James
@jamescheung.bsky.social
Startup Founder & Investor
UCLA alumni ➜ ex-FAANG Software Engineer & Quant
https://www.x-jumper.com
https://www.tradinggrader.com/
https://www.redditmaster.com/
UCLA alumni ➜ ex-FAANG Software Engineer & Quant
https://www.x-jumper.com
https://www.tradinggrader.com/
https://www.redditmaster.com/
People say “if you want to build in public, you must quit your job and go all-in.”
I disagree.
Rule of thumb: don’t quit until you’re at least ~$1,000 MRR.
Here’s why:
I disagree.
Rule of thumb: don’t quit until you’re at least ~$1,000 MRR.
Here’s why:
January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
People say “if you want to build in public, you must quit your job and go all-in.”
I disagree.
Rule of thumb: don’t quit until you’re at least ~$1,000 MRR.
Here’s why:
I disagree.
Rule of thumb: don’t quit until you’re at least ~$1,000 MRR.
Here’s why:
What’s the real worst-case for the current #Bitcoin bear market?
1) Soft landing: -40% isn’t crazy. That puts BTC to : $70k-80K.
2) Hard hangover: one last parabolic squeeze (e.g. MSTR death viral)→ -70% => $50K
Survive the bear → buy the low → win the next cycle.
Check my YouTube video 👇
1) Soft landing: -40% isn’t crazy. That puts BTC to : $70k-80K.
2) Hard hangover: one last parabolic squeeze (e.g. MSTR death viral)→ -70% => $50K
Survive the bear → buy the low → win the next cycle.
Check my YouTube video 👇
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January 2, 2026 at 7:26 AM
What’s the real worst-case for the current #Bitcoin bear market?
1) Soft landing: -40% isn’t crazy. That puts BTC to : $70k-80K.
2) Hard hangover: one last parabolic squeeze (e.g. MSTR death viral)→ -70% => $50K
Survive the bear → buy the low → win the next cycle.
Check my YouTube video 👇
1) Soft landing: -40% isn’t crazy. That puts BTC to : $70k-80K.
2) Hard hangover: one last parabolic squeeze (e.g. MSTR death viral)→ -70% => $50K
Survive the bear → buy the low → win the next cycle.
Check my YouTube video 👇
Struggling with your SaaS?
It’s likely because you’re not addressing genuine market needs!
Focus on solving those painful issues with major upside.
Solve real problems for $$$ — don’t settle for just ‘vitamins’ and watch it flop! 💸
#SaaS #Entrepreneurship
It’s likely because you’re not addressing genuine market needs!
Focus on solving those painful issues with major upside.
Solve real problems for $$$ — don’t settle for just ‘vitamins’ and watch it flop! 💸
#SaaS #Entrepreneurship
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Struggling with your SaaS?
It’s likely because you’re not addressing genuine market needs!
Focus on solving those painful issues with major upside.
Solve real problems for $$$ — don’t settle for just ‘vitamins’ and watch it flop! 💸
#SaaS #Entrepreneurship
It’s likely because you’re not addressing genuine market needs!
Focus on solving those painful issues with major upside.
Solve real problems for $$$ — don’t settle for just ‘vitamins’ and watch it flop! 💸
#SaaS #Entrepreneurship
Launch a successful SaaS in 2026? Here’s how:
- Choose your niche (think health, wealth, relationships)
- Study your target users' behaviors (spending habits, attention spans...)
- Build a solution tailored to their needs
- Pitch to them & refine based on feedback.
Start today! 🚀
#SaaS #Startup
- Choose your niche (think health, wealth, relationships)
- Study your target users' behaviors (spending habits, attention spans...)
- Build a solution tailored to their needs
- Pitch to them & refine based on feedback.
Start today! 🚀
#SaaS #Startup
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Why do beginners stress over issues that pop up after they've found success? 🤔
Worrying about looking foolish before you’ve got followers? Or stressing about API costs before you’ve even got users?
These are luxury problems, my friends.
#buildinpublic #saas #ai #startup
Worrying about looking foolish before you’ve got followers? Or stressing about API costs before you’ve even got users?
These are luxury problems, my friends.
#buildinpublic #saas #ai #startup
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Why do beginners stress over issues that pop up after they've found success? 🤔
Worrying about looking foolish before you’ve got followers? Or stressing about API costs before you’ve even got users?
