lesbianbezos
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Comment · 1 year ago
Lets go!!!!! Im looking into this, trying to migrate from Airtable front end
Comment · 3 years ago
When I created my first business Founders Cafe, the biggest problem I ran into was how to get more inbounds.
I spammed everyday on Reddit, Linkedin DMs, Slack and more.
I would get a few people trickling in here and there. But nothing consistent.
When I started writing blog posts on Medium, LinkedIn, that's when I noticed the biggest influx of traffic.
Suddenly people started applying. YC founders paid $4k and referenced that one article as to why they joined.
One person started paying $1,000/mo without even talking to me.
It was insane.
I knew I needed a way to scale out this content. All I did was write about was my frameworks, my interviews with other VCs/Founders, and my experiences.
All of this was recorded on Zoom/Otter.
So I ended up building out a tool to turn these recordings into revenue generating content. That business scaled to 240k revenue over the next 24 months.
I want to help other founders scale out their content, so that they go from spammming / outbound to having a revenue generating content system.
I believe that we all have thought leadership inside our companies, but we just need some help massaging it out into the world.
Comment · 4 years ago
Nice! I spring clean on the weekends for my startup https://founderscafe.io
What about you? How often do you spring clean?
Comment · 4 years ago
If marketing and selling are of no interest to you, and you just want to do the technical part, I know a ton of YC/Stanford/TechStars sales solo founders who would be down to collab.
This one girl Sarah who raised $800k-1million and told me today that she's looking to hire her first engineer.
They are all in this YC-Level community https://founderscafe.io
Comment · 4 years ago
I think that solo founders can accomplish much more today than they could 5 years ago, and the belief that solo founders are inferior to cofounders is old-fashioned to me. i wish that people could wake up and get with the times.
Stats show that startups with single founders tended to last longer and eventually achieve higher revenue.
52% startups that succesfully exited has 1 founder
Comment · 4 years ago
Agreed!!!
Comment · 4 years ago
Totally agree. I'm a technical founder and I failed for 2 years until I learned how to sell. Now I'm at 6k MRR.
Comment · 4 years ago
I'm a solo founder. I dropped out of Stanford, made $180k through past projects, and whenever I worked with co-founders my projects have failed.
It's a common narrative that it's harder to be more successful as a solo founder. I don't agree because actually 66% of startups fail because of cofounder conflicts. Also startups with single founders tended to last longer and eventually achieve higher revenue (52% startups with successful exits is solo founded). So if you are a solo founder, your risk of failing goes down significantly.
As for having someone to share your struggles, I joined this solo-ish founders community called https://founderscafe.io and they are bascially my co-founders without any of the drama.
I also hired out all the skillsets I lack.
Being a solo founder is fucking awesome as long as you have your needs met (emotional support + skill gaps)
Comment · 4 years ago
I'm a solo founder. I dropped out of Stanford, made $180k through past projects, and whenever I worked with co-founders my projects have failed.
It's a common narrative that it's harder to be more successful as a solo founder. I don't agree because actually 66% of startups fail because of cofounder conflicts. Also startups with single founders tended to last longer and eventually achieve higher revenue (52% startups with succesful exits is solo founded). So if you are a solo founder, your risk of failing goes down significantly.
As for having someone to share your struggles, I joined this solo-ish founders community called https://FoundersCafe.io and they are bascially my co-founders without any of the drama.
I also hired out all the skillsets I lack.
Being a solo founder is fucking awesome as long as you have your needs met (emotional support + skill gaps)
Comment · 4 years ago
I'm a solo founder. I dropped out of Stanford, made $180k through past projects, and whenever I worked with co-founders my projects have failed.
It's a common narrative that it's harder to be more successful as a solo founder. I don't agree because actually 66% of startups fail because of cofounder conflicts. Also startups with single founders tended to last longer and eventually achieve higher revenue (52% startups with succesful exits is solo founded). So if you are a solo founder, your risk of failing goes down significantly.
As for having someone to share your struggles, I joined this solo-ish founders community called https://FoundersCafe.io and they are bascially my co-founders without any of the drama.
I also hired out all the skillsets I lack.
Being a solo founder is fucking awesome as long as you have your needs met (emotional support + skill gaps)
Comment · 4 years ago
If marketing and selling are of no interest to you, and you just want to do the technical part, I know a ton of YC/Stanford/TechStars sales solo founders who would be down to collab.
This one girl Sarah who raised $800k-1million and told me today that she's looking to hire her first engineer.
They are all in this YC-Level community https://founderscafe.io
Comment · 4 years ago
Customer development and talking to sales gods in my community.
Comment · 4 years ago
Ohh!! I know a lot of nontechnical sales gods in my community that I could connect you to in https://founderscafe.io
I run https://founderscafe.io