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Tweet ideas for founders
Twelve post ideas for founders on X, one in each format, and opening lines to start from. Each asks for a detail only you have, which is what keeps a post from sounding like everyone else’s.
Hot take
The piece of startup advice you followed for a year and now think was wrong for you.
Practical tip
The one question you now ask every customer on a first call, and what it tells you.
Myth to bust
Something people assume about your market that your numbers say is false.
Observation
What your support inbox taught you this month that your roadmap did not.
Genuine question
Ask how other founders decide when a feature is finished enough to ship.
Prediction
Where your category will be in two years, and the one thing you are betting on.
Short story
The day you almost shut it down, and what changed your mind.
Comparison
Your first pricing page next to your current one: what changed and why.
Common mistake
The hire, tool or process you added too early.
Underrated thing
A boring part of the business that quietly does the most for growth.
Behind the scenes
Your actual weekly revenue, churn or signup number, and what you are doing about it.
Contrarian view
A popular growth tactic you tried that did nothing for you.
Opening lines to steal
Fill the brackets with your own numbers and names. The specific detail is the post; the line just gets you started.
We raised our price by [x]%. Here is what happened to signups, churn and revenue:
A customer cancelled last week. Their reason changed our roadmap:
Month [n] numbers, the ones I usually leave out:
I spent [time] on [thing] before launch. It mattered for exactly [n] customers.
The question I now ask on every sales call:
Things I would skip if I started [product] again tomorrow:
Why X works for founders
Founders have the one thing most accounts on X lack: real numbers and real decisions. A post about the price you changed last week, with what happened to signups, is worth more than any general advice about pricing. People follow founders to watch a company being built, so the best posts are the ones only you could write this week.
The trap is posting like a brand. Announcements and feature lists get polite silence. The decision behind the feature, the customer call that changed your mind, the thing that broke at 2am: those get replies, and replies are where customers and future hires find you.
Before you post, run the draft through the AI writing checker and make sure your bio promises the same things your posts deliver. For ideas across every kind of account, use the tweet ideas picker.
Questions
What should a founder tweet about?
Decisions, numbers and lessons from your own company: what you changed, what happened, what you would do differently. General startup advice is everywhere; your specific week is not.
How often should founders post on X?
Often enough to keep a rhythm you can hold for months: for most people one post a day and a handful of replies. A steady pace beats bursts, because people follow accounts they expect to hear from again.
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