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Mar 7, 2019 9 tweets 3 min read
Exactly THREE YEARS since I tweeted this (!!!)

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Carrd's grown a lot since then, so I figured I'd share a few thoughts about ...

S C A L E

(a short thread 👇) Scale

changes

E V E R Y T H I N G

When you go from 200 users to 200,000 users you're not simply dealing with "same shit x 1000", you're almost playing an entirely different game with entirely different sets of priorities and challenges
Feb 19, 2018 14 tweets 3 min read
If this is you:

"Wow I've been following your work for a while and it's inspired me soooo much I'm gonna quit my stable 9-5 job with healthcare/benefits/etc and build a kickass web app"

OMFG STOP

Some important facts about me: 👇 1. I've *never* had a real/regular job, nor was I ever forced to. My family wasn't wealthy by any means, but they (literally) put in the extra hours to make sure their kids could focus entirely on getting the education they never did