“I made this post and it shared all of my failures and it blew up. It got about 150,000 views on X. And with that came one comment that said I should start a development agency using my skills. With the momentum of that initial post I immediately announced I was starting a development agency and I got my very first $3,000 client.”

Vulnerability post about all failures → 150K views → first $3K client

After five products that made zero dollars, Rob posted a brutally honest recap of his failures. That single vulnerable post hit 150K views, generated a DM suggesting he start a dev agency, and landed his first $3K client within days. In an AI-slop era, raw personal failure is what cuts through and drives real inbound.