Pat Walls ✓
@thepatwalls · Florida · joined 14 Jul 2014
https://t.co/zSf5Z2H78P https://t.co/ryMAyS77qn On a mission to inspire 1B people to build stuff!
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because he lives in Florida, the greatest place on earth!!
people keep to themselves, and don't simp out on celebs, even Messi
Floridians mind their own business.
life is good here mayn.
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Hiring people, taking on a cofounder, or even taking a little funding can be a good source of motivation for certain types of people.
Being a solo founder is not for everyone!! Bc it requires a lot of intrinsic motivation, nobody is counting on you!
That was never a problem for
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Yep.
On YouTube, the premise of a video is far more important than the packaging.
This goes for all content actually.
People over optimize on "what to post" when really it's about what you actually do/did in "real life"
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Diary of a CEO editor shares breakdown of what actually makes a top 1% podcast:
50% - Guest
20% - Title + Thumbnail
10% - The Trailer
10% - Audio + Video
10% - The Host
Do you agree? https://t.co/j79mtKSYGZ
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I believe the aversion to hiring and having a team holds successful indie hackers back. You can take on much more ambitious dreams with others, and it's fun to grow a team too.
And as a friendly competitor, I'm enjoying seeing Nevo and Postiz become a strong player in the space.
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Chongqing, China! 🇨🇳
This city is insane. 32 million people live here!! https://t.co/vfuNuIt8Ce
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If you’re in the early years of building and thinking about the long game, I’ll be sharing more about the decisions that shaped this outcome.
What worked, what didn’t, & what I wish I knew sooner.
I'll be going live in a few days.
If you want to join, here's the link:
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@thepatwalls @HubSpot Great to have you as part of the team.
Thanks for sharing your story.
Cheers.
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If you start something small and stick with it long enough, it stops being small.
A lot of this was built in public right here on this app.
I’ve met so many friends, mentors, sponsors, and collaborators here - people who directly shaped this outcome.
Grateful for all of you.
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I can’t disclose the purchase price.
But I can say this:
It was life-changing.
And it reflects how much value we built over 8 years.
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HubSpot has acquired Starter Story in full.
We’re joining HubSpot Media and continuing to build.
Starter Story remains Starter Story.
So why HubSpot?
They understand distribution.
They understand what we're building.
And they believe in the builders.
https://t.co/BEphKEVNxx
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And that's where @HubSpot comes in.
HubSpot was actually our very first YouTube sponsor.
Then, this tweet turned into a conversation.
That conversation turned into an offer.
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Over time, Starter Story became more than just me.
It became a real team.
@samanthaawalls, @davidemails, @marcovbenny, @EditorArtem, @gus_tiffer, @RiunguGitonga, Gemma, Noman, and the many others that cannot fit into a tweet.
This outcome belongs to them too. https://t.co/N7D8
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Starter Story grew more than I could have ever imagined.
- 4K+ founder stories
- 1.6M+ followers
- 250K+ newsletter subscribers
- 10K+ paid members
- Hundreds of millions of views
- Multi-million dollar revenue
All bootstrapped & profitable!
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5 years in, we made our biggest bet: YouTube.
@marcovbenny and I traveled the US, knocked on doors, and filmed videos with real business owners.
100K subscribers in 6 months.
It changed the trajectory of the company. https://t.co/zYnqHPaT2n
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Around that time, I met Kristen.
When I had nothing, she believed in me.
We eventually got married and adopted a senior dog named Demi.
Starter Story would not exist without the people who stood beside me.
RIP Demi ❤️ https://t.co/ceKOL4XX4w
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Starter Story was the idea I had been overlooking the entire time.
So I channeled all of my focus into it.
- Went hard on distribution
- Monetized better
- Made my big first hire
Revenue nearly doubled overnight.
Within 2 years, Starter Story crossed $1M in annual revenue. ht
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At 29, I burned out.
I did a "think week" and drove across the USA.
No work, no email.
Somewhere on that drive, it hit me:
Starter Story wasn’t a stepping stone into other ideas.
It was *the* idea.
3 years in, it finally clicked. https://t.co/GjeEQCerMO
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Even after quitting my job, I still didn't believe this could be a "real" business.
I kept searching for “better” ideas.
Tried & failed with dozens of projects.
I even moved home into my mom's apartment to keep expenses low.
There were stretches that were honestly depressing.
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For a year, I woke up at 6am and went to that Starbucks before work.
Cold emailed founders.
Coded the platform.
Published content.
For months, nothing really moved.
Then slowly… it did.
Eventually it started making $3-4K/month.
Then, I quit my job.
But it was too early. htt
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Starter Story began inside this Starbucks in NYC.
I was 27.
5 years into a career I didn't care about.
$60K in debt.
I knew I wanted to build something. I just didn't know what.
So I started interviewing founders to understand what was working. https://t.co/2xgLvs0KJH
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8 years ago, I started a side project inside of a tiny Starbucks.
Today, Starter Story is being acquired by @HubSpot.
Here’s how it happened.
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hubspot should acquire starter story
the SEO ship is sinking
IMO hubspot needs to pivot wayyyy harder to video, specifically youtube
i'm biased, but acquiring starter story would take their youtube game to the next level
thank you for coming to my ted talk
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Against accounts of the same size
6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.
Median views19 846this account4 022median for 100K–1M
Reach, %13.93%this account1.56%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %0.43%this account1.33%median for 100K–1M
| Metric | This account | Median for 100K–1M | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 19 846 | 4 022 | 4.93× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 13.93% | 1.56% | 8.93× |
| Engagement rate | 0.43% | 1.33% | 0.32× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
30.7K23 Feb
29.3K
46.1K
26.6K
24.9K
25.4K
11K
17.5K
19.9K30 Jul
19.8K2 Aug
31.6K
18.5K3 Aug
11.7K
26.3K4 Aug
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
0.52%23 Feb
0.39%
0.25%
0.65%
1.10%
1.38%
1.43%
0.83%
1.29%30 Jul
0.29%2 Aug
0.23%
0.46%3 Aug
0.85%
0.40%4 Aug
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.33%.
What the audience does
Likes72.0%7 849 in total
Reposts1.9%206 in total
Replies10.3%1 125 in total
Quotes1.8%194 in total
Bookmarks14.0%1 521 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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