only 7 weeks left until the SF Ruby conference! come for the incredible speakers, stay for the confusing SF weather plus tickets get more expensive in 3 days, so now is the best time to join us luma.com/sfrubyconf20...

built a chrome extension that lets you virtually try on clothes w/ AI giving away all the code so you can build your own (or even productize it). stack: openai + replicate + simple file upload

Only THREE spots left in the next cohort of SaaS Marketing Gym. DM me for more info! Real life testimonial 👇 “I’ve done more work on this company since starting SaaS Marketing Gym than I have since I acquired the company in 2021/2022. I love everything” - SMG member Kevin Miller

hi hello reviving this lil account to tell you that COHORT 4 of saas marketing gym runs sept 2- nov 21! get on the waitlist: www.saasmarketinggym.com get your marketing sh*t together before thanksgiving so you can relax + coast into 2026 (we realize how insane it is to be saying that in august)

Pro tip if "engaging on LinkedIn" makes you want to hurl 🤢: Use the 3 Cs! - Commiseration ("Whew, been there before") - Congratulation (Amazing work!") - Curiosity ("What makes you say that?") (Don't worry, it'll start to feel natural after a while and no one will know you're not a Real Boy)

alright, upped my game today and built an MCP server to build outreach lists. Then I have another tool (same server) to enrich the data with Linkedin profiles so I can direct outreach to these people.

I built an MCP server to get Linkedin profiles from email address? Why? Because as soon as someone signs up for your site you should be connecting with them on Linkedin! (and mostly b/c it was fun)

Last month, I shut down the business I spent 3 years building. The entrepreneurship journey has been quite exciting—from winning six-figure deals to raising money to breaking up with a cofounder, I've experienced it all. Not sure what's next, but I'm confident I'll be starting something new soon!

the most interesting thing about telling the truth behind my startup journey on Startups for the Rest of Us is that people who appear incredibly successful online are coming out of the woodwork to tell me how much they are struggling.

Have you heard that Linkedin is the place to be but don't know how to get started? Quick tip -> let your Linkedin header tell your story.

Don't forget to repurpose that content you spent ages on bruh. 🔹 5 tweets/skeets (opinion, education, proof) 🔹 3-5 key points → LinkedIn carousel 🔹 Excerpt → newsletter 🔹 Summarized → podcast pitch (pssst this is literally what we teach you how to do at saasmarketinggym.com)

built our new website with React + Rails + Inertiajs just because I like to make my life complicated 😆 saasmarketinggym.com but look at those components tho (shadcn baby)

🤔 LinkedIn tip for SaaS founders: Before creating content, connect with your existing customers (b/c they're guaranteed to be your ICP). 1. Export customer emails 2. Enrich to find LinkedIn profiles 3. Send connection requests 🔥 Stop winging LinkedIn. Join the Gym: saasmarketinggym.com

new website - new spots open 🎉 The only personal coaching + live edit copywriting + you're guaranteed to laugh every day + daily accountability group out there for founders who are serious about growing their business. hit me up to learn more saasmarketinggym.com

If you're not listening to my series on Tiny Seed Tales you should go back to the beginning and listen! It's definitely the most entertaining season and it (unfortunately for me?) takes a lot of twists and turns. www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/epi...

low key obsessed with inertiajs + Rails + React. I built this Notion like UI in a day (and I don't know React or Typescript). Not even sure if I'm doing it right (am I supposed to redirect to the parent page if I'm just updating a component??) but it just works ™️

saasmarketinggym is outgrowing our homegrown Notion setup what's your favorite membership platform? our situation is a little weird b/c we don't offer courses, we offered personalized plans for each member + daily calls + monthly calls + shared resources

What's the "if it rains it pours" but for good things?

oh hey, a new @leenyburger.bsky.social TinySeed Tales episode is out 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

I think communities are the worst. Incentives aren't aligned. To make $$$ the creator must grow it, but big groups kill community. All that to say - we didn't intend to create a "community" with saasmarketinggym.com but it has become one of the best and most fun groups I've ever been a part of.

