From Barbershop to SaaS Founder: How AI is Changing Lives

Never do something half-baked. Do it with passion. Felipe Furlan da Silva (Jimdo CTO) | Episode #8

The Extra Mile Podcast Episode 8 is out now! Our guest: Felipe Furlan da Silva, CTO of Jimdo, serial entrepreneur, and one of the sharpest AI minds we've met in the German tech scene. Felipe moved from Brazil to Germany in 2019 after exiting his own companies. Today he leads engineering at Jimdo, helping solopreneurs go from "selling chocolate at home" to running a fully online business powered by AI agents. In this episode, Tilman and Puria go deep with Felipe on what's really happening inside modern tech companies right now: 1/ Why Felipe measures his year by the number of books he reads (target: 2 books/month)  2/ How Jimdo went from website builder solution to full lifecycle platform for solopreneurs  3/ Productivity inside his engineering team: already 3-5x, heading exponential  4/ The real shift: it's not "coders code 10x faster”. It's designers coding, engineers designing, PMs shipping PoCs themselves.  5/ Hyper-personalization as the default, not a configuration project  6/ Why he flew San Francisco → back to Germany in 48 hours for OpenAI Dev Day (and would do it again)  7/ The South Side Festival: lunch with the NASA scientist who found water on Mars  8/ The philosophical question nobody's answering yet: what happens when economies thrive but people don't have jobs?  9/ Migration, demographics, and AI. What changes if Germany doesn't need imported skilled workers anymore?  10/ Why "the glasses" are the most underestimated tech trend right now Felipe's mindset hit different. A few lines that stayed with us: * “I don't differentiate between my life and my work. I walk the street in my company hoodie on weekends. It's part of my identity." * “Every conversation is an opportunity to learn. Never go into one trying to get something." We also talked about education. Felipe is building Delta Academy in Brazil to empower people to properly use AI.  His conviction is the same as ours: we can have the tools, the assets, the capital, but without education, none of it works. One commitment we got from Felipe live on the mic: he's going to post 5-10 books that inspired him.  You can find the list on his LinkedIn Post here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ffurlansilva_hello-everyone-last-sunday-i-had-the-pleasure-share-7446808232905531392-FOK7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACeeB0IBeeLJ9K_Hv5vqXSiTjmY8pvOreQY [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ffurlansilva_hello-everyone-last-sunday-i-had-the-pleasure-share-7446808232905531392-FOK7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACeeB0IBeeLJ9K_Hv5vqXSiTjmY8pvOreQY] Timestamps:  00:00 Welcome Felipe  02:11 Felipe's journey: Brazil → Germany → Jimdo  07:08 The mentors that shaped him (including his father)  10:17 Leaving IBM at the "safe" moment to join a 10-person startup  14:41 The companies he founded and exited in Brazil  17:03 What Jimdo actually does today 18:35 AI is the most exciting moment of his 20-year tech career  22:23 3-5x productivity gains inside Jimdo's engineering team  27:00 The Codex hackathon story: 3 days of work → 6 minutes  33:31 Hyper-personalization by default (why SAP/Salesforce get disrupted)  40:38 The South Side Festival and the NASA Mars scientist at lunch  45:17 How to prepare as an individual for what's coming 54:35 What "going the extra mile" really means  56:18 Morning routine with his 2-year-old daughter  59:17 The most underestimated tech trend right now  1:01:07 Two books per month: Felipe's personal metric  1:04:29 Felipe turns the question around: where is AI really going? This podcast is about going the extra mile – in business, in health, in learning, in life. If you're building something and you want to hear how other operators actually think, subscribe and ring the bell. Connect with Felipe Furlan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ffurlansilva/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ffurlansilva/]  Connect with Tilman Resch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilman-resch/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilman-resch/]  Connect with Puria Izady: https://www.linkedin.com/in/puria-izady/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/puria-izady/] #TheExtraMilePodcast #AI #Jimdo #Solopreneur #Entrepreneurship #AIAgents #OpenAI #Codex #SelfDevelopment #Mindset #PumpingCode #LuminaOS #AIStrategy #TechLeadership #Brazil #Germany #BuildInPublic #AgenticAI

