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I'd always thought I would be a corporate slave till 60.
Make a shit ton of money and retire in peace.
Instead.
Today I am 33, with 24 months of savings and some raw ideas.
And I'm quitting the corporate rat race to go solo.
This is my story -
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A startup with revenue has a 100 problems.
A startup without revenue just has 1
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Just 25 days left in the year.
Good time to reflect on the big questions in life -- how we define success, happiness, love and wisdom.
Time to turn to my favorite modern philosopher --
@naval
Here's some of my favorite podcasts that I always listen to this time of the year 👇
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To all the GPT-4 and ChatGPT threadbois..
This is what your threads look like to the rest of us 😆
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@naval
Be so good at your craft that you can outsource the toil.
The part of your work that’s new every time is the craft.
The part that’s the same every time is the toil.
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Ok I have to say this..
this is sad to read.
this person got misled by the indie hacker bubble we live in.
Folks here build in public and share their MRR numbers to inspire their followers.
But end up making difficult things sound easy.
And people starting out think that
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If you're building your first product - stop searching for brand new ideas.
Just go to a big enough subreddit and see which apps are people looking for alternatives to.
These ideas are -
- Validated
- Solve a pain point
- Filling a void in the market
Your first 10 paying
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First time founder trying to replicate the success of second time founder 🤣
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Startup founders need to see Stripe notifications somehow 🤣
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Can a simple PDF converter make $18K MRR?
It sure can!
BankStatementConverter does it.
Let's see how 👇
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Simple app doing $13K monthly recurring revenue 💰
Converts PDF bank statements to excel files.
- Solo founder
- Scratching his own itch
- Working on multiple projects in parallel
BankStatementConverter. com from
@BallerIndustry
There's no one way to succeed.
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@naval
Done✅
- Living with family in my own home
- Working for myself, not a corporate slave.
- Wake up naturally, no alarms, empty calendar
- No commute, working from my home office
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If you're actively trying to build an audience here.
And have less than 500 followers.
Know that this is the most challenging period in your journey.
Things will only get easier later on.
You've got this 💪
Also - introduce yourself so everyone can follow you 👇
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If you're building your 1st product as a solo founder -
- Don't try to come up with a new idea, just build a different version of one of these.
These are existing proven indie startups
- Category: AI
- Self funded
- Started as side projects
- Sorted by Revenue (Stripe
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Incredible 🤩
Just crossed $5000 on Gumroad...
I started this account just 6 months ago...
Whoever needs to hear this -
Take more shots...
Run more experiments...
Put more buy buttons on the internet...
Learn and improve, you've got this 💪
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Wow... 🤩
What a way to wake up...
My writing course crossed $500 in sales...
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So today someone said to me - "you're not an entrepreneur, you're just a freelancer"
I just told them - I've stopped running after labels a while back brother.
You can call me what you want, I'm doing what I'm doing to live the life I want to live.
Not for a label.
Peace ✌️
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OMG 🤩
Just found this amazing subreddit in
@noahkagan
's book Million Dollar Weekend
- r/SomebodyMakeThis
Brilliant for finding new startup ideas.
Products that people are actually asking for.
This way you will never build something nobody wants.. ever again..
Enter "app"
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Can a simple PDF converter make $23K MRR?
It sure can!
BankStatementConverter does it.
Let's see how 👇
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Whoever rebranded corporate slavery to "safe 9-5 job" is a marketing genius.
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@naval
White collar jobs will become no collar jobs.
Work in your pajamas from anywhere in the world.🤣
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So back in June 2022 I took on the crazy 25in25 challenge -
I decided to launch 25 micro products in 25 weeks
By December I had -
- Failed
- Burnt out
- Given up on the goal
But it was one of the most enriching experiences of my life
Here are the top 10 lessons I learned -
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ANNOUNCEMENT
I'm launching Copy OS ✍️
A complete system to write high converting copy (like a pro!)
Works for -
- Landing pages
- Emails
- Tweets!
And more 🚀
🗓️ Official release 20th July.
Priced at $0 for the next 24 hours.
Reply with ✍️ to get it for free.
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Whoever needs to hear this:
Build a business, not a startup.
A small business with profits is better than a unicorn startup with losses.
🤷
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@AravSrinivas
The user owns the problems.
But founders own the solutions.
Don't ask users what solutions they want.
Only ask them what problems they face.
And then build solutions that YOU think should exist.
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Tally is a simple form builder doing $70K MRR
- 1st Year $5K MRR
- 2nd Year $30K MRR
- 3rd Year $70K MRR
This is their revenue chart -
Let's dive into lessons from Tally's success, growth strategies and it's flywheel 🎡
Top lessons from tally’s success?
You don't need a huge
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This week my Gumroad account crossed $5000 in revenue.
