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Dr Sam Illingworth's avatar

Thanks Jenny and Finn for this amazing story. Really inspirational for those of us who are trying to build something with similar depth and meaning. 🙏

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

Thank you Sam. Finn’s approach is tough to replicate, but even the takeaways are gold.

Bandan Singh's avatar

Love how Finn shows that consistent small steps with focus can outpace “big launch” hype. True builder energy.

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

Thanks Bandan, yeah, he is one of the kind builder.

Juan Gonzalez's avatar

Great stuff! I wasn’t aware of the whole story. I first found about Finn when he was launching his Notes scheduler. (I helped him with the copy for the launch)

And now this new tool (combined with Yana’s GPT) it’s such a powerhouse.

Thanks for sharing the story, Jenny!

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

Thanks Juan! Now I know he’s got great connections everywhere :)

Juan Gonzalez's avatar

Yeah, that happens when you put yourself out there even if imperfect and want to help people. Which both of you do very well!

@robopulp's avatar

This is a long term experiment that has produced remarkable traction and products. It's fascinating when someone finds order behind the apparent chaos of social media.

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

It is! That’s enormous patience and action.

@robopulp's avatar

I agree. It's paid off wonderfully for him.

Yana G.Y.'s avatar

The chrome extension is so powerful 🤩 Thank you Jenny and Finn for spreading the word about it 🤗

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

Thank you Yana!! Your product is amazing!

Karo (Product with Attitude)'s avatar

Loved this! Finn was actually the first builder I met on Substack, so it's wonderful to get to know his story. Well done, both of you 🤗

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

Thank you Karo!

Sharyph's avatar

a perfect example of a solo builder leveraging domain expertise and AI to create something impactful.

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

Thank you Sharyph!

Mack Collier's avatar

What I love about Finn is that he digs deep under the hood. He shares what is happening with reader data, and why it is happening. I wish more writers here were as curious about how to improve their Substacks at such a behavioral level. Thanks to Jenny for sharing Finn’s story.

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

Thanks, Mack!

Finn is one of those rare people you don’t often come across in online writing. I don’t expect everyone to drill down to his level, but we can all learn from what he did and how he got there.

Really appreciate your restack!

Karen Spinner's avatar

Wow, this is seriously inspiring. 🤩Finn: Thanks so much for sharing your story! Jenny: Thanks so much for this wonderful series!

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

Thank you 😊 Karen!

There’s so much to reflect on in everything he’s sharing!

Karen Spinner's avatar

💯

Meenakshi NavamaniAvadaiappan's avatar

Inspirational and services to the same for the good 😊

DCWASHING's avatar

Productive. Can Finn write a delet tool for substack users where we can delete at one click searchable keywords in our notes, replies, comments on our or on others posts easily. Or all at one time without having to delete our whole account? Substack does not have that. They allow one by o e which could take a year. In this age of T some people may want screen remove some of their words, or just to start over.

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

This sounds like a really complex tool :)