devs when they give their C-suite access to HelloQuery

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Just scheduled out 10 days worth of content (with videos). Descript -> clips -> spreadsheet -> Recurpost. Much easier than trying to remember to do a post a day. (psssst....these are the kind of processes we teach in saasmarketinggym.com)

hey #saas founders, if you're sitting and scrolling bluesky because that's as close to marketing your product as you want to get, join me and @leenyburger.bsky.social for a chill, no-pressure tour of saas marketing gym in 15 min! meet at gym.saasmarketinggym.com at 11AM CT ;)

unprompted testimonial for @saasmarketinggym.bsky.social we're signing up our next group of founders - DM me for an invite to the (no pressure) open house Monday to get all your questions answered!

and then there were 4 (4 spots left that is). Don't miss out!!!

Join successful founders like John to kick ass and take names in 2025 Only 5 spots left! 😲

A Linkedin hack I just shared with a friend to have more conversations with your ICP: Find a Linkedin influencer in your space and some of their viral posts. Scrape the list of people who commented on their post. Send personalized connect messages to the commenters (not the original poster).

coming soon - the SECOND cohort of saasmarketinggym.com is now open for enrollment! "SMG has been really helpful as a kick in the ass to take marketing seriously and make dedicated time for it."

Free startup idea -> Try on clothes with AI! Why? Because I hate shopping. 😜 Over the break I rebuilt this chrome extension for AI clothing try on using Replicate and Simple File Upload). Get the code here -> github.com/leenyburger/...

Sometimes I feel like I'm not progressing as fast as I'd like. Trying to build and grow a software business is the most intense professional roller coaster I've ever been on - interspersed with (equal?) moments of joy and existential dread.

me: up working at 5AM current status: guess I should change out of my pjs before my call 😆 also me: nah

are we still doing starter packs? Hit me up if you have founder starter packs!

Today's HelloQuery dev logs... [ ] Embedding with tenancy works beautifully! I had to change a model from a has_one to a has_many, so need to update all the tests (there are a lot of tests) I am experienced enough to *know* not to use has_one yet I do it anyway b/c I'm ALWAYS sure it will be fine 😆

Do I know any great Rails developers who have time to build tenant isolation on a mysql query next week? Context: Right now I use pg_query to break AI generated queries into ASTs and traverse the nodes to confirm the tenant_id is on every table, subquery, join, etc. I need the equivalent for mysql

when those marketing efforts start to pay off...

In today's HelloQuery dev logs we're working on: - [ ] Proper tenant scoping. I added acts_as_tenant but don't love it for my use case, so going to remove it - [ ] Add scoping to dashboards - [ ] Remove nav bar from embeddedUI

Okay, putting some afternoon goals here b/c the "post lunch slump + almost to the holidays is reallll" I have embedding working for HelloQuery! Next tasks: [ ] Scope permissions down further on dashboards, chats, and queries [ ] Add test for these permissions

Nothing like open AI going down for _checks watch_ 4 hours right after you sign up a customer to your $$$ plan.

🌶️ take -> in the "age of AI" people are going to be starved for more human connection, not less. Trying to replace humans with AI in any industry that is relationship based (real estate, sales) is a bad play.

nothing quite like breaking through technical hurdles to make you feel alive

that desire to JUST FINISH the technical thing you're working on before you call it a day on a Friday 😅

🛠️ Do you use ChatGPT to write SQL? here are some (non obvious tips) to get better SQL from AI tools: 1️⃣ less is more Keep the list of tables available short and focused. 2️⃣ but.....more is more Provide as much metadata as possible. Context like column names and table relationships helps a lot!

one of the unintended benefits of spending so much time with @punchlinecopy.com... my emails are getting better, funnier and a person I've been trying to respond to me FOREVER actually got back to me!

Really tempted to merge my two products, make an agentic workflow and take over the (business) world

If I were explaining HelloQuery to a 5-year-old, I’d do it like this: You need information to run your business. The information is only available in the Martian language. Your boss and customers don't want to learn Martian. HelloQuery translates from "normal people speak" to Martian.

If you're wondering why I'm so happy all the time it's because I literally say (out loud) to myself "wow i look so nice today" when I sign onto zoom 😂

If I had to sum up building a business in one phrase it would be: "It's the hope that kills you" where my Ted Lasso fans at???

(Fiction) book recommendations?