Dominic Monn is the founder of MentorCruise, a marketplace that connect mentors and mentees in Tech, which is currently doing $15k in monthly revenue and processed over $1m through the platform. Previously, Domm was a Machine Learning engineer at Doist, a job that he left in Feb '22 to pursue MentorCruise full time.What we covered in this episode:
Why Dom left his full-time job at Doist
How going full-time has impacted MentorCruise
What Dom’s day-to-day looks like
Not feeling guilty about unproductive hobbies
How Dom’s discovered mentorship through Udacity
Taking 5 months to build an MVP
Why validation wouldn’t work for MentorCruise
How it took 3 months to get his first paying customer
Why he decided to push through regardless
How persistence pays off
Why building a business is like building a muscle
How programmatic SEO works
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Book: Built to Sell

Podcast: My First Million

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