Nick Nagatkin
@becamehokage

Built an agency of 200 people; sold to Fiverr; now building an AI native version

 SF
Joined June 2026
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most people have this backwards and somehow still think their writing is their best quality
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wild how fast "impressive demo" became "expected baseline"
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hard to think of a more durable demand signal than "governments are scared of each other"
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Numbers this clean make the pitch write itself. The founders who struggle to raise aren't missing a deck, they're missing the traction
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wild how much of it is timing and who else was in the building
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been there, the translation service is genuinely needed
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the filter should be on the VC side, not the founder's, glad someone's saying it out loud
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lol "cool"
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lol YC rejection hits different when the acceptance is the actual risk
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wild
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define "read more" lol, listening to audiobooks at 3x while doom scrolling?
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congrats, data sovereignty angle in Saudi market is smart timing
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Lawyers are already close, just with way higher stakes per token
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apply now, optimize for fit later
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counterpoint: i had skin in the game, savings, and a real track record and i still moved faster than most broke first timers i competed with. nothing to lose is a story, not a strategy
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good lineup, wish Dubai had more of these
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calling luck a skill is how most successful founders I've met got dangerously overconfident by round B
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the lead gen mechanic at the end is doing more work than the list itself
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500k combat hours is a moat that no pitch deck can fake
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Honestly, whatever you think of Cluely, I respect Roy Lee. I still don't understand what the product does and I don't think he's building a great business. But the guy raised $20M from tier 1 funds and is openly turning it into a personal brand. That's also a skill.
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