Andy Mitchell

I like taking back time. I created @getbreef to make Gmail as fast as Twitter. (Also notched 15 years FT indie on @activeinbox)

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

🎵Now this is a story all about how… 🎵

I built a multi-million dollar Chrome extension, crashed it, now rebirthing.

My problem?

I always looked for shortcuts. Spoiler: they go nowhere.

My ⬆⬇➡⁉️ cautionary tale about why we should compound our talent steadily 👇

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@pbteja1998 Oh that's me! It very rarely happens but for me, Ragaas' value prop was like a bolt of lightning. Doing RAG right is hard, and I love that you're making it easy.

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@rachel_l_woods @theaiexchange 👋

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@mattburgess1 Hey Matt - I had the same problem so I've been tinkering on a Gmail addon to spend 5 mins infinite scrolling through the best newsletters I didn't open. Lmk if you'd like to try it? (It's extremely privacy aware btw)

[Tibo @tibo_maker]

Opportunity: join & learn from indie founders who bootstrapped their product from 0 to 14k MRR in 5 months

Tweet Hunter is recruiting 1 dev

Part-time position.

More bellow 👇

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@TomAnthonySEO @YodasMyDad @dconstruct Back when “Web 2.0” was just being crowned - https://t.co/eJI4hq1faN . Coincidentally also the year I discovered I needed a Mac to fit in.

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@jspector Also rereading the email after you’ve sent it. Because that’s a good use of time 🤦🏻

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@JensLennartsson Yes! Even better with a peer group at similar stage.

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

So good I’m RTing so I never lose it 😂

[Justin Mikolay 🛰️ @jmikolay]

Writing landing pages is hard.

@jackbutcher and @harrydry spent 90 minutes reviewing 15 landing pages from the 10x Creator Course. I distilled their insights from 15,000 words to 1,500.

Audit their masterclass in marketing and branding:

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@LachlanKirkwood Excuse me sir, do you have any copies of 'Being Lachlan Kirkwood' for sale?

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

❤️ HighSignals even more now @petecodes

👉 Actually feel like I have startup friends (only took 15 yrs)

👉 Feel a pleasant pressure to hit a weekly milestone. Better focus, really.

👉 A roast led to a big landing page leap no amount of arguing with myself could do.

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

I cannot recommend this more highly - I joined on a leap of faith and my brain is happily whirring from the breadth of experience, and the intimacy of being able to talk freely. Smashing job Pete.

[Pete @petecodes]

Doing our second chat with other revenue-verified founders in an hour ⏳

A great opportunity to chat with other founders and to get advice.

Check out the High Signal website if you want to join - it's $6/m at the moment for the next person that joins

https://t.co/3vUYxJkKHh

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

Request for MicroAcquire to host "Fliptreats"... beautiful retreats where we get together to buy a startup, intensely improve it, in the mountains, tax deductibly, then flip it at the end of the week. @agazdecki @almostobsolete

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@Kyle_Byers @JanelSGM @JensLennartsson @petecodes @LachlanKirkwood @tdinh_me @jot @cogentgene Thanks Kyle - I actually made a note that you speaking style was really crisp and engaging (and @LachlanKirkwood ). I learnt a lot and rejigged Breef's direction.

Everyone: check @petecodes https://t.co/0dQHtkRJZn 😀

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

🎵Now this is a story all about how… 🎵

I built a multi-million dollar Chrome extension, crashed it, now rebirthing.

My problem?

I always looked for shortcuts. Spoiler: they go nowhere.

My ⬆⬇➡⁉️ cautionary tale about why we should compound our talent steadily 👇

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@cogentgene Def not died off, but also no longer growing as it did (and growth cures all!).

The Streak founder, rightly imo, talks about there being infinite niches over email - because everyone uses it.

E.g. @Kamphey doing @trypigeon

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@cogentgene In fact Gmail was also in its growth phase. There were a lot of tailwinds.

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@cogentgene SEO and word of mouth were helping a lot. Also ActiveInbox had been written up in things like LifeHacker, where "GTD" was the ultimate siren call, a passphrase to open all doors (in that niche).

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

@cogentgene Oh actually that too - but more Getting Things Done become less sexy. For a while it was the Creator Economy / Indie Hacker / AI / 10X of its time, and ActiveInbox was cunningly named GTDGmail (before being sued - I knew nothing at 23!).

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

Finally, on my little podium, you made me feel so welcome to Twitter this week @JanelSGM, @JensLennartsson, @petecodes, @LachlanKirkwood, @tdinh_me , @Kyle_Byers, @jot and @cogentgene .

Let me namecheck you to get your attention.

Now that’s gratitude😛 (But truly, thank you)

[Andy Mitchell @andymitchell]

That's my little story.

Want Gmail to be fast like Twitter? Or to rescue time to spend on relationships? Drop into https://t.co/k6MOcGVIk6

It’ll even reveal great newsletter authors that are on 🔥

Then ask me for a feature. It's the only way I sleep.