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If you haven’t listened to that Elon musk interview with Andrew Sorkin yet, don’t bother. I’ll give you the tldr: Elon: the reason I’m ever here is because we are good friends, Jonathan. Andrew:…first of all I’m Andrew… Andrew: so what do you say to advertisers who flock the platform because of your antisemitic comments? Elon: fuck them…I’m sorry I wasn’t being clear.. FUCK THEM! I hope that’s clear. Andrew: why are you the way you are? What motivates you? Elon: I’ve had a difficult childhood. Andrew: *starts talking about his failures” Elon: I’ve launched rockets, not made ice creams! Andrew: you have decidedly moved to the right in the past years… Elon: Biden Bitch didn’t invite Tesla to the EV summit!!! Does that seem fair to you? Andrew: would you vote for Biden? Elon: Vivek seems interesting. Free speech!!!!! Andrew: didn’t you throttle the New York Times over the summer though? What did that say about free speech? Elon: well freedom comes with a price okay? It’s pretty cheap though. Andrew: what about China? Do you throw free speech out the window there? Elon: *changes tone* my hands are tied. I love China. The Chinese companies are very competitive! you're welcome!!

tl;dr of Elon Musk's interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin (HackerNoon's Version) (Partly Satire)

এন্ড্রু রস সরকিনের সাথে ইলন মাস্কের সাক্ষাৎকারের ডাঃ (হ্যাকারনুনের সংস্করণ) (আংশিকভাবে ব্যঙ্গ)

tl;dr von Elon Musks Interview mit Andrew Ross Sorkin (HackerNoons Version) (teilweise Satire)

tl;dr de la entrevista de Elon Musk con Andrew Ross Sorkin (versión de HackerNoon) (en parte sátira)

tl;dr de l'interview d'Elon Musk avec Andrew Ross Sorkin (version HackerNoon) (en partie satire)

एंड्रयू रॉस सॉर्किन के साथ एलोन मस्क के साक्षात्कार का टीएल;डॉक्टर (हैकरनून का संस्करण) (आंशिक रूप से व्यंग्य)

イーロン・マスク氏のアンドリュー・ロス・ソーキン氏インタビュー（HackerNoon版）（一部風刺）

Elon Musk와 Andrew Ross Sorkin의 인터뷰 요약(HackerNoon 버전)(일부 풍자)

dr da entrevista de Elon Musk com Andrew Ross Sorkin (versão HackerNoon) (parcialmente sátira)

tl;dr интервью Илона Маска с Эндрю Россом Соркиным (версия HackerNoon) (частично сатира)

Elon Musk'un Andrew Ross Sorkin ile röportajından tl;dr (HackerNoon Versiyonu) (Kısmen Hiciv)

tl;dr cuộc phỏng vấn của Elon Musk với Andrew Ross Sorkin (Phiên bản HackerNoon) (Một phần châm biếm)

埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 对安德鲁·罗斯·索金 (Andrew Ross Sorkin) 的采访（HackerNoon 版）（部分讽刺）

How We Built a Fast, Affordable Reverse Geocoding System for Our iOS App

Як мы пабудавалі хуткае, даступнае сістэму зворотнага геакодыравання для нашай прыкладання iOS

Πώς χτίσαμε ένα γρήγορο, προσιτό σύστημα αντίστροφης γεωκωδικοποίησης για την εφαρμογή iOS

Cómo construimos un sistema de geocodificación inversa rápido y asequible para nuestra aplicación iOS

Como construímos un sistema de xeocodificación inversa rápido e accesible para a nosa aplicación iOS

हमने हमारे आईओएस ऐप के लिए एक त्वरित, सस्ती रिवर्स जियोकोडिंग सिस्टम कैसे बनाया

Kako smo izgradili brz, pristupačan sustav reverzne geokodiranja za našu iOS aplikaciju

How We Built a Fast, Affordable Reverse Geocoding System for Our iOS App より

How We Built a სწრაფი, ხელმისაწვდომი Reverse Geocoding სისტემა ჩვენი iOS app

Nini Nini Nini Nini Nini Nini Nini Nini Nini Nini

Како смо изградили брз, приступачан систем обрнутог геокодирања за нашу иОС апликацију

Jinsi sisi kujenga haraka, gharama nafuu reverse geocoding mfumo kwa programu yetu iOS

