Hi there 👋 I'm Elizabeth co-founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund. AMA

@ehsanullah_baig Unfortunately, this isn't something that I can answer. This has to be founder-driven based on your own customer development and talking w/ your own customers / users. I think in most other models I've seen of marketplaces, they charge a % in between, so perhaps that's a model to explore. But you can explore all kinds of models -- SaaS model for power users. Or maybe your own token if you make this app decentralized. Regardless, I would message 20 of your customers and call them to learn why they picked your app, what they hoped to succeed with it, and learn about their willingness to pay (and in what way). Just my $0.02.

@britt_joiner A lot of our companies do launch on PH! (not all of them -- a lot of B2B companies selling to old-school industries probably wouldn't find much traction here). I think if you're going to launch on PH, it has to be a coordinated effort. You can't just post here and expect people to upvote. It's has to be an all-out campaign.

@elizabeth_yin1 makes sense! thanks for the response!

@elizabeth_yin1 What would you say drives a successful campaign here on PH?

@jimbomorrison I think 2 things are impt. Founding team and more importantly market pull. In 3-6 months, you can learn a lot about the founding team. Do they execute with speed? Can they hire well / attract talent / do ppl want to work for them? Can they learn new skills? Are they focused on 1-2 things? etc. But you can't always learn about whether the idea has market pull. It may require a lot more learnings and pivots along the way which could even take years. Market pull is a combination of understanding why customers buy? If the problem is really dire / urgent to warrant this solution? And if there is a seemingly repeatable channel to get more of that customer.

@elizabeth_yin1 Fascinating, thanks Elizabeth. Really appreciate you taking the time to come back to me. Best of luck with the fund! 🚀

@aleksdahlberg I basically take guesses on whether the idea will have market pull in the long run. More here on how I make that guess: https://twitter.com/dunkhippo33/... We invest at pre-seed, so there's rarely a situation where we will say no and re-evaluate and invest a few months later. My guess could just be completely wrong (and often is) and I won't know for years. That said, from time to time, we may change our mind a few months later if there's been strong uptake in customers, and if we were already on the fence about whether there could be market pull the first time we evaluated it.

@elizabeth_yin1 Awesome thread thanks a lot!

@predictiveblack Thank you!

@vingar thank you Vinish!

@jpmontgo Thank you!

@bradley_miles_ This is a big topic and probably not one I can do justice to here! :) That said, I think it's impt to schedule time to rest + reflect to help with mental health (and burnout). I believe that founders should take (most) weekends off (obviously there will always be sprints). Cut back a LOT to focus on just 1-2 that matter. And also schedule in time to rest at least 1 week per qtr. It doesn't have to be a fancy vacation. Just time to think about other things and decompress. I think this helps a lot with mental health. When people are exhausted, they don't have the fortitude to overcome challenges. (This is also why depression is linked w/ lack of sleep). I'm no therapist, and I realize that all of what I just wrote above is tough to do, but I do think if founders add it to their calendar, it will force ppl to do it -- just like any other meeting.

@sonu_kalwar4 Cool!