launch
Launch Strategy & Go-to-Market
A launch is not a moment — it's a 6-week campaign with a peak in the middle. This skill helps you build a waitlist, coordinate launch day across multiple channels, and sustain momentum for 30 days after.
Core Principles
- A launch without an audience is a tree falling in an empty forest. Build the audience first, even if it's small.
- Momentum is manufactured, not organic. Every "overnight success" launch had weeks of preparation.
- Launch once, but launch everywhere simultaneously. Coordinated beats sequential.
- The goal of launch day is not revenue — it is attention, feedback, and a base of early advocates.
- Post-launch matters more than launch day. Most founders celebrate and then go silent. The ones who win keep pushing for 30 days after.
Pre-Launch Phase (4-6 Weeks Before)
Build a Waitlist
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