Kyle Platt
@kyleplatt.bsky.social
Serial Entrepreneur and Engineer. Trying to maximize life while building cool things. 🇨🇦 Building:
🚀 https://local-leads.ai
🐉 https://getbluepilot.com
🧲 https://tactycs.io
🚀 https://local-leads.ai
🐉 https://getbluepilot.com
🧲 https://tactycs.io
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Kyle Platt
@kyleplatt.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Figured now is a good time to share my current startup backstory and what I am working on.
Have built >20 products/tools at this point and found some snippets of success!
Here they are: 🧵
Have built >20 products/tools at this point and found some snippets of success!
Here they are: 🧵
Finally took the time to add an annual plan to BluePilot...
These days I build it in right away for products, but for some reason didn't do it when launching BluePilot 🤷
Will see if it gets used. Decided on a pretty decent discount to start
7.99/m -> 69.99/yr
#buildinpublic
These days I build it in right away for products, but for some reason didn't do it when launching BluePilot 🤷
Will see if it gets used. Decided on a pretty decent discount to start
7.99/m -> 69.99/yr
#buildinpublic
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Finally took the time to add an annual plan to BluePilot...
These days I build it in right away for products, but for some reason didn't do it when launching BluePilot 🤷
Will see if it gets used. Decided on a pretty decent discount to start
7.99/m -> 69.99/yr
#buildinpublic
These days I build it in right away for products, but for some reason didn't do it when launching BluePilot 🤷
Will see if it gets used. Decided on a pretty decent discount to start
7.99/m -> 69.99/yr
#buildinpublic
Decided to change up the data gathering strategy for Local Leads. I have some secret sauce that finds leads that the big players don't have but it takes time to roll out for every location.
Am restricting to Ontario, Canada to start since that's home base #buildinpublic
Am restricting to Ontario, Canada to start since that's home base #buildinpublic
December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Decided to change up the data gathering strategy for Local Leads. I have some secret sauce that finds leads that the big players don't have but it takes time to roll out for every location.
Am restricting to Ontario, Canada to start since that's home base #buildinpublic
Am restricting to Ontario, Canada to start since that's home base #buildinpublic
Why do I keep picking projects that require such large data sets (10-100 millions of rows) 😢
I prefer when I can just write inefficient data queries and get away with it
#buildinpublic
I prefer when I can just write inefficient data queries and get away with it
#buildinpublic
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Why do I keep picking projects that require such large data sets (10-100 millions of rows) 😢
I prefer when I can just write inefficient data queries and get away with it
#buildinpublic
I prefer when I can just write inefficient data queries and get away with it
#buildinpublic
Was able to test desire for the new primary feature onLocal Leads and things are looking promising. Good enough that I am going to commit 2-3 weeks of full time non-stop development on it to really flush it out.
Pretty rare that I get to do that with so many products/customers! #buildinpublic
Pretty rare that I get to do that with so many products/customers! #buildinpublic
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Was able to test desire for the new primary feature onLocal Leads and things are looking promising. Good enough that I am going to commit 2-3 weeks of full time non-stop development on it to really flush it out.
Pretty rare that I get to do that with so many products/customers! #buildinpublic
Pretty rare that I get to do that with so many products/customers! #buildinpublic
Changing my system from a one-to-one (account to connection) to a one-to-many (account to multi-connection) and its definitely challenging.
There was a pro/con of doing it early but speed to launch was important. A year later tho we need it
#buildinpublic
There was a pro/con of doing it early but speed to launch was important. A year later tho we need it
#buildinpublic
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Changing my system from a one-to-one (account to connection) to a one-to-many (account to multi-connection) and its definitely challenging.
There was a pro/con of doing it early but speed to launch was important. A year later tho we need it
#buildinpublic
There was a pro/con of doing it early but speed to launch was important. A year later tho we need it
#buildinpublic
Finally working on Local Leads properly again. Have started migrating the core lead finding to be much more comprehensive and much more useful! Also catering to less experienced people to try and differentiate from the big players.
Exciting times. #buildinpublic
Exciting times. #buildinpublic
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Finally working on Local Leads properly again. Have started migrating the core lead finding to be much more comprehensive and much more useful! Also catering to less experienced people to try and differentiate from the big players.
Exciting times. #buildinpublic
Exciting times. #buildinpublic
Thinking about unifying the onboarding process for BluePilot. Its pretty disjointed right now, with settings living within features.
