Shegow

Building. 🇯🇵🇳🇱🇨🇦🇸🇴

@_buildspace @beondeck founder, previously engineering for @guardiancapital @dutchessmanagement @rails, & sales for @mirohq @vidyard

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

Running an experiment: 10 apps in 30 days using fake door tests. Landing pages only - no code until real people sign up. I’m using AI agents to move fast. I’m also moving back to Japan soon 🇯🇵 and I think the market there is underserved. Documenting the whole journey here.

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

Poke around it here: https://t.co/XNhqQ0ZcFJ 🥸

All 6 ideas I’m validating, with the research and scoring behind each. Curious which one you’d build first.

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

Day 2: Got humbled trying to buy a jp domain lol. You need a jp phone number to verify or pay 5x the price. Working on getting a number first:)

In the meantime I wanted to dig into these ideas more and keep my research somewhere with real data flowing in. Took inspiration from ideabrowser and built one for Japan.

#buildinpublic

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

The lesson if you’re building for Japan:

Distribution beats product here. And distribution is relationships.

Find who already owns your customer’s trust. Partner your way in.

#Japan #startups

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

A 7-year-old Japanese startup is on track to hit ¥10B revenue faster than any SaaS in the country’s history.

@bakuraku_layerx just raised a $100M Series B.

The money isn’t the interesting part. How they got in is. (thread)

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

The result: 15,000 customers in about 5 years.

And they did it automating the most unglamorous work there is. Expenses, invoices, corporate cards.

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

@billgnofficial Hey Bill,

Running an experiment for the Japan market, moving there in a few weeks and interested in building tools there. Check out my post on this for more details. Loved to also connect!

https://t.co/CtsLUaWyc9

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

@DevTenta Pretty different. Japan’s hardware and auto industry are top notch but software’s always been behind.

People say is Japan’s about 10 years behind on software, but a wave of new JP startups is getting real traction in spaces that are already have been built for NA/EU long ago.

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

Day 1: Validating 5 Japan app ideas.

5 sites live built by Claude Code + Design, kind of impressed how they turned out, check out screenshots.

Built agents for every step:
→ Market research & complaint mining
→ Page design (Claude Code + Claude Design)
→ Database setup

Next: working on improving website copy + getting .jp domains. #buildinpublic

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

@elgermerlo Shipped 5 landing pages! Did some research on learning more about SEO & growth hacking.

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

Day 1: Validating 5 Japan app ideas.

5 sites live built by Claude Code + Design, kind of impressed how they turned out, check out screenshots.

Built agents for the whole workflow:

→ Research (reviews, complaints, pain points)
→ Landing page design
→ Vercel + Database setup

Next: working on improving website copy + getting .jp domains.

#buildinpublic

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

Day 1: Validating 5 Japan app ideas.

5 sites live built by Claude Code + Design, kind of impressed how they turned out, check out screenshots.

Built agents for the whole workflow:

→ Research (reviews, complaints, pain points)
→ Landing page design
→ Vercel + Database setup

Next: working on improving website copy + getting .jp domains.

#buildinpublic

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

@CiprianiRanieri Yessir! I'm a bit weak in this area and am researching more about it. If you have any ideas or resources you could point to that would be amazing! lmk

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

Longer write up on @IndieHackers

https://t.co/4wcEDBjCYu

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

@launch_llama This : https://t.co/CtsLUaWyc9

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

If you’ve done fake door tests, launched in Japan, or have experience with growth hacking and driving traffic - I want to hear it. What’s worked for you? What am I missing? #buildinpublic #indiehackers

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

Running an experiment: 10 apps in 30 days using fake door tests. Landing pages only - no code until real people sign up. I’m using AI agents to move fast. I’m also moving back to Japan soon 🇯🇵 and I think the market there is underserved. Documenting the whole journey here.

[Shegow @MoeShegow]

Next 7 days: 4 more landing pages go live. AI customer support, LINE commerce, JP SEO, GTM automation. Each gets its own fake door. I’ll share the numbers - signups, conversion rates, what’s working, what’s flopping.