[ptwobrussell]

Great perspective here, I appreciate it!

I am very much still an optimist on the future of the app and my ability to monetize it.

As I synthesize much of this post and these comments, it's increasingly clear to me that I've just been operating too much in isolation, leaning more into what I know well (development) -vs- what I don't know as well (marketing in all its forms)

Now it's time to do some overcorrection and then step back and find the balance.

I very much intend to have a success story to post here one day as a new comment on this post about "how my startup barely dodged death but now I'm writing this update from the beach watching the monies flow" :)