Tough to balance getting info up front and not annoying the users though! #buildinpublic
Tough to balance getting info up front and not annoying the users though! #buildinpublic
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thinking about unifying the onboarding process for BluePilot. Its pretty disjointed right now, with settings living within features.
Tough to balance getting info up front and not annoying the users though! #buildinpublic
Tough to balance getting info up front and not annoying the users though! #buildinpublic
I always love when a new user signs up and asks detailed questions and makes suggestions!
Its the most valuable type of feedback since its unprompted, but just as importantly it shows that they are invested in the idea/platform.
#buildinpublic
Its the most valuable type of feedback since its unprompted, but just as importantly it shows that they are invested in the idea/platform.
#buildinpublic
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I always love when a new user signs up and asks detailed questions and makes suggestions!
Its the most valuable type of feedback since its unprompted, but just as importantly it shows that they are invested in the idea/platform.
#buildinpublic
Its the most valuable type of feedback since its unprompted, but just as importantly it shows that they are invested in the idea/platform.
#buildinpublic
SEO has been a big driver for getbluepilot.com and the growth pattern has been nice and steady upwards. Definitely like seeing that! #buildinpublic
October 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
SEO has been a big driver for getbluepilot.com and the growth pattern has been nice and steady upwards. Definitely like seeing that! #buildinpublic
As a founder/business owner, it feels like your job description changes every few months...
And I love it #buildinpublic
And I love it #buildinpublic
October 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
As a founder/business owner, it feels like your job description changes every few months...
And I love it #buildinpublic
And I love it #buildinpublic
Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart.
Constant rollercoaster 🎢 of highs and lows.
Still wouldn’t trade it for anything else.
Constant rollercoaster 🎢 of highs and lows.
Still wouldn’t trade it for anything else.
October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart.
Constant rollercoaster 🎢 of highs and lows.
Still wouldn’t trade it for anything else.
Constant rollercoaster 🎢 of highs and lows.
Still wouldn’t trade it for anything else.
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hey everyone! I am looking for people who are interested in or already are a 'bluesky influencer'.
I am looking to get my bluesky tool in front of more people. This would be paid of course. Feel free to send me a DM if you are interested!
I am looking to get my bluesky tool in front of more people. This would be paid of course. Feel free to send me a DM if you are interested!
October 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey everyone! I am looking for people who are interested in or already are a 'bluesky influencer'.
I am looking to get my bluesky tool in front of more people. This would be paid of course. Feel free to send me a DM if you are interested!
I am looking to get my bluesky tool in front of more people. This would be paid of course. Feel free to send me a DM if you are interested!
Finally able to dedicate some time to Local Leads again. Product has a lot of potential and have some great ideas for it.
Going to make it much easier to use and have a very powerful sales lead trigger that is the core of the new features! #buildinpublic
Going to make it much easier to use and have a very powerful sales lead trigger that is the core of the new features! #buildinpublic
September 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Finally able to dedicate some time to Local Leads again. Product has a lot of potential and have some great ideas for it.
Going to make it much easier to use and have a very powerful sales lead trigger that is the core of the new features! #buildinpublic
Going to make it much easier to use and have a very powerful sales lead trigger that is the core of the new features! #buildinpublic
All the context switching between projects and customers has been tough of late...
It's a good sign of finding success in different places but can be difficult to manage!
It's a good sign of finding success in different places but can be difficult to manage!
September 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
All the context switching between projects and customers has been tough of late...
It's a good sign of finding success in different places but can be difficult to manage!
It's a good sign of finding success in different places but can be difficult to manage!
In startups (and in life), it’s never too late to pivot!
September 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In startups (and in life), it’s never too late to pivot!
Either I never knew or completely forgot, but OpenAI credits expire
I only had like $10 left in there but still a pretty annoying model, I cant see any technical reason to do that, just scammy.
One of my tools started failing for insufficient credits and I was confident I had some
#buildinpublic
I only had like $10 left in there but still a pretty annoying model, I cant see any technical reason to do that, just scammy.
One of my tools started failing for insufficient credits and I was confident I had some
#buildinpublic
September 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Either I never knew or completely forgot, but OpenAI credits expire
I only had like $10 left in there but still a pretty annoying model, I cant see any technical reason to do that, just scammy.
