rohan philip

eecs & business @ucberkeleymet

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I challenged myself to create my first SaaS product @MailrOfficial in just 30 days.

Here is a day by day schedule of how I did it👇

Read this thread🧵:

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a newcomer playing the data game with any one of these companies is destined to lose. the issue is, at this point, that seems to be the only moat.

however, the killer use case for personal agents (for everyday consumers outside of SF) is still undiscovered. the win here is likely a completely new consumer behavior that gets unlocked. something incredibly interesting and consumer focused (not productivity focused, where once again, accumulated data will always win).

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“and the next generation will look back and wonder why we thought so small. here is the golden age” - @shopify ceo

VERCEL SHIP ‘26

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every consumer product fights the entropy of being uninteresting

the long game then is continually winning that interest back

-novelty is interesting (acquisitions, features)
-culture is interesting (collabs, moments)
-unpredictability is interesting (why short form media’s easiest)

consumer ai has every ingredient to be the most captivating technology ever used, yet there is an incredible volume of blandness everywhere

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WakeUpCTA secured the #3 position on Product Hunt! 🥳

Thank you for everyone who supported!

This is ASYNC's first Product Hunt launch and we can't wait to launch even more tools in the future!

#buildinpublic

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@alameenpd We posted on various subreddits like /Saas, /Sideproject, etc.

Try to give some value/ask a question rather than just directly promoting your tool, and it seems to work great.

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TagU traffic has been exploding🚀

We've been marketing on:

-Reddit
-Instagram
-X
-Blogs

Excited to finally see our hard work start to pay off.

Still lots more to go though👀

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@ApolsorAseptu Did you build out the program yourself, or use a 3rd party tool?

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@gpt4ninja 530k ?! That’s insane! I remember using Lindo before you guys even launched, and I knew it would be huge! Amazing work 👊

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@EmyLascan Flames 🔥

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@benktz Wow, this looks great! How do you find inspiration? From competitors/the branding of the app?

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@marksanborn What prompt do you use for Dalle?

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@FernandoPs26 A great use case😂

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@rajivayyangar @ProductHunt TagU

“Effortless Visual Feedback on the Web”

https://t.co/UjDiJWtmaC

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@ApolsorAseptu Literally everything is on Product Hunt these days. Definitely not just an indie platform anymore. Still worth a shot though.

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@SaaStvik Referrals are definitely one of the best channels for growth, but I would try directories too. Seems like people get pretty good results.

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@Awan_Sahab Yeah. Even if the traffic isn’t super high, it’s worth it for the low amount of time spent to put it up.

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@gamifyKaran I see, if you have a good industry fit with the directory it works great most of the time. It may be more of a longer waiting game, but I think it would be worth it in the end.

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@aged_revolver Interesting. How much was it?

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@ApolsorAseptu @thetronchguy @TagUOfficial @MailrOfficial @mayakyler @getwaitlist Thanks a lot! Another amazing founder, @suhasasumukh 🙌

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@mehdi_khoudali It’s looking and feeling AMAZING to use 🤝