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@leannebuilding Building a water bottle that startups rent as ads

I'll be reviewing projects and websites (both the design and the concept) over the next few days. If you're a builder, founder, etc.. and want an honest opinion, feel free to share your project x.com/leannebuilding…

@pcshipp We sell weeks of desk time, not impressions

Good product, Great marketing= $1M MRR Good product, Low marketing= $1K MRR Good product, Bad marketing= $0 MRR Market first, then market better

@manoj_ahi Big one. Good luck with the launch tonight

Launching my first ever macOS app tonight or tomorrow

@AbhiCodes15 Half the job is talking into the void

Would you still market if it felt like talking to a wall?

@kzitouni1 Our distribution is a water bottle on their desk

hot take: in 2026, you're not a founder until you figure out distribution.

@lucaspatiri_ Forgot the part where anyone remembers your name

If you have: Claude Code + Mobbin for building Superwall for paywalls Sideshift for UGC at scale Higgsfield for AI influencers FoxFunnel for web-to-app funnels TikTok Smart+ on $50/day Singular/Adjust tracking every install Congrats you are the top 1% of the app founder god stack You can go from idea to $10K MRR in 30 days without hiring a single person.

@NaivaidyaY66600 Mostly stubbornness, the rest you can hire for

Solo founders, What do you bring the most of to the table? - Building - Marketing - SEO - Distribution

@rlaope A water bottle we lease to one brand sponsor

Hey Founders and Builders. Looking to connect with people building in: 🚀 SaaS 🚀 Tech Automation 🚀 AI tools 🚀 Product Development 🚀 Web APP Devs #BuildinPublic #connect #SaaS #x Drop what you're working on👇

@YashHustle_22 Getting the first one is the whole game

What's harder? - Getting paying user - Keeping users - Getting first user

@martin_valchev_ Leasing a water bottle to startups as desk ad space

Monday. Building something? Launching something? Fixing something? Whatever it is, link it below. I check every reply.

@craigweiss stability is comfortable, it is also a little boring

most big tech company employees will never understand the thrill of the hunt when working at a startup

@heyyritik_ Minimalist, glass bottle leased to one brand, no scroll

Looking to connect with builders! If you're working on: - Frontend / Design Engineering - SaaS products - AI tools & agents - UI/UX - Next.js, React, Tailwind - Shipping in public Drop your project + intro below 👇 I'll follow back everyone who follows me from this post. Let’s build together 🔥

@RyanOlunix building alone is the default, that is the trap

How many founders feel like they are building alone? How important is community in this journey?

@leannebuilding Minimalist, a bottle one brand books for weeks

Hi, Builders! I want to see how much your projects have improved, I'll go through them one by one and give you honest feedback! If this is our first time meeting, lets #connect and share your project in the comments!

@snowmaker timing kills more good ideas than bad ones

If you want to find a truly impactful idea, a good place to look is in the trash bin of history. Most of the ideas that have most broken out in the last 5 years aren't new. They're old ideas that got written off too early. examples: 1) AI: When Sam started OpenAI, saying "AGI" got you laughed at 2) Space: Elon started SpaceX after people had written off the 1960s-era dreams as sci-fi 3) Supersonic flight: Blake started Boom after everyone assumed Concorde already proved it couldn't work 4) Nuclear energy: fission and fusion are roaring back decades after ambitious people stopped studying nuclear physics 5) GLP-1's: After the fen-phen disaster, weight loss drugs were synonymous with snake oil. There's a good reason this keeps happening. When a hyped idea fails, there's a backlash. It becomes embarrassing to work on - anyone still working on it is assumed too dumb to know better. So, if you want to work on something like this, you have to teach yourself to feel the tinge of that embarrassment and push past it.

@sri9s ours is physical, a sponsored bottle on developer desks

If you’re a founder who has successfully cracked distribution and marketing, what’s your playbook? What worked, what didn’t, and what would you do differently today?

@GohilHardy the bad months line is the whole post

Before you quit your job to build a startup, make sure you have: ☐ 6-12 months runway ☐ Product idea ☐ Distribution plan ☐ First users ☐ Family support ☐ Emergency fund ☐ Realistic expectations Most founders plan the launch. Very few plan the bad months.

@TheSpacerr when they get annoyed if you take it away

how do you know if you’re building something people actually need?

@volosatovde Minimalist, a sponsor owns the bottle for a full run

Hi, I’m Dmitrii I’m currently building TinyAffiliate - app for quickly launching an affiliate program for SaaS. What are you building right now? Share your product 👇 Let’s connect

@itsjoaki Minimalist, brands rent the panels on our bottle

GM GM Drop link of what you are working on?