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I’ve Made $1.5M Worth of Mistakes. So I Built This
After losing more than $1.5M to bad decisions, I built the tool I wish I had years ago. Meet STRATmind — the decision engine I needed most
🚀 I Built STRATmind to Stop Making $1.5M Mistakes
Let me be honest with you.
In the past year alone, I lost over $1.5 million.
Not to fraud.
Not to the market.
To my own decisions.
The kind of decisions that feel smart at the time.
That you hope will work out.
That seem logical — until they aren't.
These weren’t rookie errors. They were strategic moves in crypto, business experiments, investment bets, and failed hypotheses. Each one felt like a coin toss I thought I could win.
But here’s the problem:
I’m not a chess master.
Neither are you.
And we shouldn’t have to be.

The Cost of Bad Decisions
Mistakes don’t just cost money — they cost time, momentum, energy, and confidence.
They delay the results we’re chasing.
They push our goals further out of reach.
Every time I got it wrong — and I’ve done that more times than I’d like to admit — it wasn’t because I was lazy or uninformed.
It was because I missed a critical factor,
didn’t consider enough outcomes,
or relied too heavily on gut feeling.
Sound familiar?
So I Built STRATmind
Not for “users.”
Not for some grand market.
I built it for myself.
Because I needed a system that could think with me — and sometimes, for me.
A second brain that wouldn’t get emotional.
A strategic assistant that could help me:
See blind spots
Break down complex decisions
Stress-test risky ideas
Avoid devastating errors
That’s what STRATmind is.
What It Does
STRATmind is a platform built to sharpen your decision-making across high-stakes areas like:
Business
→ Evaluate whether your next move makes sense — before you commit.Y Combinator
→ Evaluate your startup based on Y Combinator's methodology, analyzing market potential, team strength, and overall strategy. At the end, you'll receive a 10-point score and see where your startup ranks among others.Investment
→ Analyze trade-offs, risks, and outcomes before deploying capital.Growth
→ Analyze your project and its departments to identify opportunities for growth and improvement. Get insights on potential strategies, innovations, and optimizations that can help scale your business effectively.Sun Tzu
→ Assess your business decisions using Sun Tzu's strategic principles. Identify weaknesses, anticipate risks, and optimize your approach with time-tested military strategy applied to business.
This is not just a “tool.” It’s a safety net. A thinking partner.
A product built from pain.
Why It Matters
We live in a world of uncertainty.
And the people who win — the founders, operators, solopreneurs, investors —
they win because they minimize mistakes, not because they’re always right.
The less you f*ck up, the faster you win.
That’s the core principle of STRATmind.
Built by a Founder Who Hates Losing
If you’ve ever felt the sting of regret from a decision gone wrong,
If you've ever said, "I should’ve thought that through..."
If you're building something and want fewer detours, fewer costly lessons, fewer sleepless nights...
I made this for you.
This is just the beginning.
But it’s real. It works.
And it’s already helping me make better calls — every single day.
🔥 Bonus: Get Your Startup on the Top 100 Leaderboard
There’s one more thing I’m incredibly excited about...
The STRATmind Top 100.
It’s a real-time, AI-driven leaderboard that showcases the highest-rated startups evaluated by our Y Combinator Model — and you can get listed there for free.
If you're building something and want to put your idea to the test, here's what you get:
A full YC-style evaluation based on founder strength, market, traction, and more.
A public profile of your startup with your score, description, and social links.
The ability to gather votes from other users to climb the rankings.
It’s not just vanity. This is:
Proof of validation.
Credibility in front of investors.
Visibility for your idea — beyond your inner circle.
Want in?
Submit your startup for analysis through the Y Combinator Model, opt-in to the Top 100, and share the link with your audience. Let them vote, explore, and back you.
Every upvote moves you higher. Every new viewer is a chance for new partnerships, intros, and investor attention.
You’ve already taken the risk of building something.
Let the world see it. Let STRATmind help it grow.

Out of curiosity, I ran my own startup through my Y Combinator model… and it gave me a 4 out of 10 😂
Fair enough — no traction yet. I intentionally made it super strict.
Explore STRATmind: https://stratmind.ai
Docs & Models: https://docs.stratmind.ai
Mistakes are expensive. STRATmind is cheaper. 🧠
You can also:
✅ Invite your team and collaborate with shared access
🗂️ Create multiple projects or departments to organize decisions
🔁 Track and revisit past evaluations to see how your thinking evolves
🚀 Try everything for free — no credit card needed
Hop in, test it out, and see how it feels to make sharper decisions — in business, investments, or strategy.
It’s built for people who are tired of guessing. Just like I was.
👉 Start here and try it now.
See you in your inbox,
— The WanderYak Team 🐂💨