I have no huge audience, no background in business,marketing or sales
I'm just running a lot of experiments, testing a bunch of things
In my newsletter tomorrow I'll share a simple framework that has worked well for me
👇
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Last, but not the least -- Navalmanack by
@EricJorgenson
All of
@naval
's wisdom captured in a single book.
I ended up highlighting almost the entire book.
And the PDF is available for free, missing it would be a crime.
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How to fail at almost everything and still win big --
@ScottAdamsSays
Love the concept of "talent stack" that Scott brings out in this book.
The author's narrated version on audible is awesome.
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Scouring Ahrefs is the best way to find new startup ideas.
- Go to "Keywords Explorer" tab
- Type in your category
- Set the maximum KD to 20
- And look for keywords with GSV > 500
Clear validated SEO demand
No guessing.
This is what I found for "AI Tools" -
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Pinboard is a stupidly simple bookmarking tool.
- A solo project running for the last 14 years.
- 30,000+ users
- $293K ARR
And 1 simple pricing plan - $22 per year.
That’s it!
This is Pinboard’s revenue over the years -
$117K to $293K per year over 14 years.
Built by “1
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Taggun (
@taggun_io
) is a simple OCR API SaaS making $19k/month
The biggest lesson from it’s success?
Your startup doesn't need to be fancy.
You just need to build a simple solution to a painful problem.
---
Taggun helps other apps extract accurate information from invoices
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For introverts -
- Reddit/HN is the best short term marketing strategy.
- SEO is the best long term marketing strategy.
Not everyone has to build a Twitter audience.
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Sweet sweet SEO 🤩
- 3 hours of research to find 1 high intent keyword
- 4 days to write and publish an article to target it
- 2 weeks to start ranking
And now, 8 weeks later this article gets 200 clicks per day.
High intent audience ready to buy 💰
Slow is smooth, smooth is
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Everything is a wrapper around a wrapper around a wrapper.
LemonSqueezy is a wrapper around Stripe
Stripe is a wrapper around the banking system
The banking system is a wrapper around the barter system.
If you're building a wrapper, be proud of yourself!
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OMG... What a way to start the year 🤩
There are people who can pay you $30.
There are also people who can pay you $600.
But they won't pay you if you never make an offer to them.
Whoever needs to hear this -
Put more buy buttons on the internet
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Alright, its time to launch 🚀
This is for you if you want to:
- Find your unique voice
- Monetize your writing 💸
- Build a portfolio of writing projects
Reply with a ✍️
I'm building a course, it releases on 17th April.
Pre-sale starts at a humble 0$ for limited seats.
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I turn 36 today
Not sharing “36 lessons” 😅
Looking for some timeless wisdom
What’s your best piece of life advice?
🙏
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Prediction:
Things that will go obsolete in 50 years:
- Full time employment
- Centralized offices
- Calling someone without their permission/appointment
- Startups getting funded without revenue
- People "finishing" school in their 20s
What else?
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27 months since I quit my job to work for myself.
My top insight -
Don't listen to the gurus who say its easy.
This shit is harder than I thought it would be
But it's also way more fulfilling than I thought it would be
Higher highs, lower lows
Not for the faint of heart
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Simple Slack bot doing $34K MRR.
Your business doesn't have to be complicated.
It doesn't have to be unique
It doesn't have to be ground breaking tech
It doesn't even need AI 🤷♂️
It just has to solve a painful problem.
Like Karma Bot does.
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I turn 33 today.
I don't have 33 lessons for you.
I just have 3 -
If you want to do something -
1. Start
2. Don't Stop
3. Keep Iterating.
This changed my life, and it will change yours too.🤗
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The one with
@ShaneAParrish
one of my all time favorite podcasts.
Naval's ideas about reading are so liberating here. It was only after listening to this did I give myself permission to not finish all the books that I picked up.
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Carrd is such an incredible business.
- $1M+ ARR with a 2 person team
- Running 4M sites now
- Bootstrapped for the first 5 years
All built without revealing his real name on the internet.
Hats off
@ajlkn
🙇
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Whoa.. what growth 🚀
$12K to $291K/m in 12 months.
Simple platform teaching backend courses - Boot Dev
From
@wagslane
🙇
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Don't do 12 startups in 12 months.
Pick 1 idea.
And solve 6 problems in 6 months -
- MVP
- Pricing
- Launch
- Traffic
- Churn
- Conversion
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And I didn't like the toll the job was taking on my mental and physical health.
The awful hours were only worsened by the pandemic.
Don't want to rant, but few things I didn't want in life -
- "Responsibility" of "managing" people
- Corporate politics
- Status games
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I turn 34 today.
What's the single most important piece of advice you can give me from your rich life experience?
