The trampoline job - Optimize your career for growth

Why accepting a lower-paying startup job in San Francisco could be the best career move you ever make - the trampoline effect that launches your trajectory.

Why accepting a lower-paying startup job in San Francisco could be the best career move you ever make - the trampoline effect that launches your trajectory.

A hands-on experiment using Google's Veo3 AI to create a professional 1-minute video ad with zero video editing experience. Covers the complete workflow from script writing using the Hero's Journey framework to JSON-structured prompting techniques that unlock better AI video generation results.

The secret to building defensible AI companies isn't better AI - it's better workflows. An insider's perspective on why some AI companies thrive while others will become obsolete with each new model release.

From getting the OpenBB logo tattooed to honoring a promise of a Bali trip, this is a personal reflection on what it truly means to have "skin in the game". It's not about reckless commitment, but about standing fully behind your words and actions - a principle that's shaped both my personal life and my approach to building OpenBB.

It's an open, AI-native application that unifies data, streamlines workflows, and delivers enterprise-grade collaboration and control for teams of all sizes

AI is transforming software development at a groundbreaking pace, creating a reinforcing cycle that makes open source unstoppable.
As development costs plummet and AI tools make codebases more accessible than ever, the traditional moats of proprietary software are evaporating.
Here's why I believe that the future of software is inevitably open.

Exploring the parallels between boxing and startup life, and how both push me beyond my comfort zone to foster personal growth, resilience, and continuous learning.

The OpenBB journey started officially 3 years ago.
So I want to celebrate it by sharing 36 lessons I learned over the past 36 months as a founder and CEO of a fintech company.

How I built a financial analyst that lives on Slack and has access to OpenBB.
The open source code is available here.

I have started a company. I have moved countries. It turns out that there's a lot in common between these.


With the launch of the OpenBB Terminal Pro approaching, we're excited to announce the hiring of Michael Struwig, a Ph.D. with expertise in AI and quantitative finance. Michael will help us to further our AI capabilities, reinforcing our commitment to innovation in the open-source finance space.

This blog post emphasizes the importance of writing documentation as a founder. It discusses how it can give an edge when pitching your product and how it can result in less customer support and a better user experience overall.
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A step-by-step guide on how to handle equity at a seed-stage startup, using a fictional example from OpenBB.

Keep track of your startup metrics using a custom iOS widget. This blog post will guide you on how to build a custom iOS widget that displays your startup metrics at all times. The entire code is open source and requires minimal coding skills.
The open source code is available here.

Leaving London to live in San Francisco: A personal journey of relocating and starting a tech company in the heart of Silicon Valley.

This post talks about my story of becoming the CEO of OpenBB, the company behind the fastest growing open source project in finance.