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HR Tech: Our Sales Dropped To $0, So We Pivoted

  • March 17, 2021
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We began 2020 with our sales at an all-time high! Our major client base was in hospitality and we were growing rapidly. We had a great year to look forward…
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5 ways to build a sales culture that drives high performance

  • March 2, 2021
Every B2B tech startup even though is focused on building the next best technology, it has a sales culture, and it’s important to keep that culture in check from time…
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10 Mental Models
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10 Mental Models to help you find your First 10 Customers

  • February 21, 2021
First of all, what are mental models? It seems like wasted breath for me to tell you what Mental Models are when the ever-wise Farnam Street has so succinctly described them (and literally…
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fast fashion
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What Is Fast Fashion And Why We Need To Stop It Now

  • February 15, 2021
What is fast fashion? Fast Fashion used to be described as the action of copying runway looks and bringing cheap designs to stores as fast as possible. Nowadays, Fast Fashion…
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PR for startups
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PR for Startups: 5 Tips for Securing Press Coverage

  • January 29, 2021
Press coverage leads to an increase in awareness, business results and credibility. Here are five tips as you look to secure PR coverage for your startup. Increasing awareness could lead…
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Guest Posting SEO
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How Guest Posting Can Boost SEO And Grow Your Business

  • January 27, 2021
According to the recent market analysis by Research Dive, the Global Content Marketing Industry forecast will surpass $107.5 billion by 2026, from $36.8 billion in the 2018, growing at a CAGR…
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Recruiting volunteers
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Why Working For Free Shouldn’t Be Illegal

  • January 19, 2021
Would I be where I am today without my volunteer (read: not paid) experience Apartmate? No. My experience was the first domino of what would be many dominos to come…
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SEO Basics by Sascha Hoffmann
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SEO Basics: Mistakes To Avoid When Launching A Website

  • January 14, 2021
SEO is a beast most people don’t think about when creating a website. In most cases, presenting the products and services in a neat and elegant way is their top…
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Hiring Process
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Hiring Process For Startups: 7 Tips To Achieve Better Outcomes

  • December 30, 2020
Let’s be real—the hiring process is difficult. Although it’s key to hire employees that fit well with your team and culture, it’s arguably even more important to ensure that the…
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Fast-Growth Markets
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9 Ways to Win Fast-Growth Markets Through Business Relationships

  • December 22, 2020
Business relationships are undeniably valuable: Whenever companies are venturing into fast-growth markets, the #1 request we receive is to make introductions to relevant people. We call this service, “business matchmaking.” Introducing…
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  • Want to get paid to travel? Start with your DMs you already answer for free.  Your DMs are proof of demand. Every “where did you eat?” or “is that hotel worth it?” is someone asking you to plan their trip. If you answer them one by one, you’re doing a travel agent’s job for free.  Here’s how to monetize your travel content instead:  1. Count your free planning DMs. 54% of travelers like to plan big trips 3 to 6 months ahead, so the questions keep coming long after your post goes quiet.  2. Run an ROI test on your tools. A $29/month storefront adds up to $348 a year, and 68% of part-time creators earn under $1,000 a year from their content. Keep only what pays you back.  3. Skip static PDF travel guides. When a restaurant closes, you can’t update the copies you’ve sold, and buyers lose trust. A digital travel guide on a map lets you fix it once for everyone.  4. Make your itineraries bookable. 73% of travelers say influencer recommendations have influenced a booking. Viator pays affiliates 8%, so a $200 food tour booked through your link earns you $16.  5. Own your audience. Instagram accounts with 10K to 50K followers reach about 5.5% of them per post. Email open rates average close to 40%.  NOWY brings this together: it turns your Instagram posts into a bookable travel map in minutes.  Your last trip can help pay for your next one.  Full guide by @nowy.travel on byvi, link in our bio.  #travelcreator #travelcontentcreator #monetizetravel #travelitinerary #creatoreconomy
  • Tally is a bootstrapped form builder with a team of 10.  43% of its new users now find it through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.  They did it without investors, a big budget or a content team.  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #AISearch #AIvisibility #bootstrapping #startupgrowth #SEOforFounders
  • Michael Wang’s piano students have homework they can’t do alone. Every RCM exam includes ear tests, and practicing them usually takes 2 people: one to play, one to name what they hear.  So Michael, a piano teacher and first-year CS student at Carleton, started building an app that lets students drill on their own. 3 weeks in, he pitched it at Shopify’s Builder Sundays and asked the room one question: free app or paid subscription?  4 lessons from his first 3 weeks:  1. Build for people you already see every week
2. Separate who pays from who uses the product
3. Treat user data as a risk before you treat it as revenue
4. Ask for feedback while it’s still cheap to change course  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #startupstories #edtech #studentfounders #ottawatech #buildersundays
  • If you run more than one AI coding agent at a time, this is for you.  When you’ve got Claude Code, Codex, and a few terminals all going at once, the hard part isn’t the code. It’s keeping track of which agent needs you.  One is waiting for you to approve a command. One wants you to check its plan. One finished 10 minutes ago and you didn’t notice. So you spend your day clicking between windows just to see what’s happening.  CrewTower fixes that. It’s a Mac app that shows all your agents in one small bar at the top of your screen (the Apple notch).  From there you can:  1. Approve or deny a command without switching apps  2. Review an agent’s plan before it writes any code  3. See how much usage you have left before you hit a limit  4. Jump straight to the session that needs you  Everything stays on your Mac, nothing gets uploaded.  For the full review follow the link in our bio.  #tokenmaxxing #claudecode #codex #vibecoding #devtools
  • In 2023, 260,000 women died from pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one every 2 minutes, and most of those deaths are preventable with screening that already exists.  Laila Mahmoudi and Ariadna Lozano Sanchez built DayOne at Montréal’s Coopérathon on a simple belief: the tools to save mothers already exist. Getting them to the women who need them is the hard part.  The kit gets them through the door. The company is everything behind it: training, workflows, referral logic, and a data layer that grows with every screening.  Founders, the lesson: find your $5 kit, then build the system behind it.  Full story on byvi.co. Link in bio.  #startupstories #healthtech #maternalhealth #womeninspiringwomen #montrealstartup
