How COVID-19 killed this app side hustle

👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here.

A lot of new content this week. Among it, an interview with a startup that has been shut down, partly, due to COVID-19. I guess this is the first of many to come in the future.

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    How COVID-19 Killed this App Side Hustle

    After a decade of training and coaching, Andrew realized that stress was one of their clients’ main issues. That’s how he partnered up with a dev company to build a stress relief app while he took care of marketing. In few months, he got a great list of interested people, but COVID-19 changed some things…

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    The Failure of Food Delivery Startups

    Marc Andreessen popularized the idea that in a “great market,” a company’s “product doesn’t need to be great; it just has to basically work.” I believe that’s what’s happening in the world of food delivery. Here’s why.

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    Hope you enjoy this week's stuff.

    I'm currently beginning to write an article reviewing Daniel Vassallo's online course on how to build a Twitter audience. He has grown his account from 0 to +35k followers while making +$150k selling an ebook and this course. Let me know if you have any questions about it.

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