Everything is moatless right now except founder aura
I’m talking to angels investors and VCs daily, they all understand this but are afraid to say
No one even looks at decks, only the team slide. Only retardmaxxing aura blasters have a chance at success. Otherwise doom
@HighyieldHarry Bending spoons is the future of tech PE.
However issues arise since most portcos are not AI resilient. Already they are added as features into llms which will lead inevitably to a race to bottom.
A more defensible or niched approach w/ same base model is v2.
Very inspiring words from Elon Musk today:
"I always think about this. There are always problems on earth. There’s always things that we wish to be better, that we want to solve on Earth, and we should solve them. But there there also has to be things that get you excited about the future — that make you glad to wake up in the morning, because you can’t wait to see what happens next.
That’s the future @SpaceX wants to bring to you."
Let’s goooooo🚀
A lot of people have been asking me how I marketed my peptide tracking app Pep AI to make over $96,000 in revenue a month and get ranked #150 for all health and fitness apps, with the app launching only 3 months ago. Here's what I did.
- Influencer marketing: Signed over 100 content creators in my app's niche. They all post once or twice a week about the app on TikTok and Instagram. We pay them based on engagement. So if they average 4k-8k views per video, we give them about $200 for 8 posts. Make sure the creators post the videos on all platforms.
- Meta ads: We had started by taking our best performing videos from creators and running them as ads, but they surprisingly didn't perform great. What does perform great is short 10-20 second UGC videos and ai static ads. We get $1-$2 CPI with these.
- Another tip is YOU have to spend money to make money. Don't be afraid to pay people at the beginning and try different marketing channels. Find out which ones work and go all in. You don't need to be profitable right away.
- Outreach: You need to be sending over 100 messages a day to content creators. We hired people to do this for us. Our team sends out over 1,000 messages to content creators every single week. You need an army of content creators.
- Free channels: Take advantage of free channels like reddit. Find groups similar to your niche and post in there. You can't promote or it's considered spam and they'll take it down. However, if you post it like this it'll work: "I have been taking a GLP for 2 months now and I have been looking for an app that can track it. Thinking about making one, would anyone be interested in this? If yes what would you all like to see on the app?" Then respond to comments with the app name saying you found one. You'll also get good feedback for your app from this.
- Lastly: Build in public. Post about your startup journey on all platforms: X, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit. You'll get great feedback and people will download your app to see what you've built.
I hope this all helps! This is what has worked for me and I truly believe it translates over to any app. If you have any questions feel free to comment, message me, or book a call from the link in my bio. Also feel free to download my app and see what it looks like from this link: https://t.co/2M4bZpoiHI
Today we're officially launching @thecollectiv3e.
Billion-dollar companies don’t come from ideas alone. They come from access to people and resources at the right time.
We’ve built The Collective to be a space for ambitious young people to supercharge their life’s work.
Over the last year, we've met thousands of the most talented young builders - people who are carving their own paths and aren't afraid to do things the unconventional way.
In the last 6 months alone:
- $15M+ raised by members
- $2M+ in revenue driven for members
- 5+ companies launched
Up until this point we've been 100% in person - we’ve never even had a group chat.
Today we're sharing the platform we've built to directly address pain points we keep hearing - hiring, finding co-founders, fundraising, distribution, and more.
Members will get access to:
- our talent pool + directory
- regular member-only events
- a private member portal + Slack
- warm intro concierge to partners
- $500K+ in perks (@stripe, @ElevenLabs, etc.)
Currently accepting:
- Founders (any stage)
- Top talent open to startup work
- Operators, creators, and freelancers
- Select investors
Come build with us.
This guy on Reddit just dropped a 57-page Google Doc summarizing peptides like BPC-157, and all the human trials that have been done so far
Link below. Bookmark this 🔖
We're hosting a influencer wellness event for NYC Tech Week this Thursday.
Intimate rooftop mixer with city views, vitamin IV & apothecary
10 wellness influencers with combined 30M+ followers
Thursday, June 4th, 5-7pm
Have one more founder spot open
Shoot me dm to join