I am 26
I help #founders build a personal brand on Instagram and YouTube, around their story and the product or service they've built.
Looking to #connect with founders who've already done the hard part. Real product, real credibility, maybe even a following here.
And nothing on Instagram or YouTube yet.
If that's you, lets connect
@HeyAliux Reach is great, but what if those 5 million views turned into 5,000 real customers? Distribution matters, but conversion is where the real ROI is.
I am 26
I help #founders build a personal brand on Instagram and YouTube, around their story and the product or service they've built.
Looking to #connect with founders who've already done the hard part. Real product, real credibility, maybe even a following here.
And nothing on Instagram or YouTube yet.
If that's you, lets connect
@nimmaanilkumar2 Hey Anil! 👋 Both ideas sound really interesting! AI-powered presentations and hassle-free returns are super useful. Would love to connect and see what you’re building! 🚀
Five years ago i trusted someone else to make money for me instead of doing it myself.
it was a get-rich-quick scheme. i lost thousands of dollars.
that loss is what got me reading. buffett first, then think and grow rich, rich dad poor dad, and eventually naval and hormozi.
i don't regret it. it's the reason i stopped looking for someone to do the hard part for me.
nobody is going to care about your money more than you do. it cost me thousands to actually believe that.
being the best in your market is a ranking, and rankings get challenged every year.
a personal brand makes a founder a category of one. there's nobody standing next to you to compare against.
buyers stop asking who's cheaper when there's only one of you.
most founders' personal brand is a business page with their face on it.
every post is a launch or a case study. there's nothing in there anyone could disagree with.
people follow a person for what they think. a feed with no opinions gives them nothing to follow.
If you delete most of what you write, good. that's the skill.
anyone can make 50 posts a day now. the tools made output free for everyone at once.
the rare part is looking at all 50 and knowing which one deserves your name on it.
Building a personal brand can take you into rooms you never expected to enter.
People discover your work, understand how you think, and opportunities start coming from places you couldn't have planned for.
Your company builds value. Your reputation can travel much further than your company’s marketing budget.
A great product is the foundation.
But imagine building an audience that already trusts you before you launch it.
You’re not starting from zero. You have people who understand your thinking, know your story, and want to see what you build next.
That’s the power of owning your distribution.
If you're in your 20s, here's the path I'd bet on:
Learn a skill that's going to matter in the next decade.
Build something with it. Make it great. Become the face of what you build.
Scale it. Teach others what you've learned.
Use your systems to help other businesses grow. Acquire companies. Systemize, delegate, eliminate the unnecessary.
Eventually, own businesses that don't need you in every room.
That's the game I'll play.
AI is making it easier to build products.
But who people trust to build them still matters.
I think founder-led brands are going to become a much bigger advantage over the next decade. Building the product is one thing. Building an audience that believes in the person behind it is another.