  • Google’s AI Contribution Pilot is now live in Search Console, and it pays select publishers when their content feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers. Invite only. Dozens of sites so far.  One publisher inside the pilot told Digiday the payout formula is “quite black box.” Google calls it an early-stage learning pilot.  Meanwhile, AI Overviews have cut clicks to top-ranking pages by 58%, according to Ahrefs research across 300,000 keywords. Rankings hold steady. Traffic falls anyway.  So who actually gets paid for AI content? Reddit takes a reported $60M a year from Google and around $70M from OpenAI, because it owns millions of human conversations no model can copy. Your blog gets an invite-only widget.  4 levers founders control without an invitation from Google:  1. Refresh your top 10 pages monthly, not yearly
2. Publish expert-led content no one else can write
3. Own an audience outside of search: a newsletter, a Slack or Discord community, a podcast, a YouTube or LinkedIn following
4. Track your AI citations weekly, like you track rankings  While Google decides who gets paid, you can start getting cited today.  #AIContributionPilot #AISearch #AIOverviews #SEOforFounders #AIvisibility
  • Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson.  Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does.  It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open.  Full story on BYVI, link in bio.  #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
  • Fares hadn’t touched code in 20 years. Then he turned his wife’s crochet hobby into a real business with AI, and shipped it in 5 months without quitting his day job.  The lesson underneath the yarn is bigger than one app: the wall that used to stand between a good idea and a real product is gone. What’s left is finding a problem worth solving, and caring enough to solve it well.  Full story on BYVI (link in bio)  #vibecoding #agenticbuilders #startupstories #crochetpattern #crochetapp
  • Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
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Want to get paid to travel? Start with your DMs you already answer for free.  Your DMs are proof of demand. Every “where did you eat?” or “is that hotel worth it?” is someone asking you to plan their trip. If you answer them one by one, you’re doing a travel agent’s job for free.  Here’s how to monetize your travel content instead:  1. Count your free planning DMs. 54% of travelers like to plan big trips 3 to 6 months ahead, so the questions keep coming long after your post goes quiet.  2. Run an ROI test on your tools. A $29/month storefront adds up to $348 a year, and 68% of part-time creators earn under $1,000 a year from their content. Keep only what pays you back.  3. Skip static PDF travel guides. When a restaurant closes, you can’t update the copies you’ve sold, and buyers lose trust. A digital travel guide on a map lets you fix it once for everyone.  4. Make your itineraries bookable. 73% of travelers say influencer recommendations have influenced a booking. Viator pays affiliates 8%, so a $200 food tour booked through your link earns you $16.  5. Own your audience. Instagram accounts with 10K to 50K followers reach about 5.5% of them per post. Email open rates average close to 40%.  NOWY brings this together: it turns your Instagram posts into a bookable travel map in minutes.  Your last trip can help pay for your next one.  Full guide by @nowy.travel on byvi, link in our bio.  #travelcreator #travelcontentcreator #monetizetravel #travelitinerary #creatoreconomy
Want to get paid to travel? Start with your DMs you already answer for free.  Your DMs are proof of demand. Every “where did you eat?” or “is that hotel worth it?” is someone asking you to plan their trip. If you answer them one by one, you’re doing a travel agent’s job for free.  Here’s how to monetize your travel content instead:  1. Count your free planning DMs. 54% of travelers like to plan big trips 3 to 6 months ahead, so the questions keep coming long after your post goes quiet.  2. Run an ROI test on your tools. A $29/month storefront adds up to $348 a year, and 68% of part-time creators earn under $1,000 a year from their content. Keep only what pays you back.  3. Skip static PDF travel guides. When a restaurant closes, you can’t update the copies you’ve sold, and buyers lose trust. A digital travel guide on a map lets you fix it once for everyone.  4. Make your itineraries bookable. 73% of travelers say influencer recommendations have influenced a booking. Viator pays affiliates 8%, so a $200 food tour booked through your link earns you $16.  5. Own your audience. Instagram accounts with 10K to 50K followers reach about 5.5% of them per post. Email open rates average close to 40%.  NOWY brings this together: it turns your Instagram posts into a bookable travel map in minutes.  Your last trip can help pay for your next one.  Full guide by @nowy.travel on byvi, link in our bio.  #travelcreator #travelcontentcreator #monetizetravel #travelitinerary #creatoreconomy
Want to get paid to travel? Start with your DMs you already answer for free.  Your DMs are proof of demand. Every “where did you eat?” or “is that hotel worth it?” is someone asking you to plan their trip. If you answer them one by one, you’re doing a travel agent’s job for free.  Here’s how to monetize your travel content instead:  1. Count your free planning DMs. 54% of travelers like to plan big trips 3 to 6 months ahead, so the questions keep coming long after your post goes quiet.  2. Run an ROI test on your tools. A $29/month storefront adds up to $348 a year, and 68% of part-time creators earn under $1,000 a year from their content. Keep only what pays you back.  3. Skip static PDF travel guides. When a restaurant closes, you can’t update the copies you’ve sold, and buyers lose trust. A digital travel guide on a map lets you fix it once for everyone.  4. Make your itineraries bookable. 73% of travelers say influencer recommendations have influenced a booking. Viator pays affiliates 8%, so a $200 food tour booked through your link earns you $16.  5. Own your audience. Instagram accounts with 10K to 50K followers reach about 5.5% of them per post. Email open rates average close to 40%.  NOWY brings this together: it turns your Instagram posts into a bookable travel map in minutes.  Your last trip can help pay for your next one.  Full guide by @nowy.travel on byvi, link in our bio.  #travelcreator #travelcontentcreator #monetizetravel #travelitinerary #creatoreconomy
Want to get paid to travel? Start with your DMs you already answer for free.  Your DMs are proof of demand. Every “where did you eat?” or “is that hotel worth it?” is someone asking you to plan their trip. If you answer them one by one, you’re doing a travel agent’s job for free.  Here’s how to monetize your travel content instead:  1. Count your free planning DMs. 54% of travelers like to plan big trips 3 to 6 months ahead, so the questions keep coming long after your post goes quiet.  2. Run an ROI test on your tools. A $29/month storefront adds up to $348 a year, and 68% of part-time creators earn under $1,000 a year from their content. Keep only what pays you back.  3. Skip static PDF travel guides. When a restaurant closes, you can’t update the copies you’ve sold, and buyers lose trust. A digital travel guide on a map lets you fix it once for everyone.  4. Make your itineraries bookable. 73% of travelers say influencer recommendations have influenced a booking. Viator pays affiliates 8%, so a $200 food tour booked through your link earns you $16.  5. Own your audience. Instagram accounts with 10K to 50K followers reach about 5.5% of them per post. Email open rates average close to 40%.  NOWY brings this together: it turns your Instagram posts into a bookable travel map in minutes.  Your last trip can help pay for your next one.  Full guide by @nowy.travel on byvi, link in our bio.  #travelcreator #travelcontentcreator #monetizetravel #travelitinerary #creatoreconomy
Want to get paid to travel? Start with your DMs you already answer for free.  Your DMs are proof of demand. Every “where did you eat?” or “is that hotel worth it?” is someone asking you to plan their trip. If you answer them one by one, you’re doing a travel agent’s job for free.  Here’s how to monetize your travel content instead:  1. Count your free planning DMs. 54% of travelers like to plan big trips 3 to 6 months ahead, so the questions keep coming long after your post goes quiet.  2. Run an ROI test on your tools. A $29/month storefront adds up to $348 a year, and 68% of part-time creators earn under $1,000 a year from their content. Keep only what pays you back.  3. Skip static PDF travel guides. When a restaurant closes, you can’t update the copies you’ve sold, and buyers lose trust. A digital travel guide on a map lets you fix it once for everyone.  4. Make your itineraries bookable. 73% of travelers say influencer recommendations have influenced a booking. Viator pays affiliates 8%, so a $200 food tour booked through your link earns you $16.  5. Own your audience. Instagram accounts with 10K to 50K followers reach about 5.5% of them per post. Email open rates average close to 40%.  NOWY brings this together: it turns your Instagram posts into a bookable travel map in minutes.  Your last trip can help pay for your next one.  Full guide by @nowy.travel on byvi, link in our bio.  #travelcreator #travelcontentcreator #monetizetravel #travelitinerary #creatoreconomy
Want to get paid to travel? Start with your DMs you already answer for free.  Your DMs are proof of demand. Every “where did you eat?” or “is that hotel worth it?” is someone asking you to plan their trip. If you answer them one by one, you’re doing a travel agent’s job for free.  Here’s how to monetize your travel content instead:  1. Count your free planning DMs. 54% of travelers like to plan big trips 3 to 6 months ahead, so the questions keep coming long after your post goes quiet.  2. Run an ROI test on your tools. A $29/month storefront adds up to $348 a year, and 68% of part-time creators earn under $1,000 a year from their content. Keep only what pays you back.  3. Skip static PDF travel guides. When a restaurant closes, you can’t update the copies you’ve sold, and buyers lose trust. A digital travel guide on a map lets you fix it once for everyone.  4. Make your itineraries bookable. 73% of travelers say influencer recommendations have influenced a booking. Viator pays affiliates 8%, so a $200 food tour booked through your link earns you $16.  5. Own your audience. Instagram accounts with 10K to 50K followers reach about 5.5% of them per post. Email open rates average close to 40%.  NOWY brings this together: it turns your Instagram posts into a bookable travel map in minutes.  Your last trip can help pay for your next one.  Full guide by @nowy.travel on byvi, link in our bio.  #travelcreator #travelcontentcreator #monetizetravel #travelitinerary #creatoreconomy
Want to get paid to travel? Start with your DMs you already answer for free.  Your DMs are proof of demand. Every “where did you eat?” or “is that hotel worth it?” is someone asking you to plan their trip. If you answer them one by one, you’re doing a travel agent’s job for free.  Here’s how to monetize your travel content instead:  1. Count your free planning DMs. 54% of travelers like to plan big trips 3 to 6 months ahead, so the questions keep coming long after your post goes quiet.  2. Run an ROI test on your tools. A $29/month storefront adds up to $348 a year, and 68% of part-time creators earn under $1,000 a year from their content. Keep only what pays you back.  3. Skip static PDF travel guides. When a restaurant closes, you can’t update the copies you’ve sold, and buyers lose trust. A digital travel guide on a map lets you fix it once for everyone.  4. Make your itineraries bookable. 73% of travelers say influencer recommendations have influenced a booking. Viator pays affiliates 8%, so a $200 food tour booked through your link earns you $16.  5. Own your audience. Instagram accounts with 10K to 50K followers reach about 5.5% of them per post. Email open rates average close to 40%.  NOWY brings this together: it turns your Instagram posts into a bookable travel map in minutes.  Your last trip can help pay for your next one.  Full guide by @nowy.travel on byvi, link in our bio.  #travelcreator #travelcontentcreator #monetizetravel #travelitinerary #creatoreconomy
Want to get paid to travel? Start with your DMs you already answer for free.  Your DMs are proof of demand. Every “where did you eat?” or “is that hotel worth it?” is someone asking you to plan their trip. If you answer them one by one, you’re doing a travel agent’s job for free.  Here’s how to monetize your travel content instead:  1. Count your free planning DMs. 54% of travelers like to plan big trips 3 to 6 months ahead, so the questions keep coming long after your post goes quiet.  2. Run an ROI test on your tools. A $29/month storefront adds up to $348 a year, and 68% of part-time creators earn under $1,000 a year from their content. Keep only what pays you back.  3. Skip static PDF travel guides. When a restaurant closes, you can’t update the copies you’ve sold, and buyers lose trust. A digital travel guide on a map lets you fix it once for everyone.  4. Make your itineraries bookable. 73% of travelers say influencer recommendations have influenced a booking. Viator pays affiliates 8%, so a $200 food tour booked through your link earns you $16.  5. Own your audience. Instagram accounts with 10K to 50K followers reach about 5.5% of them per post. Email open rates average close to 40%.  NOWY brings this together: it turns your Instagram posts into a bookable travel map in minutes.  Your last trip can help pay for your next one.  Full guide by @nowy.travel on byvi, link in our bio.  #travelcreator #travelcontentcreator #monetizetravel #travelitinerary #creatoreconomy
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Want to get paid to travel? Start with your DMs you already answer for free. Your DMs are proof of demand. Every “where did you eat?” or “is that hotel worth it?” is someone asking you to plan their trip. If you answer them one by one, you’re doing a travel agent’s job for free. Here’s how to monetize your travel content instead: 1. Count your free planning DMs. 54% of travelers like to plan big trips 3 to 6 months ahead, so the questions keep coming long after your post goes quiet. 2. Run an ROI test on your tools. A $29/month storefront adds up to $348 a year, and 68% of part-time creators earn under $1,000 a year from their content. Keep only what pays you back. 3. Skip static PDF travel guides. When a restaurant closes, you can’t update the copies you’ve sold, and buyers lose trust. A digital travel guide on a map lets you fix it once for everyone. 4. Make your itineraries bookable. 73% of travelers say influencer recommendations have influenced a booking. Viator pays affiliates 8%, so a $200 food tour booked through your link earns you $16. 5. Own your audience. Instagram accounts with 10K to 50K followers reach about 5.5% of them per post. Email open rates average close to 40%. NOWY brings this together: it turns your Instagram posts into a bookable travel map in minutes. Your last trip can help pay for your next one. Full guide by @nowy.travel on byvi, link in our bio. #travelcreator #travelcontentcreator #monetizetravel #travelitinerary #creatoreconomy
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Tally is a bootstrapped form builder with a team of 10.  43% of its new users now find it through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.  They did it without investors, a big budget or a content team.  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #AISearch #AIvisibility #bootstrapping #startupgrowth #SEOforFounders
Tally is a bootstrapped form builder with a team of 10.  43% of its new users now find it through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.  They did it without investors, a big budget or a content team.  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #AISearch #AIvisibility #bootstrapping #startupgrowth #SEOforFounders
Tally is a bootstrapped form builder with a team of 10.  43% of its new users now find it through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.  They did it without investors, a big budget or a content team.  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #AISearch #AIvisibility #bootstrapping #startupgrowth #SEOforFounders
Tally is a bootstrapped form builder with a team of 10.  43% of its new users now find it through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.  They did it without investors, a big budget or a content team.  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #AISearch #AIvisibility #bootstrapping #startupgrowth #SEOforFounders
Tally is a bootstrapped form builder with a team of 10.  43% of its new users now find it through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.  They did it without investors, a big budget or a content team.  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #AISearch #AIvisibility #bootstrapping #startupgrowth #SEOforFounders
Tally is a bootstrapped form builder with a team of 10.  43% of its new users now find it through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.  They did it without investors, a big budget or a content team.  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #AISearch #AIvisibility #bootstrapping #startupgrowth #SEOforFounders
Tally is a bootstrapped form builder with a team of 10.  43% of its new users now find it through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.  They did it without investors, a big budget or a content team.  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #AISearch #AIvisibility #bootstrapping #startupgrowth #SEOforFounders
Tally is a bootstrapped form builder with a team of 10.  43% of its new users now find it through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.  They did it without investors, a big budget or a content team.  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #AISearch #AIvisibility #bootstrapping #startupgrowth #SEOforFounders
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Tally is a bootstrapped form builder with a team of 10. 43% of its new users now find it through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. They did it without investors, a big budget or a content team. Full story on byvi.co, link in bio. #AISearch #AIvisibility #bootstrapping #startupgrowth #SEOforFounders
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Michael Wang’s piano students have homework they can’t do alone. Every RCM exam includes ear tests, and practicing them usually takes 2 people: one to play, one to name what they hear.  So Michael, a piano teacher and first-year CS student at Carleton, started building an app that lets students drill on their own. 3 weeks in, he pitched it at Shopify’s Builder Sundays and asked the room one question: free app or paid subscription?  4 lessons from his first 3 weeks:  1. Build for people you already see every week
2. Separate who pays from who uses the product
3. Treat user data as a risk before you treat it as revenue
4. Ask for feedback while it’s still cheap to change course  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #startupstories #edtech #studentfounders #ottawatech #buildersundays
Michael Wang’s piano students have homework they can’t do alone. Every RCM exam includes ear tests, and practicing them usually takes 2 people: one to play, one to name what they hear.  So Michael, a piano teacher and first-year CS student at Carleton, started building an app that lets students drill on their own. 3 weeks in, he pitched it at Shopify’s Builder Sundays and asked the room one question: free app or paid subscription?  4 lessons from his first 3 weeks:  1. Build for people you already see every week
2. Separate who pays from who uses the product
3. Treat user data as a risk before you treat it as revenue
4. Ask for feedback while it’s still cheap to change course  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #startupstories #edtech #studentfounders #ottawatech #buildersundays
Michael Wang’s piano students have homework they can’t do alone. Every RCM exam includes ear tests, and practicing them usually takes 2 people: one to play, one to name what they hear.  So Michael, a piano teacher and first-year CS student at Carleton, started building an app that lets students drill on their own. 3 weeks in, he pitched it at Shopify’s Builder Sundays and asked the room one question: free app or paid subscription?  4 lessons from his first 3 weeks:  1. Build for people you already see every week
2. Separate who pays from who uses the product
3. Treat user data as a risk before you treat it as revenue
4. Ask for feedback while it’s still cheap to change course  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #startupstories #edtech #studentfounders #ottawatech #buildersundays
Michael Wang’s piano students have homework they can’t do alone. Every RCM exam includes ear tests, and practicing them usually takes 2 people: one to play, one to name what they hear.  So Michael, a piano teacher and first-year CS student at Carleton, started building an app that lets students drill on their own. 3 weeks in, he pitched it at Shopify’s Builder Sundays and asked the room one question: free app or paid subscription?  4 lessons from his first 3 weeks:  1. Build for people you already see every week
2. Separate who pays from who uses the product
3. Treat user data as a risk before you treat it as revenue
4. Ask for feedback while it’s still cheap to change course  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #startupstories #edtech #studentfounders #ottawatech #buildersundays
Michael Wang’s piano students have homework they can’t do alone. Every RCM exam includes ear tests, and practicing them usually takes 2 people: one to play, one to name what they hear.  So Michael, a piano teacher and first-year CS student at Carleton, started building an app that lets students drill on their own. 3 weeks in, he pitched it at Shopify’s Builder Sundays and asked the room one question: free app or paid subscription?  4 lessons from his first 3 weeks:  1. Build for people you already see every week
2. Separate who pays from who uses the product
3. Treat user data as a risk before you treat it as revenue
4. Ask for feedback while it’s still cheap to change course  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #startupstories #edtech #studentfounders #ottawatech #buildersundays
Michael Wang’s piano students have homework they can’t do alone. Every RCM exam includes ear tests, and practicing them usually takes 2 people: one to play, one to name what they hear.  So Michael, a piano teacher and first-year CS student at Carleton, started building an app that lets students drill on their own. 3 weeks in, he pitched it at Shopify’s Builder Sundays and asked the room one question: free app or paid subscription?  4 lessons from his first 3 weeks:  1. Build for people you already see every week
2. Separate who pays from who uses the product
3. Treat user data as a risk before you treat it as revenue
4. Ask for feedback while it’s still cheap to change course  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #startupstories #edtech #studentfounders #ottawatech #buildersundays
Michael Wang’s piano students have homework they can’t do alone. Every RCM exam includes ear tests, and practicing them usually takes 2 people: one to play, one to name what they hear.  So Michael, a piano teacher and first-year CS student at Carleton, started building an app that lets students drill on their own. 3 weeks in, he pitched it at Shopify’s Builder Sundays and asked the room one question: free app or paid subscription?  4 lessons from his first 3 weeks:  1. Build for people you already see every week
2. Separate who pays from who uses the product
3. Treat user data as a risk before you treat it as revenue
4. Ask for feedback while it’s still cheap to change course  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #startupstories #edtech #studentfounders #ottawatech #buildersundays
Michael Wang’s piano students have homework they can’t do alone. Every RCM exam includes ear tests, and practicing them usually takes 2 people: one to play, one to name what they hear.  So Michael, a piano teacher and first-year CS student at Carleton, started building an app that lets students drill on their own. 3 weeks in, he pitched it at Shopify’s Builder Sundays and asked the room one question: free app or paid subscription?  4 lessons from his first 3 weeks:  1. Build for people you already see every week
2. Separate who pays from who uses the product
3. Treat user data as a risk before you treat it as revenue
4. Ask for feedback while it’s still cheap to change course  Full story on byvi.co, link in bio.  #startupstories #edtech #studentfounders #ottawatech #buildersundays
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Michael Wang’s piano students have homework they can’t do alone. Every RCM exam includes ear tests, and practicing them usually takes 2 people: one to play, one to name what they hear. So Michael, a piano teacher and first-year CS student at Carleton, started building an app that lets students drill on their own. 3 weeks in, he pitched it at Shopify’s Builder Sundays and asked the room one question: free app or paid subscription? 4 lessons from his first 3 weeks: 1. Build for people you already see every week 2. Separate who pays from who uses the product 3. Treat user data as a risk before you treat it as revenue 4. Ask for feedback while it’s still cheap to change course Full story on byvi.co, link in bio. #startupstories #edtech #studentfounders #ottawatech #buildersundays
4 weeks ago
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If you run more than one AI coding agent at a time, this is for you.  When you’ve got Claude Code, Codex, and a few terminals all going at once, the hard part isn’t the code. It’s keeping track of which agent needs you.  One is waiting for you to approve a command. One wants you to check its plan. One finished 10 minutes ago and you didn’t notice. So you spend your day clicking between windows just to see what’s happening.  CrewTower fixes that. It’s a Mac app that shows all your agents in one small bar at the top of your screen (the Apple notch).  From there you can:  1. Approve or deny a command without switching apps  2. Review an agent’s plan before it writes any code  3. See how much usage you have left before you hit a limit  4. Jump straight to the session that needs you  Everything stays on your Mac, nothing gets uploaded.  For the full review follow the link in our bio.  #tokenmaxxing #claudecode #codex #vibecoding #devtools
If you run more than one AI coding agent at a time, this is for you.  When you’ve got Claude Code, Codex, and a few terminals all going at once, the hard part isn’t the code. It’s keeping track of which agent needs you.  One is waiting for you to approve a command. One wants you to check its plan. One finished 10 minutes ago and you didn’t notice. So you spend your day clicking between windows just to see what’s happening.  CrewTower fixes that. It’s a Mac app that shows all your agents in one small bar at the top of your screen (the Apple notch).  From there you can:  1. Approve or deny a command without switching apps  2. Review an agent’s plan before it writes any code  3. See how much usage you have left before you hit a limit  4. Jump straight to the session that needs you  Everything stays on your Mac, nothing gets uploaded.  For the full review follow the link in our bio.  #tokenmaxxing #claudecode #codex #vibecoding #devtools
If you run more than one AI coding agent at a time, this is for you.  When you’ve got Claude Code, Codex, and a few terminals all going at once, the hard part isn’t the code. It’s keeping track of which agent needs you.  One is waiting for you to approve a command. One wants you to check its plan. One finished 10 minutes ago and you didn’t notice. So you spend your day clicking between windows just to see what’s happening.  CrewTower fixes that. It’s a Mac app that shows all your agents in one small bar at the top of your screen (the Apple notch).  From there you can:  1. Approve or deny a command without switching apps  2. Review an agent’s plan before it writes any code  3. See how much usage you have left before you hit a limit  4. Jump straight to the session that needs you  Everything stays on your Mac, nothing gets uploaded.  For the full review follow the link in our bio.  #tokenmaxxing #claudecode #codex #vibecoding #devtools
If you run more than one AI coding agent at a time, this is for you.  When you’ve got Claude Code, Codex, and a few terminals all going at once, the hard part isn’t the code. It’s keeping track of which agent needs you.  One is waiting for you to approve a command. One wants you to check its plan. One finished 10 minutes ago and you didn’t notice. So you spend your day clicking between windows just to see what’s happening.  CrewTower fixes that. It’s a Mac app that shows all your agents in one small bar at the top of your screen (the Apple notch).  From there you can:  1. Approve or deny a command without switching apps  2. Review an agent’s plan before it writes any code  3. See how much usage you have left before you hit a limit  4. Jump straight to the session that needs you  Everything stays on your Mac, nothing gets uploaded.  For the full review follow the link in our bio.  #tokenmaxxing #claudecode #codex #vibecoding #devtools
If you run more than one AI coding agent at a time, this is for you.  When you’ve got Claude Code, Codex, and a few terminals all going at once, the hard part isn’t the code. It’s keeping track of which agent needs you.  One is waiting for you to approve a command. One wants you to check its plan. One finished 10 minutes ago and you didn’t notice. So you spend your day clicking between windows just to see what’s happening.  CrewTower fixes that. It’s a Mac app that shows all your agents in one small bar at the top of your screen (the Apple notch).  From there you can:  1. Approve or deny a command without switching apps  2. Review an agent’s plan before it writes any code  3. See how much usage you have left before you hit a limit  4. Jump straight to the session that needs you  Everything stays on your Mac, nothing gets uploaded.  For the full review follow the link in our bio.  #tokenmaxxing #claudecode #codex #vibecoding #devtools
If you run more than one AI coding agent at a time, this is for you.  When you’ve got Claude Code, Codex, and a few terminals all going at once, the hard part isn’t the code. It’s keeping track of which agent needs you.  One is waiting for you to approve a command. One wants you to check its plan. One finished 10 minutes ago and you didn’t notice. So you spend your day clicking between windows just to see what’s happening.  CrewTower fixes that. It’s a Mac app that shows all your agents in one small bar at the top of your screen (the Apple notch).  From there you can:  1. Approve or deny a command without switching apps  2. Review an agent’s plan before it writes any code  3. See how much usage you have left before you hit a limit  4. Jump straight to the session that needs you  Everything stays on your Mac, nothing gets uploaded.  For the full review follow the link in our bio.  #tokenmaxxing #claudecode #codex #vibecoding #devtools
If you run more than one AI coding agent at a time, this is for you.  When you’ve got Claude Code, Codex, and a few terminals all going at once, the hard part isn’t the code. It’s keeping track of which agent needs you.  One is waiting for you to approve a command. One wants you to check its plan. One finished 10 minutes ago and you didn’t notice. So you spend your day clicking between windows just to see what’s happening.  CrewTower fixes that. It’s a Mac app that shows all your agents in one small bar at the top of your screen (the Apple notch).  From there you can:  1. Approve or deny a command without switching apps  2. Review an agent’s plan before it writes any code  3. See how much usage you have left before you hit a limit  4. Jump straight to the session that needs you  Everything stays on your Mac, nothing gets uploaded.  For the full review follow the link in our bio.  #tokenmaxxing #claudecode #codex #vibecoding #devtools
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If you run more than one AI coding agent at a time, this is for you. When you’ve got Claude Code, Codex, and a few terminals all going at once, the hard part isn’t the code. It’s keeping track of which agent needs you. One is waiting for you to approve a command. One wants you to check its plan. One finished 10 minutes ago and you didn’t notice. So you spend your day clicking between windows just to see what’s happening. CrewTower fixes that. It’s a Mac app that shows all your agents in one small bar at the top of your screen (the Apple notch). From there you can: 1. Approve or deny a command without switching apps 2. Review an agent’s plan before it writes any code 3. See how much usage you have left before you hit a limit 4. Jump straight to the session that needs you Everything stays on your Mac, nothing gets uploaded. For the full review follow the link in our bio. #tokenmaxxing #claudecode #codex #vibecoding #devtools
1 month ago
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In 2023, 260,000 women died from pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one every 2 minutes, and most of those deaths are preventable with screening that already exists.  Laila Mahmoudi and Ariadna Lozano Sanchez built DayOne at Montréal’s Coopérathon on a simple belief: the tools to save mothers already exist. Getting them to the women who need them is the hard part.  The kit gets them through the door. The company is everything behind it: training, workflows, referral logic, and a data layer that grows with every screening.  Founders, the lesson: find your $5 kit, then build the system behind it.  Full story on byvi.co. Link in bio.  #startupstories #healthtech #maternalhealth #womeninspiringwomen #montrealstartup
