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I've actually had a lot of success with something similar for my startup. I'm a first time founder, and there are so many unknowns when you're getting started.

by jjcm 21d ago

I've actually had a lot of success with something similar for my startup. I'm a first time founder, and there are so many unknowns when you're getting started. I've been using a Hermes agent to act as my "boss", giving me three tasks to do each day / creating a memory of everything with the business. It's really, really helpful. So many things I would have completely missed if it weren't for this. I don't think you need this synthetic org setup to get exec help at a small level. It really helped me with fundraising, incorporation, compliance, and just keeping me on track.

huurtehoog 20d ago
Executive assistant to intellectual labor seems to be the killer app for LLMs.
bhairoxx 21d ago
That's awesome! In a similar boat, starting something new. Would you mind sharing what customizations you added to Hermes?
whstl 21d ago
That's more useful than a lot of actual bosses.
BOOSTERHIDROGEN 20d ago
Would love to see how do you setup the agents, I'm not at the level of director but I think it would be good too for staff engineer to manage the office politics
gruturo 20d ago
This is a fantastic idea and I'd like to add my voice to the choir asking you for more information :) Don't let us rebuild everything from scratch if we don't have to
embedding-shape 20d ago
> giving me three tasks to do each day Based on what? How do you judge if those are the right things to work on? As a founder, your number 1 priority is essentially to manage that the company works towards the right thing, but it sounds like to me you're outsourcing that part to a LLM? How do you know what the "right track" is when the track is just what the LLM outlined for you?
- Cpoll 20d ago
  > So many things I would have completely missed if it weren't for this. This is the "unknown unknowns" problem. It sounds like the agent is a reasonably good source of obvious-in-hindsight problems that a experienced founder would have experienced, but a new founder wouldn't easily guess at. > judge if these are the right things This problem exists no matter where you get the things from.
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KPGv2 20d ago
I do this with a Gemini instance that is connected to my email and calendar and task list. Every morning I get an email with an agenda. A lot isn't explicitly taken from my task list, but is instead inferred from the contents of emails. As a mundane example, I had an email from my wife about a kid's swimming party she'd RSVP'd to. My agenda that morning reminded me to pack, inter alia, sunblock and towels for my new car's seats. So it inferred sunblock from the party mention, and towels from the party mention alongside emails talking about my new car (and some "knowledge" that people take more care to protect new cars vs old cars).

by jjcm 21d ago

huurtehoog 20d ago

Executive assistant to intellectual labor seems to be the killer app for LLMs.

bhairoxx 21d ago

That's awesome! In a similar boat, starting something new. Would you mind sharing what customizations you added to Hermes?

whstl 21d ago

That's more useful than a lot of actual bosses.

BOOSTERHIDROGEN 20d ago

Would love to see how do you setup the agents, I'm not at the level of director but I think it would be good too for staff engineer to manage the office politics

gruturo 20d ago

This is a fantastic idea and I'd like to add my voice to the choir asking you for more information :) Don't let us rebuild everything from scratch if we don't have to

embedding-shape 20d ago

> giving me three tasks to do each day Based on what? How do you judge if those are the right things to work on? As a founder, your number 1 priority is essentially to manage that the company works towards the right thing, but it sounds like to me you're outsourcing that part to a LLM? How do you know what the "right track" is when the track is just what the LLM outlined for you?

Cpoll 20d ago
> So many things I would have completely missed if it weren't for this. This is the "unknown unknowns" problem. It sounds like the agent is a reasonably good source of obvious-in-hindsight problems that a experienced founder would have experienced, but a new founder wouldn't easily guess at. > judge if these are the right things This problem exists no matter where you get the things from.
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KPGv2 20d ago

I do this with a Gemini instance that is connected to my email and calendar and task list. Every morning I get an email with an agenda. A lot isn't explicitly taken from my task list, but is instead inferred from the contents of emails. As a mundane example, I had an email from my wife about a kid's swimming party she'd RSVP'd to. My agenda that morning reminded me to pack, inter alia, sunblock and towels for my new car's seats. So it inferred sunblock from the party mention, and towels from the party mention alongside emails talking about my new car (and some "knowledge" that people take more care to protect new cars vs old cars).