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Toby Startygen

@startygen.bsky.social

Are you tired of your 9-5? I write about finding your business idea. Plus tips on how to execute it | Writing about mental models for ideating business ideas.

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Hey #buildinpublic

just came across Kevon Cheung's case study about his build in public journes. Totally worth the read

creator.publiclab.co/case-study?r...

29.02.2024 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice landing page.

Congratulations on the launch.

28.02.2024 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My strategy to overcome self doubt and imposter:

1. Give yourself permission to be a person who doesn't know everything

2. Realize that even the pros don't have sh*t figured out (because of #3)

3. Acknowledge that you become a pro by doing new things daily, which is why you have self doubt.

28.02.2024 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I always thought finding a business idea was hard.

I read many books about brainstorming, etc.

Eventually, I distilled my findings into this simple 7-step process.

#buildinpublic #indiehackers

26.02.2024 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

2/2

Attract customers
โ€ข r/coupons
โ€ข r/shamelessplug
โ€ข r/smallbusiness
โ€ข r/startups
โ€ข r/indiebiz
โ€ข r/ladybusiness

Various
โ€ข r/sideproject
โ€ข r/entrepreneur
โ€ข r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/
โ€ข r/indiehackers/

26.02.2024 10:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Need customers or feedback for your startup or product?

Here are 13 (๐Ÿ˜ฑ) reddit subs you can go to

Get feedback
โ€ข r/alphaandbetausers
โ€ข r/roastmystartup
โ€ข r/imadethis
โ€ข r/design_critiques

1/2

#buildinpublic

26.02.2024 10:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm a big fan of always keep learning.

What are you learning this week?

#buildinpublic #indiehackers

26.02.2024 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This week I wrote 5,122 words for my book.

I made good progress.

(my daily writing goal are 500 words)

#buildinpublic #indiehackers

25.02.2024 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gaining knowledge is an excuse

It's comfortable to keep learning. Feels productive, right?

I mean after all, we're acquiring knowledge? What's wrong with that?

But deep down we know that excessive learning is an excuseโ€”to not face the risk of failure that comes with doing.

#buildinpublic

25.02.2024 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Prefer extra fingers to amputations

25.02.2024 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey there

25.02.2024 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Huge step!

What's your project idea?

I'd like to know how it goes: Let's connect ๐Ÿค

PS I just built my first blue sky feed that happens to cover building in public:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

25.02.2024 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey #buildinpublic community

I seized this Sunday (๐Ÿ˜‰) and build my first feed.

It covers building in public:

Save and pin the feed to connect with other builders.

(I'd also connect with you, so please follow me ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ˜€)

bsky.app/profile/did:...

25.02.2024 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

PS you used #buildinpublic, I just built my first blue sky feed that happens to cover building in public:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

25.02.2024 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats.

Better "late" than never right? At least you can monetize, now ๐Ÿ’ช

Let's connect!๐Ÿค

25.02.2024 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This looks neat. I like that you use obsidian and make plugins for it.

Interested in how it goes.

PS you used #buildinpublic, please consider following my buildinpublic feed

bsky.app/profile/did:...

25.02.2024 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Both.

But it is prime to validate your idea first.

You probably won't just copy a product or business, but give it a twist.

You need to validate this twist.

PS you used #buildinpublic, please consider following my buildinpublic feed

bsky.app/profile/did:...

25.02.2024 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What would you rather be?

24.02.2024 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Didn't like the stock image either.

But I'm wondering what the butterfly has to do with blue sky...

24.02.2024 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Blue buttersky?

24.02.2024 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How is a butterfly aggressive to you?

Never had that thought when I saw one. ๐Ÿ˜…

24.02.2024 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, that dot is confusing...

24.02.2024 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amazing how the two middle fingers are made for typing. ๐Ÿคฃ

I have a couple of colleagues who type just like that.

23.02.2024 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Felt like you said "Mate shouldn't have named his son after his idol".

But I don't see the connection.

Maybe I misread your whole post. ๐Ÿคท

What is the point you're trying to make?

23.02.2024 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This looks absolutely delicious.

Enjoy your breakfast.

23.02.2024 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So what?

Don't think this changes anything about how he feels about his son.

23.02.2024 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can I reach 100 followers today?

Hi I'm Toby! I'm looking to #Connect with people who are interested in

๐Ÿ“ˆ #BusinessGrowth
๐Ÿ“ข #Marketing
โš™๏ธ #Coding
๐Ÿ—๏ธ #BuildingConnections
๐Ÿ”ง #Lean
๐Ÿš€ #Startups
๐Ÿ‘ค #entrepreneurship
๐Ÿ’ผ #freelancing

๐Ÿค๐Ÿค

#letsconnect #buildinpublic #buildinginpublic #indiehackers

23.02.2024 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the book.

If you want, take a look.

ln.startygen.com/ideainc-skyp...

22.02.2024 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Today I wrote 1,324 words for the book, I'm writing.

Slow and steady wins the race.

#buildinpublic #buildinginpublic #indiehackers

22.02.2024 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only way to make that fraud proof were to

a) make it somehow public, i.e. publicly verifiable blockchain ledger (not crypto!)
b) attach a slight cost to it, so that spamming it becomes uneconomic

I don't know if this really happens

21.02.2024 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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