Hey @X 👋 I'm looking to connect with people building income on their own terms: •Remote workers & digital nomads •Founders building in public •AI automation builders •Newsletter creators & solopreneurs •Geo-arbitrage & expat operators •Freelancers scaling to $5K monthly •Lead gen & outreach builders •Anyone tired of overpaying for life Solo founder from USA living in the Philippines 🇵🇭 rebuilding after losing $300K in crypto. Building it back through arbitrage and automation from SEA while building a distribution engine in public. Drop what you're building below 👇 and follow this is where I document it 🌏

They messed up my branding so I had to rebrand everything it’s all consistent and connected more no more mistakes

I've been auditing small business websites lately, and the same problems keep showing up: — No clear headline — No email capture — Broken mobile experience — No CTA above the fold — Slow load times Most of these issues are surprisingly easy to fix. Reply with your website if you want me to point out one thing I'd improve.

500 people now read Galaxy Arbitrage weekly. We cover geographic, crypto, remote work,AI, attention, and time arbitrage. One type. Fully broken down. Every week. Free forever. → galaxyarbitrage.com

I love seeing these newsletter subscriber updates … gives me hope @beehiiv is really good for growth Grew 27 new subs today Link in bio if you’re a future expat..

The headline is 80% of the conversion. If someone can't tell what you do in 3 seconds they're gone. Most founders spend weeks on their product and 20 minutes on their headline. Flip that.

The secret to a extended runway and slowing your burn rate down so you can make that app succeed..

trust the process and keep shipping

345 people now read Galaxy Arbitrage weekly. We cover geographic, crypto, remote workAI, attention, and time arbitrage. One type. Fully broken down. Every week. Free forever. → GalaxyArbitrage.com

Sent my first newsletter issue 0 10 hours ago. Here's everything that happened, the good, the embarrassing, and what I'd change. The setup: Galaxy Arbitrage Newsletter launched in May. Free weekly letter for American founders, American expats, remote workers, and arbitrage minded people. I'm building it from Cebu, Philippines earning in USD, spending in PHP. Issue 0 was the origin story. No frameworks. No tactics. Just: here's who I am, why I'm building this, and what the newsletter will actually cover. The list going in: ~310 subscribers. Built over roughly 4 weeks through organic channels like reply guy activity on X, reddit replies discord outreach, seo blog, newsletter directories, and some paid acquisition test runs. For context: most newsletters don't send Issue 1 until they hit 300–500. I sent early intentionally. It had been a month since some people signed up. I didn't want to make the early subscribers wait any longer or risk losing their interest in my project. Issue 0 is a warmup, not a flagship issue. It's the handshake before the conversation. What I was benchmarking against: Industry average open rate for newsletters under 1,000 subscribers: 35–45%. @beehiiv lists sitting cold with no prior sends typically come in lower like 20–28% because the list hasn't been conditioned yet. My target: 25-30% . That was the line I drew. Anything below meant the subject line failed, the send time was wrong, or the list quality wasn't what I thought it was. Still have to wait 14 more hours to see the full scoop and wait for everyone to open the emails. I can see momentum hopefully we make it to at least 25%. What went right: The subject line held. ("I couldn't afford it, so I found a loophole" ) My Origin story format was the right call for Issue 0 it's personal, it filters immediately, and it tells people whether they're in or out. People who read it know exactly what this newsletter is and who it's for. That's the point. Reply rate was higher than expected in the first few hours. A few direct replies from people sharing their own geo arbitrage situations exactly the audience signal I was looking for. What I think went wrong: Sent at 8am EST on a Tuesday, which is textbook "best send time" which also means it's the most crowded inbox window. I may have blended into the noise. I gotta test Thursday 7am EST next issue to get ahead of the weekend fatigue curve. The list is also geographically scattered. Local remote workers and whoever subscribed from my socials. Some of those subscribers are in Europe and Asia — 9am EST is afternoon/evening for them, which tanks open probability for that segment. Issue 1 I'll look at timezone-segmented sends on beehiiv. Unsubscribes after Issue 0 are data, not failure. Every unsub is a list cleaning itself. The subscribers who stay after an origin story issue are the ones who actually want to be here. So far no unsubscribed The number that matters more than open rate: How many people clicked through to galaxyarbitrage.com after reading. Opens are vanity. Clicks are intent. I'll report that properly in Issue 1. Where this goes: Issue 1 drops after 400 subscribers. The plan is simple: keep the list growing, keep the content tight, and let the compounding do its thing. If you want in before Issue 1: galaxybuilt.dev/newsletter

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So @claudeai just dropped Claude Fable 5 and the naming is intentional 1.Fable = a story with a moral lesson 2.Mythos = the underlying mythology it’s built on 3.Anthropomorphism = Anthropic (Characters act, speak, and think like humans) They wrote a lore. @AnthropicAI

310 subscribers. 3 weeks ago I had 20. Just sent Issue 0 of Galaxy Arbitrage Newsletter. It felt like cutting the ribbon on a restaurant I've been building in secret. The doors are open now. Everyone can come in. This is just the beginning.

I couldn’t afford it. So I found a loophole. That’s the whole story. Issue 0 drops at 8am EST. galaxybuilt.dev/newsletter

The @GalaxyArb list is growing. Didn't expect it to move this fast.

Army vet. Real estate agent. Figured out the new American Dream isn’t a house in the suburbs it’s earning in USD and living like royalty in Asia for a fraction of the cost. instagram.com/reel/DX0aePgB8…

❌ Why do this: Build SaaS ↓ Need users ↓ Panic ✅ When you can do this: Build audience ↓ Build trust ↓ Build products ↓ Launch into existing distribution

Every builder has a story. The only question is what chapter you’re in and how you plan to finish it. @marclou