Trung Vu

Solo founder in Tokyo, building @journelyme and @miniowlme.

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

Solo founder in Tokyo, week 6 of GTM:

- @journelyme 10 signups, 60% activated (64s to first chat)
- 17% D7, 0% D30 retention
- $60 revenue
- @miniowlme : 1 user, 0 active

Onboarding works. Return doesn't. Fixing retention.

What unlocked yours?

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

@elonmusk The good thing is we can clearly see why and what are shown in our timeline/feed. Not a black box, sit and guessing 😅

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

The algorithm is grading whether I come BACK and engage in the first hour.

The post is half the work.
The reply-to-replies is the other half.

Showing up differently from next week.

Repo if you want to dig in:
https://t.co/TdkPdtF9iG

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

X open-sourced their algorithm last week.

I spent Friday in Tokyo reading the code instead of writing it.

Three things stopped me cold — and broke a posting habit I've had for 10 years.

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

What the code actually grades:

→ Replies ≈ 27× the weight of a like
→ DM-shares = the single highest-value positive signal
→ First 60 minutes of in-network engagement decides if non-followers ever see your post

I've been treating posts as broadcasts.

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

Hi, Building my 2nd startup now in Tokyo.

The first one 4 years ago went well, 0 -> IPO in 3 years Japan mother market and I exited.

Would like to connect to everyone, I can share on Japan market, users and insight or anything else valuable to you 😀

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

- I'm Trung, Tokyo based
- I was CTO/CEO at PostPrime
- 0 \​to IPO in 3 years
- Built and scaled: 0 -> 400k+ users
- Building @journelyme and @miniowlme now.

I would love to connect with everyone, please drop your contact then we can follow/connect 😚

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

@pavelhegler Oh, thank u Pevel, just had a look on the internet why u said it. U are right, Free API means better quality, freemium. Thanks a lot for a good concept.

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

Solo founder in Tokyo, what I am BUILDING:

Decided to open Rest API and MCP for AI agents to get realtime investment market data:
- Macro data/Forecast data/Calendar
- Market catalog, Asset types
- Stock overview/fundamental/technical.

ALL are FREE 24/7: https://t.co/VtHS27KkVG

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

Opening API/MCP for agents to get high quality financial market data, including:
1. Macro and forecast data
2. Stock sector, performance, quality
3. Stock overview, fundamental, technical data

Use MCP in your Claude/Cursor and find the insight/chance to invest on your own.

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

Solo founder here in Tokyo, this week in a nutshell:
- 24 users in total, BUT only 1 active
- Tiny $60 in revenue (one time)

Building @journelyme and @miniowl

Note: Have to spend resource on 50% GTM, 50% product.
Last week personal and learning stuff were a lot 😅

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

@sherifgjini More than 85% is the product, bad me and I am fixing it by simple rule: 50% product, 50% marketing

Here is my real data, no joke!

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

@boardyai 3 rules to be better founders
1 - Talk to users
2 - 50% product-50% marketing
3 - Back to 2 and repeat

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

@hridoyreh For me, it is miniowl, the reason: See what I am doing is the right things at the right time or not, or just try to run away from the NEED.

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

@buildinpublic Working on @miniowlme for the 1st beta version.
To be the right direction: no more trap on just JOY + SKILL areas.

Seeing your real spending time in your LOCAL and remind u to work on the NEED: gtm, shipping, outreach, marketing, growth...etc. which are matter.

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

Solo founder here in Tokyo, started building @miniowlme to answer one question: are you shipping, or just coding?

✓ Lives in YOUR menu bar: Realtime categorizing your resource.
✓ NEVER your screen, keystrokes, or clipboard
✓ 100% local and FREE. Cloud as a plus alpha.

[Trung Vu @itschunv]

Welcome to the world @miniowlme , tiny but power enough to see the right metrics on running businesses!

[Miniowl @miniowlme]

Introducing miniowl v1.
A menu-bar time tracker for solo founders, built around one question: are you shipping, or just coding?
✓ Lives in your menu bar
✓ NEVER your screen, keystrokes, or clipboard
✓ 100% local. Cloud as plus alpha.

→ https://t.co/BjfivR65Qq