In 2023, 260,000 women died from pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one every 2 minutes, and most of those deaths are preventable with screening that already exists.  Laila Mahmoudi and Ariadna Lozano Sanchez built DayOne at Montréal’s Coopérathon on a simple belief: the tools to save mothers already exist. Getting them to the women who need them is the hard part.  The kit gets them through the door. The company is everything behind it: training, workflows, referral logic, and a data layer that grows with every screening.  Founders, the lesson: find your $5 kit, then build the system behind it.  Full story on byvi.co. Link in bio.  #startupstories #healthtech #maternalhealth #womeninspiringwomen #montrealstartup
In 2023, 260,000 women died from pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one every 2 minutes, and most of those deaths are preventable with screening that already exists.  Laila Mahmoudi and Ariadna Lozano Sanchez built DayOne at Montréal’s Coopérathon on a simple belief: the tools to save mothers already exist. Getting them to the women who need them is the hard part.  The kit gets them through the door. The company is everything behind it: training, workflows, referral logic, and a data layer that grows with every screening.  Founders, the lesson: find your $5 kit, then build the system behind it.  Full story on byvi.co. Link in bio.  #startupstories #healthtech #maternalhealth #womeninspiringwomen #montrealstartup
In 2023, 260,000 women died from pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one every 2 minutes, and most of those deaths are preventable with screening that already exists.  Laila Mahmoudi and Ariadna Lozano Sanchez built DayOne at Montréal’s Coopérathon on a simple belief: the tools to save mothers already exist. Getting them to the women who need them is the hard part.  The kit gets them through the door. The company is everything behind it: training, workflows, referral logic, and a data layer that grows with every screening.  Founders, the lesson: find your $5 kit, then build the system behind it.  Full story on byvi.co. Link in bio.  #startupstories #healthtech #maternalhealth #womeninspiringwomen #montrealstartup
In 2023, 260,000 women died from pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one every 2 minutes, and most of those deaths are preventable with screening that already exists.  Laila Mahmoudi and Ariadna Lozano Sanchez built DayOne at Montréal’s Coopérathon on a simple belief: the tools to save mothers already exist. Getting them to the women who need them is the hard part.  The kit gets them through the door. The company is everything behind it: training, workflows, referral logic, and a data layer that grows with every screening.  Founders, the lesson: find your $5 kit, then build the system behind it.  Full story on byvi.co. Link in bio.  #startupstories #healthtech #maternalhealth #womeninspiringwomen #montrealstartup
In 2023, 260,000 women died from pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one every 2 minutes, and most of those deaths are preventable with screening that already exists.  Laila Mahmoudi and Ariadna Lozano Sanchez built DayOne at Montréal’s Coopérathon on a simple belief: the tools to save mothers already exist. Getting them to the women who need them is the hard part.  The kit gets them through the door. The company is everything behind it: training, workflows, referral logic, and a data layer that grows with every screening.  Founders, the lesson: find your $5 kit, then build the system behind it.  Full story on byvi.co. Link in bio.  #startupstories #healthtech #maternalhealth #womeninspiringwomen #montrealstartup
In 2023, 260,000 women died from pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one every 2 minutes, and most of those deaths are preventable with screening that already exists.  Laila Mahmoudi and Ariadna Lozano Sanchez built DayOne at Montréal’s Coopérathon on a simple belief: the tools to save mothers already exist. Getting them to the women who need them is the hard part.  The kit gets them through the door. The company is everything behind it: training, workflows, referral logic, and a data layer that grows with every screening.  Founders, the lesson: find your $5 kit, then build the system behind it.  Full story on byvi.co. Link in bio.  #startupstories #healthtech #maternalhealth #womeninspiringwomen #montrealstartup
In 2023, 260,000 women died from pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one every 2 minutes, and most of those deaths are preventable with screening that already exists.  Laila Mahmoudi and Ariadna Lozano Sanchez built DayOne at Montréal’s Coopérathon on a simple belief: the tools to save mothers already exist. Getting them to the women who need them is the hard part.  The kit gets them through the door. The company is everything behind it: training, workflows, referral logic, and a data layer that grows with every screening.  Founders, the lesson: find your $5 kit, then build the system behind it.  Full story on byvi.co. Link in bio.  #startupstories #healthtech #maternalhealth #womeninspiringwomen #montrealstartup
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In 2023, 260,000 women died from pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one every 2 minutes, and most of those deaths are preventable with screening that already exists. Laila Mahmoudi and Ariadna Lozano Sanchez built DayOne at Montréal’s Coopérathon on a simple belief: the tools to save mothers already exist. Getting them to the women who need them is the hard part. The kit gets them through the door. The company is everything behind it: training, workflows, referral logic, and a data layer that grows with every screening. Founders, the lesson: find your $5 kit, then build the system behind it. Full story on byvi.co. Link in bio. #startupstories #healthtech #maternalhealth #womeninspiringwomen #montrealstartup
1 month ago
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5/9
Google’s AI Contribution Pilot is now live in Search Console, and it pays select publishers when their content feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers. Invite only. Dozens of sites so far.  One publisher inside the pilot told Digiday the payout formula is “quite black box.” Google calls it an early-stage learning pilot.  Meanwhile, AI Overviews have cut clicks to top-ranking pages by 58%, according to Ahrefs research across 300,000 keywords. Rankings hold steady. Traffic falls anyway.  So who actually gets paid for AI content? Reddit takes a reported $60M a year from Google and around $70M from OpenAI, because it owns millions of human conversations no model can copy. Your blog gets an invite-only widget.  4 levers founders control without an invitation from Google:  1. Refresh your top 10 pages monthly, not yearly
2. Publish expert-led content no one else can write
3. Own an audience outside of search: a newsletter, a Slack or Discord community, a podcast, a YouTube or LinkedIn following
4. Track your AI citations weekly, like you track rankings  While Google decides who gets paid, you can start getting cited today.  #AIContributionPilot #AISearch #AIOverviews #SEOforFounders #AIvisibility
Google’s AI Contribution Pilot is now live in Search Console, and it pays select publishers when their content feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers. Invite only. Dozens of sites so far.  One publisher inside the pilot told Digiday the payout formula is “quite black box.” Google calls it an early-stage learning pilot.  Meanwhile, AI Overviews have cut clicks to top-ranking pages by 58%, according to Ahrefs research across 300,000 keywords. Rankings hold steady. Traffic falls anyway.  So who actually gets paid for AI content? Reddit takes a reported $60M a year from Google and around $70M from OpenAI, because it owns millions of human conversations no model can copy. Your blog gets an invite-only widget.  4 levers founders control without an invitation from Google:  1. Refresh your top 10 pages monthly, not yearly
2. Publish expert-led content no one else can write
3. Own an audience outside of search: a newsletter, a Slack or Discord community, a podcast, a YouTube or LinkedIn following
