DigiDaniel

Hey PH 👋🏻 I'm excited to share a major update to the Roamer chrome extension 🎉 In order to find reliable WiFi when I travel I always message the Airbnb host and ask them to run a speed test. Surprisingly, over half of the hosts respond with metrics within the same day! I want to make this process as easy as possible for you to replicate. Here's how the new feature works: 1) Use the Roamer...

This week Roamer got it's first paying customers! Huge milestone for us after months of hard work.

I'd recommend targeted outreach. For example, I knew that I wanted to build a chrome extension that could help people find Airbnbs with fast WiFi. I looked to see who had previously built extensions for Airbnb and then cold emailed a few people. I was able to find an awesome co-founder! We've never met in person, but we have video call check-ins every 1-2 weeks.

I was frustrated while trying to find Airbnbs that I could work remotely from. It's a pain to message every host asking for their internet speeds and hope for a response. I realized that if I could at least filter down to the areas with good internet, my messages could be much more targeted. After some searching, I found a great dataset courtesy of Google. Every time someone uses the Google...