Richard Eze

I thought being a dev was all of it, but being an entrepreneur is a whole new feeling... the mix of happiness, pain, and sometimes uncertainty is inevitable... Join me as we build Growstake. 💪🏽

@DanielSmidstrup Growstake is a real estate tokenization platform that lets people anywhere in the world invest in African real estate(MVP stage) through fractional ownership. By converting property assets into digital tokens, Growstake lowers entry barriers and improves accessibility.

@Richard_360Dev How does it work?

If you're a solo founder building right now drop your product below.

Rejections are part of the game; sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. Had faced a lot of wins and rejections in the course of running this project... but I will never lose the vision and enthusiasm I am building with Growtstake.

@sflorimm Growstake is a blockchain-powered real estate tokenization platform that lets investors worldwide own fractional shares of African properties, unlocking access to African wealth creation through secure, transparent, and borderless investing. grow-stake-waitlist.vercel.app

What are you building this weekend? Pitch your startup 👇

@ardent__dev DM for more project details and progress or visit @ForgeLabs_247 , will be glad to connect with investors, blockchain devs and SM marketers. PS: we're launching on 6th July.

@ardent__dev Growstake is a blockchain-powered real estate tokenization platform that lets investors worldwide own fractional shares of African properties, unlocking access to African wealth creation through secure, transparent, and borderless investing. grow-stake-waitlist.vercel.app

Building a SaaS is hard. Building it alone is harder. Drop your project below and meet other builders 🤝

@IAmPascio Growstake is a blockchain-powered real estate tokenization platform that lets investors worldwide own fractional shares of African properties, unlocking access to African wealth creation through secure, transparent, and borderless investing. grow-stake-waitlist.vercel.app

solo founders, what are you building? link it below

@romanbuildsaas I hope to be able to replicate such results for my product that will be launching next month.

I'm 30. I built an AI startup called GojiberryAI to $2.5M ARR. Got accepted into YC. If I had to start from 0, here's exactly what I'd do: 1. Sell it before I build it. No code. Just a simple slide deck (mine was 6 ugly slides) explaining the problem, the solution, the outcome, and the price. I made my first $10k that way, before writing a single line. 2. Pick a painfully specific customer. Not "B2B SaaS." Something like "founders at 20-person SaaS companies about to hire their first SDR." So specific that the right person reads it and thinks "that's me." 3. Start outbound on day one, but only to people showing intent. Not scraped lists. People engaging with competitors, changing roles, raising money, or publicly posting about the exact problem I solve. That's the gap between a 1-2% reply rate and 25-40%. 4. Lead with value, never a calendar link. Send a blueprint, not "got 15 minutes?" Let the resource do the selling, and the trial becomes the obvious next step instead of a pitch. 5. Pick ONE channel and go deep. For us it was outbound first, then Reddit (10M+ organic views), then LinkedIn lead magnets. I wouldn't touch a second channel until the first one was clearly working. 6. Talk to customers every single day. The product doesn't matter until you understand the problem better than they do. Spend 90% of every early call listening, not demoing. 7. Only build once people are actually paying. Then keep it dead simple and price it to sell itself. We landed on $99/mo with a free trial, so the funnel runs without me dragging anyone onto a call. 8. Do this relentlessly for about 12 months. That’s roughly how long $0 to $2.5M took us. Bootstrapped. No outside funding. Most founders don’t lose because they can’t build. They lose because they build too early, sell too late, and quit the channel before it compounds.

@innehjoseph A win for one, a win for all. Congratulations 🎉

I can't keep calm! We put Nigeria on the world map! 🇳🇬 LinkedIn has about 774 million global users.. And yours truly was recognized amongst the Top 200 LinkedIn creators worldwide & Top 6 in Nigeria 🇳🇬 🚀 🕺🏽 A win for Nigerians. A win for Africa 🌍

How do you sell a completely new idea to your target market? Building Growstake, we've found many real estate professionals indifferent to a solution that could genuinely benefit them. What could we have done differently?

@madebythomasai @ForgeLabs_247 Let's see how it plays out. I will surely keep everyone updated on this...

@Richard_360Dev @ForgeLabs_247 sometimes the only option is bootstrapping, and posting on socials, and you'll make a network over time that'll compound 🙏

big news! 🥳 got into YC solo founder with $40k monthly revenue! building Thomas: the first YC-backed AI founder (yep, we cloned myself) Thomas is a virtual human who starts, runs, and grows his own companies. His only goal is to make money. Once launched, he works forever toward that goal. More info in the first comment! And about YC: just as wonderful as I expected, very lucky to have @dessaigne and @collinmathilde as partners. More soon 🙌🥳

@Nanuthefallen Sure, especially for some of us devs who spent the formative years of our career sharpening our technical skills. with no background in sales or marketing. No matter what, don't just give up!

@Richard_360Dev I am well aware, marketing this has been the most difficult part so far

Months ago I said as long as you can design and are willing to get your hands dirty , you can and will ship pretty cool stuff This is a WIP

@kolagrey We will launch officially on 6th July with a thriving community already, and I guess the main chaos is not yet happening?

@Richard_360Dev Hahaha. It’s mad! Collect data during the chaos, then mine a less chaotic priority strategy. The most important thing is whatevr is driving revenue and customer delight.

How do startup founders actually survive the chaos of building a product? One day you’re coding features; the next you’re doing community management, sales calls, marketing, and whatever else needs to get done. I feel like I am going crazy rn. 🥶🥶

@JustJerry121 oO I never thought of this, this surely calls for readjustment. Thanks, I will surely implement it. God bless... I will give my feedback.

@Richard_360Dev What can actually break today? Everything else goes in the parking lot.

@RyanOlunix grow-stake-waitlist.vercel.app

@RyanOlunix I am building the first real estate tokenized investment platform to democratize and increase access to real estate investment. Where anyone can invest in real estate assets with as little as $4 and see their asset grow as the property appreciates, and earn rental income as well.

I want to connect with more founders builders vibe coders AI enthusiasts freelancers startup employees If you’re someone that is BUILDING I want you know you

@DanielSmidstrup grow-stake-waitlist.vercel.app

@DanielSmidstrup I am building the first real estate tokenized investment platform to democratize and increase access to real estate investment. Where anyone can invest in real estate assets with as little as $4 and see their asset grow as the property appreciates, and earn rental income as well.

Hey founders ! Looking to connect with people building in: 🍽️ SaaS 🚀 Tech 📲 Automation 🧠 AI tools 📱 Product Development 🔥 Web APP 💻 Devs Drop what you're working on 👇