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How did you come up with your start-up idea?
For me, it was my own problem, I had a hard time reading Philosophy/Classic books, I tried using AI to help me read, and that has been transformative. But the problem is that I have to flip back and forth between my book & ChatGPT, that was super annoying. So, that's why I decided to make BookRead, an AI-Powered E-Reader.
What about you? What inspired you to pursue your start-up idea?
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How many hours do you sleep a day my fellow founders?
I make sure I get 8 hours, it's an luxury I know, but I found that I am the most happy at work, and most productive when I get my full 8 hours.
Sacrificing sleep for me is just not worth it, bad for me, bad for people around me.
What about you? How many hours do you sleep?
Frank Chen
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Share your "failures" and how that also become your biggest asset
I'll start. I started my first company when I was still in University, at the time I was in the "Rapid Delivery" space, delivering grocery in 15 minutes to local students. We got some great tractions, but we never made a profit, and had the hope that it'll be profitable when we scale.
However, we soon realized it's a business that will never make a profit, and we were just chasing the trend...
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What is one quote that has inspired you the most?
For me it was Steve Job's famous quote
"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."
It made me realize that I am just like anyone else—no better, no worse. It gave me the belief and confidence that if I put my mind to it, I can create things...
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How many books do you hope to read in 2025? What books are you looking forward to read?
I'm hoping to finish 52 books in 2025, one books a week is the goal.
Some of the books that I look forward to read the most are:
- Principles by Ray Daly
- Seneca Dialogues and Essays
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Zero - Biography of a Dangerous Idea
- Why we sleep by Matthew Walker
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Complexity of Santa Fe institute
- The republic - Plato
-...
Frank Chen
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What is your favourite productivity tools that you ACTUALLY use daily?
Here's my stack that I use to keep me grounded & productive
- Notion
- Notion Calendar
- Forest App
- Unhook Youtube
- Buffer
- BookRead AI
- Arc Browser
What do you use?
Frank Chen
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What book did you read in 2024 that changed how you think about your life/the world?
I recently read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and it offered a profound perspective on life. It reminded me that, regardless of our circumstances—whether rich or poor, successful or struggling—we must stay grounded and practice gratitude daily. Life is fleeting, and the most meaningful way to honor it is by living with purpose, focusing on what we can control, and appreciating the present...
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2025 will be a big year for Agents. What work flows do you think Agents could replace?
2025 we will see a wave of start-ups pushing out actually useful tools to 10x our productivity, very excited about how agents will change the way we work
Frank Chen
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what interesting post have you posted on X in the new year?
Let's also follow each other to grow our networks! https://x.com/frankt002
Frank Chen
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Share your LinkedIn profile let's connect!
Hey, Product Hunters! Let’s grow our founder network—drop your LinkedIn profiles below, and let’s connect with each other!
Here's mine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-chen-335906158/
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Anyone non-technical building softwares with cursor? What's the biggest roadblocks so far?
For me the backend and Devops has been a steep learning curve. I did go through the CS50 courses, but I feel like at some point I'll need to start reading documentations and learn the syntax.
What's your biggest road blocks so far?
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What is your new year's resolution? 2025
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Hi everybody 👋, my name is Frank, co-founder of BookRead AI
Our Story
One year ago, I was reading the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche, but I simply could not understand what Nietzsche was writing, until I started taking pictures of each page and using ChatGPT to explain it. I had to do this for every single page 😵💫. Even though it took so much effort to do it, the value of reading...
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AI-powered E-Reader that makes reading effortless
Frank Chen
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Hey I'm Lebron James!
actually, I'm Frank! I love Lebron, but my fav player is Chef Curry haha, jokes aside.
I'm Frank. 25 from Toronto, Canada🍁
Currently Working on BookRead AI, an AI-powered E-Reader that help you to read book/paper/textbook effortlessly, and get more out your readings
Previously:
At 19, I co-founded a 15-minute grocery delivery startup, scaled it to $200k in annual revenue
Created...
Frank Chen
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Which style of launch video do you enjoy the most?
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hey Jakob, I'm struggling to come up with a good and funny launch video, what's your approach on making the the video for your PH launch?
I’m Jakob Knutzen, Co-founder of Butter. Ask Me Anything! 💥
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