julianpaul.me/blog/founder-mode-for-ios-mac

Last Friday coffee with the fattest espresso crema you have ever seen. ☕️

If you want to stand out in your business niche, you need to be perceived as the fastest time to value. 

Speed is an entrepreneur's best friend.

» Amplify the difference. «

Would love to get some feedback on the early.tools one-pager. 👀 It's a place to discover waitlist, alpha & beta releases – what could be done better?

What’s a waitlisted product you recently came across and can’t wait to open up? 🤘

Last week, I built member-only early.tools submissions because the demand to list is rising. 📈

If your product is a waitlist, alpha, or beta release, use code TAKE25 to get -25% off all plans.

You can already show deals to up your traffic.

Submit → early.tools/members/submit

Probably one of my favorite things right now... detail expands on every early.tools listing. 👀 Less is more, but when you want more, you're covered – wdyt?

A lil snippet from The Creative Act: A Way of Being. ✧

Luxury is really misunderstood... It's all about:  

emotional benefit > functional benefit.

‣ Who do you aspire to be?
‣ What aligns with your values?
‣ How do you want to get noticed?

This benefit game is so different from selling on competitive advantages…

So early.tools just got its first sponsor. 🤘 And what a perfect fit LaunchList is…

Cheeky update for early.tools with the introduction of an archive – once a tool is not a waitlist, alpha, or beta release, it moves into the archive. 🗃️ 

Gallery launching on the app store after a TestFlight phase is the latest example. 👀

I am falling more and more in love with SwiftUI these days. It's like a movement defined by simplicity.

I am a ruthless user of iOS focus mode from Mon-Fri, 9-7. Interestingly it coincides with Paul Graham’s Founder Mode.

I wrote about how I apply it here: julianpaul.me/blog/founder-mode-for-ios-mac

Just the coolest collection of sound hardware in the smallest space imaginable. 🔮

The internet is a cozy place. 💭 don’t forget to shape your own little corner — your way.

UI card design for founders.menu. 👀 Any feedback regarding layout or business? Personally love the greyscale, but it might do well with a splash of color.

I’ve come to realize that any level of startup success you’ll have depends on your ability to be wrong. Hundreds. Thousands of times.

» Wrong teaches right. «

Learn to grow.

I love seeing LinkedIn profiles with a founder committing 10+ years to the same thing. 🤯

The sheer grit that’s needed…

Has my utmost respect.

Just looked at the past 30 days on early.tools and we are getting there – slowly, but steadily building traffic. 🚀

Waiting for success to happen to you? 

» Make sure you happen to it instead. «

Dont do it for the money, status or fame.

Those don’t remain.

Do it for the person you need to become in the process.

Your character remains.

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