4. Track your AI citations weekly, like you track rankings  While Google decides who gets paid, you can start getting cited today.  #AIContributionPilot #AISearch #AIOverviews #SEOforFounders #AIvisibility
Google’s AI Contribution Pilot is now live in Search Console, and it pays select publishers when their content feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers. Invite only. Dozens of sites so far.  One publisher inside the pilot told Digiday the payout formula is “quite black box.” Google calls it an early-stage learning pilot.  Meanwhile, AI Overviews have cut clicks to top-ranking pages by 58%, according to Ahrefs research across 300,000 keywords. Rankings hold steady. Traffic falls anyway.  So who actually gets paid for AI content? Reddit takes a reported $60M a year from Google and around $70M from OpenAI, because it owns millions of human conversations no model can copy. Your blog gets an invite-only widget.  4 levers founders control without an invitation from Google:  1. Refresh your top 10 pages monthly, not yearly
2. Publish expert-led content no one else can write
3. Own an audience outside of search: a newsletter, a Slack or Discord community, a podcast, a YouTube or LinkedIn following
4. Track your AI citations weekly, like you track rankings  While Google decides who gets paid, you can start getting cited today.  #AIContributionPilot #AISearch #AIOverviews #SEOforFounders #AIvisibility
Google’s AI Contribution Pilot is now live in Search Console, and it pays select publishers when their content feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers. Invite only. Dozens of sites so far.  One publisher inside the pilot told Digiday the payout formula is “quite black box.” Google calls it an early-stage learning pilot.  Meanwhile, AI Overviews have cut clicks to top-ranking pages by 58%, according to Ahrefs research across 300,000 keywords. Rankings hold steady. Traffic falls anyway.  So who actually gets paid for AI content? Reddit takes a reported $60M a year from Google and around $70M from OpenAI, because it owns millions of human conversations no model can copy. Your blog gets an invite-only widget.  4 levers founders control without an invitation from Google:  1. Refresh your top 10 pages monthly, not yearly
2. Publish expert-led content no one else can write
3. Own an audience outside of search: a newsletter, a Slack or Discord community, a podcast, a YouTube or LinkedIn following
4. Track your AI citations weekly, like you track rankings  While Google decides who gets paid, you can start getting cited today.  #AIContributionPilot #AISearch #AIOverviews #SEOforFounders #AIvisibility
Google’s AI Contribution Pilot is now live in Search Console, and it pays select publishers when their content feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers. Invite only. Dozens of sites so far.  One publisher inside the pilot told Digiday the payout formula is “quite black box.” Google calls it an early-stage learning pilot.  Meanwhile, AI Overviews have cut clicks to top-ranking pages by 58%, according to Ahrefs research across 300,000 keywords. Rankings hold steady. Traffic falls anyway.  So who actually gets paid for AI content? Reddit takes a reported $60M a year from Google and around $70M from OpenAI, because it owns millions of human conversations no model can copy. Your blog gets an invite-only widget.  4 levers founders control without an invitation from Google:  1. Refresh your top 10 pages monthly, not yearly
2. Publish expert-led content no one else can write
3. Own an audience outside of search: a newsletter, a Slack or Discord community, a podcast, a YouTube or LinkedIn following
4. Track your AI citations weekly, like you track rankings  While Google decides who gets paid, you can start getting cited today.  #AIContributionPilot #AISearch #AIOverviews #SEOforFounders #AIvisibility
Google’s AI Contribution Pilot is now live in Search Console, and it pays select publishers when their content feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers. Invite only. Dozens of sites so far.  One publisher inside the pilot told Digiday the payout formula is “quite black box.” Google calls it an early-stage learning pilot.  Meanwhile, AI Overviews have cut clicks to top-ranking pages by 58%, according to Ahrefs research across 300,000 keywords. Rankings hold steady. Traffic falls anyway.  So who actually gets paid for AI content? Reddit takes a reported $60M a year from Google and around $70M from OpenAI, because it owns millions of human conversations no model can copy. Your blog gets an invite-only widget.  4 levers founders control without an invitation from Google:  1. Refresh your top 10 pages monthly, not yearly
2. Publish expert-led content no one else can write
3. Own an audience outside of search: a newsletter, a Slack or Discord community, a podcast, a YouTube or LinkedIn following
4. Track your AI citations weekly, like you track rankings  While Google decides who gets paid, you can start getting cited today.  #AIContributionPilot #AISearch #AIOverviews #SEOforFounders #AIvisibility
Google’s AI Contribution Pilot is now live in Search Console, and it pays select publishers when their content feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers. Invite only. Dozens of sites so far.  One publisher inside the pilot told Digiday the payout formula is “quite black box.” Google calls it an early-stage learning pilot.  Meanwhile, AI Overviews have cut clicks to top-ranking pages by 58%, according to Ahrefs research across 300,000 keywords. Rankings hold steady. Traffic falls anyway.  So who actually gets paid for AI content? Reddit takes a reported $60M a year from Google and around $70M from OpenAI, because it owns millions of human conversations no model can copy. Your blog gets an invite-only widget.  4 levers founders control without an invitation from Google:  1. Refresh your top 10 pages monthly, not yearly
2. Publish expert-led content no one else can write
3. Own an audience outside of search: a newsletter, a Slack or Discord community, a podcast, a YouTube or LinkedIn following
4. Track your AI citations weekly, like you track rankings  While Google decides who gets paid, you can start getting cited today.  #AIContributionPilot #AISearch #AIOverviews #SEOforFounders #AIvisibility
Google’s AI Contribution Pilot is now live in Search Console, and it pays select publishers when their content feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers. Invite only. Dozens of sites so far.  One publisher inside the pilot told Digiday the payout formula is “quite black box.” Google calls it an early-stage learning pilot.  Meanwhile, AI Overviews have cut clicks to top-ranking pages by 58%, according to Ahrefs research across 300,000 keywords. Rankings hold steady. Traffic falls anyway.  So who actually gets paid for AI content? Reddit takes a reported $60M a year from Google and around $70M from OpenAI, because it owns millions of human conversations no model can copy. Your blog gets an invite-only widget.  4 levers founders control without an invitation from Google:  1. Refresh your top 10 pages monthly, not yearly
2. Publish expert-led content no one else can write
3. Own an audience outside of search: a newsletter, a Slack or Discord community, a podcast, a YouTube or LinkedIn following
4. Track your AI citations weekly, like you track rankings  While Google decides who gets paid, you can start getting cited today.  #AIContributionPilot #AISearch #AIOverviews #SEOforFounders #AIvisibility
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Google’s AI Contribution Pilot is now live in Search Console, and it pays select publishers when their content feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini answers. Invite only. Dozens of sites so far. One publisher inside the pilot told Digiday the payout formula is “quite black box.” Google calls it an early-stage learning pilot. Meanwhile, AI Overviews have cut clicks to top-ranking pages by 58%, according to Ahrefs research across 300,000 keywords. Rankings hold steady. Traffic falls anyway. So who actually gets paid for AI content? Reddit takes a reported $60M a year from Google and around $70M from OpenAI, because it owns millions of human conversations no model can copy. Your blog gets an invite-only widget. 4 levers founders control without an invitation from Google: 1. Refresh your top 10 pages monthly, not yearly 2. Publish expert-led content no one else can write 3. Own an audience outside of search: a newsletter, a Slack or Discord community, a podcast, a YouTube or LinkedIn following 4. Track your AI citations weekly, like you track rankings While Google decides who gets paid, you can start getting cited today. #AIContributionPilot #AISearch #AIOverviews #SEOforFounders #AIvisibility
