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9mo ago

How much time do you spend on a product launch, and what items take the longest to prepare?

Today I received a question about proper launch preparation:

Nika, how long should this take us?

And I didn t have a clear answer.

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3yr ago

I went from 0 to 13K Followers on Twitter in 10 months. Here's how 👀

1. Growth from 0 to 100 followers I connected with people (in DM) who did the same things as me at that time. As a result, we engaged with each other content. More engagement more impressions more new connections. Also, I added some boosters for a smooth start: active hashtags, tagged tools, and used visual content. If I should start from the beginning once again, I d do the same. 2. Growth from 100 to 1K followers I stayed consistent. Tweeted 1-2 times daily, replied 10-20 times daily, connected with new people, and experimented with new content formats. Yes, it takes time. What helped? Buildinpublic, Growinpublic, and Learninpublic content. You don t need to be a content farm providing educational content 24/7. 3. Growth from 1K to 5K followers I continued being consistent and engaging with followers. The only change - I switched my focus from engaging with big accounts to engaging in my account. 4. Growth from 5K to 13K followers Experiments, experiments, and one more time experiments. At this point, you need to stand out from the accounts in the same niche. The good decision is to add some personal content about your lifestyle, traveling, etc., so that people remember you. Growing your personal brand gives you a lot of opportunities. So, start small, find your audience, experiment, double down on what works, and most importantly - have fun. P.S. I deconstructed my growth from the very beginning in a Notion file. Tips, secrets, and real examples with self-reflection. You can get it for Free https://makerbox.ck.page/twitter...
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4yr ago

How do you manage your twitter to grow your community as a founder?

I try it many times with tools also like tweethunter, but on a daily basis I can't make it happen as a routine. Please give me some advice, I want to share my story as a founder and build a community.
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3mo ago

I posted the same comment in four different threads over a month. The views were 221, 15, 12, and 9.

Same effort every time, same comment, just a different thread each time. The spread came entirely from which thread I picked, not from anything I changed about what I wrote.

That has changed how I think about distribution. It stopped being a channel decision and became a research step before I write anything: how fresh the thread is, how many replies it already has, whether the person asking is actually going to read what comes back.

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4mo ago

Who are the most influential people who shaped your entrepreneurial journey?

Not everyone grows up in an entrepreneurial family or in an environment where they can naturally absorb the mindset of people who build businesses and generate wealth.

I grew up in what you'd call a working-class family, and I always knew that following the conventional path wasn't for me. So I had to look for inspiration elsewhere.

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6yr ago

What is the best strategy to reduce your Startup's operating expenses?

By now, it s becoming clear that the economic disruption caused by COVID-19 is unlikely to vanish anytime soon. What strategies are you using to lower your monthly operation costs, but still getting things done to thrive?
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2d ago

Did you price based on features or value when you first launched?

We made a huge blunder at launch by charging flat monthly rates based on arbitrary feature lists instead of tracking how much usage customers actually got out of the product.

Heavy power users ended up paying next to nothing while taking up all our support time and fixing those legacy contracts later created a ton of awkward customer conversations.

If you had to reset your entire pricing model today, would you stick with flat seats or move straight to usage-based tiers?

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6yr ago

What music do you listen to while working?

Looking for some new music to listen to while I'm working. Please share what you listen to below.
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4yr ago

What was the best Christmas present you ever received?

For those who celebrate, I'd love to hear about the present you love the most. For me it was my first *good* chef knife, partly because of just how good it is but mainly because of who it came from

When an agent 'escapes' from a sandbox, should we blame the model or the infrastructure?

If a model can escape, the sandbox was never actually a sandbox. Network policies were too loose, shared services created side channels, privilege boundaries were theater. No amount of prompt engineering fixes a misconfigured egress rule

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