How We Built a Fast, Affordable Reverse Geocoding System for Our iOS App (எங்கள் iOS பயன்பாட்டில் எவ்வாறு நாம் ஒரு விரைவான, வரவேற்கத்தக்க Reverse Geocoding அமைப்பை உருவாக்கினோம்)

Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Abstract and Introduction Extents and ways in which AI has been inspired by understanding of the brain
1.1 Computational models
1.2 Artificial Neural Networks


Embodiment of conscious processing: hierarchy and parallelism of nested levels of organization


Evolution: from brain architecture to culture
3.1 Genetic basis and epigenetic development of the brain
3.2 AI and evolution: consequences for artificial consciousness


Spontaneous activity and creativity


Conscious vs non-conscious processing in the brain, or res cogitans vs res extensa


AI consciousness and social interaction challenge rational thinking and language Extents and ways in which AI has been inspired by understanding of the brain
1.1 Computational models
1.2 Artificial Neural Networks Extents and ways in which AI has been inspired by understanding of the brain 1.1 Computational models 1.1 Computational models 1.2 Artificial Neural Networks 1.2 Artificial Neural Networks Embodiment of conscious processing: hierarchy and parallelism of nested levels of organization Embodiment of conscious processing: hierarchy and parallelism of nested levels of organization Embodiment of conscious processing: hierarchy and parallelism of nested levels of organization Evolution: from brain architecture to culture
3.1 Genetic basis and epigenetic development of the brain
3.2 AI and evolution: consequences for artificial consciousness Evolution: from brain architecture to culture 3.1 Genetic basis and epigenetic development of the brain 3.1 Genetic basis and epigenetic development of the brain 3.2 AI and evolution: consequences for artificial consciousness 3.2 AI and evolution: consequences for artificial consciousness Spontaneous activity and creativity Spontaneous activity and creativity Spontaneous activity and creativity Conscious vs non-conscious processing in the brain, or res cogitans vs res extensa Conscious vs non-conscious processing in the brain, or res cogitans vs res extensa Conscious vs non-conscious processing in the brain, or res cogitans vs res extensa AI consciousness and social interaction challenge rational thinking and language AI consciousness and social interaction challenge rational thinking and language AI consciousness and social interaction challenge rational thinking and language Conclusion, Acknowledgments, and References Conclusion, Acknowledgments, and References 1.2 Artificial Neural Networks Historically, from the early times of AI, Pitts and McCulloch referred to networks of idealized artificial neurons (McCulloch & Pitts, 1943). The connectionist program was subsequently negatively affected by Marvin Minsky’s seminal critique (Minsky & Papert, 2017) to then gradually come back until the explosion in use and popularity of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) in recent times (LeCun, Bengio, & Hinton, 2015). Decades of computer research developed on this basis moving from simplistic to complex architecture, from a single to multiple layers of artificial neurons – from the perceptron up to deep learning (LeCun et al., 2015) and the billions of parameters of Large Language Models (LMMs) (e.g., ChatGTP). Not only the symbolic approach (“Good Old-Fashioned AI” or GOFAI, including the “Logic Theorist” created by Newell and Simon), which was prevalent at the beginning of AI research and that aimed to reproduce the logical aspects of intelligence at a high functional level while neglecting the underlying brain mechanisms, but ultimately also the ANNs program does not fully account for the complexity of brain architecture (Moulin-Frier et al., 2016), if any reference to it is included. In fact, the notion of neuron referred to in ANNs (i.e., a mathematical function which models biological neurons) is much simpler than its biological counterpart. For instance, basal and apical dendritic compartments of cortical pyramidal neurons connect to feedforward and feedback information processing respectively (Aru, Suzuki, & Larkum, 2020). This complexity intrinsic to biological neurons is partly taken into account in most modern ANNs, even if structured neurons for AI applications is an active field of research (Haider et al., 2021; Max et al., 2023; Senn et al., 2023). Other characteristics of the brain, like the role of GABAergic interneurons and the modulation by neurotransmitters like acetylcholine and dopamine (Changeux & Lou, 2011), or the capability of pyramidal cells to have two functionally distinct sets of inputs (one about which the neuron transmits information, and one that can selectively amplify that transmission when it is useful to do so in the context of information being transmitted by other neurons) (Phillips, 2023) are translated into large scale brain models like functional patterns (Eliasmith et al., 2012; Humphries, Khamassi, & Gurney, 2012). As mentioned above with reference to the multiple realizability thesis, the question is whether this functional emulation captures the right elements, processes and properties of the world to produce an empirically adequate description of the target object (e.g., the brain) and on this basis to possess its same properties (e.g., the same causal effect of the neuronal underpinnings of human features, like conscious processing). In other words, the question is whether it is possible to reproduce the features of real world objects, like the brain, in computing systems, including those built on digital electronic principles, different from the analog biological principles of the brain. The recent developments of AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Sora, Dall-E, Stable Diffusion) illustrate further the extent to which such a basically algorithmic approach can be successful, even if the discussion is open about its limitation (Mitchell, 2023; Mitchell & Krakauer, 2023; Shanahan, 2024; Shanahan, Crosby, Beyret, & Cheke, 2021). Similarly, for years, computational “functionalist” descriptions of cognitive processes deliberately excluding any reference to the human brain were abundantly produced. Again, this connects to the question about multiple realizability of cognitive processes: can the same outcome be achieved with completely different biological, cognitive, or computational mechanisms? (Melis & Raihani, 2023)). Are we facing analogy rather than homology? The challenge is whether a formal algorithmic based computational approach, up to now successful in a number of applications, in particular the so-called neuromorphic hardware (Petrovici et al., 2014; Poo, 2018), will ever be sufficient to approach human-like conscious processing, an alternative form of conscious processing, or eventually no consciousness at all (Kleiner, 2024). Authors:
(1) Michele Farisco, Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Biogem, Biology and Molecular Genetics Institute, Ariano Irpino (AV), Italy;
(2) Kathinka Evers, Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;
(3) Jean-Pierre Changeux, Neuroscience Department, Institut Pasteur and Collège de France Paris, France. Authors: Authors: (1) Michele Farisco, Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Biogem, Biology and Molecular Genetics Institute, Ariano Irpino (AV), Italy; (2) Kathinka Evers, Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; (3) Jean-Pierre Changeux, Neuroscience Department, Institut Pasteur and Collège de France Paris, France. This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY 4.0 DEED license. This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY 4.0 DEED license. available on arxiv available on arxiv