From Barbershop to SaaS Founder: How AI is Changing Lives

In Episode 7 of The Extra Mile Podcast, Puria Izady and Tilman Resch dive deep into how AI is transforming everyday lives from a barber who became a SaaS entrepreneur overnight using OpenAI Codex, to agentic automation workflows that are replacing stress with flow state. We cover:1/ How Tilman helped his barber build a full booking platform in one evening with Codex2/ The "Ralph Loop": a relentless agentic coding pattern for long-running Codex tasks3/ Multi-agent architectures for onboarding and task automation4/ Email mastery with Notion Mail's AI auto-labeling5/ OpenAI's IH-Challenge research paper on prompt injection hierarchies6/ OpenAI's acquisition of PromptFoo for red team testing at scale7/ AWS AgentCore Policy going GA natural language to Cedar policy engine8/ Video embeddings at scale: semantic search across 1 million videos in milliseconds9/ James Cameron's Avatar 2 leadership lessons from behind the scenes10/ The Eisenhower Matrix, habits, state management & taking fast decisions11/ AI community meetups in Munich & upcoming events📌 Links & Resources mentioned:🔗 OpenAI Codex: https://openai.com/index/codex/🔗 OpenAI IH-Challenge Paper (Instruction Hierarchy): https://openai.com/index/instruction-hierarchy-challenge/🔗 OpenAI acquires PromptFoo: https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo/🔗 PromptFoo (Open Source): https://www.promptfoo.dev/🔗 AWS AgentCore Policy (GA): https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/03/policy-amazon-bedrock-agentcore-generally-available/🔗 AgentCore Policy Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/policy.html🔗 Cedar Policy Language (Open Source): https://github.com/cedar-policy🔗 Cedar Playground: https://www.cedarpolicy.com/🔗 Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings — Video Search: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/scale-creative-asset-discovery-with-amazon-nova-multimodal-embeddings-unified-vector-search/🔗 Amazon S3 Vectors: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/features/vectors/🔗 Notion Mail: https://www.notion.com/product/mail🔗 Notion Mail Auto-Labeling Guide: https://www.notion.com/help/use-notion-ai-with-notion-mail🔗 Puria's Udemy Courses: https://www.udemy.com/user/puria-izady/📩 Have feedback or questions? Drop a comment below or reach out to us on LinkedIn!👤 Puria Izady — https://www.linkedin.com/in/puria-izady/👤 Tilman Resch — https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilman-resch/🎙️ The Extra Mile Podcast — Where self-development meets AI.New episodes dropping regularly. Subscribe & hit 🔔 so you never miss one!#TheExtraMilePodcast #AI #OpenAI #Codex #AWS #AgentCore #PromptInjection #Cedar #SelfDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #PumpingCode

Agentic Engineering, Codex, OpenClaw & Mindset.

Welcome back to The Extra Mile, the podcast where tech meets mindset, and we go one step further than the rest.In Episode 6, Puria and Tilman reunite for a packed conversation that bridges the latest AI releases with the deeper question of how to actually thrive in this rapidly shifting world.What's happening in AI right now?We break down the biggest moves of the week — from OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and the new open-source Kimi model, to the explosive rise of OpenClaw (150k+ GitHub stars) and why 12% of its skills have been flagged as malicious by cybersecurity firms. Puria gives a hands-on review of the new Codex agentic editor — multi-project, multi-thread, parallel agents. This isn't vibe coding anymore. This is agentic engineering.Tilman shares his first-hand perspective on OpenAI Frontier — a new enterprise platform for managing fleets of AI agents.AI as your coworker. 6 real-world patterns:Tilman walks through exactly how he's integrating AI into his daily workflow:1/ ChatGPT Pulse for proactive AI-powered reminders & newsletter digests2/ Deep Research + GitHub connector to run innovation workshops on your own codebase3/ Codex + Atlas browser for automating accounting and navigating complex UIs4/ Building a personal account director dashboard, with AI doing the clickingThe SaaS crash & what it really means:We discuss the 24-billion-dollar drop in SaaS valuations — and why the companies with real domain expertise, structured data, and observability aren't going anywhere.Mindset Mastery - Tilman's deep dive:The episode closes with one of Tilman's most requested topics: how to build and maintain a winning mindset. From Tony Robbins' triad of physiology, focus and language — to his personal "world map" of identity and values — Tilman gives a structured, actionable framework for staying in a high-performance state, even in uncertain seasons of life.Puria ties it all back to the hero's journey: the winter will come. The question is whether you're prepared to go through it.- Puria on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/user/puria-izady/- Tilman's website: https://bright-minds.io- Tilman's app LuminaOS: https://luminaos.app/- Pumping Code Newsletter: https://pumpingcode.substack.com🚀 Connect With Us:- Puria Izady: https://www.linkedin.com/in/puria-izady/- Tilman Resch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilman-resch/The Extra Mile Podcast is hosted by Puria Izady & Tilman Resch - a former AWS Solutions Architect and Tech/AI Sales Director on their mission to help you level up in AI, self-development, and building your future.🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell so you don't miss the next episode on AI, tech careers, and personal growth. Got feedback? Drop a comment below – we read every single one.#AI #AgenticAI #Mindset #Productivity #TheExtraMile #PumpingCode #OpenAI #ChatGPT #VibeCoding #SoftwareDevelopment #ExtraMile

From 11-Year-Old Coder to AI Agent Founder: Marvin’s Extra Mile Journey (913.ai)

In Episode 5 of The Extra Mile, we sit down with Marvin (Mavine), founder of 913.ai, for a deep conversation about building in the real world: from early curiosity with computers at age 10/11, to moving abroad, to dropping out of university, and then scaling an AI agent platform that helps legacy operations automate painful, repetitive case work. We talk about what it really takes to build a company that lasts: execution over overthinking, focusing on the customer (not the founder’s ego), and having the courage to start over when the product is not hitting. Marvin shares how 913.ai found traction by going niche, learning directly from users, and building a learning flywheel with agents that capture process knowledge that lives in people’s heads. In this episode you’ll hear about: • Marvin’s early “builder” origin story and first projects • Why he left university and how he built a portfolio instead • The pivot moment: dropping what they built and restarting customer-first • How 913.ai works with insurers and airlines on case-by-case operations • Human-like agents: personalities, “AI colleagues,” and adoption in non-tech teams • AI-native product thinking, context limits, and why they stayed monolithic • Trends Marvin watches: AI search, voice, and production-ready systems • The “Extra Mile” mindset: courage, faith, and doing the hard thing first If you enjoy conversations about builders, startups, mindset, and practical AI in production, subscribe and join us for the next episode.

