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\u201cA genuine intention to solve a problem\u201d is the best startup strategy you can have.
— Al Caan (@caan_al) January 15, 2022
Do not lose sight of the intention behind your service, as you scale up.
22 Powerful Ideas from Startup Founders
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$600 Client \u2014 Complain, complain, complain
— Will Cannon (@iamwillcannon) September 12, 2021
$60,000 Client \u2014 \u201cMoney sent, thanks\u201d
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Beginner\u2019s Dilemma:
— Barrett O'Neill (@barrettjoneill) February 6, 2022
New endeavors are so challenging that other options appear an easier route to success.
If you choose to switch, rather than iterate and optimize, you\u2019ll always be a beginner.
And things will always seem hard.
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90% of new startups fail.
— Chris Munn (@chrisxmunn) February 4, 2022
Consider buying a business instead.
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It's really important to remember that:
— Julian Shapiro (@Julian) September 17, 2021
1. Making something bad.
2. Then iterating until it's good.
... is way faster than:
1. Make something good upfront.
This shortcut is used by the great, prolific creators. pic.twitter.com/xwLnRzXvkE
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It is shocking how often startups fail because of the personality flaws and deep seated childhood traumas of their founders and execs.
— garrytan.eth \u9648\u5609\u5174 (\u221e, \u221e) (@garrytan) May 17, 2019
Get therapy. Get exec coaching. Do inner work.
It will save you if you let it. You\u2019ll solve problems now and prevent problems in the future.
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In 1 tweet:
— Luke Sophinos (@lukesophinos) January 19, 2022
1/ Storytelling is everything
2/ Understand your competition
3/ Market size is important
4/ Customer references are critical
5/ Investors love product demos
6/ Build the relationship over time
7/ The Team should be 10X better than you
8/ Revenue solves all problems
https://t.co/6G5kFfTbCT
Entrepreneurs get caught up trying to build cool shit. It's 2022 and your city is still full of dusty old businesses with mediocre service and no systems. You'll drive by 10 of them today.
— Colin Landforce (@landforce) January 29, 2022
Compete w/ them instead and you'll make more $ and impact more lives with less risk.
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Build your startup with generalists.
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) December 19, 2021
Scale your startup with specialists.
https://t.co/FZRDSh8CI1
People want to help you. Let them.
— Melissa Stewart (@MelissaOnline) November 30, 2021
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Build what you've always wanted to exist.
— Bereket (@heybereket) October 8, 2021
Turn the volume down and focus on what's at hand:
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No one asked, but my advice to you if you\u2019re freaking out about the market is to find something really interesting to work on for the next 2-5 years. Delete the news apps and Twitter off your phone, and go focus on that
— Elle Morrill (@DanielleMorrill) January 24, 2022
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A hack to never be ignored:
— Aadit Sheth (@aaditsh) February 10, 2022
Reach people where most people don\u2019t reach them.
It\u2019s the easiest way to rise above the noise.
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Many don't admit but luck is a big contributor to success
— stani.eth (\U0001f47b,\U0001f33f) (@StaniKulechov) February 1, 2022
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"When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago." \u2014 Friedrich Nietzsche
— Alice Chikara (@simplifyplanet) February 3, 2022
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You've got to be willing to let everybody down. You can't do anything great without pissing somebody off.
— Khushbu (@oktuned) July 17, 2021
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If you can tell a story, people will like you.
— Robbie Crabtree (@RobbieCrab) June 20, 2021
If you can tell your story, people will love you.
If you can tell their story, people will do anything for you.
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Good morning to everyone looking to hit publish on an imperfect project.
— Brandon Zhang (@brandonthezhang) February 10, 2022
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Recruiting is sales. Fundraising is sales. Marketing is sales at scale.
— Jesse Pujji (@jspujji) January 18, 2022
Sales is the #1 skill for any startup, VC or bootstrapped.
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1. Most marketers lack creativity and guts, not data
— Pe:p Laja (@peeplaja) January 19, 2022
2. Most valuable insights come from qualitative research, not quant data
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\U0001f92f My e-commerce brand just passed the $500,000 in 2021 YTD revenue mark last week.
