After two failed project and 11 failed products, Tibo Louis-Lucas built Tweet Hunter unemployed and with a quarter million euros of debt and sold it less than three years later for $8 million.
It's so interesting to hear about how all of the founders from these case studies are so different.
What intrigued me most was the one-product-a-week challenge. I wonder: did they interview anyone before testing an idea, or were the “request access” signups enough?
I ask because I’ve been thinking about making something to help builders talk to the people they're building for, before they invest a lot of time creating based on their assumptions. But, maybe it’s better to put something out there first and get feedback fast.
Do you think it’s worthwhile to build a product every week now that AI makes it so easy? Just to see what sticks?
great point! i wasn’t able to find that level of detail although that would have made it even better to write. i believe the signups were the only suggestions/gauge for interest (in some cases they didn’t even build anything just a landing page), and then building once they knew it had potential
i really love your idea. i would certainly be interested in it, i find it’s so hard to find the correct buyer/subscriber for things you want to put out into the world. even with substack, i still find subscribers that come from places outside of who i am actually writing for. i also need to be more proactive in reaching out to them haha.
Thanks Jay! I think a platform where you can talk to people and getting feedback on your ideas before putting in too much work is interesting, and having that kind of access would be valuable to new founders and builders
It's so interesting to hear about how all of the founders from these case studies are so different.
What intrigued me most was the one-product-a-week challenge. I wonder: did they interview anyone before testing an idea, or were the “request access” signups enough?
I ask because I’ve been thinking about making something to help builders talk to the people they're building for, before they invest a lot of time creating based on their assumptions. But, maybe it’s better to put something out there first and get feedback fast.
Do you think it’s worthwhile to build a product every week now that AI makes it so easy? Just to see what sticks?
great point! i wasn’t able to find that level of detail although that would have made it even better to write. i believe the signups were the only suggestions/gauge for interest (in some cases they didn’t even build anything just a landing page), and then building once they knew it had potential
i really love your idea. i would certainly be interested in it, i find it’s so hard to find the correct buyer/subscriber for things you want to put out into the world. even with substack, i still find subscribers that come from places outside of who i am actually writing for. i also need to be more proactive in reaching out to them haha.
Thanks Jay! I think a platform where you can talk to people and getting feedback on your ideas before putting in too much work is interesting, and having that kind of access would be valuable to new founders and builders