andrew pierno

andrew pierno

16
Dec
Stop Asking Chat GPT for Business Ideas: The Case for Solving Internal Pain

Stop Asking Chat GPT for Business Ideas: The Case for Solving Internal Pain

Looking for business ideas is one of the most energizing and exhausting processes known to mankind. I feel like I’
5 min read
07
Dec
Robotic Side Quest

Robotic Side Quest

It's been an extremely strange several years for developers. We’ve seen code becoming commoditized by large language
4 min read
05
Dec
Vision LLMs Are Easy To Trick (Even GPT-5.1).

Vision LLMs Are Easy To Trick (Even GPT-5.1).

Hey folks, I'm going to be experimenting with some more technical content for a bit. The truth is
4 min read
28
Nov
Value-Based Trials For AI Products Make Sense

Value-Based Trials For AI Products Make Sense

Time-based trials inflate conversions and drive churn. Value-based trials tie onboarding to real usage, expose the moment your product “clicks,” and protect you from runaway AI costs. This is how I’m structuring every Endless product.
3 min read
21
Nov
Noco.io - post mortem

Noco.io - post mortem

$5K in Credits and 4 Months Building a Lovable Competitor That Went Nowhere TLDR; * if you have a product whose
4 min read
14
Nov
Building An Endless Ecosystem

Building An Endless Ecosystem

TL;DR — Founder Notes * I’m experimenting with Endless, a 3-product ecosystem (Posts, Blog, Startups) that feeds itself. * Each tool
5 min read
07
Nov
Humbled By Markets

Humbled By Markets

Hey, it's Andrew (from xo.capital). I haven't written in a while. There have been a
2 min read
17
Mar
Focus

Focus

How to be consistently productive? This is Danny from XO Capital chiming in for this edition of Friday Notes. Productivity
3 min read
06
Jan
3 Lessons Operating 5 micro-SaaS Companies in 2022

3 Lessons Operating 5 micro-SaaS Companies in 2022

Hey it's Danny. Happy new year! January 1, 2022 we had 3 full-time employees at XO Capital. Myself,
4 min read
25
Nov
Making freemium work

Making freemium work

It's hard to get anyone to pay for something once they've had it for free. Inlytics,
4 min read