what to build, build something you needed 3 years ago. If you don't know how to sell it, ask yourself what kind of pitch would work on you. It is that simple.

Founders if you are struggling to let go of every decision you have a control problem. Not a decision making problem.

The biggest lesson I learned as a founder is hire for character. Skills and lack of character will poison morale at your business.

Why is it this way? It’s exactly this way

A simple life, supported by systems, gives you freedom.

Sales and customer service was the best job that I could have started on. Meeting people, helping them make a right choice for them, and support them post purchase was elite experience.

How many of yall are at your AI token limit for the month? What are you using AI on?

Increase comments = increase followers. It’s nice to meet my new followers and I appreciate the conversations. If you don’t know me already, I am Alex and I advise result focused founders. I help you cut through the BS to prioritize and execute.

Obsession over productivitymaxxing won’t help you. Just do the dang task in front of you and move to the next.