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A founder showed me their funnel: 1,200 visits, 12 signups. SPF was misconfigured, DKIM was missing. Verification emails landing in spam. The real conversion was 8%, not 1% — six months of growth lost to a missing DNS record…
Read on journalHiring a freelancer doesn't give you a team — it gives you a project manager job. Three failure modes nobody talks about. Plus the math on why a "cheap" freelancer costs more than a retainer at month four…
Read on journalFounders who built quietly hit 2× the conversion at launch vs founders who tweeted every step. Audiences don't buy from people they've already paid for entertainment. What to do instead…
Read on journalThree things you won't get from us — because every founder inbox is already full of them.
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