Ever feel like the internet is trying to sell you 7 frameworks, 12 funnels, and 49 habits before you’ve even shipped your first side project?
Yeah, me too. 🙃
That’s why I built something stupidly simple for indie devs: TenK 6.
It’s not a book. It’s not a course. It’s literally six moves you repeat until your side project starts making money.
The Six Moves 🥋
List 5
Jot down five options, channels, or assumptions. (Don’t trust your gut yet — make it choose from a menu.)Pick 1
Stop overthinking. Pick one. Delete the rest.Ship 1
Publish something that leaves your laptop. Landing page, tweet, cold email, prototype. Doesn’t matter, just live.Ask 3
DM, email, or call three humans. Not bots. Not surveys. Actual people.Measure 1
Pick one signal that proves life: clicks, replies, signups, cash. Ignore the rest.Share 1
Tell the internet what happened. Good, bad, ugly. Doesn’t matter — momentum loves exposure.
Why It Works
Because everything else is optional fluff.
You don’t need another productivity tool. You need motion.
TenK 6 is just a forcing function: if you can’t loop through six steps, you’re not really building.
And yes, it’s that simple. (The hard part is your brain screaming “but what about…” — ignore it.)
My Favorite Example
A dev told me they spent weeks trying to “find their target users.”
I asked: “Did you talk to three humans last week?”
They hadn’t.
We plugged them into TenK 6.
Next week: three DMs, one quick landing page, one Stripe payment.
Suddenly, “target users” weren’t theoretical anymore.
Side Project Math ✨
Run one loop = tiny insight.
Run ten loops = early traction.
Run a hundred loops = you’re probably paying rent off your side project.
It compounds. The trick is not getting stuck in “List 5” forever. (Looking at you, fellow idea hoarders 👀.)
Your Turn
Instead of reading another “Top 10 Growth Hacks” thread, try this:
- Open a doc.
- Write 5 ideas.
- Pick one.
- Ship it today.
That’s it. You just started your first TenK 6 loop. 🚀
What do you think — would you run TenK 6 for your side project, or are you still chasing the perfect framework?
👇 Drop your answer in the comments, I’m curious which step you’d get stuck on first.
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