Paxton Spessard

@HashamBuilds a great product in a poor package often gets overlooked.

Founders spend hours optimizing code. Then spend 30 seconds writing the landing page. The code builds the product. The words get people to try it. Both matter.

@divvsaxena congrats! now just repeat, repeat, repeat.

day 4 ended with zero revenue. day 5 started with a sale before i woke up. nothing changed overnight except one person deciding the thing was worth paying for. that's all a business is. one person. then another.

@Excellentbeingg @kalen_douglas26 I agree, it can be an incredibly powerful wealth building tool if looked at properly.

@paxtonspessard @kalen_douglas26 This is beautiful we shouldn't demonize salaries

Hot Take: The path to financial freedom often starts with ownership. You can't be financially free if you're working under someone who restrict your income.

@kalen_douglas26 right, this is the reality for most people, and it's where basically all of us start.

@paxtonspessard I agree with this Paxton. Well said man and it also think that you can use that salary to create the dream you want.

@CiprianiRanieri sometimes that's the only way!

@paxtonspessard same to me! I learned by experience

building a product is easier than building an audience.

@King_Vimalesh yep! it's all about sharing the learnings.

@paxtonspessard love that you shared the numbers too, because seeing what's actually working makes this way more useful

I guess to build in public...you actually have to build in public. Some thoughts from the first week of posting, by platform: - LinkedIn: leveraging existing networks goes a long way. - X: founders everywhere. replies are everything. - YouTube: a fun creative outlet, but the ROI is unclear. 17k impressions converted to 80 waitlist members. Lot's of room to grow, but we gotta start somewhere.

@King_Vimalesh exactly.

@paxtonspessard yep, you gotta test a lot till one just clicks

5 reasons your content isn't bringing in clients: • your positioning is unclear • you sound like everyone else • you teach but never persuade • you rarely share proof • your message changes every week Most creators think they have a content problem. Usually they have a positioning problem. Because people can't hire you if they don't know what makes you different.

@MartinTale @alexwestco Congrats, and godspeed! that's a huge milestone.

I DID IT 🥳 Snail Walk submitted to App Store 🐌🍎 Early access starts as soon as they approve it 🤞 Now? Taking a rest day.. Go for a walk myself and finish reading @alexwestco books 🥰 Have an amazing week everyone 💪

@DividendMil tbh, now you can just open a robo Roth IRA and set up an auto-deposit monthly. It's actually never been easier to put investing on auto-pilot from day 1. The tough part is still consistency.

Everyone wants passive income. Very few people want to do the work it takes to build it. Learning options. Building a portfolio. Reinvesting dividends. Staying consistent for years. Passive income isn’t passive in the beginning. It’s earned first.

@RoaringHammy This is true. But turns out the 5% that it doesn't solve for are pretty important and take time to figure out.

Does money solve a lot of life problems? It may not solve 100% but it definitely solves 95% LOL

@TheAlphaThought I worry that it will be buy-now-pay-later for the next generations.

Scary stat: the average American household carries ~$7,000 in credit card debt at 20%+ interest. The S&P 500 returns ~10% annually. They're paying 2x the market's return just to carry a balance. That's a financial literacy problem.

@baldridgecpa most Americans become millionaires off of their paid off house and 401(k). if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

If paying off your home mortgage is dumb then I don’t want to be smart

@JayNaiduX then the last step is translating that better understanding to a superior product.

You don't lose when someone builds faster than you. You lose when they understand customers better than you.

@zenorocha amazing. funny how interactions like that stick with us for years, and probably impact our products more than we realize.

a few weeks ago we had a booth at a conference. i spent the whole day talking to developers, CTOs, and VPs there. right after lunch, a guy from the catering staff walked by carrying dishes and said: "wait, are you guys from Resend? i use Resend." i asked what he was building. he said he's teaching himself to code on the side. shipping websites with @lovable and @resend. weeks later, i'm still thinking about that exchange. he wasn't attending the conference. he was there by accident. and he still uses the tool we created. that's the new definition of a developer.

@TheGBreaker if used right, it's a tool for creation, not an outlet for consumption.

Let’s normalize using social media to build income, not just waste hours scrolling.

@dawbuildsthings @BusDownBonnor +1 to this. exactly what I was thinking.

@BusDownBonnor brother this we keep I think

How much do you guys think I should sell this app for?

@AditiRajasthan gotta balance loudness with authenticity or it will feel performative and no one will care.

Build your product loudly. Sell it loudly. Lose loudly. Win loudly. Just stop being quiet.

@sflorimm i think it's people who use AI to compound their thinking vs. those who outsource their thinking to it.

the new digital divide isn't rich vs poor it's people who know how to direct AI vs people who just use it which side are you on?