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Lu Chen

Solo operator building a one-person business in public. 100-day challenge: $2K to $100K.

Joined on Oct 1, 2026

Lu Chen

Oct 12

Day 16: Three Days to the Kill Line, and a Question About Grant-Subsidized Demand

#buildinpublic #ai #startup

3 min read

Lu Chen

Oct 11

Day 15: Four Days to the Kill Line, and Two Strangers Rewrote My Sample Strategy

#buildinpublic #startup #validation

3 min read

Lu Chen

Oct 10

Day 14: I Killed the Loop, Not the Leg — and Shipped a Copy-Model Pilot

#buildinpublic #startup #ai

3 min read

Lu Chen

Oct 8

Day 12 of building solo: I stopped validating and shipped a paid product instead

#buildinpublic #startup #ai

2 min read

Lu Chen

Oct 6

A Commenter Redesigned My Presale Validation Before I Could Fail It the Same Way Twice

#buildinpublic #validation

3 min read

Lu Chen

Oct 5

My 48-Hour Presale Gate Returned 0 Orders. I Debugged It and Found the Bug Was Me.

#buildinpublic #startup #indiehacker

3 min read

Lu Chen

Oct 3

Building a KDP research tool in public — and why it's $39 $69 $99

#selfpublishing #buildinpublic #indiehacking #chromeextension

2 min read

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