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Jakob Jelling
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I run Fake Mayo. A newsletter where entrepreneurs share how they got their first customers.

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Who did you last talk to about the problem your product solves, and what did they say?
December 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🧡THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! 🧡

In 2025, so many brilliant (and ridiculously good-looking ) entrepreneurs opened up in the Fake Mayo newsletter - sharing their raw, real starter stories on landing those first customers.

Grateful for every founder who contributed. You made this year epic!
December 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Fresh starter story just dropped in my newsletter.

Sebastian from Sweden built his first 100 users completely organically – no ads, no paid growth hacks.

Want the full breakdown of his tactics?

Read it here
www.fakemayo.com/p/how-sebast...
How Sebastian got his first 100 users from Reddit, X, LinkedIn, and manual outreach
Meet Sebastian Mattsson, a 19-year-old Swedish founder who built the AI distribution tool Launchli and hit 100 organic users in 30 days.
www.fakemayo.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Just redesigned my website.

Or actually - I justed punched a few buttons and
@beehiiv did all the hard work for me 🙂
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
New newsletter issue out today.

Meet Jay, co-founder of MagicBlocks, based in Australia🦘

He builds AI sales agents that engage, qualify, and close leads 24/7, turning website traffic into revenue.

www.fakemayo.com/p/how-jay-is...
How Jay is scaling his mean lead machine
MagicBlocks builds AI agents that engage, qualify, & convert leads into revenue 24/7 using proven behavioral science. Built to sell, not just talk.
www.fakemayo.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Working on my next newsletter issue this Sunday.

It's about Sebastian. A 19-year-old founder from Sweden.

He shares how he got his first 100 SaaS users from Reddit, X, Linked, and manual outrach.
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Are you building something users want or just something they need?

Is your product a "vitamin" (nice to have) or a "painkiller" (must have)?
December 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Want a free (no-follow) backlink?

Domain Rating: 34

1. Go to saaspa (dot) ge
2. Create an account
3. Add your website

Mine looks like this

Follow me for more free backlinks 😉
December 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Does your project align with your passion?
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New issue of my newsletter just out.

Learn how Jack is growing Deeditt, a story-driven social journaling platform.

www.fakemayo.com/p/jack-fiall...
Jack Fiallos on leaving social media for real growth and honest stories
Jack Fiallos shares his honest journey of building Deeditt. Learn how he overcame startup marketing failures, prioritized authenticity, and found slow, steady growth through resilience.
www.fakemayo.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What's the one task you're avoiding that would actually move the needle?
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What single organic channel are you focusing on mastering right now (e.g., GEO, X, LinkedIn)?
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
New starter story out today.

Meet Eliana Jordan. A dive instructor who learned to code.

www.fakemayo.com/p/elianas-pa...
Eliana's path to location-independent SaaS success
Meet Eliana Jordan, an indie hacker who codes her own products while traveling the world for scuba diving and kitesurfing.
www.fakemayo.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My next 5 newsletter issues are scheduled. Ready to be published during December.
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Are you optimizing for vanity metrics (likes, followers) or true business metrics (MRR, user retention, LTV)?

What are your top 3 most important business metrics?
December 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Want a free (no-follow) backlink?

Domain Rating: 0

1. Go to txtbag (dot) com
2. Add your content / URL

Mine looks like this

Follow me for more free backlinks 😉
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Want a free (no-follow) backlink?

Domain Rating: 0.8

1. Go to pagerekt (dot) com
2. Create an account
3. Add your website (to get AI roasted)

Mine looks like this

Follow me for more free backlinks 😉
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Saying "no" to distractions is essential.

What's one distraction you need to say "no" to more often?
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
New story live on Fake Mayo.

Meet Arif from Bangladesh.

Learn how he has grown his neobrutalism-styled component library.

www.fakemayo.com/p/how-arif-f...

Thanks for sharing @ariflogs.bsky.social
How Arif is finding customers for his neobrutalism-styled component library
Arif Hossain grew RetroUI, a NeoBrutalist React UI library, by building in public, leveraging open-source, and consistently shipping new content. You shoul read the full story.
www.fakemayo.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
How my newsletter performed in November
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm not gonna hit my 2025 goal.

I was aiming from 5,000 subscribers to my newsletter. I'm far from it.

Just have to work harder and smarter next in 2026.
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I just published a new starter story.

Learn how Sanjay from Dubai is growing his AI visibility tracker, Radarkit.

www.fakemayo.com/p/how-sanjay...
How Sanjay is growing his AI visibility tracker
Meet Sanjay Singh, founder of Radarkit - the AI visibility tracker that shows how your brand ranks in LLMs. From $500k domain sales to launching an AEO/GEO tool in 2025.
www.fakemayo.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Running a newsletter?

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www.beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

The price?
Cash money + hands-on support from two of the top dogs in the newsletter industry.

I'm not affiliated 🙂
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November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I'm finishing up another starter story.

It's about Arif Hossain from Bangladesh. He is doing great selling his neobrutalism-styled component library.

Coming soon in the newsletter.

Thanks for sharing @ariflogs.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I'm on fire today!

Just got a great starter story from Jack Fiallos. Doing the final edits. Will be published in the newsletter soon.

Jack is running Deeditt, a tool to document your life experiences and build journeys that matter.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM