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Jean-Yves Delmotte
$38k MRR. $0 raised. 0 employees. • Co-founder @ BuddiesHR.com • 5x SaaS Founder • YC alum • Aspiring Marathon Runner
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November 12, 2024
Most people think HR is just about hiring. But in reality, HR wears more hats than you might imagine. When I started working with HRpros, I thought it was all about recruitment. But over time, I realized just how varied and critical our role is. Let me break it down: 🎯 Recruitment and Hiring From job descriptions to interviews, HR makes sure we find the right fit for the team. It’s about building a workforce that drives success. 👋 Onboarding and Orientation First impressions matter. HR sets up everything from paperwork to introductions, creating a welcoming environment from day one. 📚 Training and Development Helping employees grow is key. HR assesses skill gaps, designs training, and tracks progress. Growth is ongoing. 📈 Performance Management Setting goals, giving feedback, and recognizing achievements—HR keeps everyone aligned and motivated. 💸 Compensation and Benefits Competitive pay and benefits aren’t just nice to have. HR ensures we’re offering fair, compliant packages that attract and retain talent. 🤝 Employee Relations Conflicts happen. HR listens, mediates, and builds a space where communication flows openly and respectfully. ⚖️ Legal Compliance and Risk Management From policies to workplace investigations, HR keeps the organization on the right side of the law. 🏥 Workplace Safety and Health Employee well-being is essential. HR develops safety protocols, wellness programs, and manages workers' compensation. 🌈 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) HR is the driver behind DEI strategies, creating an inclusive space where everyone feels they belong. 🚀 Career Development and Succession Planning It’s not just a job—it’s a career. HR builds paths for growth, preparing future leaders and supporting everyone’s journey. 💼 Organizational Culture and Employee Engagement HR shapes the culture, organizes team activities, and aligns initiatives with company values. 🖥️ HR Information Systems (HRIS) and Analytics Technology powers HR. From managing employee data to generating analytics, HR makes data-driven decisions. 📊 Workforce Planning and Strategy HR forecasts talent needs, aligns with business goals, and advises leadership on human capital. 📢 Employee Engagement and Communication Keeping everyone informed and engaged is critical. HR crafts communication strategies and fosters a positive workplace. 👋 Offboarding and Exit Management When employees leave, HR ensures a smooth transition with exit interviews, knowledge transfer, and alumni relations. HR does much more than people realize. It’s not just about managing people; it’s about building a thriving organization. #HR #HumanResources ________________________________ 👋 Hey, my name is J.Y, and I've built remote companies since 2017. I'm the co-founder of BuddiesHR, a suite of Slack apps to help badass companies (like yours) create the culture they’ve always dreamed of!
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November 12, 2024
“Vibe coding” is absolute sh*t. I don’t care what the Twitter threads say. I don’t care how cool that Notion-esque “collab with AI” demo looks. In real life? It’s a train wreck. Let me paint you the masterpiece: You finally hack one dumb feature into place. It barely works. It’s fragile, like Jenga at move 27. So naturally, you think, “Cool, let’s build feature two.” This is where the bomb detonates. Touch literally anything and feature one falls apart. You debug for hours, fix one thing, and now feature two is broken. Smash them together and your codebase is a landfill of duplication, hacks, and accidental copy-paste genius. And we’re not even talking about code quality. Or structure. Or actually understanding what it’s building behind your back. Survive that? You get spaghetti code that looks like it was written by four drunk interns and a golden retriever. GenAI gurus still act like it’s magic. Wrong. Quick check: Would you drive a car if you knew the self-driving software was vibe coded? Would you store your life savings in a bank with vibe-coded backend? Would you get on a plane if you learned “well, the AI did its best with autopilot, but wow, those first two buttons work great”? No. Nobody with survival instincts would. Here’s the reality, today: ↳ Vibe coding ≠ productivity. It's a slot machine. ↳ One feature “working” is pure luck. ↳ Add another? Enjoy the chaos. ↳ Your codebase becomes a museum of bugs and TODOs. Want code with integrity? Consistency? Something actual developers can ship, maintain, and scale? Forget it. Maybe one day these tools can take your napkin doodle and ship Stripe-level systems. Right now? It’s brute force, constant rollback, and praying nothing explodes when you add a second button. That’s why, at BuddiesHR, we still build the hard way. The proper way. Actual engineering discipline. Shipping features that stay shipped. No magic shortcuts. No AI hallucinations. Founders: stop deluding yourselves. You want one “Auto-GPT”-built feature? Maybe. A product? Not this decade. Stay sharp. Write real code. Ship things that last. Or strap in for the vibe-coded rollercoaster. Good luck getting off alive. ---------- 👋 Hey, I'm J.Y! I'm the co-founder of BuddiesHR, the #1 Employee Engagement Software that lives in Slack. I post 1x a day about my journey and share what I've learned along the way. Follow me for more content like this 👆 P.S. I'm writing a no-BS B2B SaaS playbook with everything I've learned. Want a free copy? Click “Visit my website” to sign up.
