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Discussion on: 40,000+ Users in 3 months... Story of a Product I built

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Vinay NP • Edited

Hola Walker!

Good question, got me thinking... 3 things I would've done differently, had I started this today, for sure...

  1. Gotten help - I would've definitely gotten a mentor, a friend to bounce ideas off and to introduce me to people when necessary.

  2. Raised an Angel round - Now, I'm a big fan of bootstrapping. But, I would've definitely found an entrepreneur friendly Angel investor to give me a $100K at the least, especially once I started getting enough traction.

  3. Stopped writing code and started selling! - Don't get me wrong, I feel as developers, we hide behind building products and put off going and talking to potential customers. I did the same then, never went out and talked to potential advertisers and instead was wasting time building an advertiser back end.