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It takes time to grow this way and I'm super excited for your next post at $10k MRR!
Thanks for sharing. I've been on a similar path and also on my third product. Every product has seemed to be closer to sticking and I think that's the case with the one I'm currently on. It takes time to grow this way and I'm super excited for your next post at $10k MRR!
Great journey, seems like you're just getting started. Curious, did you develop this type of drive recently or do you have past experience in hardcore work/study (e.g. u use to be in investment banking or studied pre-med at one point in your life, military, etc)?
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?
Impressive persistence. It’s easy to read a timeline like this and overlook the uncertainty and second-guessing that happens in between. I work in technical marketing, SEO, and product advocacy at a product-based startup, so I know the grind of trying to get traction. You mentioned grinding on marketing early on—what actually moved the needle? Was it pure consistency, or were there specific channels or strategies tha…
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.
Great journey, seems like you're just getting started. Curious, did you develop this type of drive recently or do you have past experience in hardcore work/study (e.g. u use to be in investment banking or studied pre-med at one point in your life, military, etc)?
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?
Because you don't have personal assistants, personal chefs, nannies, and myriads of PR people whose job it is to make you look superhuman.