"I'm Convinced. What Do You Need?"

We were sitting at the table — me, my dad, other family members. I'd brought my laptop. I'd been waiting for the right moment.

'Would you like me to show you how far I've got?'

He asked me if I'd finished it. I said of course not, but I can show you what I have.

Five minutes in, he stopped me.

'Okay. I'm convinced. What do you need?'

That was it. No pitch deck. No slides. No revenue projections. Just a dad watching his son's dream load up on a laptop screen, and knowing.

We spent the rest of the evening talking about AI, the technology, where this could go. That was the moment I understood the magnitude of what I had on my hands. Not because of the code or the features — because someone I respect looked at it and saw what I saw.

The next morning, money was in my account for the Claude Pro Max subscription. Two minutes later, I sent him the purchase screenshot. Minutes after that, I was in Claude Code and I haven't really stopped since.