David J Phillips

Starting a startup completely changed the trajectory of my life

Before:
– 22 years old
– $100k in debt
– Skinny-fat
– Hacker house

After:
– 25 years old
– $350k in debt
– Just fat
– Homeless

Here’s what I did after:

Founders creating the perfect scalable infrastructure to support 100,000,000 concurrent active users (they haven't even launched yet)

CFOs after they see the $106,023,225 token bill

Just found my YC Demo Day slide.

It was W18, and we'd just pitched BloomJoy. "Associated Press for lifestyle content."

- $5B market
- $25k/week in revenue
- A team with an $18M exit

Could Claude create a slide this complex? I don't think so!

Working with Dylan “Nathan Fielder” Phillips has been game changer for @thestartpod