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Proud moment 😍
Today my wife (
@Hi_Aadi
) quit her job to build her own business.
3 years ago when I quit the corporate rat race, she stood by me like a rock to support me.
Today, as she embarks on this exciting new journey, I'm glad that I'm in a position to support her.
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Okay life update -
After 6 months of consulting from the outside.. I'm now joining
@KambanTheMaker
as the co-founder of
@ElephasApp
Spent the last 3 days brainstorming and planning our future as a company.
Excited for things to come 🤩
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This is what most "how to" threads feel like these days.
No🤔
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Incredible 🔥
@levelsio
is the GOAT 🐐
- Photo AI - $56K MRR
- Interior AI - $46K MRR
- Nomadlist - $35K MRR
- RemoteOK - $24K MRR
- Make book - $12K MRR
- Rebase - $3.2K MRR
Someone give him the Oscars of Indie Hacking already!
@lawjolla
@peter_kow
@IndieHackers
Synced all my projects to
@Indiehackers
Verified Stripe revenue for you:
Nomad List has +$10k/mo in sponsorships not via Stripe, Remote OK has +$25k/mo in sponsorships not via Stripe
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You either fail as a founder.
Or live long enough to become a content creator😅
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I've realized I learn the most about business when I launch new products and services.
There are roughly 25 "work weeks" left in the year.
This is probably crazy 🙈
But I'm going to launch 1 product every week for the next 25 weeks.
1st launch tomorrow
LFG 🚀🚀🚀
#25In25
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There's plenty of startup wisdom on Twitter.
But not enough quality content around being a solopreneur.
Working for yourself brings a unique set of challenges.
I study these 16 "companies of one" closely for my business education.
If you want to be your own boss, read this -
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SaaS founder friends what's a better pricing strategy?
1. Free tier for limited features
2. Free trial with all features
1 or 2🤔
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As I am speaking to more people getting into Product Management.
One quote from
@shreyas
always comes back to me -
"The problems you face in trying to become a PM, are very similar to the problems you will face once you do become a PM"
#NoteToSelf
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So many people miss out on Twitter by thinking of it as a marketing channel.
It's so much more.
Sure you can find your customers here.
But you can also find mentors, collaborators, and peers.
And you can find friends!
🤗
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I'm terrible at self promotion here.
Feels icky and cringe 🙈
Any tips to improve ?
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Liinks is a simple "Link in Bio" tool doing $21K MRR
- No funding
- Solo founder
- Built as a side project
Top lesson from it’s success?
You don't need a novel idea.
You just need to build something people want 🤷♂️
What makes it stand out in a crowded market?
Some key
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Alright - Time to launch 🚀
Blue Bird Essentials - 21 Simple Tips to get your first 1000 Twitter Followers (without losing your mind)
- 7 day email course
- PDF E-book
- 25 Tweet templates
- 50 Successful Tweets database
Starts at a humble $0.
Drop an 🦉 if you're interested.
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Everything starts with 1.
At the start of 2021 my goal was to make $1 on the internet this year.
Grateful I could reach 1K🙏
At the start of 2021 I had 1 boss.
Now I have 228.
Some day I'll have millions🤞
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I thought Twitter was the only platform I could find any likeminded people on.
- LinkedIn was too fake
- Instagram was too flashy
- Facebook was... well... Facebook🤷♂️
I curated my following.
Killed the negativity from Twitter.
Started with a fresh slate after 10 years.
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OMG 🤩
What a way to wake up..
Had 3 back to back sales last night..
$1000+ within 6 hours ❤️
Only because I was promoting my community and mastermind every day for the last few days.
I used to shy away from self promotion in the past - cringe at it, feel bad about it.
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So today I signed a contract to be a consulting PM at a startup.
Was waiting for this opportunity to convert for many weeks now😅
The gig -
- is exciting
- pays the bills
- spares me time to work on my own projects
More details soon
But first, tomorrow -
I fire my boss💪
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I'm a mediocre entrepreneur.
I know my limits.
I can't hustle 24*7.
I can't run profitable ads
I can't invent a brand new category.
I can't code a fancy looking product.
These are all the constraints I must live with.
But I choose to look at these constraints as
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If I'm on a new product's website, I go straight to the pricing page to see if can I even afford it.
If I don't find the price, or see only - "try for free" button I'm not signing up.
Not enough trust has been built.
You don't do your customers a favor by hiding your pricing.
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Not everyone can benefit from
#buildinpublic
- Some startups need privacy early on
- Some founders aren't used to creating content
- And some folks are just too introverted to share things openly.
It's completely okay to build in private.
Don't fall for the FOMO
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I'm not much into follower count.
