davidheikka

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by davidheikka 2y ago
I realized deep research would be great for validating business ideas so I built it into Buildpad. You can try it for free to see if your idea is worth pursuing. And don’t worry, if you choose privacy mode your data won’t be used to improve
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by davidheikka 2y ago
I was always driven but when I was younger I channeled it into video games and sports. During the past year it has intensified. I think part of it comes from reading about people with a lot of drive, such as Elon Musk, Kobe Bryant, and Bill
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by davidheikka 2y ago
That's awesome. Wishing you the best!
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by davidheikka 2y ago
I’d say consistency with high volume targets. We got our early users from posting on X, especially in the build in public community, and that came from doing a lot of posts and replies per day.
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by davidheikka 2y ago
Yes, doing it full-time. Cost to acquire new customers has been $0, we're growing organically and through content marketing. I believe we could hit $10k just repeating what we're doing now. But we're currently looking at wher
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My 2 year journey to building a successful product ($2,700 MRR)
42 points by davidheikka 2y ago|14 comments
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by davidheikka 2y ago
Appreciate the suggestions, will keep that in mind
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by davidheikka 2y ago
Thanks! We don't have it right now but it's something we've thought about and may implement in the future.
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Learned to code, built a SaaS, now have paid customers from 40 countries
4 points by davidheikka 2y ago|4 comments
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Show HN: A tool that analyzes Reddit posts to validate your idea(buildpad.io)
2 points by davidheikka 2y ago|0 comments
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by davidheikka 2y ago
It totally depends on the situation. The good thing about X is that you can link your project in your bio and do a pinned post as well, so when you provide some value in a conversation many people will check out your project. I think the be
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We validated our idea and reached $1k MRR
3 points by davidheikka 2y ago|2 comments
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We went from 0 users to 1600 users after 80 days of effort and $0 spent
2 points by davidheikka 2y ago|2 comments
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by davidheikka 2y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. It's something we'll likely be implementing. The only thing is that Reddit provides better data because there are actual discussions that reveal a lot whereas for Google it would just be traffic on keywo
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by davidheikka 2y ago
The project: https://buildpad.io
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Our SaaS hit 50 paying subscribers today. Here's how we did it with $0:
7 points by davidheikka 2y ago|5 comments