๐ข How to turn your pre-launch startup into a collosal wreckage fireball before it even gets off the ground... in 16 easy steps.
100% tried and tested.
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1. Firstly, definitely spend a lot on branding.
You'll want 100 branded t-shirts for your future unicorn team and lots of swag to hoard in your cupboards.
Apr 25, 2021 โข 12 tweets โข 3 min read
๐ฅ The repressed memories of an inadvertent teenage indie hacker ๐ฅ
15+ years ago while I was finishing school and then heading to uni, I had a decent ARR from several educational websites I had flung together using a blend of not-so-elegant HTML, CSS and PHP.
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As a kid at school, I started writing down revision notes on my computer.
No smartphones back then kids!
Although I did have a PDA at some point! Remember those? ๐ฅ
Anyway, I turned my revision notes into a website...
Apr 22, 2021 โข 17 tweets โข 5 min read
๐ Bootstrapped startup lessons from "Zero to Sold" by @arvidkahl
I'll tweet my learnings ๐ค and actions ๐ช๐ป as I read Arvid's book.
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I'm applying most of these learnings to my upcoming #EdTech startup.
First off, focussing on the market.
I have a fair understanding of the market as I know several small organisations quite well who would be the long-term target for the paid version of the SaaS.