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Day 001

Summary: I talked with PDW, and I'm motivated to try it another way! More work, but it's okay, I can do it :)

Key TODO

Just the stuff I really need to do tomorrow.

  • Setup Beeminder RSS integration to force me to work on this

The rest; it'll come naturally because of the Beeminder goal.

Notes from conversation

Here is the stuff relevant to this project:

Vertical ideas

  • LinkedIn datasets
  • Leboncoin datasets
  • Crunchbase
  • Instagram

Doing fun things

I complained that I really don't want to work on "unfun" things, such as marketing, networking, etc...

His answer: "by definition, everybody is doing the fun things"

True. But some things I do for fun, some people don't, like bypassing antibots software.

A real possibility

It's really possible to create a company that does 20k$ MRR.

Pick 2-4 customers. Don't accept anybody that's not willing to spend >3k$/month

Done!

Increasing my visibility

I can do this under a pseudonym, or under my real name.

The most important thing: finding somebody ready to pay for something.

For example, I could find somebody ready to pay $5k/month for car datasets.

I just need to talk around; I'll end up talking with somebody that might be able to pay what I want.

Inbound

  • updating my linkedin description (I help you bypass ... etc)
  • creating open-source repositories
  • opening a blog where I post technical stuff (should've done that ages ago)
  • LinkedIn posts
  • starting google ads (e.g. "bypass datadome" with a form)

The best would really be that people find me when they type their problem on Google (e.g. "bypassing Datadome").

This is a really interesting idea, to get in touch with people who are looking to bypass a specific antibot!

This is my favorite one so far, and I think it's possible to get something going for not too much $

This is a really interesting idea, to get in touch with people who are looking to bypass a specific antibot!

This is my favorite one so far, and I think it's possible to get something going for not too much $.

I'll check if I can open up my old Google Ads account. I really hope that I'm not banned...

Outbound

Networks
  • Reddit
  • Discord
  • GitHub
Messaging

An example of message to use:

I saw that you did some commits on this repository; I'm scraping LBC a lot too, let me know if you need anything :)

Other coaches?

Maybe I should talk to ENT also.

This will be something for tomorrow because I'm tired and don't really feel like talking too much right now.

Should I bring my coworker with me?

I think I should bring him in if he's interested, but do the initial boring work by myself. Otherwise I don't feel "in control" enough and it'll be too hard for me to develop the necessary skills.