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Attention: I'm Building a New Product Live in Just One Day with #NoCode! 🎉🛠️ As a part of Product Launchers Club, I am hosting a live webinar this Friday focused on building one of the startup ideas that made it into the Club this month. 🚀 Here's what you need to know: 👉 No Code, No Problem: I'll be using Bubble to craft this tool right before your eyes. Perfect for anyone curious about no-code platforms! 🖥️ 👀 Live Demo: Join me this Friday to see how quickly you can go from idea to product! 🏃💨 🎟️ Exclusive for Members: This session is part of the premium Productlaunchers.club membership. But, hey, I’ve got a few free trial invites! 💌 Want in? Just let me know in the comments or a DM, and I'll hook you up! Careercraft is an app that analyzes your PDF resume and desired job description, then provides a match score and a personalized skill improvement plan using #ai. Perfect for both candidates and #hr managers to improve the recruitment process! 🌟 Why watch? If you've ever felt stuck in your job dreaming of launching your own startup. 🚀 Plus, you'll see a product being built in real-time - perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs and innovators! #hrtech #digitaltransformation #productdesign #startuplife #innovation

I am impressed about all the likes, comments, and messages about the "build in public" webinar I am hosting on Friday. 🤩 It's great to see so many people excited about #nocode! 🎉 Just to remind you, this webinar is a part of Product Launchers Club where we describe, analyze and launch trending startups every month! Ideas described so far: ◾ Summaletter.com: #AI newsletter summarizer, built and SOLD! 📰 ◾ Mindscrapper: Turns your spoken ideas into organized notes with AI. 🧠 ◾ MeetNLink: Speed dating-inspired video networking platform. 💼 ◾ Careercraft: This month's build - turning resumes into personalized career maps. 🛠️ ◾ SeniorRemote: A job board for 50+ professionals. 👴👵 The Club is a perfect place for all the aspiring entrepreneurs or just curious about no-code. By joining, you’ll enjoy: 🎥 Exclusive Webinars: Dive deep into product building. 💸 Monetize New Products: Opportunity to buy and sell ready-to-use products. 👥 Community: Connect with fellow innovators. 📚 Learn: Grow with the guidance of experts. Let's innovate and build amazing things together! 🚀 #startup #product #launch #community

Want to know a trick for evaluating startup talent? In a recent conversation with Mo Al Adham, Founder and CEO at Frec I asked him how he identifies great people. He states: “I look for people that are outstanding in their field and can add value in another domain. Think of a designer who can double as a front-end engineer, an engineer who’s a great content writer, or a marketer who can do great branding design.” In the era of AI, this multidisciplinary approach is more possible and valuable than ever before. All founders should consider hiring talent that not just fulfills a job description, but does much more. Feel free to check out more insights from Mo in our recent edition of FounderMail below and subscribe for free! https://lnkd.in/gq-p7EuV

Running a startup is tough. Founders juggle multiple roles to keep their dreams alive. I’ve worked with many lean startup founders who juggle multiple roles, from pitching to investors and handling sales calls to creating social media content and managing HR tasks. ♻️ Share this post to help founders discover AI tools that can lighten their load. 1. Apollo.io to get the contact details of your ICP. 2. Instantly.ai to send cold email outreach. 3. Taskade AI for people and project management. 4. Pitch & Canva AI to create sales pitches. 5. invideo to document your brand story as a video script and Captions.ai to record your stories in videos. 6. Try out Workpay as your HR companion. 7. Pabbly Connect to automate repetitive tasks. These tools can help you focus on building your dream, not just managing it. _____ PS. Need help automating lead generation for your B2B startup? 1. Scroll to the top. 2. Click "Book an appointment" to learn how to. 3. Follow Victor Ukim 👋 to never miss a post.

