Radu Negulescu on LinkedIn: Today is payday, and for the second time, we’re missing it. But guess… | 71 comments (2024)

DAY 5: FIGHTING OUR WAY OUT IN PUBLIC(Picture: client feedback)How's it going?Honestly? It's been incredible. We've received thousands of messages of support, and I'm beyond moved. Sessions is already bigger than I ever imagined.Is it comfortable?Not at all. Talking openly about our start-up drama, laying it all bare, and working through this mess in public is tough. But here's the thing:Something sure about start-ups is that "you must learn to be comfortable while uncomfortable—this is the only way."Yesterday, we had a two-hour AMA with our amazing community. Thank you for the incredible questions—thanks for all your time; happy to do more [ Link to the AMA recording in comment]I also briefly discussed the situation with @Vlad Andriescu from start-up.ro Thanks for the time, Vlad! 🙏 [ Link to our talk here: ⏩ https://lnkd.in/dk3XKpEY ]So, is all this worth it? Is radical transparency the way forward?Hell yes.Our community is more engaged than ever, and it's clear that people are rooting for Sessions to succeed. My initial post is now our most powerful piece of content ever — it's drawn more attention than anything we wrote in the past.Some of you have asked, "Radu, why?" How being open about this will help?My answer: This is the only way. If what we're doing makes sense—if people need what we're building—Sessions will not only survive but thrive.Massive kudos to all of you. You've motivated the hell out of me. 💪🙏What's next?- Thursday: We're dropping the SESSIONS Lifetime Deal, a chance to invest in the product by buying a lifetime license. But we'll also present our get out of this planplan. - Next week: We're going live with our WeFunder campaign.We do need your help, though.We need all help to spread the word.If you believe in what we're doing and want to see more, let's do one for the team—please drop a GOSessionsGO in the comments! It helpsso so much.SO DEEPLY GRATEFUL 🫡

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A few days ago, I shared that SESSIONS is in financial trouble. Today, I'm hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA) to address it all.The overwhelming "GO RADU GO" responses have blown me away. I'm deeply grateful—your support has fueled my drive like never before.However, some important questions came up:/// Is this a result of bad management?/// What happened to the money?/// Where are your investors?/// Why aren't you paying your team?/// Can you really pull this off?/// What's with the mission talk—have you lost it?I'm eager to answer these and any other questions you have today - 9 am CA, 5 pm UK, 7 pm RO. Please join the AMA—link in the comments below. The more questions, the better. Let's clarify everything.After AMA, what's next:/// We'll publish the recording & transcript - also will find it in the comments. /// We'll soon hold a community brainstorming session to discuss your amazing ideas for spreading the word about SESSIONS./// Our transparency dashboard will be live by the end of the week./// The lifetime deal and crowdfunding campaign will drop within days.We've got this—thanks to you. 🙏🙏🙏 I'm hooked on your "GO RADU GO" energy, so keep it coming! It makes me unstoppable. 🚀Forever grateful—thank you!

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We’re four weeks late with payroll at SESSIONS, with just $10k in cash and almost $1 million in debt. In the past 16 months, the market has gone bananas. Due to all the pressure, we lost our cofounder, our CTO, and several key players. European Venture Capital is confusing and quite broken. We were almost randomly killed last year.Guess what? We’re still standing—because WE. DO. NOT. QUIT.It would be easy to walk away now and say we failed. But we’ve never taken the easy path, and we’re not starting now. SESSIONS isn’t just a startup—it’s a movement, something millions will depend on. We’re just months away from serving those millions and a few years from taking SESSIONS public.We’re fighting back with everything we’ve got. And we’re doing it in the most radical way possible—right in front of you.From this moment on, we’re not just building a company; we’re building a revolution. We’ll share every triumph, every setback, every single step of our journey out of this hell. You’ll see our numbers, our challenges, and our relentless push to victory.Here’s our battle plan:1) Crowdfunding Campaign: We’re launching a crowdfunding round on WeFunder. We’ll be live next week. I’ll be cold-calling and emailing anyone who hasn’t fully disconnected this summer. Expect to hear from me.2) Mega Product Drop: We’re releasing a LIFETIME DEAL that will blow the roof off. Last year, we grossed over $2 million in weeks—this time, we’re aiming higher. 3) Global Expansion: We’re charging into India and Brazil full throttle. We will localize, be extremely aggressive on pricing, and go all in with local partners. 4) Relocating HQ: We’re moving our headquarters from Bucharest to Palo Alto. The European start-up ecosystem is confused and dying - meaningless and hard to build from here. Silicon Valley is building the future - we go and help. 5) Doubling Down on Execution: We’ll deliver like crazy. Maintaining operational continuity is already a top priority—we’ll probably have no discontinuities. Support may slow down for a few weeks. 6) We Become a Content Production Machine: We’ll document everything, creating a library of truth for every founder and builder struggling in this crazy ecosystem.We’re opening Pandora’s box, taking on a system that’s crushing the best minds of our generation. We’re raging against the mediocrity imposed by those disconnected from the reality of building something from nothing.This is our moment of truth.Comment “GO RADU GO” to stand with us or “BIG NO” if you think we’re out of our minds. This is the fight of our lives, and we will win.Long live the builders. Long live the risk-takers. Long live progress.Stay tuned. The revolution starts now.THANK YOU SO MUCH!Please drop me your thoughts, and I’ll reply to everything. 🫡

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“The Great Way is not difficult
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent./// Isaac Asimov

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"Entrepreneurship is the craft of harnessing risk to make something out of nothing."

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THE AGE of INTELLIGENCEand the rise of the next billion entrepreneursis the title of our new thesis yesterday was my absolute pleasure to present our perspective about how a great future is unfolding and how we imagine SESSIONS to play in these amazing timessome key points: 1. Age of Intelligence is here. AI is a 1.000x event that will empower the people instead of the few.2.The AI moment is a scientific breakthrough, not just a tech thing.It will enable humanity to harness "intelligence" for our wishes. 3.The new era's byproducts include the end of software, work, and enterprise,facilitating the rise of the next billion entrepreneurs.4We have a complexity problem along the way: the cluttered toolbox paradox. Technology has become too noisy & fragmented, and this is destroying our health. We may need a different approach. 5.A new class of technology, the intels.Intelligent software robots with holistic capabilities in the service of people live between software and hardware. 6.The first intel: AR2R (arthur), the sidekick to give superpowers to the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.7.SESSIONS also gets intelligence too. Embedded AR2R, AI agents, and many new modules - the hybrid approach until intels become mainstream.read about all this & many more in our quick-to-diggest white paper.please check the link in the comments. also, AR2R has a new website. way more clear, way more details, and a cool extra. as always, deeply grateful for all the feedback 🙌

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