Building in public with daily updates is one of the most powerful accountability tool
When you know you have to show progress every single day, it changes how you work
The pressure and expectation to deliver something publicly on a daily basis no-matter how small forces consistency.
Over time, that consistency compounds into momentum, and momentum compounds into results.
Even on days when you don’t have motivation to work on your startup you have no choice because you need to show progress for that day.
Day 12 of growing @MinChatHQ
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I’ve been shipping and iterating a lot based on user feedback and MinChat is now at a stage that I’m no-longer embarrassed about the MVP 😅
Yet to convert a trial user, regardless I’m still focused on distribution, now more than ever considering I’m no-longer embarrassed by the MVP
Today I redesigned the landing page to include a live demo of the AI customer support
Additionally I added the MinChat branding to the chat widgets.
Tomorrow’s objective is purely SEO focused, it’s a long term play but it will definitely pay off after some time.
It will involve optimizing website page speeds, get started with writing the blog posts and case studies, and probably add in some important long-tail keywords to the landing page.
Day 6 of growing @MinChatHQ
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Narrowed down the vertical that Minchat should focus on; bootstrapped founders
This involved updating the landing page copy and messaging to focus solely on bootstrapped saas founders.
Also adjusted the pricing to better fit bootstrapped founders and indiehackers
Got rid of the enterprise tier, have no plans of serving enterprise clients.
Reasons for focusing on bootstrapped founders;
1️⃣ My current documented marketing methods that I established on the day 4 build in public update all target where mostly bootstrapped founders and indiehackers hangout
2️⃣ The general “AI support” platform space is currently very overcrowded so I’m niching down
3️⃣ Wanted to offer a product that is more cost effective for bootstrapped founders than all the other customer support tools out there
The past few days I’ve been focused more on distribution than the actual product
I’m using @posthog to track at which stage that users are “falling off” whenever they visit @MinChatHQ
At each point I optimize further and further hence why a lot of modifications are currently happening to the landing page and not the actual product
Plan is to start optimizing the actual product once people start getting past the trial setup page.
Day 4 of growing @MinChatHQ
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Properly documented my Go-To-Market strategy:
✅ build in public on X
✅ Participate in relevant reddit communities (r/saas, r/indiehackers, etc)
✅ Content Marketing for SEO through a MinChat blog
✅ launching in as many startup directories as possible
I implemented changes to the landing page from the feedback shared by prospects that I have been requesting feedback from.
My starting goal is still to get a paying user within 28 days, 24 days to go till deadline
Bigger picture is still to be able to reach $10k MRR but we take it one step at a time
Still need to validate the MVP.
@thisiskp_ said “Distribution is king”
especially in AI right now anybody can recreate your product or any product on a weekend with vibe coding
The product is easy to recreate, but what’s hard to recreate is the distribution side of it
The brand, the trust you build, the audience you build
Day 3 of growing @MinChatHQ
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My first quest has been to talk to as many users as possible and collect unfiltered feedback.
One trial user did a brutal teardown of my landing page and shared a goldmine of insights. I’m already shipping fixes.
Another user needed the pre‑pivot version of MinChat.
I updated the dashboard and landing so anyone who needs the old MinChat (the chat SDK) can find it and get served easily.
Still experimenting different tactics to find early users to talk to for feedback
So far I have collected some feedback from X and reddit, open to ideas of where to find more users for feedback.
Day 2 of growing @MinChatHQ
First Milestone: $0/$1k MRR ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
Been focusing on trying to get the first few users, commented on lots of reddit posts showcasing MinChat, got 2 users that have started the 7 day free trial.
Have also setup basic analytics tracking using @posthog for traffic, LLM usage and events.
Objective is to get the first paying user before day 28.
Any ideas on how to get your first few users?
#indiedev #indiehacking #buildinpublic
When I started building @MinChatHQ, I asked myself:
“What if you could create an AI support agent with just one prompt?”
That idea became @MinChatHQ where you can spin up an AI customer support agent in minutes to handle all your customer queries. #buildinpublic#indiehacking
Pivot as many times as you need to but nomatter what never give up! Today officially completed the pivot for @MinChatHQ to a platform to build AI powered customer support agents. tomorrow I being 30 days of marketing and will document everything in the #buildinpublic community.
Day 2 of growing @ChatnestHQ
First Milestone: $0/$1k MRR ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
Launched MVP of ChatNest yesterday, today sent out 50+ cold DMs to people on slack, email, X, linkedin trying to get my first set of users who will share feedback on the MVP of ChatNest.
Plan is to talk to as many users as possible to gather feedback and iterate on the feedback, gotten loads of useful feedback and bug reports so far. Lets keep shipping 🚀
#buildinpublic #indiehacker #indiedev
Officially launched @ChatnestHQ 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 signup right now and automate all your customer support communications 24/7! 🚀🚀🚀
#indiedev#indiehacker#buildinpublic
@ChatnestHQ is ready for beta testing, you will be able to unify all your customer communication channels into one central inbox and train AI chatbots to handle all your customer support 24/7 be it messenger, email, whatsapp or website support #buildinpublic#indiehackers
MVP of @ChatnestHQ is almost ready, soon you’ll be able to connect AI support agents to multiple communication channels for your business, i.e website, whatsapp, etc , super pumped!!! Looking for beta testers and early adopters #buildinpublic#indiehackers
MinChat serves as a chat API and SDK, allowing the incorporation of chat messaging functionality into apps or websites within a short timeframe.
⇨ It comes with a prebuilt UI and tools to deploy in-app chat features efficiently.
⇨ Notable mentions are the UI builder that lets you design chat interfaces without coding and the scalability that accommodates companies of any size.
⇨ It also ensures data security with daily backups.
⇨ User testimonials highlight its flexibility and resourcefulness.
Find more about @MinChatHQ on DevHunt:
→ https://t.co/MtZLin6sSw
🎉 New features alert! 🎉
MinChat just got better with:
👥 Team Member Integration
✏️ Message Editing
🗑️ Message Deletion
👤 User Deletion
👉 Hide Send Button and Disable Message Input
Try them out and let us know what you think!
#MinChat#ChatPlatform#NewFeatures