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Let your work become the yardstick to judge your performance.

Be work-bound, not desk-bound 🙌

#remotework

[buildd @_buildd]

Having TOO much money in the early stages of building a startup can be an absolute curse.

Your stupidity has no consequences.

You have no incentive to become less stupid.

Costs you later. Suddenly.

[buildd @_buildd]

Startups rarely die because their ideas are "stolen" by competitors.

They usually die because they are "abandoned" by their founders.

[buildd @_buildd]

As a non-tech founder, use NoCode to start a business. Code to scale it.

[buildd @_buildd]

All our childhood, society teaches us to TALK honestly. When we grow up, they realise we don't know how to HEAR honesty from others at all.

[buildd @_buildd]

As early-stage startup founders, our biggest learning was to stop dreaming of millions/ billions of dollars and to first focus on doing enough so we NEVER think of quitting.

[buildd @_buildd]

1st time founder:
1. Picks the "latest" tech stack
2. Uses buzzwords like AI/ML & Web3
3. Looks for fancy tech solutions to problems

2nd time founder:
1. Picks a comfortable tech stack, even NoCode
2. Focuses on customer pain points
3. Happy to get things started manually

[buildd @_buildd]

Most "sexy" work at a startup has many volunteers.

Find the simple but boring things no one wants to do & get them done.

They unlock the most amount of progress.

[buildd @_buildd]

We grew our startup to millions in revenue, fully bootstrapped & $0 in paid marketing.

Now, we know enough to make paid marketing a success without being at its mercy.

Using paid marketing with clarity results in growth. Addiction to it just kills your startup.

[buildd @_buildd]

The initial years of a startup are absolute hell.

BUT, the journey is rewarding if you dare to stick around for long enough.

[buildd @_buildd]

As we began our startup journey, we were told:

1. Can NOT be bootstrapped
2. Should NOT build a remote team
3. Do NOT build product on NoCode
4. Can NOT grow with $0 in paid marketing

Each time, we tried the opposite.

Truth: There is NO one truth in growing startups :)

[buildd @_buildd]

Don’t mistake a HUGE round of VC funding as a product-market fit for a startup.

Customers don't listen to VCs - they decide for themselves :)

[buildd @_buildd]

Startup battles are regularly won by people who can run longer than those who can run faster.

[buildd @_buildd]

Startups never "fail" in the first year of their existence. Their founders lose motivation to stay in the fight.

[buildd @_buildd]

Great startups are built by solving "boring" problems no one wants to solve.

Lesson: Find startup ideas by looking for "boring" problems others don't consider "sexy" enough to solve.

[buildd @_buildd]

SEO is not "sexy", but a superpower for your startup:

1. 5.6bn searches/ day
2. Well, Inbound > Outbound
3. High-quality & high-intent leads
4. Buildd your brand with your target audience
5. ~ZERO spend for consistent monthly traffic

Ignore SEO at your own risk!

[buildd @_buildd]

Startups have no room for pretension. So, lose the jargon and the "big" words.

Instead, learn the basics. You will make a LOT more progress.

[buildd @_buildd]

A startup truly becomes a business and more than a project, when it gets money from customers, not investors.

[buildd @_buildd]

Your startup is more likely to fail because no one knows you exist, NOT because too many people know you and copy your idea.

[buildd @_buildd]

Early days of a startup require you to find the "quickest" solution to a problem.

While scaling your startup you need to find the "right" solution to a problem.

[buildd @_buildd]

The "CEO" designation is so misunderstood in a startup. You are essentially doing things that no one else wants to do :)