Julia Shtogren

I remember the era when people on X started gossiping that this platform is dead. (IMO, they were just angry that some rules had changed and they weren't featured.)

I can speak for myself that, being here for more than 3 years, I have had many opportunities:

• got free access to many tools or were sent physical products

• had calls and touch with the members of the community and also the internal team, including the CEO

• was encouraged to create a hackathon (last year)

• recongition

• there were also many missed opportunities from my side to hunt products

• featuring in newsletter with 140k+ recipients strengthening my personal brand position

When you build many products based only on a feeling, you eventually realise that the majority of them won t work.

Sometimes it s because the distribution wasn t good enough. Other times, the product itself wasn t good, or people simply didn t need it.

I've always struggled with promoting my own work. It always felt a little awkward because I grew up in an environment where drawing attention to yourself wasn't really encouraged.

That's not exactly ideal when you're trying to build a business, and even less so when marketing is literally how you make a living. :D