How to Waste money as a founder in 9 ways: #Part-1
❌Buy Paid Ads: Build a Product>Pay Ads>Get Users
These only work if you have organic reach & PMF(Product-Market-Fit
Remember Paid Ads necessarily don't bring Paid Users
❌ Collaborate Paid Infl
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Anonymous 1
Hey I am on Medial • 7m
Totally agree on paid ads being a waste if you don't have PMF. Too many startups throw money at ads thinking they'll get traction, but end up with users who don’t stick around. You need a solid product first
Do a startup making incense sticks/cones from waste flowers would work in urban Markets?
Considering the end product is 3-5x more expensive than the established incense stick manufacturers ?
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Adithya Pappala
Zero Fund-VC|Launchi... • 7m
How to Waste money as a founder in 9 ways: #Part-1
❌Buy Paid Ads: Build a Product>Pay Ads>Get Users
These only work if you have organic reach & PMF(Product-Market-Fit
Remember Paid Ads necessarily don't bring Paid Users
❌ Collaborate Paid Infl
In 2022, I took my first steps into the waste management sector, starting small in Kerala. What began as a local initiative soon expanded across South India, driven by a clear vision and a strong commitment to sustainable practices. Within just two y
Framework: Funding + Hiring = GTM Insight(to understand a startup’s next strategic moves)
Every funding round is a signal
Seed/Pre-Seed - Finding PMF
Series A - Building early GTM (sales/growth hires)
Series B+ - Doubling down on what works: scalin
Your ad account deserves better than Freepik.
You’re not running a hobby page.
You’re running paid campaigns.
You need ads that SELL — not pretty placeholders.
This isn’t Shutterstock.
This isn’t Envato.
This isn’t “aesthetic” garbage that gets sc
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Nawal
Entrepreneur | Build... • 1m
Tinder didn’t grow with ads. It grew with parties 🔥 🎉 🥳
When Tinder launched in 2012, nobody cared.
Dating apps weren’t cool yet.
People felt awkward about being seen on one.
Tinder needed users. Lots of them. Fast.
So, what did they do?
They
We launched the artists discovery platform last month and now we have 50+ artists from 9 states now, goal is 2000 by end of the year. Totally positive feedback from responses and users, but we still need to work on our GTM strategies and marketing. H
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Rohith R
I help businesses to... • 2m
How do google ads work?
You are a landlord. You decided to rent a piece of land. You have 2 persons who are interested in buying the land.
Person A agrees to pay 25,000 Rent per month, But something about him is off. He is pretty sketchy with his
90s Kids out there,
Do you remember these ads,
"Washing powder nirma"🕺
Fevicol's egg and chicken ad😂
Amul butter ads😋 and lot more...
You see most of the millennials and boomers loves those 80s and 90s ads showed on tv and still watches them
Currently, i'm graduated student with no job in hand. I completed my B. Tech in IT. And also, i'm a Diploma holder in ECE. I used to have core passion in Semiconductor's especially in Chip designing. Later after joining B. Tech, my interest slowly s