Luke

Building the saas and apps I need but couldn’t find.

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@AetherMaker 245 now, Mehran

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@rain8miao Number 620 here, 700 soon brother

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@StevenCravotta I’ve always preferred staying behind the scenes, but I’m starting to put myself out there for exactly these reasons

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@kedytcom Good stuff Blaida, definitely saving this one

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@JonBuildsHQ Family as well

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@yashhq_22 Both, started for fun and I’d still do it even if there was no money in it

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@shokhkarim1212 You finished June with a product, keep compounding that success into July

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@DanielSmidstrup Sell pain killers, not vitamins

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@michaelaubry Sounds like there’s plenty of potential for someone who wants to run with it.

If you don’t enjoy it and it’s not being maintained I’d sell it.

Better than letting it die and losing the opportunity to cash out.

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First 1,000 users in 30 days or grandma cuts you out of her will, what’s your move?

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@loaibassam This is valid. Currently working on a project with two partners and it’s been much more fun.

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@sflorimm The numbers check out

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@alangsilveira @marclou That's a win! Upward from here Alan

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@alexolim_ MRR

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I used to think hard work and a great product was enough.

Built multiple blogs early on.

Poured everything into them.
The writing
The design
The email sequences
The monetization strategy

Every single one of them failed.

I did everything right except one thing.

Nobody knew they existed.

Distribution was an afterthought.

Didn’t matter how good they were.

Didn’t matter how many hours I put in.

People don’t pay for effort.

It felt productive.

It wasn’t.

Now distribution is the first question.

If I can’t answer it clearly and confidently, I don’t build the thing.

No matter how good the idea seems.

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There’s a version of pricing where your best users are your biggest liability.

The more they use your product, the more they cost you.

Margins shrink.

Anxiety goes up.

The model breaks.

Another failed experiment added to the list.

Not because the product is bad.

But because incentives aren’t aligned.

Then there’s the version where heavy users are your best customers in every scenario.

Spent today stress-testing every user type, every usage pattern, every edge case.

The numbers held up every single time.

Took a while to find that balance.

Worth every minute.

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@athcanft That’s a great flywheel Will. I’ve always preferred staying behind the scenes but I’m starting to post here. I’ll have to check out JarvX

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@sflorimm Let’s go man, I hope the momentum continues

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@xlitt @shipordie_ Awesome, how did that project go?

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When you build to solve your own problems, you can't fail.

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Don’t look for ideas.

Look for friction.

If something is annoying enough to complain about, it’s probably annoying enough that other people will pay for the solution.