I'm Anna - 33 year entrepreneur, first time builder :)
Hi PH 👋
I'm Anna from Canada (Vancouver) - Mom to one teenage son, two dogs, and eight chickens.
I've been a Founder for over three decades and four businesses. For the last 4 years, I've been a Business Foundation Strategist, using my 33 years of experience to fix the foundational cracks in other people's companies (think Ideal Clients, Positioning, Offers, and Pricing).
Two years ago, I started leaning into AI (Claude specifically) - making a few automations, a lead magnet, and even an AI assessment for my Clients.
Something I've NEVER done before, until now, is build a piece of software myself!
Now I'm building a warm outreach tool for LinkedIn, aimed at Solopreneurs and small-team Founders who need pipeline help but don't have a sales team. Launching here on September 9th, and honestly a little nervous about it - waaaaay outside my comfort zone! But I'm also super excited :)
And honestly, in the 3 months that I've been here on PH, I've learned so much. Happy to be in this community and connecting with you all! Any other new builders here?
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Thanks for sharing! I'm a new builder here, too. Published my first app here a while back. Didn't do as well as I had hoped but not everybody hits a homerun (or even gets on base) in their first at-bat :)
@billspaced No, they definitely don't! But you do have reason to celebrate - you launched an app! Not for nothing; that's something most people won't do.
From what I've seen around here, you want to give yourself a long enough runway before launch day. That gives you time to grow a following and get people genuinely interested in your product. I started here in May and have been talking about Nugget on LinkedIn since then as well. Not sure it'll make all the difference, but it can't hurt.
It also depends on what else is launching that same day. You could be up against a VC-backed app with a big team behind it - that's hard for a Solo builder to compete with.
Either way, every experience teaches us something we can use for the next round ;)