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Tired of Broken Chatbots? This AI Upgrade Fixes Everything

ভেঙে যাওয়া চ্যাটবোটের ক্লান্ত? এই এআই আপগ্রেড সবকিছু ঠিক করে

Müde von gebrochenen Chatbots? Dieses AI-Upgrade behebt alles

¿Estás cansado de los chatbots rotos? esta actualización de IA lo arregla todo

Fatigué de chatbots cassés? cette mise à niveau d'IA résout tout

टूटे हुए चैटबोट से थक गए? यह एआई अपग्रेड सब कुछ ठीक करता है

壊れたチャットボットに疲れた? このAIアップグレードはすべてを修正します

부서진 채팅봇에 지쳤습니까?이 AI 업그레이드가 모든 것을 고쳐줍니다.

Cansado de chatbots quebrados? esta atualização de IA corrige tudo

Устали от сломанных чат-ботов? это обновление AI исправляет все

Boş Chatbotlar Yorgun mu? bu AI yükseltmesi her şeyi düzeltiyor

Mệt mỏi với Chatbots bị hỏng? nâng cấp AI này sửa chữa mọi thứ

厌倦了破碎的聊天机器人?这个AI升级修复了一切

Post-Disruption Behavior of KIWI FARMS Members

By most estimates, around 65% of startups that could've been great end up crashing because the founders fall out. Which leads us to a logical conclusion: picking "whoever says yes" as your co-founder ain’t really a winning strategy. At least statistically. An obvious alternative is to build solo. Which can be either brilliant or disastrous – depending on whether you’ve got enough skills, stamina, and blind optimism to pull it off. Oh, and enough charm to convince investors to risk betting on you and only you. When I caught my startup bug, I was pretty certain that I needed a cofounder. I’ve seen way too much of solo founding and CEO-ing while I was working for my previous employer. I’d already learned it the hard way (thank God, not on my dime!) how important it is to have a sound power balance and a source of mutual decision making challenge in the management. The problem was that I had absolutely zero options in mind. Ideally, you start a company with someone you've worked with for years. Someone you've survived bad bosses and pitch meetings with. Someone whose panic attacks and panic jokes you've both seen firsthand. I didn’t have that. I have plenty of good friends, but none of them would’ve been mad enough to embark on this journey with me. But the absence of perfect conditions has never been a good enough reason for me not to try. (Some names below have been changed for common courtesy and sense) 📌 Attempt #1: Antler UK First stop: Antler UK, an accelerator program that, among other things, helps founders match with cofounders. I’ll save my full Antler experience for another post (leave a comment below if that’d be of interest). But cofounder-wise… it wasn’t exactly a roaring success. Because, frankly, that’s the downside of sector-agnostic accelerators – it’s really hard to find someone who: Has the same interests as you sector wise


