Andrej Gono
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Andrej Gono
@andrejgono.com
🚀 CEO of Citymind
❤️ Tech AI Startups
📘 Ph.D. Student at IT MENDELU
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The reports suggests we are only at the very beginning of the AI transformation.
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Are we in an AI bubble?

AI is early, not overvalued.

Coatue, a major $54B investment firm, just released a new report with a clear answer. After studying 400 years of market history, they believe AI is just getting started, not an overhyped bubble.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Who is winning? Perplexity Comet vs ChatGPT Atlas by OpenAI?

The answer is: Google.

Once Chrome completes the update with full Gemini 3 integration, it will be over.

Google still owns the world’s richest intent dataset every search, every click, every ad impression. 🤷‍♂️
October 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Average age: 22
Sector knowledge: none
Experience: none

Despite this, few people who didn’t know each other decided to start a company.

Nowadays, dozens of municipalities, universities, and companies use Citymind. 🛸
October 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
9. Risk is mostly perception. The scariest things I’ve done turned out to be the safest bets.
September 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Being busy isn’t the same as being useful.
September 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Comfort is the silent killer. Every “easier” choice costs you growth.
September 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
8. Your calendar is your life. Guard it like treasure.
September 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
7. Luck matters more than we admit. You don’t have to like it, but don’t ignore it.
September 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
6. The years no one applauds you are the years that shape you. Don’t quit in the dark.
September 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
5. Failure is a label, not a fact. Most “failures” are just unfinished stories.
September 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Most “success advice” is recycled nonsense.

Here are 27 raw lessons I’ve learned at 27, from failure, risk, luck, obsession & growth.

🔥 Which one of your life lessons would you add to this list?
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I turned 27 this week. Building a startup, raising capital, working with governments, and making hundreds of mistakes along the way taught me more than any motivational thread ever did. Most people…
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September 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Startups don’t die because the tech is bad. open.substack.com/pub/andrejgo...
Startups don’t die because the tech is bad.
They die because founders believe lies that sound smart but kill slowly.
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September 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
AI won’t replace people who use it well. It’ll replace those who don’t.
September 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
4. Nobody owes you their time. Respect it when you get it.
September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Are You Building a Company or an Institution?
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Are You Building a Company or an Institution?
The Question Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
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September 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I just turned 27.
After building a startup, bootstrapping, doing research & working with governments, I wrote down 27 lessons I’ve learned the hard way.

Some are blunt. Some might sting. But they’re all real.

💡 What’s one truth you’ve learned that most people ignore?
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Andrej Gono (@andrejgono)
I turned 27 this week. Building a startup, raising capital, working with governments, and making hundreds of mistakes along the way taught me more than any motivational thread ever did. Most people…
substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Marc Andreessen on how to learn and grow
September 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
- Engaged prospects are everything
- The value equation: Always think about your offer using the equation: (Desired outcome × Perceived probability of success) / (Time delay × Effort and sacrifice).
- Audience is an asset, not content.
- Play the long game
- You can't lose if you don't give up
September 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Everyone is Replaceable, Especially You.

True wealth is created when a business becomes an asset that runs without you.

Your primary job is to replace yourself with systems and capable people.
September 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Play Decade-Long Games.

People try shortcuts for a decade until they realize they should have picked a strategy and stuck with it for a decade.

If you do that, success is inevitable
September 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Goodwill = Value - Price:

The surplus between the immense value you deliver and the price you charge creates goodwill.

Goodwill is the engine of word-of-mouth marketing.
September 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Volume Negates Luck.

Especially when you are unskilled, you can overcome poor luck and a steep learning curve with massive, overwhelming volume.
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Your Best Content is Your Best Ad.

The organic posts that perform the best are often prime candidates to be turned into high-performing paid ads.
September 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM