What's one pain point you have as a founder right now? Let's collab on solutions

@cryptosymposium I relate to this for sure. In a lot of ways building seems to be the easy part. I think it pretty much has to be hard somewhere. i.e the pie of attention / dollars / whatever is only so big, so inherently there will be a lot of competition at some level.

I'm starting to realize you just have to be really good -- either really good at building, such that you make something others can't make, or really good at listening, such that you get opportunities that others dont realize exist, or really good at marketing such that you get your thing in front of people.

If marketing is frustrating, but your fast at building, can you up-level the technicality of your projects to be differentiated?

(these are questions im asking myself too)

@cryptosymposium A few quick thoughts:

• Your Twitter bio and Product Hunt bio both link to a product that's 404ing. This is what people go to first when they interact with your content. Easy win?

• What marketing channel are you trying to own? The best products tend to scale through one channel (paid, social, seo, email, etc.)

@cryptosymposium I used to feel like building was fun and marketing is a pain, but I've come to realize that they're much more closely related than most people think. The act of marketing can be very clarifying - figuring out what positioning or descriptions resonate with people can actually help clarify the product itself.

For example, at my last startup, we were fortunate to work with Sandwich to make a killer explainer video. In the act of making the explainer video, during the back-and-forth, we gained a lot of clarity on what was really important and special about the virtual office we were building.

Product Hunt is the ultimate example of this. The act of making a launch is critical to focus your product - thinking through what's a one-line description that will cut through the noise and what's a really short video demo that will help show the value.

The clarifying effect of launches is one of the reasons to launch. It forces you to ask, "What's the new problem I'm solving in a new way?"

@cryptosymposium Yes building a product is just tiny little mountain compared to the mountain of sales and marketing - yet nobody talks about it being that!

@hussein_r i can definitely resonate with your comment man. Some days it is like wow, Im such a genius look all the work ive done, then a few hours later, imposter's syndrome kicks in "Is this enough?". What I try to do is enjoy the process, no matter what it is. If something needs to be done, it appeared because that is the order of things. I believe that the fears/anxiety/stress/is it enough insecurities that we get, is because we pay a lot of attention to the posts on social media. Everyone is such an exceptional entrepreneur and has made so much money, while they eat strawberries, dark chocolate and they work out 6 times a week. Focus within my friend. Keep the hustle going. It is you against you. Always.

@tomina_veronika what geo are you looking in and can you look in a geo where comp wouldn't be as high?

@tomina_veronika As a startup, you can hire better people than you might think! Don't try to match the comp package of a big company. Instead, really lean into what you can deliver that big companies can't - a chance to build something and a stake in the success of the company (e.g., equity). The amount of direct impact you can have at a startup is incredibly special. The startup will literally live or die based on what each individual does. Also, when you find somebody really great, don't underestimate the power of simply saying, "You should join...I really want to work with you."

@tomina_veronika What role are you hiring for?

@harvanshchaudhary I don't understand the Stripe India invite only system at all.

@harvanshchaudhary maybe it is the time to go crypto my friend.

@ibrahim_diara quick SEO ideas:

• For a local job board (assumption based on bio)- google a search you want to rank for and reach out to every publication on the front page with a handwritten email and a way they can integrate the job board. You may need to pay for content, produce content, etc but this is the quickest way to win local search.

• Product Hunt launch + Stripe Climate + a public Github Repo is a really quick hack to a high domain authority

• Ask to guest write on local newspapers where you write about job trends

• More active social profiles where you post openings signals to Google that you're active

@ibrahim_diara SEO is important but so is optimizing for AI and social media (esp those where posts live for months, not seconds).

@admiralrohan Nobody wants journal, its just the vehicle to the result they want. Stop talking about journaling or the theory and talk about the outcome they get.