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Building in public is also quite effective. By sharing what you're trying to achieve you'll naturally attract early adopters which are also very eager to give quality feedback on the new tools they try 🤓

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I don't disagree. It definitely works. As long as you're building where your ideal customer already lives.

Building in public, for the public, where the public is, is a shotgun approach on it's own. And early adopters can be great, but again, only if they are in your ideal customer profile.

If you don't know who your ideal customer is yet, build in public is fantastic. It'll help you figure that out.

If you do have a good idea of who that ICP is, build in public's effectiveness will be determined by the channel you're publishing on and if they're already there.

It may work, but make sure it's the best use of your time. "Build in public (where your customers are)" is a slight nuance I might suggest.

Too bad it's not easy on the eyes as a hashtag: #buildinpublicwhereyourcustomersare ;)

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It's an important distinction for sure. Not as sexy a hashtag though haha

I actually found my idea and PMF while building in public 🤓

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That's fantastic! It's a great discovery tool, for sure.

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