Well, that's that then. Got the chop this morning with zero backup plan. Classic. Spent the last few years building a social media monitoring system for hundreds of brands worldwide - fake accounts, brand impersonations, negative mentions, all my creation. So when they gave me the boot, my brain didn't hit panic. It hit 'finally, I own the product, I just need the customers.' Screw job hunting. I'm turning this into my own business.
Here's the chaos plan:
- Days 1-2: Build a scraper that sniffs out fake channels impersonating brands on YouTube.
- Day 3+: Run it on real brands, find actual impersonators, and slide into their DMs with proof.
- Month 1: Land first paying client.
- Month 3: Turn this into a proper operation.
Pitch is dead simple: 'Found 15 fake YouTube channels faking your brand this week. Want the list?' That's not selling. That's services delivered before the cheque arrives.
Three months runway, zero co-founders, zero funding. Just a script and a stubborn streak.
Anyone else here go from sacked to self-made? How'd it go? Because I reckon the outreach is where it gets sticky - one commenter pointed out those fake channels probably want to be posted elsewhere for clout anyway. Might be right, but I'll burn that bridge when I get to it.
