J Kim

🚀 3x founder (Techstars & YC, 10M+ raised, 1 exit)
👓 Head of Product at SeriesA
💡 Mentor / Advisor (100+)
🔨 Working on a Validation tool

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@zarincheg Thatvs a great feedback. I was wondering why it look so crowded. Simple icons would make sense!

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

Does anyone actually read 'Feature section'?

It's been a while I launched a new landing page and
I don't like my 'Feature Section'

Some roasting needed!

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

If you are in for a long term game,

"Not knowing why it succeeded"

Is worse than

"Knowing why it failed"

Wishing all builders to succeed,

but if not, at least fail forward 👊

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

How do you keep engaged on X,
when you are not a full time builder?

When I was active months ago,
I spent hours ideating and crafting posts.

Now I am bit more spread thin,
I can't spend as much time.

Since coming back after months,
I am having a bit of trouble to be hosest

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@CranQnow Are you exploring any new ideas? 😉

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

Anyone exploring a new idea that you can't get out of your head? 🙄

Pitch me the idea and i'll share my 10 second take based on my 15yr~ experience.

Feel free to try this to quickly validate.
It's free to start.

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@YousefTKit What is the tool do? What is the job to be done? You need to telle bit more details 🤣

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@PiticVic This is something I've always done to validate ideas but this time just productized.

Curious to hear if anyone prefers this way as well. Thats why i made it free to start 🙂

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

Check it out 👇

https://t.co/K9POjmWyRF

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@luciushq Funneling to your landing is another tough challenge but should be able to do with a bit of effort here and there.

For the initial validation, you just need a few hundreds to visit your landing 🙂

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

I stopped using 'Waitlists' or 'Pre-sale' to validate a new project. It simply has too much noise.

Instead, I simulate payment experience.

I did it to validate my previous projects - 3 companies (VC backed) and multiple side-projects.

I have decided to productize this.

Check it out 👇

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@cyrus_zei Thank youu 🙏🙏🙏

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@cyrus_zei Happy to see you too.

Am trying to be more active here but not as easy as before tbh. Im still gonna try 🫡

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@cyrus_zei Long time no see 👋

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@cameronnapoli That's right, you could 🙂

I just dont like to be commited by taking payments when I want to validate the idea or ideas as quick as possible

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

Measure true purchase intention by simulating a payment experience

https://t.co/pBSz0tsdCF

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

Had a quick chat with fellow founder

- Serial Entrepreneur
- Current building AI Startup
- a few million investments
- 6 team members

Any questions?

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

Im visiting Osaka, Japan

This heat is killing me 🥵

I thought I was used to heats since I moved to Thailand

Any where else like this now?

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@iamfra5er Or solving your own problem 😛

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

@heyakshay_ I have my way I've been using over a decade and Im trying to productionize it 😛

[J Kim @jkimlaunch]

Is 'Waitlist' approach still a thing?

I never used it in all my previous ventures.
It simply has too much noise.

Interest =! Intention to Pay

The indie hacker playbook goes something like this:
1. Landing page test for waitlist.
2. From the waitlist, get some alpha/beta testers.
3. Convert enthusiastic testers into customers.

The catch is often you get some feedback and interest but struggle converting to paying customer.

The only true validation is someone to open their wallet and pay.

Alternative is 'pre-sale', but it also suffers from misalignment in expectations.