One of my tools started failing for insufficient credits and I was confident I had some
#buildinpublic
I only had like $10 left in there but still a pretty annoying model, I cant see any technical reason to do that, just scammy.
One of my tools started failing for insufficient credits and I was confident I had some
#buildinpublic
Just found out the email marketing tool (Brevo) I use sent out my last campaign with a good portion of them having broken links...
Looks like one of their redirect domains is broken, that's a mistake they really can't make... 😠
#buildinpublic
Looks like one of their redirect domains is broken, that's a mistake they really can't make... 😠
#buildinpublic
September 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Just found out the email marketing tool (Brevo) I use sent out my last campaign with a good portion of them having broken links...
Looks like one of their redirect domains is broken, that's a mistake they really can't make... 😠
#buildinpublic
Looks like one of their redirect domains is broken, that's a mistake they really can't make... 😠
#buildinpublic
I got a hole in one in golf yesterday ⛳
August 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I got a hole in one in golf yesterday ⛳
The first 10 customers are *always* the hardest.
No one knows you.
No one trusts you.
You’re nobody yet.
No one knows you.
No one trusts you.
You’re nobody yet.
August 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The first 10 customers are *always* the hardest.
No one knows you.
No one trusts you.
You’re nobody yet.
No one knows you.
No one trusts you.
You’re nobody yet.
For BluePilot we opted to not have any free trial when launching
We sync millions of rows of data a day so this saved a lot of hosting money as well as avoided all the early tire kickers.
If the product is useful people will pay right away.
Thoughts? #buildinpublic
We sync millions of rows of data a day so this saved a lot of hosting money as well as avoided all the early tire kickers.
If the product is useful people will pay right away.
Thoughts? #buildinpublic
August 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For BluePilot we opted to not have any free trial when launching
We sync millions of rows of data a day so this saved a lot of hosting money as well as avoided all the early tire kickers.
If the product is useful people will pay right away.
Thoughts? #buildinpublic
We sync millions of rows of data a day so this saved a lot of hosting money as well as avoided all the early tire kickers.
If the product is useful people will pay right away.
Thoughts? #buildinpublic
Working on adding an affiliate program to bluepilot. Pretty painless so far. Trying out a newer one, Tolt.io, currently
#buildinpublic
#buildinpublic
August 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Working on adding an affiliate program to bluepilot. Pretty painless so far. Trying out a newer one, Tolt.io, currently
#buildinpublic
#buildinpublic
Working on one of those things where every step you take uncovers something more challenging... and the end doesn't seem to get closer.
Usually rewarding but exhausting 😴
#buildinpublic
Usually rewarding but exhausting 😴
#buildinpublic
August 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Working on one of those things where every step you take uncovers something more challenging... and the end doesn't seem to get closer.
Usually rewarding but exhausting 😴
#buildinpublic
Usually rewarding but exhausting 😴
#buildinpublic
Feel like I found the limit of cursor for me pretty quickly after messing around with it for a day or two.
Feel like its good for prototyping new things, but it was a net negative when adding features to an existing codebase.
It was introducing bugs, ruining formatting, and more... #buildinpublic
Feel like its good for prototyping new things, but it was a net negative when adding features to an existing codebase.
It was introducing bugs, ruining formatting, and more... #buildinpublic
July 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Feel like I found the limit of cursor for me pretty quickly after messing around with it for a day or two.
Feel like its good for prototyping new things, but it was a net negative when adding features to an existing codebase.
It was introducing bugs, ruining formatting, and more... #buildinpublic
Feel like its good for prototyping new things, but it was a net negative when adding features to an existing codebase.
It was introducing bugs, ruining formatting, and more... #buildinpublic
Messing around with cursor the past day or two.
Definitely see a place for it, especially with prototyping some quick projects/features.
Whipped together a quick tool that monitors all my servers and projects, saved me a couple hours for sure! #buildinpublic
Definitely see a place for it, especially with prototyping some quick projects/features.
Whipped together a quick tool that monitors all my servers and projects, saved me a couple hours for sure! #buildinpublic
July 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Messing around with cursor the past day or two.
Definitely see a place for it, especially with prototyping some quick projects/features.
Whipped together a quick tool that monitors all my servers and projects, saved me a couple hours for sure! #buildinpublic
Definitely see a place for it, especially with prototyping some quick projects/features.
Whipped together a quick tool that monitors all my servers and projects, saved me a couple hours for sure! #buildinpublic