Jimmy Q

Repeat founder. Former fińańce bruh. Learned to code as unc.

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

I kept planning my days and then... not doing them.

So I built a planner that shows you the gap: what you planned vs what actually happened, hour by hour.

Inspired by finance actual vs. forecast.

Free to try 👇
https://t.co/0istj2tZ8q

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

Several lessons: had early stage VC-backed startup, (1) technical risk: we died because we tried to offshore the engineering to a 3rd party - their work was slow, sloppy, and simply didn't care; so our destiny were in their hands and totally bottlenecked. (2) Combination of build without validation + misunderstanding how a product design works - we built a discord-like virtual room for gamers, but we created an "empty room problem" where people see empty rooms and bounce. Kinda goes back to problem #1, if we could have iterated quickly, we would have survived.

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

@FiachraRM @marclou with no context, this would be sus af

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

[Fixed] Domain verification for Gmail (Cloudflare)

TDLR: Expected ~10 min setup took days; found a bug in Gmail domain verification and a workaround.

1. Initially, Cloudflare's direct verification was used in Google, and it added the TXT "Google-site..." in DNS. Nothing else was prompted. Waited a long time, no update.

2. Fix: went to manual verification and saw that I also have to add a CNAME in DNS. After that, hit finish and -
Viola! - domain verified.

#gmail #indiedev

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

Earlier this year, I could barely code. Today I'm launching 🐸 https://t.co/ekS3ymTEJJ (get a stream-ready avatar pack in seconds, not weeks).
Thank you @marclou and @jackfriks for founding @shipordie_. Entrepreneurship is lonely, and this crew - camaraderie, accountability, support from around the world - was the antidote. The 30-day challenge did the rest.
I genuinely didn't think launching in 2 weeks was possible. But here we are, after a weekend of little sleep. No pressure, no diamond. ���#shipordie #buildinpublic #indiedev

[SHIP OR DIE @shipordie_]

crew member @jimmyq_startup just shipped PNGTuber 🚢

shipped 13 days away from certain death

feedback from the crew — the captains reviewed it:

"love the positioning here, especially the AI vs artist vs Live2D comparison. Put an actual price, or a clear coming soon tag, right on the Layered Pack card so the upgrade does not feel unfinished."

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

use code FROGGY at checkout for 100% off — first 50 only 🐸

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

Built a thing: 🐸 https://t.co/2mHiyrsAjA
Describe your character → get stream-ready PNG avatar pack in 60 seconds: transparent, talking + blinking states, moods. Drops straight into Veadotube.
No wait time. First 50 people get a full pack free 👇 code in replies.

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

@shipordie_ @IvashinkoMoses let's go! I see you grinding in the coworking space

[Finn Mallery @fin465]

in @ycombinator they have a playbook on how to get customers ASAP for your startup.

if you follow this, you’ll brute force your way to 100 customers, almost no matter what your product is.

Here it is:

1/ launch-max.

product hunt, hackerNews, devhunt, betalist, peerlist, indie hackers, etc. YC tells you to launch 3 times MINIMUM

2/ pull your competitor’s strongest backlinks and get yourself listed in the same places.

whatever article they have listed, you make a better version and ask the site to replace it (or supplement) with yours.

3/ WARM OUTBOUND.

Everyone knows about building in public. but you still need to capitalize on the 99% of leads who see your content but don’t come inbound

scrape everyone who likes your posts on Linkedin each week, check if they fit your customer profile, and message them.

you set this up to fire automatically with @origamichat (i dropped a prompt in the comments)

4/ find 20 to 30 ugc creators on tiktok / instagram in your niche. ask them to create content about your product, ideally from a fresh account.

pay them a fixed fee ($15–$30 per video) plus performance incentives ($1k for 1 million views, etc).

you can use @sideshift_app (best creators imo) and line up 20+ of these creators in 1 day

5/ when building in public, a video is 10x better than an image/text - spam use cases of ur product on X/Linkedin

6/ figure out where your customers actually spend time.

which slack/discord groups are they in? what newsletters do they open? which podcasts and accounts do they follow? pay those people for shoutouts

7/ there's a fresh trend on x basically every week. jump on the relevant ones and fold your product in (like i’m doing right now).

To find trends i just use Origami & search “Lead Gen/GTM posts that are viral on X” to find the best posts every week in my niche

Then, I will reply to those, quote tweet them, and use the formats that work myself

(that’s the secret to why my account has high engagement BTW - you can do this too)
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if you are doing all this every single week and DO NOT GIVE UP (launching, posting demos, contacting new customers)

I guarantee you will hit your customer goals. Then the game becomes retention.

will be posting 2-3 more growth hacks every single week

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

Today I moved a site off Webflow ($200/yr) → Cloudflare ($0/yr).
Total noob move, but I'm proud. 3 years of not knowing this was possible, 1 day to fix it.
Webflow said "pay me forever." Cloudflare said "nah."

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

Out here asking noobie questions and giving unsolicited peer feedback 😂

[SHIP OR DIE @shipordie_]

New trophy unlocked 🏆

@jimmyq_startup earned First Discord Message: Connect Discord and send your first message in the server.
Trophy #1 in their pirate chest.

[SHIP OR DIE @shipordie_]

New trophy unlocked 🏆

@jimmyq_startup earned First Discord Message: Connect Discord and send your first message in the server.
Trophy #1 in their pirate chest.

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

I decided to join the ship crew of @marclou and @jackfriks 's https://t.co/MjnCPkmcp4

Entrepreneurship is a lonely journey, and now we have crewmates for support and accountability. Gonna give this a try!

@ybouane your post inspired me.

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

Just finished no-code https://t.co/hwnRhRhLvH beginner class by @buildcamp, taught by the one and only
@gregoryjohn. Greg is the best teacher in this space, combining technical vs. design teachings. Highly recommend this for non-coder founders.

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

@thepatwalls Say less. Will buy this product now and try. May leave some feedback after

[Jimmy Q @Jimmyq_startup]

@marclou What do the green boxes mean? Sorry if dumb question