Building, Community, Gen Z 🏗️

👋 Welcome!

We kick off with a brilliant and very honest post by Alex West, who shares his story and insights from how we went from no idea to $2k MRR in six months. Alex had been working on a number of side projects during University, but none had led to financial success. After starting a job in Milan in January, he realised the 9-5 life was not for him. But he needed a plan. His approach was shaped by 3 books, The Alchemist, Atomic Habits and Millionaire Fastlane as well as the insights he was gaining at work. Alex goes on to explain how he made time to focus on his side-projects while working, how he found ideas, launching and all that followed. One useful insight I found was the value of Twitter as a distribution channel for his product. And he wasn’t using it to sell his product, he was just sharing his personal journey, lessons and milestones - he was being himself and building in public. Read the full story to learn more.

Alex West 🚀 @alexwestco

After all this time.. it's finally here! 🖤 A detailed blog post on how I went from no idea to $2k MRR inside six months. Moving abroad. Starting a full time job. Doubting. Failing. Finding Cyberleads. Launching it. Growing it. Basically everything. 👇 alexwest.co/two_and_a_half…

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🚀 Maker News

Community Creators

Makerpad is offering a free deep-dive on how to run a NoCode low-cost membership community or creator business using tools such as Notion, Gumroad, Memberspace, Circle and Super. Read the full thread or go to the deep-dive.

Makerpad @makerpad

🚀 Deep-Dive Launch! "The Community Creator" mpad.co/deep-dive How to run a low-cost membership community or creator business with Circle, Memberspace, Gumroad, Notion & Super We show you how to build this in 1 day with free setup, & less than $900/yr to run. ⬇️ 1/

mpad.coThe Community Creator - How to run a low-cost membership community or creator business with Circle, Memberspace, Gumroad, Notion & Super.soThe Community Creator - How to run a low-cost membership community or creator business with Circle, Memberspace, Gumroad, Notion & Super.so

AMA with Courtland Allen

This is a great AMA by Pioneer with Courtland Allen from Indie Hackers, offering some great insights and tips for all aspiring Makers or NoCoders. Watch here.

Pioneer @pioneerdotapp

Tune in for a Pioneer AMA with @IndieHackers founder @csallen!

periscope.tvPioneer @pioneerdotappAMA with Courtland Allen, Founder of IndieHackers

Gen Z Report

Tiffany Zhong from Zebra IQ shares the findings from their latest Gen Z Report, highlighting the most important cultural trends and shifts from the last 12 months. Read the full thread or get the report here.

TIFFANY ZHONG @TZhongg

Today's finally the day!!! Our annual State of Gen Z Report is live. You'll learn everything you need to know about Gen Z in our 116 page report below. Bonus: You'll also learn how leading consumer executives think about Gen Z & the future. 👉 Report: zebraiq.com/report

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💭 Afterthought

To finish the day, Exploding Topics lists the 21 fastest-growing SEO Tools and methodologies. This contains some useful resources for anyone who wants to expand their SEO knowledge and optimise their website. Read the full thread.

Exploding Topics @explodingtopics

21 Fastest-Growing SEO Tools (sorted by 12-month search growth) THREAD:

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