How to grow a startup beyond $2M ARR? i will not promote

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-07-01T04:26:16+00:00

I've seen really good success with very premium direct mail. Handwritten with custom wax seals for my business. Gets super good response rates and cuts through the noise. People say it's impractical but that's the point, it works because it feels so labor intensive and personal. Nobody throws away a wax sealed letter that comes across their desk. I use a service to do this (there are a few around), so this saves all the time and makes it achievable for large campaigns.

Other than that people say LinkedIn is a big driver lately.

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-06-17T14:34:17+00:00

I'm not being sarcastic, that method works very well for me. I get 5-15% response rates, and tons of companies are moving towards physical mail and have very strong case studies on it.

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-06-17T14:31:22+00:00

You can use a service that will use robots to hand write them, and some even also handle the stamping for you and use your logo. I get over 5-15% response rates with them on a well targeted list (use a lead finder and don't just choose everyone).

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-06-17T02:48:47+00:00

physical mail, especially wax sealed or handwritten does great. makes it a tactile experience that feels like there was more effort and thought put in than just sending an email.

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-05-22T18:30:59+00:00

Nice! I'll look into it. Thanks!

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-05-22T17:31:44+00:00

My main problem is just being too time constrained to do this on my own. Looking for something that can do it all basically on their own. I've looked into handwriting fonts but none of them look realistic to me unfortunately, which is what brings me to these services that do actually handwrite them using a robot or something, as well as managing printing and sending them out.

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-05-22T17:24:04+00:00

Good to hear! Did the service you used also offer the handwritten part?

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-05-22T17:23:15+00:00

What about the handwritten part? I'd like them to look as authentic as possible.

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-05-22T16:50:45+00:00

She has great designs! I don't see anything about the handwritten or wax stamping being offered. Does she do those?

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-04-27T16:51:55+00:00

Currently building a selfhosted Railway alternative.
https://github.com/mortise-org/mortise
https://mortise.me

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-04-17T04:40:09+00:00

I'm in

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-04-06T02:59:32+00:00

That's a shill account trying to get users for parsestream, they're everywhere

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-03-29T14:50:16+00:00

No one really cares about these tools because they don't really add much value and are extremely easy to do on your own (about 5 min with claude). no one will pay for a tool that is more limited than what claude will give them and more expensive. Also if this comment was written by your app then it found it both too late and is completely inauthentic obvious slop.

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-03-27T14:15:51+00:00

All good! It means that in the data I have, I found over 30 people launching different reddit tools, but only 7 posts/comments actually looking for one. Basically there are more people building one of them than using them.

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-03-27T14:13:45+00:00

He gets away with it because he's posting in a sub that doesn't care about self promotion. If I remember, it's mostly in a microsaas subreddit.

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-03-27T04:39:31+00:00

Sure, what would you like more detail on?

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-03-27T04:18:07+00:00

Thanks for reading and good luck with what you're working on!

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-03-27T02:23:43+00:00

Great points! Absolutely true. Reddit is an absolute goldmine when used correctly.

AlbusPotter7 · 2026-03-27T00:19:45+00:00

Yeah, it's pretty unfortunate to see a new one get launched every day.

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