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The way I see it for you Marc, you spent 6 years building an audience on Twitter. Shipfa.st has a very short shelf life. The audience and trust of startup founders/lovers in the ecosystem has lasting value.

Any ideas on how to capitalize on that?


Good point.

Either I'll build an audience on YouTube

And/Or I'll build new startups

Also, my Twitter is really small so there's much more work to do there.

Any thoughts?

Note: I've been building an audience there for 2 years (the first 4 years was me building in the dark)


I think if you can focus on making informative content for YT at the same quality as your commercials it will be a smashing success. The key is focus. You have an eccentric charm that devs like myself enjoy. Your Twitter following will help you get from 0 to 1 there, but you should still be prepared for a steep curve before it generates revenue.

I do have a radical idea that I am keen to share with you in particular.

I am the Founder of RocketDevs.com. The 'amazing' thing about us is that we can ethically and reliably source GREAT developers and rent them out for $6/hr or $980/mo. This entry point is cheap for USD earners, but stil a fortune in some regions.

The market opportunity here is early startups. People have ideas, but they can't spend $7k/mo on Turing. Fivver is shit. Upwork is avg $28/hr for mid-devs. With no affordable help, non-technical founders will scramble to find a 'technical' founder. You taught yourself how to code but few are that committed. Technical founders will reliably start a project and burn out quickly due to 0 help.

Our audiences intersect strongly. My radical idea is that we work together. I use my deep technical experience to source great devs. You use your following so I can conveniently focus on the product and avoid the pain of 'building an audience' just to get the word out. Stable income for you and we're helping folks build their dreams.

Look me up at linkedin.com/in/thelastsultan if you're keen. I think im in your inbox already.


How do you find developers for $6/hr and what do you mean you rent them out?


Yeah. Which country I would very much like to know. 100% exploitation.


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