Ugo Matt

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There were seasons when team members left, moments marked by accidents, countless rejections, and even bad investments that didn’t go as planned. There were nights filled with worry, confusion, and hard questions we had no immediate answers to.

This year is one I can truly say God came through for us. I don’t always post the temptations, the trials, or the moments that almost broke us. ng. 🙏

No ads. No campaigns. Just people finding Cloudnotte on their own. I paused for a moment, because behind that number are school owners, teachers, parents, and students who went online looking for a better way to run school and landed on what we’re building.

I was working late reviewing product details, fixing small things, planning what we need to improve next when an email notification came in. I almost ignored it. It was from Google Search. 5,500 clicks in the last 28 days.

Don’t just do an event because it looks nice in your head. It should have a clear goal for conversion.

It’s amazing how something is conceived and then comes to life, that’s exactly what I thought when I saw the video from our previous event. I usually tell people: don’t just host an event because you want to host one. There has to be a goal so you can measure metrics.

We gathered all our targeted audience (Over 1k plus school owners and educators) in one room and directly sold to them, instead of meeting them one-on-one. And yes, the event gave us incredible results. We x8 our growth and generated more revenue.

Because at the end of the day, You can have a good product but if people don't see it, they can't really know about it or even if you even exist. Customers will always patronize people they see, know and who keep showing up on their faces.

So while going to the office today I saw another of our billboards. So here is what crossed my mind when i saw it, Whatever you are building and working on try as much to pay attention to your product distribution and visibility.

Stop running a G-Wagon engine inside a Toyota Corolla. Don’t scale what hasn’t grown. You’re not Google. You don’t need Kubernetes to test an idea. #StartupTruth #FounderLife #BuildRealThings #Overengineering #TechReality #Cloudnotte #StartupMistakes #MinimumViableProduct

Equity can’t pay rent. Respect your team enough to pay them something — equity is a promise, but food is reality. #StartupTruths #FoundersJourney #PayYourTeam #EquityVsReality #StartupLife #EntrepreneurMindset #BuildResponsibly #TeamMatters #AfricanStartups #StartupCulture

Don’t be scared someone will steal your idea. Be scared no one will care when you finally show it. #StartupTruths #BuildInPublic #ExecutionOverIdeas #FounderReality #EntrepreneurJourney #StartupMistakes #ViralFounder #MotivationForBuilders #Cloudnotte

Startups don’t die because of bad ideas. They die because the founder never stayed long enough for one to shine. Pick your hill, and climb it till the world notices. #StartupLife #FounderMindset #BuildInPublic #FocusToGrow #Entrepreneurship #StartupJourney #BusinessGrowth #Tech

Stop trying to go viral. Start trying to work really well for one user. That’s how every great company you admire began. #TheFoundersNetwork #StartupLessons #BuildInPublic #FounderMindset #TechFounders

The truth? Tools don’t make your team productive — clarity does. Start with what’s simple and scale when you actually need it. 💬 Do you agree or disagree? Drop your thoughts below.

🚀 Most startup founders overcomplicate things. You’re running a 5-person team but using Slack, Trello, Notion, and ClickUp, then still messaging your team on WhatsApp to say “check Slack.” 😅 #StartupMistakes #StartupFounder #BuildInPublic #StartupLife #TechFounder

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲. 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗻𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲. 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗡𝗼𝘄 :𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗻𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲.𝗰𝗼𝗺 #Schoolmanagementsoftwares #Edtech #Cloudnotte

Why I still use @_100pay (and why you probably should too) 🧵👇🏽