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Our startup has grown from $1M to $3M revenue in 7 months — major driver in marketing was SEO.

We absolutely love it, yet, it intimidates so many!

So, in 9 tweets, we'll explain SEO using the analogy of a LIBRARY - guarantee you'll understand it like never before :)

Thread 🧵

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

A founder’s role is to do things they swore they would never do...
...because, their startup needs it.

I always disliked social media.

BUT, joined Twitter and LinkedIn in 2021.

I then swore I would never enter Instagram.

BUT, today, I am launching my Instagram channel 😂

I’m calling it “Terminal by Flexiple”, where we’ll cover stories of entrepreneurs and companies that changed the world.

I would love your support by following me on Instagram: https://t.co/c8gX9zxnrr

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

8 years of building startups taught me one thing:
Never make the same mistake TWICE.

And, I want to save you from the same painful lessons.

That's why I've put together 101 hard-earned insights from my journey to a $3M+ bootstrapped startup 👇

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

1st-time founders:
- Fantasize about "million-dollar scale" at $0 revenue
- Fail to build a product that solves a problem

2nd-time founders:
- Start with a small, targeted user base
- Iterate based on feedback

What other mistakes do you think 1st-time founders should avoid?

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

2020: All of us thrown into sudden “remoteness”
2021-22: We adjust & start getting good at remote work
2023-24: We forget all our learnings of remote work

So, here's our report: "Don't Let Remote Work Fail You Now" to help you 👇

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

The second best part of being a founder: you learn from your own mistakes.

The best part: you can learn from the mistakes of founders who failed before you.

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

I find most productivity advice on the internet good in theory but sucks in reality.

So, I spoke to 21 top engineers at Google, Amazon, & top startups to learn what really works.

I've compiled their best insights into 1 report to help you:
→ 2x your productivity
→ Hit your daily goals

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

9 Hard Truths About Bootstrapping No One Tells You:

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

Sat down and wrote about my entire social media framework that got me ~140k followers on Twitter and LinkedIn.

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

The 7 lessons I learned about building startups, the hard way...

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

In 2020, I had ZERO social media presence.

I had 2 likes on my posts ⇒ my 2 co-founders 😂

Now, I’ve ~60k followers on X and ~80k on LinkedIn.

Here’s my 4P framework…

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

Sat down and wrote lessons from 7 years of bootstrapping my startup

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

We used to burn a lot of cash on Google ads with ZERO ROI.

Lesson learned: Paid ads ≠ marketing.

So we pivoted to the "Organic Growth Formula": SEO + Social Media

The result ⇒ Revenue skyrocketed from $700K to $3M!

Here's the exact 3-step process we used:

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

I've got a confession to make: I was DEAD wrong about marketing.

I thought: Outbound sales = You suck at marketing.

After 2 failed startups, I’ve changed my approach.

Here’s why you should too 👇

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

So this is what they mean by a "10x engineer"...

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

Struggling to land your first B2B customers?

You're not alone. It's the question that haunts every new entrepreneur.

But I've cracked the code before.

Here's how I got Flexiple's first 10 customers 👇

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

Like every founder, I loved building new features and hated marketing.

Result: Two FAILED products.

Then, I adopted the C/D marketing framework and grew my startup to millions of dollars.

Let me explain 👇

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

Unpopular opinion: You should build a services company first.

Use that as a "VC investor" for your future dream startup.

Here are 4 BIG reasons why 👇

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

Even after 7 years, I just love helping companies build their dream teams!

https://t.co/mdQsG4flNQ is truly becoming the smartest way to hire top developers 💙

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

We knew how to code. But didn’t have the time.

So, we used the "NoCode Millionaire Method" to build Flexiple.

Here's the exact $80/mo stack we used to scale it to millions:

[Karthik Sridharan @KarthikS2206]

BIG day! After 10 months of work, I'm excited to launch Flexiple's new offering:

- Hire dream full-time engineers, not just contractors!
- 4 handpicked profiles each week, guaranteed
- Sourcing to joining support

Would love your support 💙

Link: https://t.co/WrzQ5zMfOo