joshpitzalis

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Hey,

So I’m the co-founder of Chirr App, a tool that helps people compose and schedule Twitter threads.

Previously, I worked as a consultant. My focus was on helping SaaS companies improve their user retention metrics.

At some point, I began using Chirr App to write Twitter threads. I don’t remember how I found it but I loved it. I reached out to the founder, Sasha, and shared my appreciation.

We stayed in touch.

I had thoughts and feedback on the product. He was receptive to my suggestions. Together we ended up setting up a pipeline for doing customer interviews, something he wasn't too comfortable with. We also got some AB testing infrastructure set up so that we could run basic server side experiments, which was all new to the project. I wasn't throwing out quick tips or anything, we got into it.

I treated this work as a side project/case study. I had a full time job so I wasn't pouring loads of time into it or anything. This was all stuff I knew how to do anyway, so I was just sharing how to do it and helping get it set up.

I think it helps that I genuinely enjoy this kind of work. I wasn't expecting anything out of the interaction, nor was I looking for a co-founder or project. All I asked for is that he recommend me if other startups or founders wanted help with this stuff. Other than that, I was a paid user and it was a genuinely enjoyable relationship.

About a year later he asked if I’d like to join the project as a co-founder.

I enjoy consulting, it pays well, but I was beginning to want a project of my own to sink my teeth into. Working on other people products for months, pouring yourself into the work, helping them grow, and then suddenly leaving started to become emotionally traumatic in some small way.

Sasha is an open-source developer for whom I have the utmost respect. We’d casually worked together for a year, and I thoroughly enjoyed working with him. Joining Chirr App was a no-brainer.

We now work on Chirr App full-time. We’re a tiny bootstrapped team of 3 and we’re working hard to build a tool that helps people get the most out of Twitter.

I don't have a recipe for you or anything. It wasn't something either of us planned. Having casually worked together for a year was a huge factor in my decision. I've been in several partnerships before, some of them ended well, others were a shit show.

Both of us genuinely wanted to work on the project, which was cool. If you want to try and reverse engineer this, make sure you find a product you love. I also think that having skills that are useful to the project/partnership and then being able to actually demonstrate them were both key factors that de-risked the decision for both us.

Happy to answer more question if it helps.

We're any of the courses you took worth recommending?

What kind of stuff are you searching for? If it's as crap as you say it is, doesn't this just mean there's a massive opportunity to create some genuinely useful content around the stuff you're talking about?

Author here. Happy to answer any questions about the post and all feedback is welcome and appreciated.

Author here. Happy to answer any questions about the post and all feedback is welcome and appreciated.

My approach at the moment is to work on two projects at once. I try and spend about 4 hours on one project and then 2 hours on the other. Then I alternate each day. This doesn't always work so some weeks I'll just dedicate entire days to one project and then other days to the other. It's a pretty good approach because it means I always have paid work. As soon as one project is finished I spend that time looking for new work. I usually find my next project before the second one ends so there is always overlap. The downside is that I prefer to focus on one thing and dig into it. I can't really do that with my approach. If I did then there would be gaps where I am looking for work between projects. The other downside is that I don't work as fast as other people. I always quote longer deadlines because I know I have to account for working on both projects. I'm interested to know how other people handle their workflow. I'd love a better approach. How many projects do you take on at once and how do you handle your workflow?

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