Steven the T

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Founder @WildframeAI

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It is impolite to reply to people by AI

So I decided not to reply to them

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@MukSaifullah 3k a month. I think...

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Web3's best scam right now is job offers.

I just received 2 job offers:
One is from the scam project reported for trying to make candidates download malware
The second sent me a really suspicious meeting platform

Can someone legit please hire me?

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@loshmi insane
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Gm ct
Congratulation for me🥳

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How to grow your app from 0 to 100k users (PLAYBOOK):

by the end, you'll know how to:

- get your first 10 paying customers without a funnel
- build organic growth that compounds monthly
- know exactly when to spend money and when not to
- turn your users into your best acquisition channel

here's the full 7-stage roadmap:

Stage 1 (0-10): find your niche and sell one person at a time

the biggest mistake is building for "everyone"

you don't need a market. you need 10 people who feel the pain so badly they'd pay you today

how to find them:

> pick one specific audience (who can potentially buy the solution)
> go where they already complain: X, Reddit, Slack communities, Discord servers
> read their exact words. the language they use to describe the pain = your marketing copy
> DM 50 people. not pitching. just asking "what's the most frustrating part of [problem]?"

your first 10 customers should feel like you read their mind

with my own product, I went to a conference and just talked about the problem I was solving

5 people wanted to buy before I had anything to sell, 50 are ready to test (at 2x price from basic costs)

metric to watch: conversion from conversation to "shut up and take my money"
mistake to avoid: building features before talking to humans

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Stage 2 (10-100): do things that don't scale

forget funnels. forget ads. forget automation

this stage is manual and it's supposed to be

how to get to 100:

> send 20-30 personalized DMs daily on X, Reddit, LinkedIn (not cold outreach!)
> post daily in communities where your audience already lives
> jump in free onboarding calls, watch how people use your product
> when someone leaves, always ask why (it happens often lol)

what this gives you:

1: real feedback that shapes your product into something people actually need
2: language and objections you'll use in marketing for the next 2 years
3: early advocates who tell their friends

the first 100 users will teach you more than any analytics dashboard ever will

don't scale until you've fixed everything these 100 people found broken

metric to watch: how many users come back after week 1
mistake to avoid: automating too early and losing the human feedback loop

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Stage 3 (100-500): fix retention before chasing growth

this is where most apps die silently

they keep acquiring users while losing them out the back door

before you spend a single minute on growth, answer these:

1: what % of users are still active after 7 days? 30 days?
2: where exactly do people drop off in onboarding?
3: what does your "WOW moment" look like and how fast do users reach it?

how to fix retention:

> cut time to value. 10 steps to feel the product? make it 3
> one email sequence that gets users to their first win in 24hrs
> remove features that confuse more than they help
> talk to churned users. after 10 calls the pattern is obvious

your target: get churn below 5% monthly before moving to stage 4

because growing with 15% churn is like filling a bucket with a hole in it

metric to watch: monthly churn rate and day-1 retention
mistake to avoid: adding features instead of fixing the experience

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Stage 4 (500-1k): build your organic engine and referral system

now you've got the right to scale

two engines to build simultaneously:

content engine:

- pick 2 platforms max (X + LinkedIn, or YouTube + TikTok depending on your audience)
- post 5x/week minimum. document your building process, share insights, show results
- every post should teach one thing or prove one result
- repurpose: one idea = 1 long post + 3 short posts + 1 thread across platforms

referral engine:

- trigger "invite a friend" right when users feel the most value
- reward both sides: extended trial, premium feature, or credit
- make sharing one click with a pre-written message
- track top referrers and treat them like VIPs

this is where growth starts compounding. content brings strangers. referrals bring warm leads. both are free

metric to watch: viral coefficient (how many new users each existing user brings)

mistake to avoid: spreading across 5 platforms and doing all of them poorly

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Stage 5 (1k-10k): partnerships, affiliates, and first paid experiments

organic alone hits a ceiling. now you layer

partnerships:

> find products with the same audience but no competition
> propose co-marketing: joint webinars, shared newsletters, bundles
> one right partnership can bring 500+ users overnight

affiliates and BDs:

> launch an affiliate program with 20-30% recurring commission
> recruit creators who already talk to your audience
> find 2-3 BDs to sell your product on commission base

first paid channels:

> only test ads when you know your CAC and LTV cold
> start with retargeting (cheapest and highest intent)
> test one cold channel: Meta for B2C, LinkedIn/Google for B2B
> $500-1k/mo to test. scale only what's profitable in 30 days

metric to watch: CAC to LTV ratio (aim for 1:3 minimum)
mistake to avoid: spending on ads before your funnel converts organically

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Stage 6 (10k-50k): scale what works, kill what doesn't

at this stage you already know your channels. now it's about efficiency

what to do:

1: double down on your top 2 channels. kill the rest
2: make your first growth hire
3: automate onboarding, emails, and referral tracking
4: build a community around the product: Discord, Slack, or Circle

the community is your moat:

> users help each other (reduces support costs)
> feature requests come directly from power users
> community members have 2-3x higher retention than non-members
> it creates switching costs that competitors can't copy

metric to watch: revenue per employee and growth rate month over month
mistake to avoid: hiring too fast and burning cash before the model is proven

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Stage 7 (50k-100k): brand, moat, and paid scale

you're no longer just an app. you're a brand

how to think about this stage:

> brand is why someone picks you over 10 alternatives without comparing features
> invest in design, storytelling, positioning, make the product feel inevitable
> go bigger: conferences, podcasts, media, Product Hunt at scale

paid acquisition at scale:

- increase ad budget on proven channels
- test new channels (influencer marketing, sponsorships, programmatic)
- build lookalike audiences from your best customers
- keep CAC under control as you scale, it will try to climb

protect the moat:

1: deepen community engagement
2: build integrations and partnerships that make leaving painful
3: create content flywheel that compounds (SEO, YouTube library, newsletter archive)

metric to watch: brand search volume and organic vs paid ratio
mistake to avoid: letting paid acquisition become your only growth channel

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CONCLUSION

most apps die between 100 and 1,000 users because founders skip retention and jump straight to ads

the truth is: the first 3 stages are ugly, manual, and slow

but they build the foundation that makes stages 4-7 feel like gravity

start narrow. fix retention. then scale

Growth is a system, make it effective ♥️

P.S. since this day, I will start showing what I build in public to show you how I grow revenue in my apps

make the products and do an immediate ship for less than 1 week

and how you can repeat this system.

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@TheRoaringKitti Just thinking: if you drove at 30 km with the current oil price, you would kick him anyway

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Gm ct
Today I will show you how to cause attention in a nutshell
Every content creator needs to learn
He sells curiosity at all costs

*Do NOT try this at home! Performed by trained professionals only

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@Riowgmi I miss those days

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