Mark Trowbridge GCTL

Mark Trowbridge GCTL

Technologist | CEO | Founder | Investor

About

International Speaker, Mentor, Small Business advocate, Technology pundit, Entrepreneur - love living life to the full and supporting the underdog! Currently Founder of CONXION Group and CEO of Pigeon Link

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Maker History

  • Pigeon Link
    Pigeon LinkAI powered, global communication app - zero data retention
    Jun 2026
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    Joined Product HuntNovember 10th, 2023

Forums

23h ago

How do you, either as an individual or as a company, deal with "aging" phenomenon?

To me, the simplest answer seems to be building your own business so you don't have to worry whether you'll still be employable at 50 or 55.

But let me use my own country as an example:

16d ago

If you're building a consumer app, what does your retention look like?

WhatsApp is posting numbers that no other app comes close to. It leads the world in addictiveness at 87% DAU/MAU and stickiness at 86% month-one retention, all while having 2.7B monthly users, the most of any non-preinstalled app.

A new Sensor Tower breakdown of the top 25 apps by these metrics reveals some surprising patterns. There are now 15 apps with over a billion users, and Google and Meta own 12 of them between them.

LinkedInp/linkedin

22d ago

I’m planning to launch my first MVP soon – a LinkedIn plugin. What would you recommend I focus on?

For the past 3 months, I ve been building a LinkedIn extension that tracks activity and helps users avoid getting restricted or flagged by LinkedIn by quantifying their actions over time.

It s based on a problem I ve experienced myself, and (as bad as this might sound) I m hoping I m not the only one who has this problem.

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