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Pat Walls @thepatwalls
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2018 was easily the best year of my life.

After getting rejected from YC, I went soul searching and found a community of people building indie startups.

A year later, I've quit my job and going full time on this!

Here's my personal story - in tweets :)

patwalls.co/the-best-year-…
Hope you guys enjoy this one - spent a lot of time on it!

Some things I talk about:

- Spending 6 months on a product and getting rejected by YC
- Discovering @IndieHackers & @levelsio
- The early days of Starter Story
- Making my first $3
- My first big breaks
- My first @ProductHunt launch
- My first haters
- Finding @wip - the community that changed my life
- My long struggles to focus and be productive
- My health & running
- Meeting @CaseyNeistat
- Getting the biggest check of my life
- The craziest idea of my life
- Starting trends
- Getting out of credit card debt
- Coming up with even more crazier ideas
- Meeting my idols
- Quitting my job
- Going nomad
- 2019!

THANKS FOR READING 🖤
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1/ My #openstartup and life update...

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✉️ Mailing List: 3,488

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#24hrstartup

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A great product for a great cause.

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A team project! @bpmct and @BaileyPumfleet built a tool for social media influencers to create simple "swipe up" landing pages for followers.

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After one full year, I'm officially free of credit card debt! 💳

So last year I realized I was in a horrible financial situation 😞

I had to sat down and made a REAL budget 💪

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