Hello, my name is Michael and I'm an addict.
DoubleM Systems: Startup Services and Software
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Sunset at DoubleM Systems (DBLM.com), Del Mar, California
Saturday, August 9, 2025
My Addiction
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Using SuperIntelligence to find SuperWisdom
Experimenting with using SuperIntelligence to achieve SuperWisdom, using the entire database in the iPhone app ToBeWise™ Pro and using this prompt: Summarize the content by stating 10 of the most wise truths.
Here's the result:
chatGPT made a parting comment:The ToBeWise™ database is heavy on business, startups, VC, and entrepreneurship, but also includes an equal sized collection of general wisdom of the ages from the ancient Greek philosophers through the modern era.
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
AI All Star Board of Advisors
Check out this Instagram post by Nick Sadler:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLlMSPPIJQa/?igsh=MXVzazJnajZwYzhy
None of us alone is as smart as a few of the best of us,
working together using the Mastermind principle!
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Success of Bootstrapped vs. VC funded Startups
Key Observations for Bootstrapped (Non-VC Funded) Startups:
- Long-Term Survival Advantage: Bootstrapped startups tend to demonstrate higher resilience over the long term compared to VC-funded ones. Approximately 38% of bootstrapped startups survive after 10 years, almost double the survival rate for VC-backed startups (20%).
- Faster Path to Profitability: Bootstrapped startups are more likely to achieve profitability in their initial years. They have a 55% higher chance of breaking even within two years compared to VC-funded startups.
- Focus on Sustainability: A significant majority (58%) of bootstrapped founders prioritize long-term sustainability. This focus likely contributes to their increased survival rates.
- Year 1: Approximately 80% of startups survive their first year.
- Year 5: Around 50% of startups are still operating after five years.
- Year 10: About 30% of startups survive for a decade or more.
- These statistics represent the survival rates of startups in general, which can vary significantly by industry and location.
- A startup being "profitable" doesn't automatically mean it's successful in terms of high growth or investment returns. Many bootstrapped startups thrive as sustainable "lifestyle businesses" that provide income and flexibility for the founders.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Daily Shots of Wisdom - integrating EZchecklist™ and ToBeWise™
One of the fun features of EZchecklist™ is the integration with ToBeWise™
Every day I enjoy getting little shots of wisdom.
Random quotes pop up every 30 minutes (or whatever frequency I've set in Controls tab).
If I'm not feeling it, I click New and get another. If I like it, I Save.
Shown above are the quotes I've chosen over the last seven days.
Friday, June 20, 2025
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
AI as Executive Coach
Of course it was going to happen...
Sam Parr has had some serious success in the startup world, and in recognition that an executive coach would help him along the eay, he built his own executive coach using AI. Check it out, here.
That sounded interesting to me, seeing as I've been advising startup founder/CEOs for the last 25 years, and using AI for the last several years. What could go wrong, right?
The first stop on the journey is, as you might have guessed, is to ask AI. Duh.
Here's how I started: https://chatgpt.com/share/681b8309-7908-8005-9beb-357b7e1eba27
I'm not suggesting that using AI as your personal executive coach is going to work well in every case, and I'm sure there will continue to be hallucinations, but it may give you some interesting and possibly even useful insights. It will almost certainly help you prepare for meeting with a real human executive coach.
Try it out; let me know how it goes!