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Creating a LinkedIn Killer with Jeremy Chatelaine
      
        April 08, 2021
      
      
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Nuggets:
- The competitor software you create for early adopters may appeal by solving a specific complaint they have about the dominant solution. Later other’s will join just to join the crowd.
 
Action Steps:
- Investigate why people log in to LinkedIn; prioritize those functions in the new platform
 - Conversely, research what are the biggest complaints people have about LinkedIn
 - Research economics of Steemit
 - Choose a niche hungry for connection
 - Experiment with the incentive structure and pivot as necessary
 
Links:
Jeremy Chatelaine a software developer that quit his job in 2014 and started his own successful SaaS business from scratch. That platform is QuickMail.io, a 7 figure business and a leading platform for cold email automation today.
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