Making a thread of makers & entrepreneurs who inspired me, and what they taught me.
#thread
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Strong marketing game, super hard work, can stream for 24 hours and currently leading a new streamer movement with the #24hrstartup challenge.
Make it bigger than yourself.
πŸ‘‰ @thepatwalls
Made the awesome https://t.co/lBYn9nP3KJ which works perfectly and saved me hours and hours.
Make a simple, helpful product.
πŸ‘‰ @gvrizzo
Making the stylish @threader_app looking for maximum integration with Twitter (it might even become part of Twitter one day...)
Raise the bar for quality, look for seamless integrations.
πŸ‘‰ @marie_dm_ + @yesnoornext
Successfully monetized a tiny social network @wip without screwing his users, focusing on the maker community.
A small engaged community is enough.
πŸ‘‰ @marckohlbrugge
15yr old maker, made a Whatsapp bot that sends you wikipedia summaries, and many other projects.
Age doesn't matter.
πŸ‘‰ @jajoosam
Strong Twitter game. Go study how he's been building, launching and getting feedback in public for years, and why it works.
πŸ‘‰ @levelsio
Bought billboards to get kanye west on the phone.
Do unexpected things. Be bold.
πŸ‘‰ @harrydry
Find a simple problem and solve it elegantly.
Go global, go B2B.
πŸ‘‰ @fgrante and the https://t.co/sWgA11zP8A team
He literally saves lives from online gaming addiction.
Info products are not all get rich quick schemes.
πŸ‘‰ @camerondare
Committed to ship music everyday for 100 days.
Discipline is hard.
πŸ‘‰ @internetVin
Writes awesome, well structured JS tutorials at a crazy pace.
He owns tomorrow's SERP about anything Javascript.
πŸ‘‰ @flaviocopes
Experiencing the compounding effect of SaaS, even in a crowded space.
πŸ‘‰ @sinequanonh from https://t.co/X8EGyrBtkM
https://t.co/zyzZPq4qLU unexpectedly took off in Korea.
You can't control your users.
πŸ‘‰ @ajlkn
made 50+ projects over the last 15 years, some sold, some shut down.
Be there for the long term.
πŸ‘‰ @Shpigford
It's entirely up to you to define what success means.
Richard Branson could want a peaceful life and be miserable because he keeps building companies like an addict.
πŸ‘‰ @sivers
50 side projects and counting.
Just keeps shipping.
πŸ‘‰ @mubashariqbal
Left his job to focus on building his own products for a hardcore year.
Reduced expenses to the minimum, even if it means fighting the Bali wildlife with his bare hands when he walks home at night.
Go all in.
πŸ‘‰ @andreyazimov
From designer to blogger to $1M MRR SaaS.
A story of compound interest.
πŸ‘‰ @nathanbarry from ConvertKit
You can build a successful side project even in a very small niche
πŸ‘‰ @czue from Place Card Me
full thread as a blog post here
πŸ‘‰ https://t.co/iabKpc8uWR

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