Step 1: Find 20 startups that raised seed rounds 3-9 months ago (exclude <3mo old raises)
Step 2: Filter to 5 that sell to the same customer persona
Step 3: Pull founders' last 100 posts on X, extract every unanswered question from replies
Step 4: Turn the top 10 recurring questions into content (no product pitch, tag the startup)
Step 5: Track bookmarks/follow-up replies over 30 days, double down on what pulls people in
Step 6: Build ONE free tool for the most common problem
Step 7: DM your 20 heaviest users a paid feature pitch — 5+ yes = build it
Target: $10/mo x 100 users = $1k MRR

Progress:

• Step 1: Source 20 seed-stage startups (3-9 months post-raise)
• Step 2: Narrow to 5 with overlapping customer base
• Step 3: Scrape founders' last 100 posts + all replies
• Step 4: Extract unanswered questions into a sheet (question, asker, phrasing, context)
• Step 5: Categorize into: alt-seekers, price complaints, feature gaps ("does it do X"), churned/stuck users
• Step 6: Rank top 10 recurring questions by frequency
• Step 7: Create one content piece per question (video demo, pricing comparison, template) — product-free, tag original startup and any better alternative
• Step 8: Publish daily for 30 days
• Step 9: Measure bookmarks > likes, follow-up replies, template usage, new-visitor sourcing
• Step 10: Kill dead topics, double down on winners
• Step 11: Build one free tool for the top problem; link in bio, seed it into relevant threads
• Step 12: Collect feedback from free tool users on next-step gaps
• Step 13: DM top 20 users a paid feature (price + 2-line pitch)
• Step 14: 5+ yes → build and ship. <5 → re-price or re-scope, don't assume it's dead

Step 3 Detail: Extracting Questions

For each founder, go through the last 100 posts and their reply threads:

• Record every question asked by someone who is NOT the founder
• Skip any question the founder already replied to — those are already handled
• Capture exact wording (this becomes your marketing copy later)
• Tag each with a category: alternative-seeking / pricing-complaint / feature-gap / onboarding-dropoff

Step 4 Detail: Content Without the Pitch

Match content format to question type:

• "Can tool X do Y?" → 30-second screen recording of you doing Y
• Pricing complaints → side-by-side cost breakdown of 5 alternatives at real usage tiers
• Workflow confusion → free template or mini-guide
• Multi-tool workaround needed → document the chain; this becomes your Step 6 tool's blueprint
• Always tag the original startup — if it helps their users, they reshare, and you inherit their audience

Step 5 Detail: Signal Over Vanity Metrics

Ranked by weight:

1. Follow-up questions in replies (highest intent)
2. Template/tool usage (demonstrated action)
3. Bookmarks (intent to return)
4. New-to-you accounts engaging (audience expansion)
5. Likes (lowest signal, ignore for decisions)

Example 1: Input: Founder's replies show 14 people over 3 months asking "does this integrate with Notion?" — founder never answered any of them. Output: Record a 30-sec clip showing a manual workaround connecting the tool to Notion via Zapier. Post it tagging the startup. Log "Notion integration" as a top-10 recurring theme and a candidate for the free tool in Step 6.

Example 2: Input: Multiple replies say "$49/mo is steep for a solo founder" across 3 different startups in the same niche. Output: Build a pricing comparison post showing total cost (with add-ons) across 5 tools in that category at solo-founder usage levels. This becomes content piece #1; the pricing-sensitivity segment becomes a target customer profile for the eventual paid feature.