Vamshi Vangapally

Vamshi Vangapally

Co-founder, CPO @ BearTax
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Denis Shershnev

6yr ago

How did you attract your first customers?

Hey folks, let's share some stories about attracting first clients. Do you use the beaten path of cold emails and ads or maybe you know some growth hacking tools?

When do you decide to shut down your startup?

Most of us here hustle to build something which could be a unicorn someday or a sustainable income source, which can be called successful depending on our goal or metrics. A company doing a new thing would have different metrics and an individual doing business would have another set of metrics. So, the question here is when do you call it out and move on? How does one decide? If you've done it in the past, please share your experiences.

How do you build a writing habit? ✍️

Many startups rely on content marketing to grow their audience. It takes longer SEO takes quite a bit of time but it can be a sustainable source of affordable traffic. The only thing is that creating content requires a lot of work and consistency. Do you use content to build your audience? How often do you publish new content? Any tips and tricks to write consistently? In my case it boils down to: Collecting ideas as I go Writing on a schedule Killing my inner critic Sharing my articles widely Listening to feedback Would love to read some advice from other founders who use content as part of their overall customer acquisition / retention strategy.

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