Startups

Thoughts about building a startup from a startup founder who’s still figuring things out themselves. I’ve been building my own micro-startups and helping venture backed teams scale their tech teams.

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Anthony Castrio

Nov 24, 2022

The Black Friday Anti-Sale

Instead of offering a discount to join my community for Indie Hackers I use the end of the year as an opportunity to raise our prices.

Anthony Castrio

Aug 20, 2022

You don’t need a landing page.

Landing pages are great once you know your customers. Yes, build a website, but it doesn't need to be your first step.

Sales Marketing

Anthony Castrio

Jun 4, 2022

How to sell

Sales is not a dirty word unless you’re a slimy salesperson. Good sales isn’t slimy. Good sales is about helping people solve their problems.

Sales

Achieve Day-One Productivity for New Engineers

Anthony Castrio

Apr 25, 2022

Achieve Day-One Productivity for New Engineers

Onboarding is one of your most important jobs as an engineering manager. If you get it right, day-one productivity is very possible.

Software Engineering

How Solo-Founders Outperform Venture-Backed Teams

Anthony Castrio

Apr 25, 2022

How Solo-Founders Outperform Venture-Backed Teams

When the designer, product manager, and developer all live in one brain — decisions can be made at the speed of thought.

Software Engineering

Thanks for reading 👋🏻

I’m also tweeting at @AnthonyCastrio and running a community for bootstrapped founders at Indie Worldwide where I make curated introductions between founders based on their revenue and goals.

See you there,

Anthony