davidheikka

I was always driven but when I was younger I channeled it into video games and sports.

During the past year it has intensified. I think part of it comes from reading about people with a lot of drive, such as Elon Musk, Kobe Bryant, and Bill Gates. When I read that they are putting in 80+ hour work weeks I ask myself, why can't I do that?

That's awesome. Wishing you the best!

I’d say consistency with high volume targets. We got our early users from posting on X, especially in the build in public community, and that came from doing a lot of posts and replies per day.

Yes, doing it full-time. Cost to acquire new customers has been $0, we're growing organically and through content marketing.

I believe we could hit $10k just repeating what we're doing now. But we're currently looking at where to best spend our earnings in order to scale faster.

I get the AI wrapper objection, but Chatgpt or other LLMs can't do what Buildpad does. For example, when verifying demand for your solution (this is one of the phases users go through) Buildpad will generate and host a "research page" for you that will help with taking in feedback from your target audience and make the whole validation process a lot easier.

I appreciate your perspective and I'd be lying if I said that what we're doing isn't a risk. But I personally get so much enjoyment out of building my own product and having users that appreciate it, that all the hard work makes it worth it. And the idea that we can make it into something huge is very motivating too. For me, it's a risk well worth taking.

Appreciate the suggestions, will keep that in mind

Thanks! We don't have it right now but it's something we've thought about and may implement in the future.

It totally depends on the situation. The good thing about X is that you can link your project in your bio and do a pinned post as well, so when you provide some value in a conversation many people will check out your project.

I think the best kind of posts are the ones where you provide a lot of value and can naturally link to your project at the end. Can't be too salesy though, there's a fine line.