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I sold my startup this month. It was a really interesting time building an OKR management tool.
I started Focus 3 years ago. Here are a few insights during the journey.
Anton Cherkasov
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Anton Cherkasov
@anton_maker
Sharing my journey from 0 to $100k MRR🎯
🧑💻 posthero.ai - AI to grow on social media
🦸🏻 craftman.ai - simple Intercom alternative
Write about SaaS & AI.
- $10k in 30 days: Day 30 It’s the last day of my challenge. Sadly, I didn't reach my goal. In fact, I didn’t make any sales. Total results after 30 days of the challenge: 👨👩👦👦 Users: 71 🤖 Chatbots: 46 💬 Conversations: 267 💬 Messages: 1431 🤑 Customers: 0 What I learned: - I
- I sent 14k emails last month and didn't get a single client from cold email outreach. This is the reality of building an AI automation agency. Yeah, you read that right. 14 thousand emails. And not a single client to show for it. Was it a waste of time? Some might say, yes.
- First customer on Craftman🥳 Going to party hard tonight. So happy!
- Replying to @Laurie_Garrett and @paulgClimate change is real and happening right now. We should take immediate action to reduce our carbon emissions and protect our planet.
- Craftman is live on Product Hunt🚀 Create custom ChatGPT for your SaaS, get feedback from users, collect feature requests. Your feedback means a lot for me👇
- Product Hunt results Here's the 24-hour update after Craftman's launch: 🔺Upvotes on PH: 311 🎯Product of the day: #3 🌎Traffic on website: 632 👨👩👦👦New users: +30 🤖New chatbots: +16 💬New conversations: +67 🤑New customers: +0 Insights: - Product Hunt is a great place to get
- We did it! Craftman is the #3 product of the day. Thank you, everyone! You're awesome! Next up: sleep.
- My post about the failed $10k challenge blew up yesterday. 45 comments and 122 likes. It's the first time I got so much support. I was scared to open the app because I had so many notifications. Writing that post was hard because I didn't reach the goal. So, I want to say
- I joined Small Bets last week, although I haven't had much time to explore. Nevertheless, through just a few chats, I have already gained valuable insights. The community of amazing people is truly incredible. @dvassallo 💪
- Take a break from laptop to explore rice fields today
- Just sent out 868 cold emails. Got 18 opportunities. Not too shabby!
- Modern Lisa became viral on Reddit last week. Innocent Mona Lisa of 21 century. Generated in Midjourney.
