Nº 1
NUEVA SERIE
LA AMENAZA ELEGANTE
★ Konstantin’s corner of the internet
COVER ART
Phantomus bursting through a wall of paper — top hat, cape, pure menace
Phantomus bursting through a wall of paper — top hat, cape, pure menace
¡THE FOUNDER-OPERATOR WITH NO PLAN — ONLY A PATH! NOW IN A BLOG THAT UPDATES WHENEVER HE FEELS LIKE IT!
PARIS, 1911.
FANTÔMAS
Two pulp writers unleash a villain upon the city. Master of disguise. Lord of terror. Never once caught — and always impeccably dressed.
ART · vintage Fantômas comic book cover
MÉXICO, 1969.
FANTOMAS
LA AMENAZA ELEGANTE
He resurfaces on every newsstand as a pulp comic — ¡la amenaza elegante!
YEARS LATER, ON THE INTERNET…
A blogging platform is born under a familiar name…
phantomus.com
R.I.P.
A BLOGGING PLATFORM
THAT WENT DARK
THAT WENT DARK
…but names like this never really die.
MEANWHILE, BEHIND THE MASK…
ART · Konstantin in the lair, half-lit by a wall of monitors
HIS NAME IS KONSTANTIN.
He found the name in the ruins of the dead platform — and adopted it as his own.
“I’m a founder-operator. I build and run AI-powered products — and I work a ton. By choice.”
ON U.S. TIME: STOREOPS.
Our villain co-founded and operates Interviewy, Conversey and LettuceFundYou — serving franchise restaurant operators across 20+ brands.
When the U.S. clocks out, Tokyo clocks in. He works both shifts.
store-ops.com ►
ON TOKYO TIME: ASPIRING PARTNERS.
Co-founder & CTO. With his partner in crime, he built the biggest recruitment platform two people can possibly build — the secret machine behind an AI-first executive search firm for Japan. A flex? Yes. Also true.
aspiringpartners.jp ►
HIS SINISTER PLAN:
¡NADA!
THERE IS NO PLAN.
No goal. No master scheme. Just the path — automating whatever would otherwise need someone else to lean on, so he can own and build products himself.
“A plan? I have no #@%!ing plan.”
“The samurai has no goal — only a path.”
ART · a blank blueprint stamped “THE PLAN” — with absolutely nothing on it
III
DESPACHOS
DISPATCHES FROM THE LAIR
Field reports, filed whenever the villain finds a quiet minute between prompts.
LATEST · DESPACHO Nº 2
APR 9, 2026 · 7:36 PM
In which our villain hands 90% of his code to the machines… and pays for it with his sleep!
A diary-style note on going AI-first: the productivity upside, the sleepless nights, and why working more is still a choice.
ART · the villain at 3 a.m., still building — by choice
“AI made it easier. I work more anyway. It’s a choice.”
DESPACHO Nº 1
MAR 28, 2026 · 11:00 AM
A farewell to the small tools that fell during the great OpenClaw migration…
ART · a tiny SaaS waving goodbye from a departing train
“…there’s always a chance it crashes.”
¡PRÓXIMA-
MENTE!
MENTE!
A day in the life of a founder-operator: what he automates, what he refuses to, and why he still works this much.
IV
THE ROGUES’ GALLERY
GALERÍA DE VILLANOS
Four operations. All active. All running on automation. Approach with caution.
WANTEDSE BUSCA · Nº 01
MUGSHOT · Interviewy logo
INTERVIEWYACTIVE
FOR: recruitment automation for franchise operators — SMS-based hiring, AI-driven candidate communication, predictive staffing analytics. At large for 7 years.
227K+INTERVIEWS
13K+HIRES
20+BRANDS
KNOWN ASSOCIATES:aismsnode.jsmcprestaurant-tech
WANTEDSE BUSCA · Nº 02
ASPIRING PARTNERSACTIVE
FOR: AI-first executive search for Japan, helping global tech companies find leaders who win the market. Formerly TalentHub Partners. He and his partner in crime built the biggest recruitment platform two people can build — matching, market intelligence, competitive landscapes, end-to-end search automation.
KNOWN JOBS: President for Veeam · Country Managers for Fastly, Recorded Future, Glean, MongoDB, and others.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES:japanexecutive-searchai-platformmarket-intelligence
WANTEDSE BUSCA · Nº 03
MUGSHOT · Conversey logo
CONVERSEYACTIVE
FOR: frontline engagement, with deep payroll and scheduling integrations. LLM-ready via MCP.
► Total comp messaging► Reviews at scale► Employee surveys► Bonus tracking► Sales analytics► Payroll integrations
KNOWN ASSOCIATES:aiengagementpayrollmcpllm
WANTEDSE BUSCA · Nº 04
MUGSHOT · LettuceFundYou logo
LETTUCEFUNDYOUACTIVE
FOR: community fundraising at restaurant locations — raising money for schools, sports teams and nonprofits. Formerly Better Burger Fundraiser.
1,000+EVENTS
$1M+RAISED
150+LOCATIONS
KNOWN ASSOCIATES:next.jscommunityevents
SEND NO MONEY!
JUST WRITE TO THE MENACE.
Email is the only way in — no X, no DMs. Products, AI, hiring leaders in Japan, or a good villain origin story: my inbox is open.
✂︎ CLIP & SEND TODAYno stamp required
EMAIL THE MENACE ►
¡CONTI-
NUARÁ!
NUARÁ!
Will our villain ever make a plan? Will he ever sleep again? Find out in the next dispatch!
© 2026 Konstantin · phantomus.com