— Corey P Nicholson (@coreynceo) August 9, 2021
No venture funding. Year one. And we're profitable.
I'd like to story tell a few huge learnings I've gained as a 20 year old dropout who formerly cooked fries at McDonald's.
\U0001f9f5Here we go
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Know when to stop
— \U0001d475\U0001d495\U0001d489\U0001d482\U0001d48f\U0001d485\U0001d482 \U0001f1f2\U0001f1fc (@NthandaManduwi) December 14, 2021
If you enjoyed this please retweet the first tweet so others can enjoy.
Follow me at @bbourque for more on startups and marketing.
22 Powerful Ideas from Startup Founders
— Brian Bourque \U0001f680 (@bbourque) February 13, 2022
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A professional logo could cost your startup $1,000 or more.
But logos don't generate customers.
How to design a killer startup logo in 5 minutes, for free:
New entrepreneurs often get hung up on trivial details like logos.
It's what Paul Graham calls "playing house":
Focusing on the trappings of business instead of what really drives growth.
So let's solve your logo problem in 5 minutes.
First off, let's head over to Logo To Use: https://t.co/kDBddyYXuM
This insane site has millions of pro-quality logos that are free to use.
Their license is 100% clear. No concerns here:
We're going to pick a random design.
This one looks good: "Hues"
Oh no! Our startup is not called "Hues".
Not to worry. Click that Download button and save the Hues SVG file to your desktop.
Note: SVG stands for "Scalable Vector Graphics".
At the end of this tutorial you'll have a file that looks crisp at any size.
But logos don't generate customers.
How to design a killer startup logo in 5 minutes, for free:
New entrepreneurs often get hung up on trivial details like logos.
It's what Paul Graham calls "playing house":
Focusing on the trappings of business instead of what really drives growth.
So let's solve your logo problem in 5 minutes.
First off, let's head over to Logo To Use: https://t.co/kDBddyYXuM
This insane site has millions of pro-quality logos that are free to use.
Their license is 100% clear. No concerns here:
We're going to pick a random design.
This one looks good: "Hues"
Oh no! Our startup is not called "Hues".
Not to worry. Click that Download button and save the Hues SVG file to your desktop.
Note: SVG stands for "Scalable Vector Graphics".
At the end of this tutorial you'll have a file that looks crisp at any size.
Digital ad spend is up 31% this year.
More competition, more expensive clicks.
How to master 5 FREE marketing channels:
1. Email Newsletters
Ethan Brooks offers a million dollars of value in this mega-thread on how to build a 7-figure newsletter
2. SEO
Hrishikesh Pardeshi, founder of Flexiple and Buildd, reveals his 30-step framework for how a startup should approach
2. SEO (continued)
Yannick from Hypefury delivers a powerful guide to key SEO concepts with examples, tools and recommended videos to dive
3. Organic Twitter
Learn how Aadit Sheth writes killer threads that have earned him over 80K
More competition, more expensive clicks.
How to master 5 FREE marketing channels:
1. Email Newsletters
Ethan Brooks offers a million dollars of value in this mega-thread on how to build a 7-figure newsletter
1/ How 7-Figure Newsletters Work
— Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) July 11, 2021
Stoked to get back to writing about newsletters here.
For easy reference, you can find all the threads below (will keep this updated).
Based on months of dedicated research and dozens of interviews with operators across the industry.
Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/EMnenqRxYs
2. SEO
Hrishikesh Pardeshi, founder of Flexiple and Buildd, reveals his 30-step framework for how a startup should approach
My 30-step SEO strategy for startups based on 4 years of learnings, marketing & growing my startups to 1 million+/month organic traffic. pic.twitter.com/8OQhF8K6Tl
— Hrishikesh Pardeshi (@hrishiptweets) November 18, 2021
2. SEO (continued)
Yannick from Hypefury delivers a powerful guide to key SEO concepts with examples, tools and recommended videos to dive
I have 15+ years of digital marketing experience.
— Yannick | Marketing & Growth (@Yannick_Veys) July 12, 2021
I condensed everything I know about SEO in one single thread including videos from industry experts.
When you finish this thread you can literally start your own SEO agency and start making money online.