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May 26, 2025
VC funding is silently killing startups. Not because venture capital is toxic. Not because founders can't close rounds. But because raising money has replaced solving real problems as the North Star. TechCrunch headlines hype us up daily: ↳ "Startup secures $2M to revolutionize paper clips" ↳ "$5M seed raised to build Netflix for hamsters" Suddenly founders aren't chasing product-market fit. They're chasing term sheets, investor validations, and vanity headlines. Here's exactly what happens next: 1/ Startups pitch investors more than they talk to users. 2/ Teams design slides rather than solve critical pain points. 3/ Companies spend against money they haven't truly earned—burning runway and trust simultaneously. But here's the raw truth no one admits: ↳ Millions raised ≠ product validation. ↳ Buzz doesn't pay salaries. ↳ Most VC-backed startups still implode spectacularly. ↳ Secretly, overfunded founders envy ruthless, profitable bootstrappers. I know exactly WTF I’m saying — because I have "been there, done that": ↳ Got into YC. ↳ Raised a $6M seed. ↳ Lived that TechCrunch dopamine hit. But guess what? Raising doesn’t protect your startup from implosion. It speeds it up. Today, with BuddiesHR, I’m clean as ever: ↳ Bootstrapped. ↳ Profitable at $30K MRR. ↳ Lean. Free. Focused. No toxic cap tables. No investor breathing down my neck. No more chasing vanity metrics like a trained monkey. Founders: Solve real f*cking problems. Stack real revenue. Own every inch of your company. Because raising money isn't the real game. Survival, profitability, and freedom are. Stay lean. Stay focus. Stay bootstrapped. _________________ Enjoyed this post? Drop it a like (👍) — or I'll take it personally. (And follow J.Y for more content like this)
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April 18, 2025
FanDuel: acquired for $465M. Now worth $20B. Founders got... NOTHING (lol) If you think "that won’t happen to me," you’re not paying attention. Tech Twitter pumps you full of unicorn dreams. VCs sell you “partnership.” But here’s how it really plays out: Founders build a beast. 9-figure revenue, market heat, timing so perfect you can smell the gold rush. But somewhere between all those “raising our next round” PR blasts, they surrender control. Board flips. Investors pile on $550M+ in liquidation preferences. Suddenly, “drag-along rights” means they can unload the whole company… founders be damned. That’s exactly how FanDuel’s founders ended up owning zero from a $465M acquisition. The investors walked with the winnings. The people who built it walked away empty, watching their creation soar to $20B while lawyers fight over the crumbs. You think this is rare? That’s cute. Every month another founder show up, eyes wide, cap table bleeding, shocked that the board cashed out and left them holding air. Here’s the game: ↳ You never really own your company once you lose the board. ↳ Preferences > passion, every single time. ↳ If the people writing checks want out, you’re a passenger, not the driver. At BuddiesHR, we chose our path early. No mystery terms. No board filled with strangers. No upside casino. Founders: Don’t become another FanDuel headline. 1/ Learn the f*cking math. $465M can = $0 for you. 2/ Control your board until it hurts. 3/ You’re not building for a press release — you’re building for freedom. Real game = survive, grow, own your f*cking outcome. _________________ Enjoyed this post? Drop it a like (👍) — or I'll take it personally. (And follow J.Y for more content like this)
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May 13, 2025