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Gajus Kuizinas from Indy AI by Contra: Finding Hyper-Curated Leads for 1M+ Freelancers

👉🏼 Description: Tune in as Gajus talks about creating AI products that are truly useful, how to approach Product Hunt launches to hit #1, learnings from a viral TikTok video, and more. 👉🏼 About the Guest: Gajus is the co-founder and CTO of Contra. His open-source projects receive over 20 million downloads each week and are relied on by Fortune 500 companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM. He has authored more than 200 libraries, earning 30,000+ GitHub stars. Previously, Gajus founded Anuary, a movie advertising agency, and co-founded Applaudience, a data startup adopted by major movie studios. He also rebuilt MailOnline's advertising platform, serving 225 million monthly visitors and designed core infrastructure for the UK's largest public Wi-Fi network with Ericsson/Arqiva. Recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30, Gajus brings proven technical leadership in building and scaling systems used by millions. 👉🏼 About the Host: Shriya Nevatia (50K+ followers on LI and X) has been building community for 12+ years for founders, investors, and builders around the world. She launched the On Deck Catalyst community for elite global young leaders, helped hundreds of women start angel investing at The Council Capital, and founded The Violet Society, a pre-accelerator for female & non-binary startup founders. 👉🏼 Timestamps: 00:00: Episode Highlight 00:17: Intro to Taste & Tactics 00:34: Intro to Gajus Kuizinas, co-founder and CTO at Contra and Indy AI, a professional network for independent workers 03:13: Why it's important to find community as a freelancer 04:03: How Indy AI by Contra is using AI to solve the hardest freelancer problems 08:15: How Indy AI helps both sides of the market: freelancers and employers 09:25: Positioning a new tool without losing sight of your existing brand 11:25: Building viral mechanisms into your product 12:52: Fighting AI slop when building a product that relies on authenticity 13:40: Strategies for launching on Product Hunt 17:33: Crafting the perfect automations for emails and DMs 22:40: What to do on the day of your Product Hunt launch 24:07: Why timing matters when sending emails and DMs 26:00: How to run a TikTok campaign for a B2B tool 32:48: Company-led videos vs employee-led TikToks vs user-generated content 35:48: How to measure success vs vanity metrics 38:45: The go-to-market strategies Gajus is continuing now 40:56: What Indy AI would do again when going to market...and what they'd steer clear of 43:53: When taste outweighs data 47:07: Learnings and takeaways from the episode 49:39: Outro 👉🏼 Where to find Gajus: LinkedIn:   / gajus   X: https://x.com/kuizinas Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/@kuizinas Indy AI: https://contra.com/indy Contra AI: https://contra.com/ Contra X: https://x.com/contra Contra Instagram:   / contra   Contra TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@contrahq?lang=en 👉🏼 Where to find Shriya: Twitter: https://x.com/shriyanevatia LinkedIn:   / shriyanevatia   Taste & Tactics Twitter: https://x.com/tasteandtactics Taste & Tactics Instagram:   / tasteandtactics   Taste & Tactics TikTok:   / tasteandtactics   Taste & Tactics LinkedIn:   / taste-and-tactics   Taste & Tactics YouTube:    / @tasteandtactics   Taste & Tactics Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/72Xgo0s...