u/rakeshkanna91

We are expecting our little one any day now. It's our first. I don't know what to expect and not sure if I should not worry about it as priorities change and it's natural.

(just to give more info) I am close to launching something in 1/2 weeks to friends and family for product validation. So it's not so much that I have paying customers yet. But I know there is a real need for it. I don't want to slow down. But i also anticipate life is going to be different pretty soon.

Have you gone through this? Any advice?

I started working on just being present online. Find common groups where people (my persona thrive).

Consistently engaging with them is the only way. But the reality is, it's hard to do. Especially for solo founders, you are building, probably doing your 9-5 job and on top of it you need to crack distribution.

I built a few AI agents who do some of this work for me now and all I do is approve. And it's clearly working. Obviously, I need to make sure these visitors convert. But the biggest hurdle is making them come to your digital storefront.

I decided to make those agents as an app and share it with other founders. If you are hustling, you probably know how hard it is to scale. Check out Mangos AI if you are interested. I'm slowly onboarding founders into the platform.

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I created an AI start up in the immigration space but after 185 clicks and 3k impressions and still no conversions I don’t know what to do. Should I hang it up or keep going ? I did get 8 users to use the free version but no paying users.

I opened Claude's new design feature just to poke around. No real goal.

I gave it my website (mangos (.) ai) and asked for animation ideas. It came back with a 9-question form. 9 questions with 5 options each. I answered 2, got lazy, and just chose "decide yourself" for the rest.

First output. I literally said "holy moly" out loud. Scared everyone around me lol

I can't imagine going through rounds with a designer to get something that good. And I wasn't even trying.

Has anyone else tried this? And if you're a designer — are you worried, or is this actually freeing you up for bigger things?

I opened Claude's new design feature just to poke around. No real goal.

I gave it my website (mangos (.) ai) and asked for animation ideas. It came back with a 9-question form. 9 questions with 5 options each. I answered 2, got lazy, and just chose"decide yourself" for the rest.

First output. I literally said "holy moly" out loud. Scared everyone around me lol

I can't imagine going through rounds with a designer to get something that good. And I wasn't even trying.

Has anyone else tried this? And if you're a designer — are you worried, or is this actually freeing you up for bigger things?

I’ve been building and shipping projects for a while now, but promotion is where I struggle the most.

I see people getting traction on their apps/games and I’m honestly curious how you guys are doing it. Is it mostly social media, Reddit, ads, or something else?

Do you focus on one platform or try everything? And what’s actually worked for you vs what just feels like a waste of time?

Also, it feels like mods on major subreddits remove your post faster than the speed of light 😅 so I’m not even sure how people use Reddit effectively for this.

Would really appreciate hearing real experiences, especially from indie devs or small creators.

Genuinely curious how PMMs and solo marketers are managing this.

I’ve been talking to a lot of early stage founders and the pattern I keep seeing is: brand starts strong, then slowly drifts as the founder gets heads-down on product. Posts become sporadic, tone shifts, engagement drops.

The ones who stay consistent either have a dedicated person, a very disciplined system, or they’re just grinding manually every day.

For those of you who’ve been the only marketing person — what’s your actual workflow? Do you use templates? A brand guide you revisit weekly? Something else entirely?

Not looking to pitch anything, genuinely trying to understand how people solve this before they can afford a full team.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.

Early stage founders are spending $3–8K/month on marketing agencies. Or they’re doing it all manually and burning hours they don’t have.

What if an AI agent just… handled it? Ran your brand across LinkedIn, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram — in your voice, while you slept. You just approve what goes out.

No agency. No cloud. Runs local so nothing leaves your machine.

Would $300/year be a no-brainer or a hard pass? Genuinely curious where this community lands.

Last week I posted here about what I’m building. The messaging was off, so let me try again.

Here’s the reality: everyone knows they need to build a brand and generate leads. Social media is the highest-leverage channel for early-stage founders — a well-placed reply gets more attention than any ad. But most founders either don’t have the time or don’t know where to start. And showing up consistently isn’t optional — it’s what keeps your momentum going.

I also don’t think early-stage founders are going to hire a Marketing Agency. Honestly? I think the traditional agency model dies in the next 12 months.

So here’s what I'm building:

• A local Mac/Windows app — nothing leaves your machine
• It watches your competitors’ content, reads your GitHub repo, and suggests posts and replies based on what’s actually happening with your product
• You spend ~5 minutes a day approving what goes out. Full control, always
• Works with a local AI model (free to run), your own API key, or our managed option
• No cloud, no data sharing, no subscription to yet another SaaS

I’m very close to shipping the first version. Would love brutal feedback — what would make you actually use this, and what would make you never touch it?

More details + link in the comments.

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If you are not familiar with Easy Summaries Chrome Extension, it's for summarizing visible content in any site (youtube, blogs, news articles, pdfs etc). I have 400+ users so far.

I built this not because I don't believe in reading long form content, but it's to ensure you are reading the RIGHT content.

Personally, I have been burnt by some articles that could have been a one liner. Like "Apple launching a new foldable iPhone" and then when you actually read it, the conclusion is something like "Apple is planning to launch something in 2027 and it's still a rumour". Annoying clickbaits.

Now, you can customize how you want the summary to look like and what specific Keywords you would generally look for.

In this GIF below, I am navigating to the "Persona" settings, choosing "Student/Researcher", and making changes to the instructions on how I want the summary to look like.

Fully customizable!

Coming soon to easy summaries. Give it a try here: Easy Summaries

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