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Pieter Levels

What Pieter Levels thinks about ambition

@pieter-levels · 128 positions · 2 changes of mind

Dutch bootstrapper who builds and runs his internet startups alone — Nomads.com, Remote OK, Hoodmaps, Photo AI and Interior AI — and has written about it at levels.io since 2013. Posts as @levelsio.

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  1. Our readingIt is easy to compete with Wise because they usually are not even trying to do more.

    Their wordsit'd so easy to compete with them because they're usually not even trying to do more

    ↗@levelsio on Xx.com

  2. 2 years earlier

  3. Our readingYou should build by solving only the next problem in front of you; most people fail because they look too far ahead.

    Their wordsSo I only look, okay, what’s the next problem to solve? And then the next problem. And at the end you have a whole app or website or thing. But I think most people look way too far ahead.

    ↗Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440youtube.com 14th of 30 in this recording

  5. Our readingRetirement is bad for you; the right thing is to keep working on cool stuff until you die.

    Their wordsSo, I think it’s good to keep working until you die. Just keep working on cool stuff and you shouldn’t retire. I think retirement is bad probably.

    ↗Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440youtube.com 22nd of 30 in this recording

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