Has complimentary skillset to yours


Is actually someone you’d enjoy working with. Out of a cohort of 69 people, only one — let’s call him Simi for now — felt like a good fit for what I had in mind. Simi had a strong BizDev background, great enthusiasm and an array of personal traits that I really value in people – good working ethics, empathy, accountability, and so on. We worked together for a few weeks and even started sketching out the first pitches of the product. Everything seemed promising, but there was one thing that broke us apart. The feedback from Antler partners. At the time, my idea was deemed not quite VC-backable. Which, frankly, was true. It could have been slightly shifted in the right direction (which has happened to imii in the past few months of this year, but it’s a different story). But at the time, the feedback we got was occasionally pretty destructive. Simi was feeling increasingly anxious that we wouldn’t raise. I was trying to stay strong, but unfortunately, I was already spiralling into my depression (which I got officially diagnosed and treated later, but that’s a story for another time, too). Neither of us had enough energy to stand up to critique and prove them wrong. Simi moved on to explore other teams while the programme was still on. No drama, no hard feelings. Honestly, I still respect him for trying. Lesson learned: finding a cofounder through a generalist accelerator can work — but you're literally rolling dice in a thunderstorm. Sector-specific programs might give you better odds. But one thing Antler didgive me — something much more useful long-term — was a framework for evaluating cofounder fit properly. Later, that framework would save me a lot of heartache. 📌 Attempt #2: The Random Intro Sometime later, I met Nicole, a talented AI engineer, through a networking event. At the time, she was also looking for a new challenge. After a couple of coffee chats, we decided to give it a shot. But from the start, something felt… off. There was a subtle, yet vivid mismatch in energy, tempo, communication. Little progress. Little alignment. And a persistent gut feeling that kept humming inside of me: “This isn’t right.” After taking a much-needed holiday, I texted Nicole suggesting we hit pause. “Oh yeah, I’ve also been thinking it’s all a bit farfetched” – was her response. I blinked at my screen. That wasn’t quite what I had said — but fair enough. Better a clean pause than a dragged-out misalignment. Sometimes it’s not flaming red flags. Sometimes it’s just the quiet voice in your gut going: nope. You’d do well to listen. 📌 Attempt #3: The LinkedIn DM Somewhere during my post-Antler survival sprint, I started posting more openly on LinkedIn — raw reflections, lessons learned, no sugar-coating. That’s how Marc found me. He slid into my DMs — AI engineer, similar founder program background, same hunger to build something real. On paper, everything aligned beautifully. In reality… There was no momentum. Partly because I was still figuring out what exactly I could delegate to a technical cofounder at such a super early stage of my venture (which was still at its pitchdeck state at the time). Partly because Marc was… well, not exactly charging ahead either. While I was hustling — pitching Imii anywhere they’d hand me a mic, whipping up our WordPress site from scratch, mapping our first B2B strategy... Marc sent three or four cold emails to relocation agencies. Got no responses. Shrugged. And that was that. When I gently nudged for more, he admitted he was overwhelmed. And — the bigger truth — that he had fallen out of love with the project. Sure enough,  I thanked him for the honesty. After all, better an honest no now than a slow, resentful yes later. We parted ways on good terms. He’s building something different in his home country now. We still chat to each other here and then. 📌 Attempt #4: Halloween, Chaos, and a Real Cofounder By late October, I was still at that – a deck, a handful of user interviews, and that’s pretty much it. But I was still hopeful and determined. So one day, I signed up to pitch Imii at RareFounders — my first open-mic startup event outside Antler. My first public pitch of imii, too. Two days before, the organizers sent a cheeky email: "Halloween’s coming. Let’s wear costumes – a winner of the costume competition will get an investor meeting!" I didn’t need to be asked twice – a costume party it is. So I showed up in full attire. Now, ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you how I first appeared in front of the crowd pitching my social impact startup for the first time. And yes, that’s how my then-future cofounder saw me for the first time. Alex came to talk to me after my pitch. She introduced herself as a product manager with an ML and AI background, on the lookout for a startup to join. Something about her seemed… Right. At least, the connection was definitely there. So we agreed to swap contacts and catch up again. At the time, I was still wrapping things up with Marc, but after that chapter closed, Alex and I sat down properly for a conversation. And