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Koran Thorne

Freelancer turned founder. Built Helios because I was paying £90/month across 5 tools that didn't talk to each other. Now I'm replacing all of them with one.

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created a post2026-06-27
Day 10 — Still standing. Here's the honest update
commented on2026-06-24
Day 7 update: Reddit shadow banned me, Stripe had a regional outage, I built 3 free tools, and I still think this is going to work
commented on2026-06-23
Day 7 update: Reddit shadow banned me, Stripe had a regional outage, I built 3 free tools, and I still think this is going to work
commented on2026-06-23
Day 7 update: Reddit shadow banned me, Stripe had a regional outage, I built 3 free tools, and I still think this is going to work
commented on2026-06-22
Day 7 update: Reddit shadow banned me, Stripe had a regional outage, I built 3 free tools, and I still think this is going to work
commented on2026-06-22
Day 7 update: Reddit shadow banned me, Stripe had a regional outage, I built 3 free tools, and I still think this is going to work
created a post2026-06-22
Day 7 update: Reddit shadow banned me, Stripe had a regional outage, I built 3 free tools, and I still think this is going to work
created a post2026-06-17
Day 6 update: Reddit is fighting me hard, but the product is finally bulletproof
commented on2026-06-09
I'm trying to get 50 users in 25 days with zero audience. Here's my exact plan
commented on2026-06-09
I'm trying to get 50 users in 25 days with zero audience. Here's my exact plan
commented on2026-06-09
I'm trying to get 50 users in 25 days with zero audience. Here's my exact plan
commented on2026-06-07
I'm trying to get 50 users in 25 days with zero audience. Here's my exact plan
commented on2026-06-07
I'm trying to get 50 users in 25 days with zero audience. Here's my exact plan
commented on2026-06-07
I'm trying to get 50 users in 25 days with zero audience. Here's my exact plan
commented on2026-06-07
Day 5: 0 paying users, but I think I finally know why
commented on2026-06-06
I'm trying to get 50 users in 25 days with zero audience. Here's my exact plan
created a post2026-06-06
Day 5: 0 paying users, but I think I finally know why
commented on2026-06-06
I'm trying to get 50 users in 25 days with zero audience. Here's my exact plan
commented on2026-06-06
I'm trying to get 50 users in 25 days with zero audience. Here's my exact plan
commented on2026-06-06
Day 3: 500 views, 90 comments, still 0 paying users — here's what I'm learning

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