Why AI Won't Replace You (If You Master This) | Personal Leadership in the AI Era

This week, Puria and Tilman dive deep into the Purpose to Results System - a powerful 5-pillar framework for personal leadership and living an outcome-aligned life.What You'll Learn:→ The 5 pillars of the Purpose to Results framework (Mindset Mastery, Purpose & Mission, Action & Habits, Productivity & Focus, Self-Leadership & Accountability)→ Why certainty AND uncertainty are both essential for growth→ How to apply the Hero's Journey to your own life→ The 6 Human Needs framework from Tony Robbins→ Major AI updates: NVIDIA Cosmos 2 and the Physical AI revolution→ Claude Cowork: What it means for productivity (and why you need to be careful)→ ANNOUNCEMENT: The Extra Mile App MCP Server is coming! 🎉Timestamps:00:00 - Intro & Setting Intentions01:30 - The Purpose to Results System (5 Pillars)13:00 - Mindset Mastery: Why It's the Foundation13:49 - The Hero's Journey Framework15:20 - Certainty vs. Uncertainty: Finding the Balance27:00 - Tony Robbins' 6 Human Needs28:30 - Lumina OS Updates & AI Coach32:00 - NVIDIA Cosmos 2: The ChatGPT Moment for Robotics35:00 - Claude Cowork: Power & Precautions38:00 - ANNOUNCEMENT: The Extra Mile Podcast MCP Server40:15 - Marathon Challenge Update & Closing Thoughts🔗 Resources Mentioned:- "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey → https://www.amazon.de/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/1982137274/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=20BEEVCBJ47N3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SqwOwJ5zN4dTSawslkpGLxGOZOABX4VgAj2f_TANqTkV8uWHo9sYSj-p-l2c4nLNlfhcpMVjY58HmNOU3RrXqyl-ocjN0xgfSovPDQ-2DQko27EP8cVHM9aBoAXNsYpeLVYAErD2FB7zyaWAboat_3CRl3MyU8cqESDs123p8U9HCVQtoI2FIcCGRmY6yLcw7Wi7vzOAdAZc4_ciQBr1qtljXiHIj-ZxqfbZTxDDfwo.-g-IyTzt9DzAfEVUMjJ0N04bQzIFX-9JlZDdbrgI9ds&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+7+Habits+of+Highly+Effective+People%22+by+Stephen+Covey&qid=1769068785&sprefix=the+7+habits+of+highly+effective+people%22+by+stephen+covey%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1- Tony Robbins "Ultimate Edge" Program → https://www.tonyrobbins.com/products/ultimate-edge- Diary of a CEO - Tony Robbins Episode (Steven Bartlett) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_w81rptxkcThe episode we both listened to and referenced throughout!- Claude Code Best Practices - X Thread from Anthropic Developer → https://x.com/bcherny/status/2007179832300581177?lang=en- NVIDIA Cosmos 2 Announcement → https://huggingface.co/blog/nvidia/nvidia-cosmos-reason-2-brings-advanced-reasoning- Claude Cowork by Anthropic → https://claude.com/blog/cowork-research-preview✍️ Hero's Journey Prompt (Copy & Paste):"Help me understand my personal Hero's Journey. Ask me questions about:1. A challenging moment in my life when things weren't going as planned2. What skills or mindset I developed to overcome it3. How this experience transformed me4. How I can use this story to inspire and help othersThen help me frame this as my leadership story."- Puria on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/user/puria-izady/- Puria's Build an Agent in 15 minutes video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6nEuJl1bFI- Tilman's Vibe Coding Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_v3i3Gjefg- Tilman's website: https://bright-minds.io- Tilman's app LuminaOS: https://luminaos.app/- Pumping Code Newsletter: https://pumpingcode.substack.com🚀 Connect With Us:- Puria Izady: https://www.linkedin.com/in/puria-izady/- Tilman Resch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilman-resch/The Extra Mile Podcast is hosted by Puria Izady & Tilman Resch – a former AWS Solutions Architect and Tech/AI Sales Team Lead on their mission to help you level up in AI, self-development, and building your future.🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell so you don't miss the next episode on AI, tech careers, and personal growth. Got feedback? Drop a comment below – we read every single one.#AI #ContextEngineering #RAG #AIAvatars #AWS #Marathon #2026Goals #TechPodcast #ExtraMile #SelfDevelopment #ClaudeCode #AgenticAI #TheExtraMile #PumpingCode