Spencer Jones

1 appearance on the record.

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Everything Spencer Jones said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Jones: Being your product's primary user risks building solely for yourself
“The danger is that you are facing a problem and either you're the only one who faces that problem or the solution that you build. You're the only one who wants a solution like that. So you really have to balance building something for yourself with validation …”
Spencer Jones May 20, 2021 ▶ 10:48 Developer side project gets first 80 customers, $6k in ARR, how'd he do it?
Opinion
Jones: Developers are not the ideal persona for frequent tweeting
“Developers aren't necessarily the persona that you would attach to tweeting a lot.”
Spencer Jones May 20, 2021 ▶ 2:32 Developer side project gets first 80 customers, $6k in ARR, how'd he do it?
Disclosure
Jones needs $15,000 MRR before taking his side project full-time
“I think it's going to be a while. We live in a fairly expensive area. I've got a wife and two kids. So Yeah, I mean, in the 15,000 MRR range.”
Spencer Jones May 20, 2021 ▶ 13:23 Developer side project gets first 80 customers, $6k in ARR, how'd he do it?
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Jones spent 18 months building a prior product that made zero revenue
“My last product, I spent 18 months building, like I said, zero revenue.”
Spencer Jones May 20, 2021 ▶ 1:56 Developer side project gets first 80 customers, $6k in ARR, how'd he do it?
Disclosure
Jones confirms he is a solo founder running Chime Social
“I do everything. Yeah.”
Spencer Jones May 20, 2021 ▶ 3:50 Developer side project gets first 80 customers, $6k in ARR, how'd he do it?
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Jones: Chime Social has 70 to 80 paying customers
“Last I checked, it's somewhere around 70 or 80.”
Spencer Jones May 20, 2021 ▶ 3:59 Developer side project gets first 80 customers, $6k in ARR, how'd he do it?
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Jones: Chime Social generates just under $500 in MRR
“It's just under 500, so.”
Spencer Jones May 20, 2021 ▶ 5:49 Developer side project gets first 80 customers, $6k in ARR, how'd he do it?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jones: Twitter is Chime Social's only customer acquisition channel
“Twitter right now is my only channel, which kind of makes sense because it's a Twitter scheduling and analytics tool, so I want to find people on Twitter.”
Spencer Jones May 20, 2021 ▶ 6:31 Developer side project gets first 80 customers, $6k in ARR, how'd he do it?

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Developer side project gets first 80 customers, $6k in ARR, how'd he do it? May 20, 2021 8m
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