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š§± Build Like The Best
š Iāve been thinking a lot about focus, momentum, and not building the wrong things.

š Hey ā Egemen here.
Iāve been writing this newsletter for about 1.5 years now every week, and this was one of the topics I first wrote about.
Now, this organically happened to me on a product I have been working on, so itās a āeverything coming full circleā moment for me.
When I first started, I thought growth was the hardest part (it still is hard).
But the thing I struggle the most with is staying focused.
You really donāt need 100 things done the first week.
Here we go:
š” Spotlight: Build Like The Best
š§ Deep-Dive: Staying Focused
šŗļø Method: Customer Health Scoring Model
ā¾ļø Catch: Sora 2
āļø Scaled This Past Week: Supernova
š” Spotlight
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š§ Deep-Dive: Staying Focused
When I first got into startups, I thought momentum came from doing more.
Well, honestly, it doesnāt.
It comes from doing the one thing that actually moves the needle. Iāve seen teams (including mine) get stuck building features no one asked for. Busy, not growing.
I cannot believe some āgospel adviceā from the likes of YC actually turns out to be true after all this time: Ship fast, learn faster.
Make something a small group really loves, not something a big group kind of likes. Let them pull you forward. Sell before you build. Cut the fluff, focus is your friend.
I remember watching teams chase features. Theyād build, tweak, build again, always busy, never growing.
+ trust me, as great as some AI tools are these days, this still applies.
You donāt need to please everyone. Find that one core group of users, delight them, and let them pull you forward. Build what people actually want. Iterate small, learn fast.
š The tough thing is staying focused, knowing what to say no to (to yourself first).


šŗļø Method: Customer Health Scoring Model
Hereās a little template I developed so you can track your customer health.
It quantifies a customer's overall relationship health by analyzing factors like product usage and satisfaction to predict future behavior, such as churn risk or opportunities for upselling.

ā¾ļø Catch: Sora 2
We are launching a new app called Sora. This is a combination of a new model called Sora 2, and a new product that makes it easy to create, share, and view videos.
This feels to many of us like the āChatGPT for creativityā moment, and it feels fun and new. There is something
ā Sam Altman (@sama)
5:14 PM ⢠Sep 30, 2025

āļø Scaled This Past Week: Supernova
Supernova just raised $9.2M ā itās the scale of the week!
Supernova is a āvibe-codingā product platform that unifies design, code, and product management so workflows arenāt all over the place (much needed btw).

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