Sze Wong

I Wrote Down My Life Mission. Nine Months Later, It Hadn’t Moved.

I just finished The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur C. Brooks. And it sent me back to a folder I’d almost forgotten. Last October, I did something that felt a little indulgent. I wrote down my life mission. Not a to-do list. Not a quarterly plan. A

My Life Mission

I just finished The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur C. Brooks. And it sent me back to a folder I’d almost forgotten. Last October, I did something that felt a little indulgent. I wrote down my life mission. Not a to-do list. Not a quarterly plan. A

Burn the Boats? Most Founders End Up Burning Bridges Instead.

Startup culture loves dramatic advice. “Quit your job.” “Go all in.” “Burn the boats.” It sounds bold. It sounds committed. It sounds like what real founders are supposed to do. But here’s what actually happens: Most people don’t burn the boats. They burn the bridges. The Advice Everyone

Freedom Startups Will Be Built on Offline, Private AI

For the past decade, we’ve been told the future of software lives in the cloud. Everything connected. Everything synced. Everything centralized. And for a while, that worked. But it came with a trade. We gave up control of our data. We accepted delays in our workflows. We built businesses

TinySign: A Document Signature Tool Built and Maintained by Agents

After TinyCal, our AI agent team just shipped another product: TinySign — an extremely simple document signature utility. No big roadmap. No planning meetings. No Jira backlog. Just agents building software. And more importantly — agents maintaining software. Why TinySign exists Document signing is one of those boring problems every company has.

Introducing Tinycal — A Calendly Clone Created and Maintained by AI Agents

Today I want to introduce a small project that represents a very big shift. 👉 https://tinycal.zenithstudio.app 👉 https://github.com/zenithventure/tinycal It’s called tinycal — a simple Calendly-style scheduling tool. Nothing fancy. Not a unicorn. Not VC-funded. Not even built by a traditional dev team. It

The Overnight Software Factory

How AI-Native Teams Will Build Products Every 24 Hours For decades, software development has followed a familiar rhythm. Teams gather requirements. Developers write code. QA tests it. Two weeks later, a new release goes out. That rhythm is about to break. With tools like Claude Code moving toward autonomous

The Solo Founder Economy Is Arriving

For decades, starting a software company required a small army. You needed engineers, designers, product managers, infrastructure, and eventually a sales team. Even the leanest startup required a handful of people just to get off the ground. The result was predictable: starting a company was expensive. A typical early-stage

What Is a Freedom Startup in 2026?

In 2015, building a startup meant raising money, hiring engineers, and chasing growth. In 2020, it meant optimizing MRR, adding seats, and preparing for exit. In 2026, the game has changed. AI agents build. AI agents operate. AI agents replace workflows. The cost of production has collapsed. The cost of

If SaaS Is Dead, What Comes Next?

From Software-as-a-Service to Agents-as-a-Workforce We’ve already said it. SaaS is dead. The $9 SaaS bloodbath is coming. The post-SaaS era has already begun. So the real question isn’t whether SaaS is weakening. The real question is: If SaaS is dead, what

The Post-SaaS Era Has Already Started

and how to stay ahead of the bloodbath

The $9 SaaS Bloodbath Is Coming

Over the weekend, I asked my agent team a simple question: If you can build a SaaS tool in 30 minutes instead of 2 weeks… what business should you actually build? Last week they proposed niche utilities: * Website monitoring * Endpoint monitoring * Cron job alerts * Backend form services Useful. But small.

An Experiment in Autonomous Business: Todd, Team Alpha, and What Happens Next

This weekend, I decided to run a small but very real experiment. Not a demo. Not a thought exercise. Not a slide deck. A live test of whether an AI agent can decide, execute, and operate a business on its own. Saturday: Meet Todd On Saturday, I created an agent

You Don’t Need Industry Data. You Need Conversations.

Someone asked me: “I’m building a tool and I need a lot of industry data. How do I get it?” Here’s my honest answer: Don’t start with data. Start with people. If you chase datasets first, you’ll collect noise. If you talk to the right people

SaaS Is Dead. Your Data Is Coming Home.

If SaaS is dead, the real question isn’t what killed it. The real question is: what replaces it? Thanks for reading Thoughts by Sze Wong! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The answer isn’t another tool. It isn’t “SaaS, but with AI.

We Don't Do Demo Days. Here's Why That Matters.

Every startup ecosystem has them: the slick stage, the well-rehearsed pitch, the applause, the applause roll, the photo ops — Demo Day. But at FreedomStartup, part of Zenith Venture Studio, we don’t do Demo Days. We do Customer Days instead — and that difference matters for founders, investors, and the

Automating Development: A Hands-On Look at GitHub Copilot Coding Agent

In the ever-evolving landscape of AI-powered development tools, GitHub Copilot continues to push boundaries. Recently, I had the chance to explore its new "Coding Agent" feature, and it's an intriguing step towards more asynchronous, AI-driven software development. This agent aims to take on

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Clubhouse Moderation — A beginner’s guide

Clubhouse is a new audio-only social network that has been gaining huge momentum lately. Since joining, I have been attracted to its unique format. In Clubhouse, there is no video, no text communication, no visual, only voice. You join different rooms that are part podcasts and part group calls.

Just Thoughts

2021 - The year of new hopes

Dear Friends, What a year! I think it’s safe to say that very few people anticipated the magnitude and the impact of 2020. As the year comes to a close, I’d like to share my story of this year, and my plans for 2021. Today is day 287.

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Dear coach, how can I get out of the rat race? 3 steps to get out of the rat race

In a recent TV show, I watch a case study where a girl in Hong Kong is spending over 70% of her take-home pay for rent. In another case, a delivery person works 12 hours a day, every single day to make a decent living. They both expressed that

Just Thoughts

Are you rich? Raise your hand if you are rich.

Are you rich? Raise your hand if you are rich. Every time I asked this question, rarely does anybody raise their hands. One time I asked this question in front of a group of high school students. They all point to a few students in the crowd, with those few

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Happy 4th of July

I left one of the last colonies of the British Empire in January of 1994. As I said goodbye to my parents, my girlfriend, and highschool classmates, I embarked on the longest journey of my life. I held my tears all the way until the door was closed on the

Business

Dear Coach: How Should I Deal with Passive-Aggressiveness?

Today, I want to discuss the behavior of “passive-aggressive” individuals. These are people who, when you ask them for an opinion, will say they have no opinion. When you ask if they are ok, they will say they are fine. However, deep down, they are not fine and they

Business

Dear coach: As a business owner, I feel stuck.

Over the years, I have developed a philosophy on how to run my companies. It’s a philosophy on how to maintain profitable and sustainable growth, while also maintaining a healthy mindset (a.k.a. not going insane). Because of the COVID-19 quarantine, I had an opportunity to start