Arian Garshi
Senior Consultant · Founder, Bandos AI
Arian is a senior consultant with deep expertise in frontend development, UX design, and AI integration. As the founder of Bandos AI, he has taken the product from research and prototyping to full-stack launch. His experience spans leading frontend teams at Equinor, building AI pipelines at Head Energy, and delivering complete digital solutions across the energy, tech, and startup sectors. He holds a Master's in Information Science from the University of Bergen.
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4 articlesHow to Find 10 People to Interview When You Don't Have a Network
The standard advice is "talk to people in your network" — useless if your target market lives outside your network. Here's what actually works to find 10 interview subjects from zero: cold outreach math, community immersion, paid panels, proxy experts, and trading access for value.
AI Is Not Your Cofounder. It's Just a More Articulate supportive mom.
Pieter Levels runs twelve products solo. Base44 sold for $80M with zero employees. The story everywhere now is "build alone, use AI, win." Here's what nobody says out loud: ChatGPT is not your cofounder. It's just a more articulate mom.
The Mom Test in the Age of AI: ChatGPT Will Tell You Your Business Idea Is Genius
ChatGPT called a turd-on-a-stick business "genius" and OpenAI rolled the update back within a week. AI sycophancy is the most important footnote anyone has added to The Mom Test since 2013 and the new mom is in your browser tab.
Stop Validating Solutions. Start Validating Problems.
Juicero raised $120M for a $400 juice press you could squeeze by hand. CB Insights says "no market need" has killed 42% of startups for a decade. The problem isn't lazy founders. It's that they validate the solution, not the problem behind it.