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πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» CodeFa.st $124K/m ⚑️ ShipFa.st $29K/m 🍜 IndiePa.ge $3.6K/m πŸ“ˆ DataFa.st $1K/m πŸͺ· Zenvoice.io $1K/m 🌱 HabitsGarden.com $0/m +18 more http://marclou.com
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I just shipped Viral Alerts for DataFa.st β†’ If your site has 20+ unique visitors in the last 10 minutes β†’ And traffic last 10 minutes > 5x average traffic last 60 minutes β†’ Then send an email It's currently in beta to test. I'd love your thoughts.

Find a product where marketing is obvious. You don't need to "think" about how to sell; it comes naturally. This is how you leverage your natural skills and 10x the chance of building a profitable startup.

If you told me 2 years ago that I’d make $500,000+ from people who barely spent an hour on my site, I’d have laughed. But here we are. Just keep shipping.

How to make $100,000... ...as an employee: 1. Find a $9,000/month job 2. Work for 12 months 3. Don't get fired. ...as an entrepreneur: 1. Build a $3,000/month product 2. Sell. Wealth isn’t about salary but ownership.

I finally migrated DataFast's database to TinyBird and... HOLY SHIT IT'S F FAST! In the video, it takes ~1 second to fetch and display 100,000 pageviews. It would take ~1.5 seconds for 12 months of data (1M+ pageviews). If you're a DataFast user, you can now enjoy much faster analytics.

Why startup founders fail: 1. Build something nobody wants 2. Don’t know how to get customers 3. Give up too early And how to fix it: β€’ Build one feature β€’ Ship fast β€’ Kill faster

ChatGPT is now sending significant traffic to my little startup. At $3.34 revenue per visitor, it's also one of the top converting marketing channels.

I made $61,544 in May 2025. πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» CodeFast β€” $34.9K ⚑️ ShipFast β€” $19.3K πŸ“ˆ DataFast β€” $3.3K πŸ₯ Twitter β€” $1.5K 🍜 Indie Page β€” $870 πŸ’¨ Zenvoice β€” $463 πŸš€ LaunchViral β€” $387 🎞️ YouTube β€” $352 πŸ›‘οΈ ByeDispute β€” $227 🌱 HabitsGarden β€” $134 πŸ’© PoopUp β€” $92 πŸ“š WorkbookPDF β€” $19

TikTok gave us ADHD. AI made us bipolar.

A startup headquarters in 2025.

Being a startup founder is fun until: β€’ customer initiates a chargeback β€’ you realize you shipped a bug… 3 weeks ago β€’ wifi dies β€’ one update breaks 17 dependencies β€’ someone asks β€œso… what’s your job again?” β€’ and now you have to write documentation πŸ’€

I've just released a new SEO module on CodeFa.st! 🀨 SEO 101 πŸ•·οΈ Crawling πŸ”Ž Indexing πŸ₯‡ Ranking If you're new to SEO and planning to launch your startup, this is for you!

According to my fitness tracker, I now qualify for posting "I sold my startup for millions as a teenager."

Forget about: - GDPR - Clean code - A/B testing - User feedback - Dot-com domain - Professional logo - Optimized legal setup None of the above matters until you've found people begging to give you money (aka. Product Market Fit)

Today: <slept 8hrs 12min> - 20 min walk w/ wife - reading ($100M Leads by @AlexHormozi) - 1 hour Hyrox - 20 min sauna - bN phone and check socials - light dinner, walk at the beach, stretch Tomorrow, same.

I spent the last 48 hours improving the onboarding flow for my SaaS. πŸ‘‹ Added an onboarding popup with key features (only) πŸ“§ Set up email drip sequence with @resend ✏️ Wrote a bunch of docs for SEO & LLMs The goal is to get the most users from signup β†’ "HAHA".

POV building a portfolio of small startups

I love YouTube's viewers heatmap, so I made the same for my startups: This one is CodeFast's purchases over days and time. It checks when a Stripe checkout is completed. Available for all DataFa.st users with revenue attribution (press "I").

I just set up @crisp_im for my startup and I get 7x more requests than a typical email "support" button. This is gold if you're building a product where users return daily. The chat box is hidden from the landing page to avoid spam.

Today, do hard things: - Say "no" - Hit the gym - Do marketing - Take the stairs - Eat cauliflower - Build something - Go to bed on time - Keep the phone off Tomorrow will be 1% better. Next year will be 3,778% better.

Growing a SaaS to $1M valuation: βœ… 13% completed

If you ever want to quit

POV doing customer support for my little startup

I just tried these magnetic nose strips, and it's SO good. The difference with regular nose patches: + opens nostrils way more + less contact with the skin

If explaining your startup idea takes a minute, it's probably not a good idea. β€’ Airbnb: rent a stranger’s home instead of a hotel β€’ Uber: tap a button, get a ride β€’ Stripe: accept payments online with a few lines of code Good ideas are simple, clear, and instantly make you go "that makes sense".

Entrepreneurship mindfuck: It took me 7 years to make $1M It took me 0.7 year to make $2M Don't give up.

I moved the startup office to Hossegor, France πŸ‡«πŸ‡· It's been a few days, and we love it. It has the vibes of Canggu, Bali. Young and good-looking people everywhe ++ It's France, so the food is delicious (of course).

I just sent this to my wife

A credit card. That's all you need to validate your startup idea. - Stop looking for feedback - Stop doing market research - Stop thinking whether it's a good idea The market will decide. Just shit it.

I added these features to DataFa.st in the last 3 months: πŸ”— API 🧩 Widgets 🌍 Live visitors 🀝 Team members πŸ“’ Real-time event πŸ” Renewal revenue πŸ”€ Reorder websites 🌟 Public dashboard 🧠 Revenue prediction πŸ”Ž SEO revenue attribution Ship fast or die trying.

.gitignore IRL /life/ β€· morning.clock β€· your_phone_before_4pm.js /food/ β€·*.alcohol β€· *.sugar /people/ β€· /haters β€· /pessimistics /fears/  ‷ what_if_i_fail.txt β€· imaginary_critics.json  ‷ delay_until_ready.html Don’t let junk files write your story.

- reading BSKY - listening to customers - building stuff - going for walks - 8 hours of sleep that's how you get unlimited startup ideas

Tell me you’re rich without telling me (dev edition)

I see my French friends using Mouse Jigglers to pretend they're working when they're not. That’s what happens when companies make work so pointless you need circus tricks to look productive.

Now you don’t have to share your password with your cofounder, intern, or your dog. ✨ Invite your team to DataFa.st ✨ Live now!

Most startup founders stop at step #3: 1. Build something 2. Market it 3. Build something else Winners loop forever until it works.

Growing a SaaS to $1M valuation: βœ… 12% completed

I just added filters to DataFast real-time map 🌍

You don’t lose if you don’t quit.

The only productivity hack is putting this damn phone away .