#buildinpublic movement is about sharing things that many might not be comfortable sharing publicly. It is a great idea. But, it can often become just about sharing outcomes (how much money you are making, or sharing milestone updates). Yes, learning about amazing outcomes can inspire others, but it doesn’t help us understand the process or the actions that led to it. So, here it is: me talking about the actions I have taken over the past 12 months. And, more importantly, what has been the thought process behind those actions. Breaking it down into 5 phases: 🗓 Jan-Mar’23 👉 Worked on Firestarter series. The business objective was to create free value and raise awareness about Skilletal. 👉 Did research on the professional upskilling and recruitment space. The aim was to primarily know the prevailing outlook about these sectors (I come from e-commerce). 👍 Win: Wrote the 160-page book (no ChatGPT). It was easier than writing a completely new book, since it was already outlined in terms of structure. The outline of modules and sections was being used by me for training my teams in the past. 👎 Loss: Perhaps operated at a much lower capacity (maybe 50-60%) than I could have; the book took around 1 month in total. But, no regrets. 🗓 Apr-Jun’23 👉 Designed Growth Skill Assessment Test (GroSAT). The aim was to test MVP version of an engagement product, rather than sticking to just content. 👍 Win: Amazing response to the idea, in terms of both interest before using it and feedback after. Talked to a loooot of working professionals. Overall, a fairly busy & exciting time. 🗓May-Jul’23: recruitment  👉 Started assisting startups in hiring by connecting them with GroSAT-vetted candidates. Aim was to now crack a monetisation source, having worked on awareness and engagement parts of talent side. 👎 Loss: The trough right after the high of GroSAT! Most startups in my network were not hiring. Even the ones that were hiring, seemed to be more into an exploratory mode, rather than actively doing so. Most importantly, I didn’t seem to be adding as much value to the ecosystem, as I was doing with Firestarter and GroSAT. 📉 Overall, a very energy sapping period, with little outcome to show in terms of validated hypotheses. Decided to have a change of scenery. Moved to Kochi after 10+ years in Bengaluru, on a semi-permanent basis (at least 2-3 years). [continued in comments]

Imagine you want to transition from being a developer to building a SaaS product with little to no experience. How do you get started? 🤔 Here’s what I did: 1. Watched Y Combinator videos. 2. Followed Simon Hoiberg, Noah Kagan, and others in this space. 3. Learned and analyzed a lot. All of these helped me understand the environment. Then, I tried multiple paths. One was to: 1. Gather ideas. 2. Decide which idea is the best by: - Analyzing total addressable market, customer lifetime value, acquisition costs, and many other variables. - Researching competitors. - Describing features. - Determining how long it would take to build it based on your current skill level. 3. Conclude that things don’t look so great, move to the next idea. 4. Repeat. Another path with the same result was to: 1. Pitch your ideas everywhere: startup meetups, social media, and so on. 2. Get discouraged or misled to work on something no one wants. In the end, what worked for me was to: 1. Pick the first thing I heard my peers complaining about a lot. 2. Ask specific questions about their problem (reading "The Mom Test" really helped here). 3. Find out if they would pay for a solution. 4. Build an MVP to solve their problem while having them use it. 5. Give it my best shot, no half-assing. 6. Try to sell the solution. 7. Talk about it on social media - build in public. This worked because it gave me just enough conviction to start building. I discovered that asking for advice, growing your network, learning and doing new things comes naturally when you are working on your idea because every one of those actions has a purpose, even if your startup idea is doomed to fail.

More Thoughts About Doing a Startup in Late Career: The Power of Experience After working all weekend on a tough intermittent timing bug, I need to post something encouraging to start Monday… Why did I start DevSage.ai at this stage of my career? It’s a life goal I couldn’t let pass. When I first started my career, I wanted to start my own company. I had a systematic plan to learn all phases of product development, deeply. As the years went by, I had some great opportunities at work that were interesting enough to keep me distracted from that goal. Plus, all those opportunities built a ton of experience to draw upon. Years in product development have given me my own unique perspective, and tenacity, for solving complex problems. Now, I’m applying that knowledge to revolutionize product development with AI. Here’s why experience matters: •  Strategic Vision: Decades in the industry provide a clear understanding of market needs and opportunities. This insight is invaluable in identifying and capitalizing on emerging trends. •  Problem-Solving Skills: Years of tackling challenges equip you with the tools to overcome obstacles. In a startup, this means faster iterations and more innovative solutions. •  Credibility and Trust: Established relationships and a proven track record open doors and build trust with stakeholders. This foundation is crucial for securing people that want to work with you, partnerships and investments. At DevSage.ai, we are harnessing the power of AI to automate and enhance product development processes. Our mission is to streamline workflows, reduce time-to-market, and drive innovation for businesses of all sizes. Starting a new venture later in life has its unique challenges, but I draw on that wealth of experience I built up. It's a significant advantage. If you’re considering a late-career pivot, your experience can be your greatest asset. Embrace it, leverage it, and let it drive you towards new and exciting opportunities. #ExperienceMatters #AI #StartupJourney #Innovation