These are luxury problems, my friends.
#buildinpublic #saas #ai #startup
Worrying about looking foolish before you’ve got followers? Or stressing about API costs before you’ve even got users?
These are luxury problems, my friends.
#buildinpublic #saas #ai #startup
Your biggest competition?
It’s not just another SaaS.
It’s the founder who’s got their funnel dialed in before you do. 💡
#SaaS #indiehacker
It’s not just another SaaS.
It’s the founder who’s got their funnel dialed in before you do. 💡
#SaaS #indiehacker
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Your biggest competition?
It’s not just another SaaS.
It’s the founder who’s got their funnel dialed in before you do. 💡
#SaaS #indiehacker
It’s not just another SaaS.
It’s the founder who’s got their funnel dialed in before you do. 💡
#SaaS #indiehacker
Prediction for 2026:
More people will create software not for money, but for fun.
Vibe coding will becomes a hobby(like video games)
#SaaS #ai #vibecoiding #indiehacker #buildinpublic
More people will create software not for money, but for fun.
Vibe coding will becomes a hobby(like video games)
#SaaS #ai #vibecoiding #indiehacker #buildinpublic
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Prediction for 2026:
More people will create software not for money, but for fun.
Vibe coding will becomes a hobby(like video games)
#SaaS #ai #vibecoiding #indiehacker #buildinpublic
More people will create software not for money, but for fun.
Vibe coding will becomes a hobby(like video games)
#SaaS #ai #vibecoiding #indiehacker #buildinpublic
Hey Founders!
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
Sharing a delicious, healthy, and easy-to-make shrimp tofu recipe with you.
Let's enjoy life and stay healthy on this stressful founder journey! Follow me for more of my startup adventures.
#buildinpublic #startup
👇
youtube.com/shorts/-QpZ5...
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
Sharing a delicious, healthy, and easy-to-make shrimp tofu recipe with you.
Let's enjoy life and stay healthy on this stressful founder journey! Follow me for more of my startup adventures.
#buildinpublic #startup
👇
youtube.com/shorts/-QpZ5...
November 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hey Founders!
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
Sharing a delicious, healthy, and easy-to-make shrimp tofu recipe with you.
Let's enjoy life and stay healthy on this stressful founder journey! Follow me for more of my startup adventures.
#buildinpublic #startup
👇
youtube.com/shorts/-QpZ5...
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
Sharing a delicious, healthy, and easy-to-make shrimp tofu recipe with you.
Let's enjoy life and stay healthy on this stressful founder journey! Follow me for more of my startup adventures.
#buildinpublic #startup
👇
youtube.com/shorts/-QpZ5...
You don't need a better logo.
You don't need a co-founder.
You don't need a pitch deck.
You need a paying customer.
Go get one!!
#indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas #startup #founder
You don't need a co-founder.
You don't need a pitch deck.
You need a paying customer.
Go get one!!
#indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas #startup #founder
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November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You don't need a better logo.
You don't need a co-founder.
You don't need a pitch deck.
You need a paying customer.
Go get one!!
#indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas #startup #founder
You don't need a co-founder.
You don't need a pitch deck.
You need a paying customer.
Go get one!!
#indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas #startup #founder
Hey founders:
If your future ARR is going to cross $1M, don’t forget to do these things to protect your wealth.
Prepare now, thank yourself later.
#buildinpublic #Startups
👇
If your future ARR is going to cross $1M, don’t forget to do these things to protect your wealth.
Prepare now, thank yourself later.
#buildinpublic #Startups
👇
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Hey founders:
If your future ARR is going to cross $1M, don’t forget to do these things to protect your wealth.
Prepare now, thank yourself later.
#buildinpublic #Startups
👇
If your future ARR is going to cross $1M, don’t forget to do these things to protect your wealth.
Prepare now, thank yourself later.
#buildinpublic #Startups
👇
Founders don’t need 100 features.
They need one feature someone cares about.
Hello from Nice, France
#startup #saas #buildinpublic #ai
They need one feature someone cares about.
Hello from Nice, France
#startup #saas #buildinpublic #ai
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Founders don’t need 100 features.
They need one feature someone cares about.
Hello from Nice, France
#startup #saas #buildinpublic #ai
They need one feature someone cares about.
