Solo Founders Cannot Market Their Products After Launch
Indie hackers and solo founders who successfully build and ship products consistently find that distribution and marketing is a separate skill set they lack. The gap between building competence and marketing competence is widening as more non-technical builders ship products via AI tooling. Existing marketing tools assume marketing expertise rather than teaching it.
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