But
if you're starting from 0, this is an effective model -
0 - 600 - Be the "Reply guy" (Add to the conversation)
600 - 1500 - Be the Cheerleader (Amplify others) + Reply guy
1500+ - Share Value to your followers + Cheerleader + Reply guy
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Fin🙏
Thank you for reading my story.
I'm sure you have comments and critiques.
Would love your opinion and improve my decision with your help.
Let me know what you think.
And if you need any help for your own projects, feel free to reach out.
My DMs will always be open🤗
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New app crossed $100 revenue 🤩
- No Twitter
- No "Build in Public"
- No engagement bait
- No Product Hunt Launch
Just some old school hustle...
Going into niche communities and talking about the product
(Without sounding like a spammy jerk)
Not in a hurry to get anywhere..
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You either fail as a founder.
Or you keep hustling till you learn marketing.
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And it's Launched - "7 Habits of Highly Effective Tweeple - The Wisdom of Twitter"🚀📚🎉
A comprehensive resource to make the best use of Twitter as a--
➼ Creator 🎨
➼ Consumer 📘
➼ Networker 🤝
A Taste of the 7 Habits for you 👇
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Life update... me and my family are starting a non profit org..
Here's why -
4 years ago my dadi(grandma) passed away at age 84.
She lived a full and happy life.
But the last few years of her life were severely impacted by multiple illnesses and injuries..
hypertension,
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Reading is a Superpower.
Its the most effective way of upgrading your mind.
If you don't have a reading habit, this is a good time to start.
Here are some books that will help you easily build a reading habit and expand your mind at the same time.
📚5 books for the mind 👇
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I knew more money was not going to add more value to my life.
Plus I realized 3 things -
1. The corporate staircase I was climbing did not have an end.
2. I needed more interesting problems to solve than my job was throwing up.
3. I wanted to solve them with interesting ppl
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The one with
@joerogan
Naval's clarity of thought comes through brilliantly in this one.
The discussion around communism and capitalism is just mind-blowing here.
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Of course, every sizeable company gets into these problems.
That's when I realized I didn't want to work for ANY large corporation again.
I wanted to work for myself, or at best, a small team solving interesting problems.
And I wanted to prioritize my life over my career.
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Oh this is crazy...
Love waking up like this 😍
It's incredible this writing course was a stray thought in my mind just a few weeks ago.
I didn't think anyone would pay money for it.
Today it crossed $1000.
By far my best selling info product😄
Humbled and grateful 🙏
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Can a simple employee time tracking app do $145K MRR?
Sure it can!
Aplano does it.
Let's see how 👇
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The one with
@ScottAdamsSays
is amazing.
They kick off with one of my favorite topics -- Simulation hypothesis and free will.
Good fun!
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So last year I built a one person ghostwriting agency.
Ran it for a 6 months, grew it to $10K+ and then shut it down.
Here’s why I failed and why you should NOT become a ghostwriter -
First off - Why I did it -
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Many friends have asked him about the "why" and "how" of this move.
I broke down my decision making process in this short blog post.
If you're a corporate employee, this might help.
I also added some parameters you can use to take the leap -
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My corporate friends are amazed that I am doing this.
They think I'm taking a big "risk"
Personally, I've tried to minimize the risk as much as possible.
Honestly, tying your life to a single source of income is the biggest RISK you can take.
To each his own🤷♂️
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Today I start my last week as a full time corporate employee.
Next Monday I go to the office to return the laptop and pack my things.
This week is about reflection.
It's about looking back at the last 11 years of climbing a never ending staircase.
And then jumping off😅
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Life update: I started a job board 🤩
399 SEO clicks in 4 weeks
• 0 DR
• 0 Social Media mentions
• 1500+ programmatic pages
I started this project as an "educated" guess based on the data/trends I saw
Initial signals are positive.
Here's what I'm doing👇
#buildinpublic
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Might be an unpopular opinion but I do NOT think prompt engineer is a powerful skill.
It's valuable yes. But not a game changer
It's like the skill of searching on Google.
It's useful for every job, but nobody gets a job because of it.
No?
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Ha 😅
Slow and steady.
My humble newsletter reached $13 MRR. 🐢
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Started a faceless YouTube channel just for fun last week.
Already crossed 20 hours watch time.
With just 7 videos - all generated with AI.
Better ROI on my time than Twitter 🤣
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@bohlenlabs
I just want to say if your ltv is less than your annual price then you don't have a sustainable SaaS business..
You have a leaky bucket.
And no amount of creative pricing can fix a leaky bucket.
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Simple SEO strategy for a low ticket SaaS (<$49/m) -
To get sustainable long term traffic -
- 10 winning blog posts
- Each getting 500 views per month
- Converting at 1%
- So 50 New signups
- ARPU -> $20
- $1000 new MRR added every month
Simple NOT easy.
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