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Day 6, 1 hr after tweet

FLR: 50
IMP: 13
LK: 0
RT: 0
CM: 0

- First Saturday release
- iterated design, but tomorrow will have much bigger changes
- will start asking for likes + retweets
- test tweet thread Mon
- upcoming personal acct tweet thread on learnings

#buildinpublic
Wrote my first insights report today.

Tomorrow, I’m adding a score 😉

Iterating on this is fun.

#buildinpublic
Space Runners

Basketball-themed sneakers from @kylekuzma and @NickSwagyPYoung.

🌐 spacerunners.com
[CHIRPBIRDICON] @spacerunnersnft (55.2K)
discord.gg/f2XCAqjA4J (43K)

WL Mint: see Discord
Public Mint: Mid-December

Price: 5 SOL
Quantity: 10,000
@futurenftmints Day 3

FLR: 39
IMP: 17
LK: 0
RT: 0
CMT: 0
- Thread ⬆️ followers. Do weekly. twitter.com/elliotkoss/sta…
- Haven't shilled Discord yet
- Scheduling retweet from personal account that notifies mint times is helpful. May need to do this from @futurenftmints instead

#buildinpublic
I've reviewed 100+ NFT projects the last two weeks for @futurenftmints.

And I wrote down 15 marketing tactics that I've seen be effective.

Please share this w anyone launching an NFT mint.

FYI, a * means I minted / own the NFT.

1/17
@futurenftmints Day 2 tweet

- Followers: 23 (Day 1 was 15 or 16)
- Likes: 1 (not me)
- Retweets: 0
- Replies: 0
- Artwork made tweet look better
- 'shilled' the post in various Discords. Will do that again.
- NFT Marketing learnings tweet thread ready for tonight.

#buildinpublic
After first hour of today’s tweet for @futurenftmints I’ll post stats and thoughts

Day 1
- 1 like (me)
- 0 retweets
- 0 replies
- Dislike the discord link (I removed it when editing but seems Twitter will add it anyway).
- Adding artwork for all future tweets

#buildinpublic
@thisiskp_ Interesting. I’ve been editing video for 20+ years, and I’m setting up my first livestream tomorrow using @streamlabs (it’s a #buildinpublic side project).

I’ve only been planning this since last week, and I’m realizing there are a ton of benefits to sharpening this skillset.
New PluFin homepage design is coming together. It likely won't go live for a bit while I build out the next set of tools.

The design is a refresh of the homepage with more direct language + SEO describing PluFin and a (hopefully) better visual layout.

Thoughts?

#buildinpublic
As I find myself in a generally stable place, working with people I truly like, and with the ability to return to my original vision for PluFin, I've chosen to lean into a new path.

Exciting things on the horizon for PluFin.

#buildinpublic #failinpublic

elliotkoss.medium.com/march-and-q1-2…
Look.

We all screw up.

We all make mistakes.

But being open and honest about who you are and what you’re doing shouldn’t be discouraged.

Open dialogue is how progress is made (plus some healthy pushback).

I’m not defending anyone. Just the practice of #buildinpublic.
@OneBandwagonFan Disagree.

Build in Public is about transparency.

He outlined how they recruit. But it clearly had some gaps. Valid concerns many raised. Voices who aren’t in the room at his company.

Now that he’s aware, a smart leader would adjust.

That’s the true value of Build in Public.
With the Austin power outages, I got delayed. This is my first update in 2.5 weeks.

Just launched user rules and implicit rules. All under the hood, but super key to PluFin.com becoming the essential personal finance tool.

#buildinpublic

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@realdavidlobo @tombornal @Columbia_Biz @Wharton @beondeck I need to think about the structure.

The tech club asked me to teach some technical skills based on my #buildinpublic medium posts, so I’m covering Product + design (Figma) + basic Eng (HTML + CSS + JS)

I told them I want to also introduce No Code since I believe in its value.
@thisiskp_ if you have a min, I'd love to hear any thoughts on sharing this level of detail for #buildinpublic.

It's a mix of what I've built + why + hints at what's coming next.

Still working on the content. This is more for a #FinTech audience.

Feedback welcome.
I launched an improved feature for PluFin this weekend.

To be honest, it's one of those boring features that you never notice, but if it wasn't built, you'd never use the product.

Let me tell you a little more about the new way to categorize your transactions at PluFin.

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Any @Columbia_Biz alums working on No Code projects? I’m trying to play matchmaker so would love to connect.

#nocode #buildinpublic
Special thanks to the 87 new followers this year (so far), an 18% YoY gain.

47 of those follows occurred in the last 28 days when I was much more open about PluFin. Not a coincidence.

Slow progress is still progress. And I'm still writing to find my voice.

#BuildInPublic
Wireframe vs actual of the new PluFin.com Beta landing page.

Speed > perfection.

No need to spend time using Figma to wireframe when pen and paper work just fine (or iPad and Pencil). The end product is more important.

Iteration is key.

#BuildInPublic
Onboarding flowchart is mapped out. All the yellow parts are new pages or logic.

On to the wireframing.

I love using my iPad and Apple Pencil for this sort of thing. It’s so easy to make changes.

Anything you think I should change?

#buildinpublic
Last night, @NikkiElizDemere gave me some insightful feedback. They may not have realized how impactful it was for me (and it compounded this morning), but I wrote up a short Medium article highlighting the power of #buildinpublic.

Thank you Nichole!

elliotkoss.medium.com/one-benefit-of…
I published a new Medium post for @plutus_finances Sprint 3 #buildinpublic work.

It's grueling to keep grinding away part-time on something that's complex and nuanced. But it's an amazing feeling when what you built starts coming together.

Jan 1 launch

elliotkoss.medium.com/preparing-pluf…
This is timely.

In my upcoming sprint (#3 for PluFin #buildinpublic ), I’ll be focused on creating all of the launch day marketing materials from the launch email to the landing page to the automated tweets.

Being mindful of copy early will help as I juggle too many balls. twitter.com/Julian/status/…
“It’s been two sprints and I haven’t talked about the product. My focus for the last week and the week ahead is narrow: Make Payments and Bank Connections work.”

#BuildInPublic

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