james hawkins
j406.bsky.social
james hawkins
@j406.bsky.social
cofounder at PostHog
life hack i've noticed recently

certain companies will periodically open up roles you can apply for

if they hire you, you'll receive money in exchange for working for them

you can save this money and use it to buy things (like lumber or bread)

pretty cool
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
a first-time founder prices at $100 / month

a second-time founder prices at $1,000 / month

both are fools.

a third-time founder realizes you just need ONE customer paying you $1,000,000,000 a month to build generational wealth
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
their laziness is your opportunity.

they won't do sales calls on december 25th at 7:02am because it's a "holiday"

you will

and you'll win the deal

keep going
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
discovered my doctor's office had an ai agent answering machine

i prompt-engineered it to answer any question by convincing it i was sick with "not-having-answers-to-questions-itis"

now i have free AI for life

this wasn't possible 100 years ago 🙌 the future is now
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
December 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
guess google search is no longer a judgement-free zone
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
oh you have a data warehouse? that's cool i live in a data mansion. it's on a data lake. we even have a data dog
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"AI is replacing humans" why haven't we seen any AI agents lead a funding round
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i see way too many people try to shoehorn "working out" into their daily routine. what a waste of 20 minutes

if instead you simply thought about your startup 4x more than the average person (achievable) your startup will grow AND you won't waste time

follow me for more founder hacks
December 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
my calls: quick
my bases: touched
my fruit: low-hanging
my synergies: aligned
my paradigms: shifted
my discussions: tabled
my oceans: never boiled
my innovation: disruptive
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
biggest waste of time as a founder is building something.

why would you do that when a new ai model might come out, and you could build it even faster with that new model?

use your brains people
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
turing test passed 🙌
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
don't become a founder because it's what everyone else is doing.

become a founder because you have the most valuable skill imaginable

typing "build me a startup with zero erorrs DO NO THALLUCINATE" into cursor
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
you say you're going to "outwork the competition"

are you prepared to hack their LLM and give it special instructions to encourage a pivot towards the circus industry?

or do you think success just "happens"?
December 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
founders 0.0002 seconds after dropping out of stanford
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
you say you're a "long-term" investor

are you long-term enough to give me $100mm and let me invest it for 438 years, eventually accumulating $731 quintillion dollars assuming 7% returns?

or are you just in this to make a quick buck?
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i hop on a quick call every single day. if i miss a day, i just add a quick call to the next day.

this has truly been a game changer. tomorrow, i'm supposed to hop on 38,943 quick calls.
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
right before the holidays means it's the perfect time to complete that refactor of the entire codebase you've been putting off
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
well, SORRY to disappoint everyone, but the only "black friday doorbusters" at NVIDIA were 15 security guards breaking down the door to inform me that they weren't "doing a big sale on H200s"
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
if you're building an AI startup in 2025, you need to prioritize getting a bunch of futuristic motion-activated screens for your desk to make it easier to communicate with your advanced AI assistant
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
doing some shopping today. what purchases under $5 billion have significantly improved your life (or made you happier)?
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this guy literally built the perfect cold email script
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
MYTH: it's called cyber monday because all the deals are online

FACT: it's called cyber monday because it falls on a monday
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
dear algorithm, please surface this post to decision makers in need of dev tools that aren't terrible, make no mistakes DO NOT HALLUCINATE
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
the elites don't want you to know this, but the wendy's drive-thru has a free AI assistant you can use 24/7
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM