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📝 Chronicles of a Venture Builder 🧪 Raw experiments & lessons learned 🛠 Building a portfolio of profitable digital assets

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Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · Nov 25

What does it take to become a Venture Builder?

I’m about to find out by starting Venture Builder Chronicles — learning by doing.

Raw experiments, lessons, and real progress.

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Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

Extension functionally complete.
Icon and customization polish remaining.
Fix a few bugs and somewhere this week it will be launched.

Days until challenge ends: 82
Revenue: Still $0.00
Progress: Actually building something real

The documentation continues...

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

First hours are for building, not reading

Product choice:
Extension instead of web app as the first product during this run to decrease friction

The challenge isn't over.

After 33 days of resistance, building for 5 days straight felt natural. Not forced. Not obligatory.

Current status:

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

Day 38: Rest day. Weekends for travel and recovery.

What I learned?
What changed between Days 1-31 (constant research, no shipping) and Days 32-37 (actual building)?

Consumption filter:
Only consume exactly what I need for the current step, nothing more

Morning building ritual:

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

Day 35: Built real-time loss streak detection. Tested extension functionality including DOM updates. Everything works great.

Day 36: Created PNG icons.
Added Buy Me a Coffee to popup after successful cooldown completion. Updated cooldown

Day 37: Rest day. Weekends for travel and recovery.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

The irony: 33 days gathering energy, then 80% of product built in one day.

Also updated my workflows.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

Day 34: Started with building session. Learned, or better to say, revoked my knowledge on how to use Git and GitHub.

Then developed first version of extension. It works in test mode!

Added donation feature (I think the product will be free to use), tested functionality.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

Day 33: Technical setup, PRD refinement.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

The Solution:
Hide Play button after 3 losses, 12-60 min cooldown timer, message: "You're tilted. Review, not play."

Target: Emotionally self-aware chess players (1000-1800 Elo) who know tilt is their real opponent and want systems over willpower.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

The Problem:
Chess players play on tilt. After 2-3 brutal losses, emotions take over. They keep clicking "Play Again" even though focus is shot.

One bad session = 8+ straight losses, 60+ point Elo drop, days of demoralization.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

The Product:

A Chrome extension that automatically hides the "Play" button on Chesscom or Lichess after you lose 3 consecutive games in the past hour.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

Filled out my entire product canvas in a few hours. Refined my old process (hit some friction points, noted for later improvement, but not priority now).

Developed detailed PRD. Ready to code.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

I changed my content consumption approach. Instead of watching entire tutorials, I only consumed the specific insight I needed: how to create a Chrome extension structure. Skipped intro, publishing, and debugging sections. Just the creation part.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

Day 32: Watched a video where the presenter suggested starting with a Chrome extension because it's way easier than launching a web app. That resonated.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

Days 30-31: Weekend trip. Decided weekends are for rest, not forcing challenge work.

The Shift (Days 32-37)

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

Day 29: Still no progress, but I had a new framework idea. Yep, again xD.

The new system:

First 1-2 hours every morning - challenge work. No reading, no consuming content. If stuck, stare at the ceiling until building starts. Just no consumption.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

The Stall (Days 27-31)

Days 27-28: No challenge progress. Time was invested in other work-related activities.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 6m

Days 27-38 of "0 to 1 Challenge"
From Resistance to Building

I haven't posted a challenge update in a while.

Not because I quit, but because there were a lot of things to refine.

👇 [THREAD] 👇

#buildinpublic

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 3h

Future products become combinations of existing pieces rather than ground-up builds.

One builder with 100 documented SOPs will outpace ten builders starting fresh each time.

Your automation library is your unfair competitive advantage that grows stronger with every component you add.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 3h

- Look for 3-5 related automations
- Map how they work together
- Outline one product or lead magnet

Stop treating each automation as one-off work.

Start building a reusable library where each component compounds in value over time.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 3h

- List every automation you've built
- Document top 5 in SOP format
- Identify reuse potential for each

Day 4-5: Build one new automation properly

- Create it modularly
- Document thoroughly as SOP
- Add to library with clear tags

Day 6-7: Identify your first bundle

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 3h

Your automation library becomes more valuable than your skill set.

Action Plan Starting This Week

Day 1: Set up your SOP system

- Create Notion or Obsidian workspace
- Design template for documenting automations
- Set up categories/tags

Day 2-3: Document existing automations

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 3h

By 2027, successful builders won't ask "What should I build next?"
They'll ask "Which 5 automations from my library should I bundle into my next product?"

The work shifts from creation to curation. Speed increases 10x. Quality stays high because every component is already proven.

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 3h

Month 6: 30+ documented automations (product factory operational)

At this point, you can:

- Launch products in days, not weeks
- Create lead magnets in hours, not days
- Bundle new offers from proven components
- Scale output without burning out

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 3h

Your competitive moat isn't expertise. It's your library of working, reusable automations that compound over time.

The Compound Effect

Month 1: 5 documented automations (building foundation)
Month 3: 15 documented automations (starting to see reuse)

Venture Builder Chronicles @vbchronicles.bsky.social · 3h

What you know matters less than what automated systems you've built and documented.

In 5 years, the wealthiest builders won't be the smartest. They'll be the ones with the deepest libraries of reusable systems.