1 month ago
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Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson.  Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does.  It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open.  Full story on BYVI, link in bio.  #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson.  Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does.  It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open.  Full story on BYVI, link in bio.  #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson.  Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does.  It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open.  Full story on BYVI, link in bio.  #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson.  Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does.  It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open.  Full story on BYVI, link in bio.  #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson.  Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does.  It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open.  Full story on BYVI, link in bio.  #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson.  Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does.  It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open.  Full story on BYVI, link in bio.  #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson.  Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does.  It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open.  Full story on BYVI, link in bio.  #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson.  Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does.  It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open.  Full story on BYVI, link in bio.  #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson.  Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does.  It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open.  Full story on BYVI, link in bio.  #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
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Joel spent $1,000 to make $2.50, then built a studio around the lesson. Now Joel Diab makes custom games for content creators at no upfront cost, funding each one himself and earning only if it does. It points to something most creators are sitting on and few have used: games may be the most lucrative channel in the creator economy, and it is still wide open. Full story on BYVI, link in bio. #creatoreconomy #gamesforcreators #creatortips #mobilegames #customgames
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Fares hadn’t touched code in 20 years. Then he turned his wife’s crochet hobby into a real business with AI, and shipped it in 5 months without quitting his day job.  The lesson underneath the yarn is bigger than one app: the wall that used to stand between a good idea and a real product is gone. What’s left is finding a problem worth solving, and caring enough to solve it well.  Full story on BYVI (link in bio)  #vibecoding #agenticbuilders #startupstories #crochetpattern #crochetapp
Fares hadn’t touched code in 20 years. Then he turned his wife’s crochet hobby into a real business with AI, and shipped it in 5 months without quitting his day job.  The lesson underneath the yarn is bigger than one app: the wall that used to stand between a good idea and a real product is gone. What’s left is finding a problem worth solving, and caring enough to solve it well.  Full story on BYVI (link in bio)  #vibecoding #agenticbuilders #startupstories #crochetpattern #crochetapp
Fares hadn’t touched code in 20 years. Then he turned his wife’s crochet hobby into a real business with AI, and shipped it in 5 months without quitting his day job.  The lesson underneath the yarn is bigger than one app: the wall that used to stand between a good idea and a real product is gone. What’s left is finding a problem worth solving, and caring enough to solve it well.  Full story on BYVI (link in bio)  #vibecoding #agenticbuilders #startupstories #crochetpattern #crochetapp
Fares hadn’t touched code in 20 years. Then he turned his wife’s crochet hobby into a real business with AI, and shipped it in 5 months without quitting his day job.  The lesson underneath the yarn is bigger than one app: the wall that used to stand between a good idea and a real product is gone. What’s left is finding a problem worth solving, and caring enough to solve it well.  Full story on BYVI (link in bio)  #vibecoding #agenticbuilders #startupstories #crochetpattern #crochetapp
Fares hadn’t touched code in 20 years. Then he turned his wife’s crochet hobby into a real business with AI, and shipped it in 5 months without quitting his day job.  The lesson underneath the yarn is bigger than one app: the wall that used to stand between a good idea and a real product is gone. What’s left is finding a problem worth solving, and caring enough to solve it well.  Full story on BYVI (link in bio)  #vibecoding #agenticbuilders #startupstories #crochetpattern #crochetapp
Fares hadn’t touched code in 20 years. Then he turned his wife’s crochet hobby into a real business with AI, and shipped it in 5 months without quitting his day job.  The lesson underneath the yarn is bigger than one app: the wall that used to stand between a good idea and a real product is gone. What’s left is finding a problem worth solving, and caring enough to solve it well.  Full story on BYVI (link in bio)  #vibecoding #agenticbuilders #startupstories #crochetpattern #crochetapp
Fares hadn’t touched code in 20 years. Then he turned his wife’s crochet hobby into a real business with AI, and shipped it in 5 months without quitting his day job.  The lesson underneath the yarn is bigger than one app: the wall that used to stand between a good idea and a real product is gone. What’s left is finding a problem worth solving, and caring enough to solve it well.  Full story on BYVI (link in bio)  #vibecoding #agenticbuilders #startupstories #crochetpattern #crochetapp
Fares hadn’t touched code in 20 years. Then he turned his wife’s crochet hobby into a real business with AI, and shipped it in 5 months without quitting his day job.  The lesson underneath the yarn is bigger than one app: the wall that used to stand between a good idea and a real product is gone. What’s left is finding a problem worth solving, and caring enough to solve it well.  Full story on BYVI (link in bio)  #vibecoding #agenticbuilders #startupstories #crochetpattern #crochetapp
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Fares hadn’t touched code in 20 years. Then he turned his wife’s crochet hobby into a real business with AI, and shipped it in 5 months without quitting his day job. The lesson underneath the yarn is bigger than one app: the wall that used to stand between a good idea and a real product is gone. What’s left is finding a problem worth solving, and caring enough to solve it well. Full story on BYVI (link in bio) #vibecoding #agenticbuilders #startupstories #crochetpattern #crochetapp
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Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high.  Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022.  Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do:  1. Ship before you’re ready
2. Go global on day one
3. Own a niche too small to fight over
4. Build the audience before the product
5. Obsess over retention  Full story on byvi.co - link in bio.  #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
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Stripe’s Q2 2026 data: 63% of new startups are solo founders. An all-time high. Same data, second chart: the median solo founder’s first-six-month revenue is down 23%. The top 10% are up 19%. The gap between them is 61×, up from 34× in 2022. Here’s 5 things the founders pulling ahead do: 1. Ship before you’re ready 2. Go global on day one 3. Own a niche too small to fight over 4. Build the audience before the product 5. Obsess over retention Full story on byvi.co - link in bio. #solofounder #startups #buildinpublic #indiehackers #techfounders
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