A few months ago, as our platform gained popularity, we started getting a lot more applicants at MarketerHub ↓ It became clear that we needed some software to help us with skill verification as we continued to grow. 📈 We looked at what was available and none of the solutions fit our specific needs. 💡 That’s when I thought: “Why don’t we build our own tool?” and the idea for SkillJudge was born. We validated the concept by talking to people who were also recruiting. They really liked it, but there was one big “but”: we would need to have a library of already-made tests, as they mostly don’t have the time or the will to create them themselves. 📚 We started contacting experts who would help us design the tests. After a few weeks, I could already see that it would take a very long time and a lot of resources to cover all of the skills our customers would want to assess. ⚡️That’s when I had another idea: “Why don’t we try to see if an AI could generate a high-quality test automatically?” It sure can. I got to work and the results were surprising. With just one click, you can generate skill tests on pretty much any topic. 🪄 After a lot of hard work, I'm finally happy to share that we’re ready to launch SkillJudge. 🎉 📥 I’m currently looking for early adopters, let me know if you’re interested. #startup #talentacquisition #recruitment #hr #saas #skills

𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽'𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵? 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻... 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. Founders often tell themselves they need to hire in order to grow. Early in our journey, we also thought that if we could just hire enough people, everything would get done. In fact, overhiring shifted our focus from driving growth to merely managing people. We learned the hard way that in the early stages, it’s crucial for founders to lead each function themselves, seeding and shaping them with the right ideas and processes before passing the baton to a founding team member. When growth slows, it’s easy to blame a lack of manpower, but the real issue often lies in the product itself—it just isn’t appealing enough. The startup graveyard is filled with companies that thought: ↳More people = More success ↳Bigger teams = Faster growth ↳Rapid hiring = Instant solutions But here's the hard truth: 1. 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 2. 𝗜𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 3. 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 4. 𝗜𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 Instead, what we can do is: 1. 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲: - Canva for marketing assets - Automations for repetitive tasks - Instantly.ai to boost sales productivity - Midjourney for generating brand assets - GitHub Copilot to speed up engineering - ChatGPT for content creation, copies, brainstorming, and research 2. 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻, 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: - Hire only when absolutely necessary - Cultivate a culture of ownership and results - Empower each team member to wear multiple hats 3. 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿: - Revenue per employee - Net promoter score - Lifetime value of customers - Customer acquisition cost At LearnQ, we're living proof: 6 employees Bootstrapped $800K in projected revenue Outperforming competitors with 1000s of staff and millions in funding With AI tools, you can achieve more with fewer people. It’s not about how many people you hire; it’s about the quality of people you hire. What's your experience with AI in your business? Share your insights below, and let's learn from each other!

Did something exciting today! Changed my LinkedIn banner. ↝ Old one: Meh, didn't say much.  ↝ New one: Eye-catching and professional. Big thanks to Iqra Shaheen for the awesome design. Your profile should reflect who you are. What do you think? Which one’s better? Follow me for updates on my startup journey. Started this adventure at 16. Lots of lessons and stories to share. P.S: How often do you update your LinkedIn profile? #LinkedInProfile #BannerDesign #StartupLife #CareerTips #Motivation #linkedin #AI #Career #Banner #Update #Startup