I’m currently building an AI tutor and I’m committing to publish one product blogpost a week. This is my product journal.
Writing is thinking, and a weekly post is a forcing function for clear thinking.
What to write
There’s no fixed template. But writing helps me reflect on whether I’m on the right path.
Looking back, it’s easy to slip into the rhythm of just doing task A,B,C this week. I think writing out “why” before I even start the week keeps me on my toes.
I need not even have answers. I think writing out eigen questions is extremely helpful.
Just thinking about questions like:
“how do I 10x my agency”
“how do I add 10x value with the least work possible”
“how do I make my users go hell yeah”
already helps me get in the right mental frame.
Length
There shouldn’t be a pressure on word count nor how good the post is. And a good rule of thumb is write until before I start feeling fatigued. If I feel fatigued, it’s probably too long.
What I’m currently thinking
My AI tutor has 600+ signups but I have not built out my payment flow.
Before I start charging, I feel that I need to increase retention. Retention meaning how many times a user comes back a week, and how many messages they send a week.
Charging users before good retention will lead to poor conversion.
Doing marketing now doesn’t work either because of the leaky bucket.
The main focus now is product.
Product focus
I need to morph the product where students will use it daily.
This means building features that students use for learning and revision. Not merely as “ai answers”. This tool should compete with tuition teachers - it should be a direct substitute.
Math ai tutor
I already built a math AI tutor that’s much more accurate than ChatGPT / any other base LLM.
But I shouldn’t position it as just a “math solver”.
Instead, have easily accessible ai prompts and study resources that guide students to learn instead of merely solving it for them. This is a small but important frame.
Building more tutors
Another way to increase retention is to simply build tutors for all subjects. This is the immediate short term goal.
No matter what day it is, as long as a student is learning or revising, I want them to use my product.
Goals and ideas
- Launch english tutor
- Launch new welcome chain
- Launch ai prompts handler and study resources
- Beef up blog with english / GP guides
- Start mother tongue tutor (Chinese and Tamil)
Idea dump
- Launch math practice free for students as trial to get feedback
- Predict GP essay questions and publish blogpost
- Write out sample GP PEEEL for each GP category
- GP template formats