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A comment on Ask HN: Starting a business is way harder than Twitter-bros claim. Any advice?.

Re:Ask HN: Starting a business is way harder than Twitter-br... by whywhywhywhy on Thursday March 14, 2024 @07:18AM (#39702459)
the reason the "twitter-bros" say it's easy is because what you're missing is their twitter account is their marketing and if they have high followers and good engagement then building to that audiences needs can cover your living costs as a solo dev much easier.
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Re:Ask HN: Starting a business is way harder than Twitter-br... by skwee357 on Thursday March 14, 2024 @07:26AM (#39702495)
Hey, thanks for the comment.

I started to follow the build in public and solopreneurship movement on social networks a few months ago. And I agree with you. Recently, I feel like this entire community is "indie hackers building tools for indie hackers, while tweeting about their success and MRR to gain more indie hackers to sell tools to".

Which is not bad, but it is what it is.

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Re:Ask HN: Starting a business is way harder than Twitter-br... by throwaway55671 on Thursday March 14, 2024 @07:29AM (#39702514)
Why not? A large percentage of GDP is about making things other businesses use to do their business. I'm getting spammed by ads from bigger companies doing the same thing - "become our partner / make money with our products / distribute to others who could make money with our products". Same thing, different niche.

It's a valid niche - and the one you talk about is terminally online, which makes it rather easy to break into.

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