Hello from Nice, France
#startup #saas #buildinpublic #ai
AI is replacing jobs. 😶
Instead of competing with it, I’m:
1. Investing in AI
2. Using AI to build my own SaaS + personal brand as an indie hacker
Still have a 9–5, already at $1K/month from small products, building my next one in public.
#AI #indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas
Instead of competing with it, I’m:
1. Investing in AI
2. Using AI to build my own SaaS + personal brand as an indie hacker
Still have a 9–5, already at $1K/month from small products, building my next one in public.
#AI #indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas
a man is laying on the edge of a bridge with the words `` maximum effort '' written on the bottom .
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media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
AI is replacing jobs. 😶
Instead of competing with it, I’m:
1. Investing in AI
2. Using AI to build my own SaaS + personal brand as an indie hacker
Still have a 9–5, already at $1K/month from small products, building my next one in public.
#AI #indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas
Instead of competing with it, I’m:
1. Investing in AI
2. Using AI to build my own SaaS + personal brand as an indie hacker
Still have a 9–5, already at $1K/month from small products, building my next one in public.
#AI #indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas
Let’s set the record straight: AI isn’t here to take our jobs!
It’s here to highlight those who simply copy instead of create.
Tools show us who’s really building vs. who’s just along for the ride. 🚀
#TechTruth #AI #StartupLife
It’s here to highlight those who simply copy instead of create.
Tools show us who’s really building vs. who’s just along for the ride. 🚀
#TechTruth #AI #StartupLife
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Let’s set the record straight: AI isn’t here to take our jobs!
It’s here to highlight those who simply copy instead of create.
Tools show us who’s really building vs. who’s just along for the ride. 🚀
#TechTruth #AI #StartupLife
It’s here to highlight those who simply copy instead of create.
Tools show us who’s really building vs. who’s just along for the ride. 🚀
#TechTruth #AI #StartupLife
Stop waiting for perfection...
You've been refactoring that code for 3 weeks.
Zero users. Zero revenue.
But hey, at least it’s clean, right? 🤷♂️
Just ship the messy version today — perfectionism is just fear with better syntax!
#BuildInPublic #StartupLife
You've been refactoring that code for 3 weeks.
Zero users. Zero revenue.
But hey, at least it’s clean, right? 🤷♂️
Just ship the messy version today — perfectionism is just fear with better syntax!
#BuildInPublic #StartupLife
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Stop waiting for perfection...
You've been refactoring that code for 3 weeks.
Zero users. Zero revenue.
But hey, at least it’s clean, right? 🤷♂️
Just ship the messy version today — perfectionism is just fear with better syntax!
#BuildInPublic #StartupLife
You've been refactoring that code for 3 weeks.
Zero users. Zero revenue.
But hey, at least it’s clean, right? 🤷♂️
Just ship the messy version today — perfectionism is just fear with better syntax!
#BuildInPublic #StartupLife
Most founders obsess over product. The ones who build communities? They’re the ones still here next year.
#startup #buildinpublic
#startup #buildinpublic
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Most founders obsess over product. The ones who build communities? They’re the ones still here next year.
#startup #buildinpublic
#startup #buildinpublic
AI is already all around you; the goal is to learn to work with it, not compete against it.
#AI #buildinpublic
#AI #buildinpublic
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November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
AI is already all around you; the goal is to learn to work with it, not compete against it.
#AI #buildinpublic
#AI #buildinpublic
Hey founders! 🤔
Finding product-market fit isn’t a magical moment.
It's about crafting it through *constant feedback*.
Iterate until users aren’t bouncing anymore.
That’s the real signal to pay attention to! 🔍
#SaaS #buildinpublic
Finding product-market fit isn’t a magical moment.
It's about crafting it through *constant feedback*.
Iterate until users aren’t bouncing anymore.
That’s the real signal to pay attention to! 🔍
#SaaS #buildinpublic
October 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Hey founders! 🤔
Finding product-market fit isn’t a magical moment.
It's about crafting it through *constant feedback*.
Iterate until users aren’t bouncing anymore.
That’s the real signal to pay attention to! 🔍
#SaaS #buildinpublic
Finding product-market fit isn’t a magical moment.
It's about crafting it through *constant feedback*.
Iterate until users aren’t bouncing anymore.
