Why your ‘Great Idea’ Is quietly killing your startup

AI for Founders with Ryan Estes · Jan 21, 2026 · 1h 1m · transcript

You know that moment when your “vibe coded MVP” finally gets users… and then it starts breaking in ways you can’t even explain?

That’s where Mike Vitez shows up.

Mike’s a computer scientist who was doing machine learning and building his own big data and clustering algorithms before AI was cool. Then he launched a software company straight out of school, watched the industry evolve from “just ship code” to “ship business outcomes” and built Saturnia Design for founders who realize: building is easy now. Building the right thing is the hard part.

Here’s the conflict Mike calls out.

Founders…