we talked. Really talked. About what we both wanted and what we feared. About money, equity, decision rights, boundaries, founder conflicts, mental health, ambitions, burnout. And obviously, we decided to give it a shot – and started our “trial” period. Fast forward to January, we officially registered Imii and signed our founder agreements. Later that month, I caught the worst flu of my life — the kind of flu where an ambulance had to be involved (but turned out to be unhelpful anyway). Alex offered to travel all the way across London, on a freezing night, to drag my half-conscious self into an ER. And while I didn’t take her up on that offer (germs and logistics) — but the fact she offered told me enough to know I was ready to trust this person. And here we are. Over a year later. Still standing. Still pushing. Still figuring it out, one step at a time. Happy ending? Maybe. Hopefully just a very good beginning. To be continued. By most estimates, around 65% of startups that could've been great end up crashing because the founders fall out. Which leads us to a logical conclusion: picking "whoever says yes" as your co-founder ain’t really a winning strategy. At least statistically. An obvious alternative is to build solo. Which can be either brilliant or disastrous – depending on whether you’ve got enough skills, stamina, and blind optimism to pull it off. Oh, and enough charm to convince investors to risk betting on you and only you. When I caught my startup bug, I was pretty certain that I needed a cofounder. I’ve seen way too much of solo founding and CEO-ing while I was working for my previous employer. I’d already learned it the hard way (thank God, not on my dime!) how important it is to have a sound power balance and a source of mutual decision making challenge in the management. The problem was that I had absolutely zero options in mind. Ideally, you start a company with someone you've worked with for years. Someone you've survived bad bosses and pitch meetings with. Someone whose panic attacks and panic jokes you've both seen firsthand. I didn’t have that. I have plenty of good friends, but none of them would’ve been mad enough to embark on this journey with me. But the absence of perfect conditions has never been a good enough reason for me not to try. (Some names below have been changed for common courtesy and sense) (Some names below have been changed for common courtesy and sense) 📌 Attempt #1: Antler UK First stop: Antler UK, an accelerator program that, among other things, helps founders match with cofounders. I’ll save my full Antler experience for another post (leave a comment below if that’d be of interest). But cofounder-wise… it wasn’t exactly a roaring success. Because, frankly, that’s the downside of sector-agnostic accelerators – it’s really hard to find someone who: Has the same interests as you sector wise Has complimentary skillset to yours Is actually someone you’d enjoy working with. Has the same interests as you sector wise Has the same interests as you sector wise Has complimentary skillset to yours Has complimentary skillset to yours Is actually someone you’d enjoy working with. Is actually someone you’d enjoy working with. Out of a cohort of 69 people, only one — let’s call him Simi for now — felt like a good fit for what I had in mind. Simi had a strong BizDev background, great enthusiasm and an array of personal traits that I really value in people – good working ethics, empathy, accountability, and so on. We worked together for a few weeks and even started sketching out the first pitches of the product. Everything seemed promising, but there was one thing that broke us apart. The feedback from Antler partners. At the time, my idea was deemed not quite VC-backable. Which, frankly, was true. It could have been slightly shifted in the right direction (which has happened to imii in the past few months of this year, but it’s a different story). But at the time, the feedback we got was occasionally pretty destructive. (which has happened to imii in the past few months of this year, but it’s a different story). Simi was feeling increasingly anxious that we wouldn’t raise. I was trying to stay strong, but unfortunately, I was already spiralling into my depression (which I got officially diagnosed and treated later, but that’s a story for another time, too) . (which I got officially diagnosed and treated later, but that’s a story for another time, too) Neither of us had enough energy to stand up to critique and prove them wrong. Simi moved on to explore other teams while the programme was still on. No drama, no hard feelings. Honestly, I still respect him for trying. Lesson learned: finding a cofounder through a generalist accelerator can work — but you're literally rolling dice in a thunderstorm. Sector-specific programs might give you better odds. Lesson learned: can But one thing Antler did give me — something much more useful long-term — was a framework for evaluating cofounder fit properly. did Later, that framework would save me a lot of heartache. 