What I Learned in 2025 | Arlan Rakhmetzhanov
Lessons from Y Combinator, building Nozomio as a solo founder, the hardcore mindset, finding love as a founder, and why this is the best time in history to build a company.
At the end of every year, I write down the major lessons I've learned from building my company and pursuing what is arguably the hardest career path humanity has ever created: entrepreneurship. I take inspiration for this blog from Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang (we actually got sushi a couple of months ago, which was definitely one of the highlights of my year). Enjoy. 1. Hardcore Honestly, fuck work life balance. There is no way I can hang out with my friends every day and build something that will affect humanity. Adopting a few components from the hardcore mindset really helped. I turned m
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