Lucas Goh

Malaysian 9-6er 🇲🇾 • Builder

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

@yevloop @chatbase Yeah true, I spent three months building before really trying to sell. Easy to convince yourself another feature will fix it when talking to customers feels harder.

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

Day 6 building Snowlax. $0 MRR. 94 days left.

Malaysia’s DOSM uses @chatbase .

It got me thinking: building an AI product is one thing. Getting chosen is another. This is inspiring and pushing us forward to build a better product and serve the people well.

Malaysian founders, what’s the hardest part of landing a customer this size?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

Your first customer offers $1,000.

They want a feature that takes two weeks and only helps them.

Do you take the money?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

You have 100 users.

90 never return. 10 use the product every day.

Do you change the product or find more people like those 10?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

Someone asks what your product does.

They've never heard of an AI agent.

What's your one-sentence explanation?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

You're launching tomorrow.

The app works, but password resets still need your help.

Ship to five testers or delay the launch?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

A bigger company launches your main feature for free.

What would make you keep building?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

@mathiasvrb Yeah, i would start another 100 days campaign until i reach 100 MRR

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

You set yourself 100 days to reach $1,000 MRR.

Day 100 arrives. You're at $300, with customers who keep renewing.

Keep going or start something new?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

Developers:

Which part of your setup would you happily pay to never maintain again?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

Malaysians who switch languages mid-sentence:

What's one phrase your voice assistant keeps getting wrong?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

What's the last cold message you actually replied to?

What made you answer?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

I left Grab after almost four years to build full-time.

Engineers who became founders:

Which habit from your old job was hardest to unlearn?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

@_TechMasood Agreed. I’d automate the reminders and draft the follow-ups, then personalise each message before sending.

The system prevents leads from being forgotten. The personal context gives them a reason to reply.

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

You can automate one part of running your startup:

a. finding potential customers
b. following up
c. customer support
d. bookkeeping

Which one goes first?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

Day 5 building Snowlax. $0 MRR. 95 days left.

Then I saw Meta’s Muse announcement.

I’ve abandoned a project before because giants entered the space. Now it’s happening again.

My takeaway: ship sooner.

Would you keep building or pivot?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

@yasser_elsaid_ @chatbase As a Malaysian and following u since the PDF chat, this is sickkk

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

@Deniecec8qw Thanks! It feels good seeing the work from my previous product find a use in Snowlax.

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

Day 4. Still $0 MRR.

The AI framework I built for my last product now powers Snowlax.

The agent starts with a security checklist, then explores within defined boundaries.

Writing up how I built Lax next. What would you want to know?

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

@yevloop Thanks! That helps me decide what to show next. I want to walk through an actual run so people can see where those limits come in.

[Lucas Goh @lucasfancation]

@ahab_developer Good idea, I’ll cover that in the write-up soon. Probably in the landing page as well. Thanks