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How I made 38k MRR before I built.

Oftentimes, potential entrepreneurs or Indiehackers, have ideas but no course of action.

I have worked with the startup after start over the years, and the number one thing that I realized between the winners and losers was their ability to pitch the concept before building it.

In my case, I did just that, not once but multiple times.

I didn't wait around and wait for an MVP, and I just started reaching out to people and pitching.

I focused on creating relationships, and I didn't even have a company name.

I knew the outcome I wanted to deliver and the process I would automate, and I understood how to speak about it.

That's all it takes, hackers; get out there and start pitching.

Don't overcomplicate it, don't worry about visuals; if you have them and you think they add value, then do it.

Otherwise, focus on the pitch and the feedback, and write about the process.

It's cheaper to fulfill the process in the early stages, learn from the customer during the process, and embed with your market while generating real revenue upfront than to spend months building a box you'll have to live in.

The result will be building an MVP that customers actually care about.

That's why this is called the minimum viable offer.

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Bootstrapped
on April 14, 2022
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    Would love to hear more detail around how you actually sold the product before it was built.

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      Typically what I do is setup a domain, write some email copy, then start emailing people, get them scheduled, and pitch.

      I go through the accepted / rejection cycle over and over again, improve the pitch, and write user stories in the process.

      Then once I start finding a fit for an audience, I move into standardizing the process of the product, then building a product around that process if it has success.

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    This is so true. I feel I've spent so much wasted time strategising at the end of the day people love progress so if you're not there with the logos and full picture they're still going to come back at a later point to see how it's all going

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      Exactly, this is the best way to really do it.

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