Lachlan

$1.88 CPM $5.58 per video 430 paying users Only 3 weeks in Don't be late to TikTok marketing

Guatemala last month for a wedding Would recommend pros: - beautiful nature - interesting culture - great weather cons: - lack of reliable internet - actually kinda pricy

@lottsnomad that's a fire hat

grade grew 120% last month this month we're tracking 60%+ on top of that 8 months ago, i wasn’t sure how this was going to work but it feels like we’re getting a good feel for the market we've pivoted we've doubted we've sat in rooms asking ourselves whether we were building the right thing what changed wasn't the idea the idea was always good but our environment has gotten way better joining y-combinator forced us to move at a speed that validated the product faster than we would've on our own you don’t realize how fast you can move till you join yc the pressure to move the feedback from partners the access to people who've done this before all of it has made relocating from london worth the inconvenience especially with demo day a few weeks away these last 8 months have taught me that growth is rarely just about the idea but that it’s also about the environment you put yourself in while you build

@motatoeshq @aris_segueg not sure it translated to many followers or users tho

@aris_segueg To be fair he now has all of SF talking about him which is GREAT - there is no bad PR

building the biggest women-only community in San Francisco 1) You get approved 2) You get in 3) You get to know women you should've known years ago if this sounds like you, comment👇

Apps that nail UGC get acquired Coconote is one of the OG's that crushed it in this space GG on the exit

@zackhargett massive

Updates: Happy to share Coconote has been acquired by Quizlet! • $6.7m ARR • ~50% ebitda • 1 billion+ organic views on social • $0 raised

@ChrisCoffee Portlandia too bad all these places are very very far haha

@lachlanalextodd Probably Heart Roasters in Portland Oregon! But honorable mentions of Messenger in Kansas City, Counter Culture in North Carolina, and Black and While Roasters in North Carolina.

After being in the coffee industry for over a decade, I always do a cold brew check when I visit shops that look like they could have good coffee. Either I look in the grinder hoppers to check the color or just ask which roaster they use. Not only is cold brew my favorite type of coffee, but it’s also consistent no matter what barista you have because it’s premade. I’m preparing for a big presentation tomorrow at a college for entrepreneurs wanting to learn AI!

@lou3ee Imagine getting 450k views & 20 followers Gotta respect the few amount of fuks given by him though

imagine being a dude and dropping this

App launch difficulty 📉 Distribution competition 📈

Cape Town life can't be beat > $12 steaks > Sunshine, padel, ocean > Feels safer than downtown London > Cool entrepreneurs everywhere Lock in season

Your users are on X. Your potential users are on TikTok. Those are two completely different people. Have strategy for both.

@starter_story $50K gets you a coffee

$0/mo founder $50K/mo founder

@starter_story insane imagine the amount of adderall & takeaway food boxes in that hotel room

The 2 biggest superpowers on Planet Earth: (1) Learn to code. (2) Ship your own products. This is my favorite kind of story: – dude had a secure job – gets fired out of nowhere – locks himself in a hotel room – teaches himself to code in 2 months – ships 17 apps in one year – sells one for $65K – now makes $5,000/mo with his own products 1000s of stories like this on starterstory.com

@jackfriks toronto is a great city

apparently living in toronto is living in the #1 place for startup accelerators meanwhile i’ve found it’s much more fun to live in toronto and bootstrap solo to maximize cash flow :)

Distribution is the hard part AI coding will make that more true than ever

@nicholasnlawton - find tiktok styles printing (socialgrowthengineers is a good start) - write down relevant styles - pick some and try yourself - iterate

POV: You just launched your mobile app. Time to get ur first users! How? Simple. Spam 100 TikTok's+ weekly.

@metapreston @samsheffer vine was goated all the OG's like Jake Paul / David Dobrik exploded there

Sam Sheffer introducing Vine on launch day, January 24, 2013 @samsheffer

@StevenCravotta fail learn fail learn fail 10x more succeed

Your first app will probably flop. Mine did. You'll post cringey content that gets 200 views. I did. You'll hire the wrong developers and lose money. I did. It's all part of the process.

@Evangelinetopaz @jaxxdwyer @DavidDobrik you down?

@jaxxdwyer You should also think about looking on Twitter, the OGs from 2022 are the ones you’re looking for 👀

Hiring the right UGC creators will make or break your campaign We source creators from 4 places: 1. UGC communities with a paywall (vetted, trained, and motivated) 2. TT & IG creators (3k < x <50k followers) 3. TikTok Shop Creators Once you have the candidates, verify: • Are they expressive on camera (good facial control, good at yapping)? • Do they have flashes of viral success? • Do they work have less than 5 brand deals active (watch out with creators managing 7 phones and 30 brand deals)?