Filling out the YC application and it's crazy to see how much @KoboFxApp has grown in the last year.

What started as a small side project now has thousands of users each month.

The craziest part is how the WhatsApp bot grew organically...😜😜.

We move.

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Founders:

I need to raise seed money from investors.

Also Founders:

I have only sent 2 pitch decks.

Founders in their bio:

Back in the day they were all rejecting me.

Nah G, you literally only sent 2 applications and gave up.

Founders = me.

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Me when investors ask how is this FinTech connected to AI.
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I heard that the whole reason to start a company is valuation, not solving people's problems.
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I'm asking for a friend....👀👀👀
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I heard that if I substitute the word "database" with "crypto" in my pitch deck my pre-seed valuation will 4X.
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I'm asking for a friend...👀👀👀
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I don't know how you can say ur a VC and ur website does not have a "pitch us" button.

Are you in "portfolio advertising" or actual investing?

Again, asking for a friend....👀👀👀.

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I heard if I add "AI" to my domain name the pre-seed valuation doubles.
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I'm asking for a friend.....👀👀👀

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The new landing page for @KoboFxApp has the funniest headline copy I ever wrote.

If you are a 🇳🇬 immigrant who sends money back home often you get the joke...😂😂😂

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Same advantage you get using Compose UI to write the android app.

The final bundle size is 11MB.

There are a few more libraries I accidentally added to the Android app which might explains the larger bundle size..😬

The Ex Perf Engineer in me is proud...😇😇

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One upside of writing native code in Swift UI is the final bundle size.

The final bundle size for @KoboFxApp's

iOS App is 7.2MB

People living in the west don't really care,

But most 🇳🇬 are very sensitive to bundle sizes because data is pricey.

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Coming Soon @KoboFxApp on chromium.
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Sent my first "email" pitch deck....🚀

Unpopular opinion:

Typeform is a terrible user experience for anything outside of "True" / "False" answers.

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- iPhone app Launched ✅
- Android app Launched ✅
- Bots launched ✅
- Currently raising pre-seed money for @KoboFxApp 🚀

Mentally ready for all the rejections ahead...😎

The next few months should be fun.

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Thanks to everyone who filled the feedback form.

Reviews like these keep us moving...💪🏾

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Being a founder is really lonely.

You spend a lot of time in ur head wondering if anyone even cares.

90% of the time people think you are crazy.

Working on the redesign for @KoboFxApp I got a chance to actually read the reviews from folks who used the bot.

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Added a scrolling marquee to the landing page.

Not sure how I feel about it, It might not make it to production.

Also switched the word "exchange" for "Afọ"

In Igbo tradition there are 4 market days; nkwọ, eke, orie & afọ

"Afọ" is the 4th market day.

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Working on the new landing page for @KoboFxApp.

Does anyone know how you say "exchange" in Yoruba?

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TIL that you need to add 'muted' to videos to have them play automatically in Chrome and Firefox.

I've had a bug in the last few months where the video demo on
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Fixing this in the new landing page.

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I reconnected with a cousin I haven't spoken to in years.

I passively mentioned @KoboFxApp.

Dude took it on himself to share a WhatsApp status update asking everyone he knows to try us out.

I got 50 signups from that.

That's the exact energy I need in 2023

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Distribution of #kobofxapp users on mobile.

There are still a bunch of bugs on android I haven't addressed yet.

It's gonna be a busy week....😎😎

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