That’s the real signal to pay attention to! 🔍
#SaaS #buildinpublic
Bootstrap mindset even if you raise: spend like it’s your money, because it is (eventually).
#startup #buildinpublic #saas
#startup #buildinpublic #saas
October 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Bootstrap mindset even if you raise: spend like it’s your money, because it is (eventually).
#startup #buildinpublic #saas
#startup #buildinpublic #saas
If you had to rebuild your product from scratch today, what’s the one feature you’d keep no matter what?
#startup #saas #buildinpublic
#startup #saas #buildinpublic
October 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If you had to rebuild your product from scratch today, what’s the one feature you’d keep no matter what?
#startup #saas #buildinpublic
#startup #saas #buildinpublic
Great products = compound interest of small wins.
Keep stacking progress. It adds up faster than you think.
#startup #indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas #ai
Keep stacking progress. It adds up faster than you think.
#startup #indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas #ai
October 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Great products = compound interest of small wins.
Keep stacking progress. It adds up faster than you think.
#startup #indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas #ai
Keep stacking progress. It adds up faster than you think.
#startup #indiehacker #buildinpublic #saas #ai
“Good founders are missionaries.
Bad founders are mercenaries.”
– Sam Altman
#startup #buildinpiblic #indiehacker
Bad founders are mercenaries.”
– Sam Altman
#startup #buildinpiblic #indiehacker
October 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
“Good founders are missionaries.
Bad founders are mercenaries.”
– Sam Altman
#startup #buildinpiblic #indiehacker
Bad founders are mercenaries.”
– Sam Altman
#startup #buildinpiblic #indiehacker
Pick a problem so painful that people would crawl over broken glass to get your solution.
#buildinpublic #startp #saas #ai
#buildinpublic #startp #saas #ai
October 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Pick a problem so painful that people would crawl over broken glass to get your solution.
#buildinpublic #startp #saas #ai
#buildinpublic #startp #saas #ai
Revenue looks sexy.
But cashflow is oxygen.
You can’t post a fancy MRR chart if you can’t make payroll.
Run out of cash → game over.
Cashflow discipline is the #1 startup life skill.
#startup #buildinpublic #indiehacker #xjumper
But cashflow is oxygen.
You can’t post a fancy MRR chart if you can’t make payroll.
Run out of cash → game over.
Cashflow discipline is the #1 startup life skill.
#startup #buildinpublic #indiehacker #xjumper
October 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Revenue looks sexy.
But cashflow is oxygen.
You can’t post a fancy MRR chart if you can’t make payroll.
Run out of cash → game over.
Cashflow discipline is the #1 startup life skill.
#startup #buildinpublic #indiehacker #xjumper
But cashflow is oxygen.
You can’t post a fancy MRR chart if you can’t make payroll.
Run out of cash → game over.
Cashflow discipline is the #1 startup life skill.
#startup #buildinpublic #indiehacker #xjumper
No one is coming to save your startup.
There’s no secret mentor, no magic investor.
It’s you vs. you.
And that’s enough if you keep showing up.
#buildinpublic #startup
There’s no secret mentor, no magic investor.
It’s you vs. you.
And that’s enough if you keep showing up.
#buildinpublic #startup
October 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
No one is coming to save your startup.
There’s no secret mentor, no magic investor.
It’s you vs. you.
And that’s enough if you keep showing up.
#buildinpublic #startup
There’s no secret mentor, no magic investor.
It’s you vs. you.
And that’s enough if you keep showing up.
#buildinpublic #startup
Someone should make a translation app that translates poor communication into effective communication.
Upsell a duolingo style feature to learn better communication skills in your own language.
It could save marriages, partnerships, friendships, even nations.
#Buldinpublic #saas #indiehacker
Upsell a duolingo style feature to learn better communication skills in your own language.
It could save marriages, partnerships, friendships, even nations.
#Buldinpublic #saas #indiehacker
September 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Someone should make a translation app that translates poor communication into effective communication.
Upsell a duolingo style feature to learn better communication skills in your own language.
It could save marriages, partnerships, friendships, even nations.
#Buldinpublic #saas #indiehacker
Upsell a duolingo style feature to learn better communication skills in your own language.
It could save marriages, partnerships, friendships, even nations.
#Buldinpublic #saas #indiehacker