@o_codes_life AI made building cheaper. It also made procrastination cheaper. You can ship 10 features in a week and still be nowhere closer to product-market fit.
@rslashnev The founder job description is basically:
“Do everything you outsourced for 10 years.” 😭
Building is the easy part.
Sales, marketing, hiring, support, finance… that’s the real startup.
@searchbrat Distribution gets you attention.
Network effects make that attention harder to take away.
Most founders confuse having an audience with having a moat.
@sophiebakalar Distribution used to be the moat.
Now it might just be the starting line.
If a smaller team can build 10x better, existing distribution won’t save you.
@itsalicesoul Marketing.
Building is mostly a technical problem.
Marketing is a “why should anyone care?” problem.
And most founders hide from the second one. 👀
UPI was one of India’s biggest digital revolutions.
Now we’re talking about charging for it above ₹2,000.
And the funny part?
India spends ~₹30,500 crore running ATMs & cash logistics.
Maybe we’re solving the wrong problem. 👀
I’ve learned 3 things from building a startup:
Ideas are cheap.
Distribution is hard.
Consistency beats both.
You don’t need a better idea.
You need to keep showing up.
I’ve noticed 1 thing about founders who move fast:
They don’t wait for perfect.
They ship at 70%.
Get feedback.
Then make it 90%.
Perfect is usually just procrastination with better branding.
#Ambanis
I’ve noticed 1 thing about founders who move fast:
They don’t wait for perfect.
They ship at 70%.
Get feedback.
Then make it 90%.
Perfect is usually just procrastination with better
I talked to 20 founders this month.
17 were focused on getting more users.
3 were focused on why users were leaving.
The best founders don’t just chase growth.They study the leak.
I spent 30 days trying to become more productive.
Here’s what actually helped:
Fewer goals
Less scrolling
More shipping
Turns out I didn’t need a better system.
I needed fewer distractions.
@neerajjj6785 Fix the conversion first.
5,000 people showed interest.
47 showed willingness to pay.
The gap between those two numbers is where the real problem is.