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Just wanted to share my ordeal as a first-time tech founder with fellow people who are questioning whether they have the right co-founder or not: Attempt 1: Time to 100K ARR: 2+ years and still did not make it Same idea and customer segment, but gave it another shot Attempt 2 with a different co-founder: Time to 100K ARR: 59 days 😅 I know this is early days, and not technically "ARR". But man, I felt so much guilt in the first two years that I was missing something as a young builder, which is why we failed in our first attempt. When I met the new guy, he thought I had all the right tech pieces in place and just needed a better GTM strategy and a sales plan. He has definitely been right so far. Main difference I have seen: My new co-founder is way more hands-on with the product (he knows what he is selling), spends a lot of time with me building a pitch around what we have, talks to potential customers a lot more (is on calls all day), and then decides what we need to build (no random building or pivots). We have a well-structured and fast-paced 30-60 day plan in place, yet are not hesitant to pivot/add features if our prospects are asking for the same. He also has a great network of people in this space, which definitely helps us get good intros. All this has made a whole lot of difference for me as the tech/product person and kept morale super high. So yeah, choose your co-founder wisely: Someone who is not forcing you to build blindly without any data points, talks to potential customers way more than an average founder, is mindful of the technical constraints of building a SaaS and scopes his GTM accordingly, and hopefully has a good network in your customer segment. On to $1M ARR!   submitted by   /u/night-lamp-symbol [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/9/22 11:05:05