Wizen Guides

The Indie Hackers intro to marketing.

We interview startup founders and turn their advice into actionable blog-posts.

Tweeting bite-sized marketing tips ✍️

[Wizen Guides @WizenGuides]

We just published the latest edition of Wizen Guides:

How to research a market with customer surveys by @NickFreiling

Give it a read and let us know what you think:

https://t.co/9I6sqjTMz1

[Bot Eat Brain | Artificial Intelligence News @BotEatBrain]

Even AI can’t keep up with AI anymore.

[Ana Bibikova @NotechAna]

Twitter is all about engagement, they say
Talk to people and you'll get more eyeballs than ever, they say.

Are they lying or "silver bullets" do exist after all? 😅 @dagorenouf

[Lilian ッ @_justlilian]

Passed $700 MRR today. What a difference 6 months can make!

[Anthony Castrio @AnthonyCastrio]

I've read 50+ research papers in the last week while writing Bot Eat Brain. Here are 10 that stand out.

[Anthony Castrio @AnthonyCastrio]

Raise a hand if you've bootstrapped a product, made at least $1, and don't live in a major startup city ✋

[Bot Eat Brain | Artificial Intelligence News @BotEatBrain]

Members of the Wearable Computing Project at MIT. Mid 90's.

[@levelsio @levelsio]

Controversy is working!

[Sukh @thisissukh_]

My favourite notification from Stripe Apps ♥️

Every new build is tested for quality by the Stripe Review team - saved me from a ton of bugs 🐞🐞

Nothing better than when it's approved and ready to go!

[@levelsio @levelsio]

💡 Micro trick I learnt from Uber's credit card statement descriptor

Use a short 1 letter link like

https://t.co/Slwoeeu2oO

Then redirect that to Stripe Billing Portal

This cuts down on chargebacks and support as ppl can cancel easily

[Anthony Castrio @AnthonyCastrio]

I'm hosting a meetup for bootstrapped startup founders in NYC on Thursday. Reply with 👋 if you're in town and I'll send you the invite.

[Anthony Castrio @AnthonyCastrio]

Made it back to New York City and I’m already breaking rules.

[Anthony Castrio @AnthonyCastrio]

My mind was kind of blown by @CorridorDigital's latest YouTube video.

They developed an end-to-end pipeline for creating anime that replaces an entire studio with some AI and a team of three.

Here's the gist of how it works...

[Anthony Castrio @AnthonyCastrio]

Zarya Of the Dawn is a graphic novel illustrated using Midjourney.

The United States Copyright Office decided the images are not made by a human and so can't be copyrighted.

Imagine if the 2023 version of Disney used AI to generate Mickey Mouse: there would be no Disney Inc.

[Bot Eat Brain | Artificial Intelligence News @BotEatBrain]

Imagine if paintbrushes were only invented six months ago. Would you be surprised that there aren't yet any master painters? That's where we're at today with AI-generated art.

[Anthony Castrio @AnthonyCastrio]

In today's issue of @BotEatBrain:

• Bing threatens students & professors 🔫
• A human player beats AI in a game of Go 🎯
• Use AI to check your fit virtually 👗

Keep your brain off the menu 👇

https://t.co/14kHi04L7e

[Bot Eat Brain | Artificial Intelligence News @BotEatBrain]

AI algorithms are getting dramatically cheaper to train. The cost of training AI on ImageNet has decreased from over $1000 to just under $5 in just 4 years.

[Anthony Castrio @AnthonyCastrio]

Opened up 12 slots in April. Two sold already. There are 10 left.

April pricing is $20/one shoutout, $40/three.

See all our stats + book a slot here:

https://t.co/zkEpuGbGQ7

[Anthony Castrio @AnthonyCastrio]

What's your current MRR goal?

[Anthony Castrio @AnthonyCastrio]

Congrats to @kattrisen for being the first to complete the Speedrun 1000 Challenge by adding over 1000 new subscribers to NoCode Exists in less than 30 days 🏆🥳