Andy Mitchell

🎵Now this is a story all about how… 🎵 I built a multi-million dollar Chrome extension, crashed it, now rebirthing. My problem? I always looked for shortcuts. Spoiler: they go nowhere. My ⬆⬇➡⁉️ cautionary tale about why we should compound our talent steadily 👇

@pbteja1998 Oh that's me! It very rarely happens but for me, Ragaas' value prop was like a bolt of lightning. Doing RAG right is hard, and I love that you're making it easy.

Someone sent us a super detailed feedback and suggestions about RAGaaS.dev 🤯 They goes into depth on how could I potentially position it, grow it, and so much more. This is super valuable to us right now!

@rachel_l_woods @theaiexchange 👋

We spent the weekend adding a full guide on data privacy & ownership considerations w/ ChatGPT for @theaiexchange subscribers Response has been: "this is exactly what I needed" "Can I share this with my whole team" "INCREDIBLE" Comment below if you want a copy 👇

@mattburgess1 Hey Matt - I had the same problem so I've been tinkering on a Gmail addon to spend 5 mins infinite scrolling through the best newsletters I didn't open. Lmk if you'd like to try it? (It's extremely privacy aware btw)

Opportunity: join & learn from indie founders who bootstrapped their product from 0 to 14k MRR in 5 months Tweet Hunter is recruiting 1 dev Part-time position. More bellow 👇

@TomAnthonySEO @YodasMyDad @dconstruct Back when “Web 2.0” was just being crowned - 2005.dconstruct.org . Coincidentally also the year I discovered I needed a Mac to fit in.

@andymitchell @YodasMyDad @dconstruct It was a great night- and a great conference! Can’t believe it was so long ago!

@jspector Also rereading the email after you’ve sent it. Because that’s a good use of time 🤦🏻

The more time you spend writing an email, the more time you waste writing an email.

@JensLennartsson Yes! Even better with a peer group at similar stage.

Last few days, I've (once again) realized how many SaaS founders are struggling getting their marketing done. W/o lots of money to throw at it. 💡 Idea Would you pay a small amount of money to join tight group of SaaS founders, and I'll be your marketing coach for 3 months?

So good I’m RTing so I never lose it 😂

@LachlanKirkwood Excuse me sir, do you have any copies of 'Being Lachlan Kirkwood' for sale?

Life right now👌 A few months ago, I started documenting more of my life. I’m guilty of just letting time slip by, so I wanted a way to create lasting memories.

❤️ HighSignals even more now @petecodes 👉 Actually feel like I have startup friends (only took 15 yrs) 👉 Feel a pleasant pressure to hit a weekly milestone. Better focus, really. 👉 A roast led to a big landing page leap no amount of arguing with myself could do.

I cannot recommend this more highly - I joined on a leap of faith and my brain is happily whirring from the breadth of experience, and the intimacy of being able to talk freely. Smashing job Pete.

Request for MicroAcquire to host "Fliptreats"... beautiful retreats where we get together to buy a startup, intensely improve it, in the mountains, tax deductibly, then flip it at the end of the week. @agazdecki @almostobsolete

@Kyle_Byers @JanelSGM @JensLennartsson @petecodes @LachlanKirkwood @tdinh_me @jot @cogentgene Thanks Kyle - I actually made a note that you speaking style was really crisp and engaging (and @LachlanKirkwood ). I learnt a lot and rejigged Breef's direction. Everyone: check @petecodes HighSignal.io 😀

@andymitchell @JanelSGM @JensLennartsson @petecodes @LachlanKirkwood @tdinh_me @jot @cogentgene Great thread, Andy. And good chatting yesterday. Welcome to Twitter!

🎵Now this is a story all about how… 🎵 I built a multi-million dollar Chrome extension, crashed it, now rebirthing. My problem? I always looked for shortcuts. Spoiler: they go nowhere. My ⬆⬇➡⁉️ cautionary tale about why we should compound our talent steadily 👇

@cogentgene Def not died off, but also no longer growing as it did (and growth cures all!). The Streak founder, rightly imo, talks about there being infinite niches over email - because everyone uses it. E.g. @Kamphey doing @trypigeon

@cogentgene In fact Gmail was also in its growth phase. There were a lot of tailwinds.

@cogentgene SEO and word of mouth were helping a lot. Also ActiveInbox had been written up in things like LifeHacker, where "GTD" was the ultimate siren call, a passphrase to open all doors (in that niche).

@cogentgene Oh actually that too - but more Getting Things Done become less sexy. For a while it was the Creator Economy / Indie Hacker / AI / 10X of its time, and ActiveInbox was cunningly named GTDGmail (before being sued - I knew nothing at 23!).

Finally, on my little podium, you made me feel so welcome to Twitter this week @JanelSGM, @JensLennartsson, @petecodes, @LachlanKirkwood, @tdinh_me , @Kyle_Byers, @jot and @cogentgene . Let me namecheck you to get your attention. Now that’s gratitude😛 (But truly, thank you)

That's my little story. Want Gmail to be fast like Twitter? Or to rescue time to spend on relationships? Drop into getbreef.com It’ll even reveal great newsletter authors that are on 🔥 Then ask me for a feature. It's the only way I sleep.