Joey DeBruin

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Last week, I talked to two founders — one that spent $200k to get an MVP built in 8 months, and another that got a similarly sized MVP built for $10k in 20 days thanks to AI. I wrote about why I think the majority of venture-backed MVPs will be built by centaur agencies by 2027. https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/centaur-agencies-are-coming-for-your

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Absolutely, appreciate you being part of it from day one!

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We’ve learned a ton over the past few years, and I hope something here is useful for other founders. Happy to chat as well — reach out. I’m also hoping that sharing the process will create some useful serendipity as we work on Grids and what comes next! https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/build-got-acquired-by-seed-club-and

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Now that the dust has settled on the news, I wrote down a few reflections on selling Build. Including how most people had no idea we ran a monthly hackathon/accelerator with thousands of builders almost entirely automated via AI, with one employee half time per week.

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Agreed, and thanks!

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Its official - Build has been acquired by Seed Club! I’m really proud of our team and the Build community, and we couldn’t have found a better partner to make it even better 🚀

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testing things out here! great to see the v5 launch in Build https://frametra.in/f/c1eu6hx54at7pk5x8jpvfgzl

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We can both borrow some from Jess

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just created this masterpiece on Medicicam featuring @peacenode.eth, @jess, @richie and @joey https://forage.xyz/medicicam/p/01J47B9K75SV85K01FMW426Q5M?referrerAddress=0x4bBb9Ec87f5f274F1e342ef12A9491D681274aDd

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DMs open if you have questions/ideas to get started!

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It's a bit meta, but we created our own partner page to encourage anyone to build on Backdrop We've already facilitated a few experiments in this direction, would love to see more https://backdropbuild.com/build-on/backdrop

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And for anyone that likes exploring the edge of tech... 1. document the process of building with the (very cool) new products that Build members get early access to via our partners 2. we'll help you connect with those teams and get the results distributed/rewarded

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Build now has close to 10k builders and 50+ partners, and we'd love to support projects that help make it better, including: - better ways to find and get up and running with partners - tools to create/discover demos - better versions of "request for projects"

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i'll ping you and we can figure it out!

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yeah this would be so much more powerful than a "request for projects" with prescribed solutions. would love to help create something like that

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One thing we’ve learned from Build is that even the best infra companies see huge dropoff from awareness to adoption. Published a new article on “Invisible builders” and why the reason for churn is much simpler than what many people think (hint: it’s not PMF). https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/inaction-is-the-real-competition

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@ting @morereese bets are here for you to accept! https://wannabet.cc/

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