roundtripper

Built 7&8 figs, lost it all - 3x. Now rebuilding LIVE with AI. Ex VC backed founder sharing mindset shifts & daily grind. Follow my real time comeback.

[roundtripper @MrRoundtripper]

I’ve made millions and lost it all. Poker gave me a 7-figure run in my 20s, then poof, gone. Crypto was an 8-figure rollercoaster, up and down. Raising 8 figures for a startup almost broke me. Now I’m mid-40s, pre-rich as they say, fighting the devil in my ear daily

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been learning so much last few weeks. so many great tools out there. stitch by google is great for getting good mobile screens with figma code. Def check it out

[roundtripper @MrRoundtripper]

week 10 - accomplishments
- cursor + claude code = full control
- mvp solid. Ready to launch.
- posting across all socials. consistent.

week 11 - goals
- launch (pending apple approval)
- reddit posts to get user interest
- launch with some micro influencers

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for someone that has no tech skills and has always had to wait days or weeks for freelancers to get back to me with tests, minor edits etc. Huge game changer where i'll be able to A/B/C test to my hearts content. I think. Need to work out how to connect and track everything...

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ok, now we vibin'. Cursor + claude combo is insanely powerful. Able to conduct deep research and surface insights and actionable next steps all within a closed loop. Next step is to hook this up with github and start pushing pages in prod live. This is very empowering

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The app is nearly ready to go live in the app store, i'm quickly needing to work out how to drive traffic and ofc this is going to be the $10m question. Social media automations at the moment are pretty trashy, so going to need to keep making UGC content to see if anything works

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Ok so although it's been quiet, i've been making great strides behind the scenes. Been learning and experimenting a lot with automations, namely make and n8n. Started to integrate MCPs with LLMs and wow, this is definitely a game changer. So powerful. I recommend

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everyone looks to integrate MCPs into their LLMs. Claude is by far the easiest to do this with. I'm mostly using it for scraping social platforms to find anything that may be helpful for my app from a marketing standpoint, to then integrate into a marketing plan.

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Week 8 - Accomplishments
Got access to x back!
MVP+1 at 50%, looking sick.
Social media started on x + new TikTok formats underway
n8n automations working

Week 9 - Goals
Start instagram posting
Consistency with social media posts
No more procrastination, get MVP live.

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Week 6 - Accomplishments
MVP avail in testflight, functional.
Twitter + TT started.
Automated twitter but content sucks. need to redesign
Started v 1.5 which will be monetised

Week 7 - Goals
NEED apple biz !
3x marketing

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pretty cool @Hostinger have simple no code tech to create a great website, integrate a backend with @supabase, accept payments, and publish to a domain super easily. I'll be trying this out for any SaaS models i think of.

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traction. Also start working on next version of app to get it to a point that i can introduce a paywall and see if anyone will actually pay.

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MVP pretty much complete. Crazy how difficult it is to get a business apple ID. This is preventing me from pushing live. But in meantime starting to build the social accounts. Posted first vid on new TT acct, 200+ views. Going to line up diff short formats to see what gains

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this process. So podcasting is on the back foot until there's a better tool out there. And given other priorities the marketing was pushed backed. Also opening an apple biz account has been super tricky given how strict they are on certain phone numbers.

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Week 5 - Accomplishments
MVP App in testing phase.

Week 5 - Goals
finally setup biz apple account
get app into testflight for feedback
finally start marketing twitter + tiktok
finally start waitlist subs

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Week 5 - shortfalls & why
not able to automate podcast to a high enough quality that would be interesting. I want this account to help anyone looking for inspiration, motivation, to make money as well as to help those going through tough mental battles which is sadly part of

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be one of the hardest ways to run a startup. About 10x more pressure than just starting your own micro SaaS or app i'd guess.

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interesting to think about how everyone in crypto loves the token component for aligning incentives. However, when it comes to it, the different market participants actually have different incentives. Very few people care about the real product or business fundamentals

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what people care about, VCs, retail, community, is that you spend money on the token product, not the business product. Get a better market maker, spend more money on non performant KOLs, pump price and ignore the business fundamentals. Building in public, with a token, has to

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@lookadesign this is what i've been looking for. AI generates your logo, website, branding kit, templates for all socials, register domain + google workspace integration. Amazing toold for anyone looking to quickly test ideas.

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business idea - one site that allows you to buy domain + setup emails in a main provider such as gmail + templated waitlist page with email capture built in. Right now it's all so disjointed.