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Are you a non-technical founder?
The 2010-2020 decade was probably crappy for you
The times are a changin’
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The next decade is yourshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👊🏻" title="Fisted hand (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Fisted hand (heller Hautton)">
5 things you can do to increase your value on the Internet:
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The 2010-2020 decade was probably crappy for you
The times are a changin’
The next decade is yours
5 things you can do to increase your value on the Internet:
(A thread
1) Traditionally, developers were at high leverage since they could code and everyone else (including people with great ideas) were left to chase after devs to help
Not anymore.
Focus on an audience instead.
Pick a community and serve them thru content week after week.
Not anymore.
Focus on an audience instead.
Pick a community and serve them thru content week after week.
2) Developers have code to show proof of their leverage
Build your version of proof. Get 100, 500 or 1,000 people mostly aligned into one niche in your mailing list. These will become your asset when you decide to launch something in the futurehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚀" title="Rakete" aria-label="Emoji: Rakete">
Build your version of proof. Get 100, 500 or 1,000 people mostly aligned into one niche in your mailing list. These will become your asset when you decide to launch something in the future
3) Want to test the power of your audience?
Build a digital asset (a guide, e book or a course) and see how many of your audience will pay for it. Nothing boosts your leverage as revenue.
Build a digital asset (a guide, e book or a course) and see how many of your audience will pay for it. Nothing boosts your leverage as revenue.
4) Want to test if people want the product you have in mind?
Build a scrappy v1 using no-code toolshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🛠" title="Hammer und Schraubenschlüssel" aria-label="Emoji: Hammer und Schraubenschlüssel"> ( @bubble or @webflow or http://dorik.io"> http://dorik.io ) and test the core hypothesis. Do things that don’t scale in the early days if needed.
Build a scrappy v1 using no-code tools
5) Build in public
Share your vision, early updates, what’s working, what’s not and this itself will build momentum for your idea.
Momentum is a magnethttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧲" title="Magnet" aria-label="Emoji: Magnet">
The devs you are looking for will be more likely to chase after you if you have momentum
Share your vision, early updates, what’s working, what’s not and this itself will build momentum for your idea.
Momentum is a magnet
The devs you are looking for will be more likely to chase after you if you have momentum
6) You don’t need a pitch deck or a fancy intro video for any of the above
You don’t need VC moneyhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💰" title="Geldsack" aria-label="Emoji: Geldsack">
Be scrappy, be ruthless, eliminate unnecessary spending, focus on audience
Momentum and traction is the ultimate leverage for an intro to a VC or a technical founder
You don’t need VC money
Be scrappy, be ruthless, eliminate unnecessary spending, focus on audience
Momentum and traction is the ultimate leverage for an intro to a VC or a technical founder
7) The tables will turn
The kind of people you would have chased in the last decade will start chasing you for your leverage
People want to get on a bus that’s moving and has a clear direction
There’s a whole community waiting to root for you, I know I am!
The kind of people you would have chased in the last decade will start chasing you for your leverage
People want to get on a bus that’s moving and has a clear direction
There’s a whole community waiting to root for you, I know I am!
8) In summary,
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Focus on content/audience
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Build proof via an email list
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Sell digital assets if needed
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Build with no-code
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Build in public
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Use momentum
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen"> Use leverage
I’m fired up for the 2020-2030 decadehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">
Leverage the internet!
I’m fired up for the 2020-2030 decade
Leverage the internet!
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