3. Organic Twitter
Learn how Aadit Sheth writes killer threads that have earned him over 80K
The Twitter algorithm loves threads.
— Aadit Sheth (@aaditsh) September 6, 2021
If you struggle with writing, know I used to as well.
I eventually overcame it.
6 steps to writing threads that crush it on Twitter:
Startups are HARD.
But you can reduce mistakes by learning from the best.
10 threads to 10x your startup progress:
First-Time Founder Mistakes
Who: @siddharthm83
You'll learn: Hiring, firing and everything in
The CEO's Job
Who: @theryanking
You'll learn: How the CEO makes a company
A Great Onboarding Experience
Who: @RamliJohn
You'll learn: How to wow + hook new
Building an MVP as a Non-Technical Founder
Who: @myfriendjanine
You'll learn: Simple steps to get from problem to
But you can reduce mistakes by learning from the best.
10 threads to 10x your startup progress:
First-Time Founder Mistakes
Who: @siddharthm83
You'll learn: Hiring, firing and everything in
I made every mistake as a first-time founder.
— Siddharth Mohan (@siddharthm83) January 22, 2022
Here are the 10 big ones you absolutely shouldn't make \U0001f447
The CEO's Job
Who: @theryanking
You'll learn: How the CEO makes a company
The CEO\u2019s job, a thread:
— Ryan Breslow \U0001f57a (@theryanking) December 26, 2021
A Great Onboarding Experience
Who: @RamliJohn
You'll learn: How to wow + hook new
The 7 psychology principles responsible for +20% MRR growth for our clients:
— Ramli John \U0001f1e8\U0001f1e6 (@RamliJohn) June 17, 2021
1. Commitment & Consistency
2. Progressive Disclosure
3. Likeability Principle
4. Zeigarnik Effect
5. IKEA Effect
6. Hick's Law
7. Fitt's Law
Use them to improve your onboarding. Find out how: \U0001f9f5
Building an MVP as a Non-Technical Founder
Who: @myfriendjanine
You'll learn: Simple steps to get from problem to
Non-technical founders always ask how they can build an app if they don't have a tech team. I was in the same boat.
— Janine Sickmeyer (@myfriendjanine) August 26, 2020
Let's break down some solutions. \U0001f9f5
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Today I hired a virtual personal assistant to go through my emails and pay lingering bills and follow up on various invoices and make my doctors appointments and mail several things and guys
why have i not been doing this the whole time it took her three hours and it was $70.
this is the life hack i did not know i needed as an absolutely drowning and burnt out millennial who cannot figure out how to just open an envelope and pay a bill because it drains me of my will to live
I have finished my day and i am completely caught up, signed up for paperless and recurring billing, have mailed a dozen thank you cards I wrote and just ... never took to the post office, and gathered my tax information to submit.
like, why didn't anyone tell me.
you can find bonded, experienced people who do this for a living on https://t.co/4OpHGkl8Nq and they charge between 15 and 25 dollars an hour. I have canceled a variety of online memberships I don't use enough so that I can pay her to come back every other week. I am thrilled.
Props to my mother who looked at my "here's the box I put shit I can't bare to deal with right now" box and said "Have you considered hiring a personal assistant? They are cheaper than you think."
BLEW MY GD MIND.
why have i not been doing this the whole time it took her three hours and it was $70.
this is the life hack i did not know i needed as an absolutely drowning and burnt out millennial who cannot figure out how to just open an envelope and pay a bill because it drains me of my will to live
I have finished my day and i am completely caught up, signed up for paperless and recurring billing, have mailed a dozen thank you cards I wrote and just ... never took to the post office, and gathered my tax information to submit.
like, why didn't anyone tell me.
you can find bonded, experienced people who do this for a living on https://t.co/4OpHGkl8Nq and they charge between 15 and 25 dollars an hour. I have canceled a variety of online memberships I don't use enough so that I can pay her to come back every other week. I am thrilled.
Props to my mother who looked at my "here's the box I put shit I can't bare to deal with right now" box and said "Have you considered hiring a personal assistant? They are cheaper than you think."
BLEW MY GD MIND.
