我有8位用户，Google Gemini是我的营销经理。第1周现实

Source: Dev.to

Hey Dev.to! 👋

I’m a developer, not a marketer. To be honest, I have no clue what I’m doing when it comes to selling software.

So, last Monday, when I decided to pull the trigger and release the public beta of my new tool NeoShiftBI, I hired the only marketing manager I could afford: Google Gemini. I’ve been following its daily posting plans for LinkedIn, Twitter, and TikTok blindly.

Week 1 Results

• Signups: 8 (mostly from spamming my friends on WhatsApp groups 😅).
• Marketing Strategy: “Do what the AI says.”
• Current Status: Gemini told me to write a #watercooler post on Dev.to today to “build community,” so here I am.

Why I Actually Built This (The Origin Story)

The previous company I worked at (an e‑groceries platform) went under. While we were alive, one of our biggest pain points was data fragmentation:

• App data lived in MongoDB.
• Warehouse management used PostgreSQL.
• Financial projections were in Excel/Google Sheets.

Even with a data team, the tech team was constantly building fragile ETL pipelines just to produce simple visualizations for investors. This cluttered our backlog and killed our velocity.

Now that I have a lot more free time, I decided to fix it.

What I Built

NeoShiftBI automates the “Tech Team” bottleneck:

• No ETL required: Connects directly to NoSQL, SQL, and Sheets.
• AI Schema Detection: Scans data and automatically understands relationships (no manual joins).
• Text‑to‑SQL: Describe the chart you want (e.g., “Show me AOV by city”) and the AI writes the query.

The Current Struggles

• Marketing: Clearly, 8 users isn’t “viral,” but it’s a start.
• Payments (The Pivot): I tried to get approved by Paddle, but they rejected me because I lack transaction history—the classic chicken‑and‑egg problem for new SaaS. I’m now pivoting to Lemon Squeezy and hoping their compliance team approves me soon. 🍋

I’m offering free upgrades to the Basic Plan for the beta cohort if anyone wants to roast my onboarding flow.

Beta Register:
Invite Code: BETA-C6423CDB

Wish me luck (and hopefully Lemon Squeezy approves me soon).