Hey Makers, Nithin and I started LaunchPedia on Jan 8th 2023 and it's been an year of roller coaster ride From literally making no money in the first 6 months and coming close to shutting down, to making $5000 from our digital products in the last 4 months. Here are the 9 lessons I learned from our journey: It's not wrong to pivot. It's better than giving up. Build multiple small bets, until you know what works Plan monetization whenever you're building a new product Build products that make money, especially when your savings are on line Don't overlook email marketing. Collect email addresses, build funnels and setup email sequences from day 1 Don t delay your launch. Ship fast, validate the idea, get feedback, and iterate. Leverage side project marketing. Build free tools and directory sites to increase your distribution and upsell your paid products. Validate the idea using short term distribution strategies. Ex: PH launch, listing on directories, & Ads. You don't need to build fancy products, you can also build info products as long as it is helping people.
Hey hunters! I wanted to ask you about any preferred news or blogs website, if any (preferably tech-startup-business related). Or do you prefer to just google the topic you want to read about and land on any website? Let me know!
Have you ever wondered what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur? I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the matter! What do you believe are some common traits or habits that can propel individuals toward entrepreneurial greatness?
I guess that when you're pre-revenue, AI tools and the occasional freelancer are often more than enough to get an MVP out the door and test the waters.
But eventually, every growing product hits an inflection point where "good enough" visuals and quick-and-dirty copy start holding back growth. To build real authority and category leadership, a curated identity becomes important.
I am at the stage when I want to formally move my business to a foreign country (for example, to take advantage of better tax conditions, fees, etc.). Which country offers the easiest way to start a business, ideally to set up everything electronically (without unnecessary bureaucracy, where they ask you to show up physically. It feels like a pain in Europe) The more information (and advantages), the better.
Hey Makers! I've been running my Telegram channel about products and startups for over a year now. It already has 1,100+ subscribers. It's in my native language. I recently started the same channel but in English. I find answers to questions about startups and products from people with a lot of experience in that field and write summaries. Join the Startup Summary on Telegram if you're interested: https://t.me/startupsum
I'm bootstrapped and solo. I don't borrow, so I only do what I can pay for myself.
VCs have asked me about going public a few times. Honestly it did sound attractive, but I kept thinking about what I would lose. Once other people's money is in, you cannot decide things just on how you feel. In 2019 I was spending time in Australia, and I wouldn't have been able to do that with investors watching. Also if my kid gets sick I can drop everything.
I have never hired a full-time employee either, I spent that effort on improving the way I work myself.
Hi all, there's a distinction I keep thinking about: apps built with AI (Cursor, Claude, Copilot writing the code) vs apps that depend on AI APIs at runtime to function.
I'm in the first camp. I used AI-assisted coding heavily to build Briskly (a cleaning app that scans your room and generates a timed task list), but the app itself makes zero LLM API calls. The scanning runs on Apple's Vision framework, entirely on-device. No tokens, no per-user inference costs, no latency, works offline, and my privacy label is basically empty.
