Malcolm Russell

I build apps and get distracted by the internet. @TieraVPN 🦉

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

@sdmurray 🫠

[Steve Murray @sdmurray]

You don’t get good at making videos before you start posting.

You get good because you keep posting.

Welcome to Yapping 101.

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

@sdmurray 👏👏👏 every day

[Zara Zhang @zarazhangrui]

Everyone who’s ahead in using AI thinks they’re behind

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

@sdmurray and the people who don’t convert still tell us something

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

Unpopular opinion.

A hard paywall with a free trial is losing you money. The psychological commit is there and you’re ‘charging’ people before they know if they want it.

We just dropped ours. Freemium instead, so anyone can use it before they decide anything.

Customers upgrade on their terms, when they want to, when they see and feel the value. It’s honest, it’s fair.

Betting this makes us more money, not less. I’ll post the numbers either way.

[Steve Murray @sdmurray]

We're making our app free and I think it'll make us MORE money. If you have a hard paywall, watch this before you lose another 50 users out of every 100. Link in bio to try it 🦉

#buildinpublic #indiedev #startup #appdevelopment #founder #saas #entrepreneur #techtok #vpn #tieravpn

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

1 monitor for claude agents, 1 for CapCut, 1 for analytics. that's the entire setup

my 2 co-founders do the same
that's the entire company

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

@pcshipp Depends on which limit but I usually shower 🚿

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

@sattyyouneed who even writes code anymore…

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

@trentjhughes Camomile tea before bed 👌

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

me at 4am

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

I don’t have the right skills… yet

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

everyone asking why I’m posting has seen the posts.

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

my co-founder ⤵️

[Steve Murray @sdmurray]

YouTube video is live. Link in pinned comment. Appreciate everyone following along. Peace! ✌🏻

#buildinpublic #entrepreneur #vpn

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

@sdmurray happy to be on the journey. don’t ask me anything about the internet

[Malcolm Russell @itsmalcolmr]

@sdmurray can you come and fix my laptop

[Steve Murray @sdmurray]

Daily videos. NO EXCUSES!

Never going to get anywhere if I don’t just push myself and lost at least 1 video a day.

We keep grinding!