ThoughtForma

With new tools almost every day, overwhelm from AI is real. And with everyone selling the sausage, not the sizzle, it’s easy to shut down, switch off or get lost in the noise. Which is why we were so keen to chat to the hugely successful AI Consultant, Heather Murray, for the podcast. Her first deep experience with AI saw her marketing agency return a staggering £60 million in sales through hyper-personalised sales approaches for key targets. This was before the world went mad for ChatGPT. Since then, Heather has spent thousands of hours learning the various AI tools and supporting businesses and creators to get started on their AI journey. The show is full of good insights and lessons for those looking to go from Zero to One. Catch it at all the usual podcast outlets (links in comments)! Thanks again Heather for being a great guest!

Data is the precursor to AI. And AI is the gateway to improving and automating what you do and paving the way to scaling rapidly. In the latest episode of our Behind the Creator podcast - the show where we speak to innovative people like Chris James - we looked at the critical nature of data and its role in growing a successful business and community. Chris opened up about some of the challenges we all feel: - Imposter syndrome and overcoming a negative mindset - Shipping an MVP even when you're uncomofartable - Finding where and how to optimise what we do - How to produce consistently great content - Ignoring what others think of you - Where to prioritise our effort There's loads of great stuff in this episode, it was a relaxed and informal conversation and Chris shared a host of insights that are applicable for anyone at any stage of their growth journey. What is your biggest challenge right now? And are you making use of your data? Link to the show is in the comments -->

“The priority is: Am I having fun? Does this feel good? Is it going to help my audience? Check all three boxes? Cool. Let’s post!” With a combined following across LinkedIn and Twitter of some 80,000, Erica Schneider is a creator’s creator: - She’s brutally honest - She calls out bullsh*t - She builds what she loves - And only if her audience needs it - She collaborates openly on projects - She’s always open to following new ideas Only a few short months into forging her own path, we caught up with Erica for our Behind the Creator podcast. Our host, Daniel Plume, got 45 minutes to ask her about: - Posting with freedom - Doing your own marketing - Creating high-value courses - Telling the whole truth on social - Building a sustainable business model - Balancing vulnerability and professionalism. It’s a great show, and Erica is a terrific guest. Catch the full show in the comments. ———————————————————— #podcast #BehindTheCreator 

🚀 Exciting Update! 🚀 Over the past few weeks, our team has been refining our AI-native app platform to help businesses achieve more with their data. We're proud to share that our efforts have already made a tangible impact. 🎯 In recent days, we created three prototype AI assistant apps for a B2B communications provider. Two of these prototypes help their existing clients extract value from historical support logs and website content, while the third was tailored for pre-sales pitches to potential new clients. The Result: One of these demos secured a new business subscription for our client, confirming that ThoughtForma is already delivering value before our official launch! Their founder is now working closely with us, and we're excited to have them on board as our first customer once we go live 💚. Big thanks to our team for their phenomenal dedication, and to our incredible partners Nobody Studios for believing in our vision. Our new AI-native superpowers include: ✅ Rapid and scalable data/content ingestion ✅ Advanced data preparation pipeline ✅ Multilingual, customizable conversational AI apps ✅ Robust query/inference via multiple AI models/LLMs ✅ And much more! Stay tuned as we continue to enhance our platform with new features like in-chat conversions, advanced analytics, and more. #AI #NoCode #Innovation #BusinessTransformation

How blank is your canvas? On our podcast “Behind the Creator”, we sat down with Aquasec’s Senior Director of Global Brand Experiences, Ilan Dray. At 25, he returned to Israel after living comfortably in France. He later travelled to Japan, experiencing a cultural shift he described as “coming from another planet”. He shares stories from when the internet was just starting and how he developed a creative and inquisitive approach to everything! His range of cultural responses to emerging technology fuelled his desire to experiment, explore and push the boundaries of interactive design. The blank canvas curiosity has created opportunities for innovative design and kept alive his genuine excitement for the future, something that can be hard to maintain over the years. Listen to the full episode and let us know how you’re keeping your enthusiasm alive despite the challenges of running or exploring a startup model. Available wherever you get your podcasts (links in the comments) —> #Podcast #BehindTheCreator

Last week, we spoke to creator and designer Darren Pallatina for our Behind The Creator podcast. Our host, Daniel Plume, dove into Darren's Social Creator Project, copycats, and building an authentic, bulletproof brand. They also spoke about the challenges of mental health, PTSD, and Darren's new YouTube project. Expect to hear advice and guidance on: - How to create an optimized profile on LinkedIn - How an optimized profile forms the tipping point for clients - How to implement a content strategy to drive growth - Setting up tools, systems, and processes to deliver success - How to follow your passions and make it work for you Link to the episode in the comments. #Podcast #BehindTheCreator

As a tech founder, I've definitely fallen naively & headfirst into the trap of not validating my idea and seeing if that was actually what users wanted. Ive fallen in love with my idea & product, spent ages building & perfecting it, only to realise that users simply didn't give a shit ! Burnt my fingers so bad, and wasted soooo much time ! Time that I will NEVER EVER get back again ! I've learnt this the hard way. So, these days, anytime I have an idea that I'm excited about, I will always first launch a basic landing page with a pitch and benefits, throw it out in the open wide web & see if there are takers. Only if I find any, do I even consider a build ! The CATCH is... its still a pain to wire that landing page together for each idea, esp when you have so many ideas floating in your head. We're building IdeaPad to solve exactly this....quickly launch pages to validate your ideas in seconds. Sign up if you've felt my pain too. Deals are still on !

We are super excited to announce our new product today: a tool to test and validate your ideas before you start working on them. Welcome to ideapad! We are here to put an end to people wasting money and resources on ideas that will never succeed. Through a simple prompt (your idea), we generate an auto-populated and ready-to-launch landing page complete with data capture (email address) in under 30 seconds. You can edit, tweak and refine your messaging or images before hitting launch and putting your page live in minutes. It's that simple. So why did we build this? Easy: to help people vet ideas before building something. Our product helps you to: 🌍 Find your people: share your idea with the world and collect emails from interested people ✅ Validate your idea: integrate with payment platforms to accept pre-orders or offer early access deals 📊 Understand your traction: easy to use dashboards make it easy to see how many like your idea ⚡Build meaningful products quickly: our NoCode tool puts the power in your hands Get clarity before you commit. Commit to ideas that have genuine interest. Pre-order your access to our winter release and lock your discount for the entire year. #BuildingInPublic #IdeaValidation #ideapad

Can you help us? Will you show some love for ideapad on Product Hunt? Like many of you, we’ve grappled with product development challenges and getting new ideas off the ground. But in our quest, we’ve learned it’s possible to test various ideas and craft something people genuinely value efficiently. It’s why we designed ideapad, to dramatically simplify finding an audience for your application and help you get validation for your new project or side hustle. Help us spread the word and find more people looking for an answer to which idea to pursue next! Please give us a nudge on ProductHunt #IdeaValidation #BuildingInPublic

Can you help us? Will you show some love for ideapad on Product Hunt? Like many of you, we’ve grappled with product development challenges and getting new ideas off the ground. But in our quest, we’ve learned it’s possible to test various ideas and craft something people genuinely value efficiently. It’s why we designed ideapad, to dramatically simplify finding an audience for your application and help you get validation for your new project or side hustle. Help us spread the word and find more people looking for an answer to which idea to pursue next! Please give us a nudge on ProductHunt #IdeaValidation #BuildingInPublic