📌 Attempt #2: The Random Intro Attempt #2: The Random Intro Sometime later, I met Nicole, a talented AI engineer, through a networking event. At the time, she was also looking for a new challenge. After a couple of coffee chats, we decided to give it a shot. But from the start, something felt… off. There was a subtle, yet vivid mismatch in energy, tempo, communication. Little progress. Little alignment. And a persistent gut feeling that kept humming inside of me: “This isn’t right.” “This isn’t right.” After taking a much-needed holiday, I texted Nicole suggesting we hit pause. “Oh yeah, I’ve also been thinking it’s all a bit farfetched” – was her response. I blinked at my screen. That wasn’t quite what I had said — but fair enough. Better a clean pause than a dragged-out misalignment. Sometimes it’s not flaming red flags. Sometimes it’s just the quiet voice in your gut going: nope. nope. You’d do well to listen. 📌 Attempt #3: The LinkedIn DM Attempt #3: The LinkedIn DM Somewhere during my post-Antler survival sprint, I started posting more openly on LinkedIn — raw reflections, lessons learned, no sugar-coating. That’s how Marc found me. He slid into my DMs — AI engineer, similar founder program background, same hunger to build something real. On paper, everything aligned beautifully. In reality… There was no momentum. Partly because I was still figuring out what exactly I could delegate to a technical cofounder at such a super early stage of my venture (which was still at its pitchdeck state at the time). Partly because Marc was… well, not exactly charging ahead either. While I was hustling — pitching Imii anywhere they’d hand me a mic, whipping up our WordPress site from scratch, mapping our first B2B strategy... Marc sent three or four cold emails to relocation agencies. Got no responses. Shrugged. And that was that. When I gently nudged for more, he admitted he was overwhelmed. And — the bigger truth — that he had fallen out of love with the project. Sure enough,  I thanked him for the honesty. After all, better an honest no now than a slow, resentful yes later. We parted ways on good terms. He’s building something different in his home country now. We still chat to each other here and then. 📌 Attempt #4: Halloween, Chaos, and a Real Cofounder Attempt #4: Halloween, Chaos, and a Real Cofounder By late October, I was still at that – a deck, a handful of user interviews, and that’s pretty much it. But I was still hopeful and determined. So one day, I signed up to pitch Imii at RareFounders — my first open-mic startup event outside Antler. My first public pitch of imii, too. imii, Two days before, the organizers sent a cheeky email: "Halloween’s coming. Let’s wear costumes – a winner of the costume competition will get an investor meeting!" "Halloween’s coming. Let’s wear costumes – a winner of the costume competition will get an investor meeting!" I didn’t need to be asked twice – a costume party it is. So I showed up in full attire. Now, ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you how I first appeared in front of the crowd pitching my social impact startup for the first time. And yes, that’s how my then-future cofounder saw me for the first time. Alex came to talk to me after my pitch. She introduced herself as a product manager with an ML and AI background, on the lookout for a startup to join. Something about her seemed… Right. At least, the connection was definitely there. So we agreed to swap contacts and catch up again. At the time, I was still wrapping things up with Marc, but after that chapter closed, Alex and I sat down properly for a conversation. And we talked. Really talked. About what we both wanted and what we feared. About money, equity, decision rights, boundaries, founder conflicts, mental health, ambitions, burnout. And obviously, we decided to give it a shot – and started our “trial” period. Fast forward to January, we officially registered Imii and signed our founder agreements. Later that month, I caught the worst flu of my life — the kind of flu where an ambulance had to be involved (but turned out to be unhelpful anyway). Alex offered to travel all the way across London, on a freezing night, to drag my half-conscious self into an ER. And while I didn’t take her up on that offer (germs and logistics) — but the fact she offered told me enough to know I was ready to trust this person. And here we are. Over a year later. Still standing. Still pushing. Still figuring it out, one step at a time. Happy ending? Maybe. Hopefully just a very good beginning. To be continued. To be continued.

How I Met My Cofounder (Spoiler: It Took 4 Attempts)

Как се запознах с моя съосновател (Спойлер: Това взе 4 опита)

How I Met My Co-Founder (Spoiler: Es dauerte 4 Versuche)

Cómo conocí a mi cofundador (Spoiler: Se tomó 4 intentos)

Comment j'ai rencontré mon cofondateur (Spoiler : Il a fallu 4 tentatives)

How I Met My Cofounder (यह 4 प्रयासों में ले गया)

How I Met My Cofounder(原題:It Took 4 Attempts)

How I Met My Cofounder (스포일러: 그것은 4 시도했다)

Како го запознав мојот соосновач (Spoiler: It took 4 attempts)

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