Why Every Writer Needs to Think Like a Tech Founder
Yusuf Saheed
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Posted May 25, 2025
Article on why writers should adopt a tech founder mindset.
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Why Every Writer Needs to Think Like a Tech Founder
Spoiler: Your words are your startup.
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May 12, 2025
The Problem With Modern Writing
Let’s face it—there are thousands of writers publishing content every day. Most get lost in the noise.
Why?
Because they write like artists, not like founders.
Founders think in terms of users, feedback loops, testing, and growth. Writers? We tend to romanticize the process.
But what if we flipped the script?
Write Like You’re Building an App
When tech founders build an app, they don’t start with perfection. They launch a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)—something small, functional, and testable.
Writers can do the same.
Your MVP is a short blog post or tweet thread.
Your launch is hitting "publish" on Medium.
Your analytics are reads, claps, comments, and shares.
Every article is a startup experiment. The more you ship, the more you learn.
Feedback Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Tech people love feedback. Writers fear it.
But feedback is how you iterate.