Dreamers vs. Builders

The only thing between you and success is execution

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Marc Lou
August 23, 2025

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I just shipped Funnels inside DataFa.st to find bottlenecks in my startups.

First thing I learned: around 50% of visitors don’t even scroll. They look at the headline and leave.

That hurts, but it’s also the best reminder that most of marketing isn’t adding more features or getting more traffic, but writing a kickass headline 😎

I’ve met hundreds of people with great ideas who never made it.

But I’ve never met anyone who launched 10 startups and failed.

That’s the difference between the people you see crushing it online and the people who don’t: a bias for action.

Thinking feels productive, but it’s not. It’s like reading 100 books on swimming but never getting in the water. You’ll drown the moment you try.

For me, execution didn’t come naturally. I had to force it with routine. For the past 6 years, I’ve lived the same day 2,000 times: Workout, coffee, code. Boring, but it works. I avoid overthinking by holding onto one north star metric: build 100 tiny startups.

Each day starts with a fork: dream it, or ship it.

Success is nothing more than repeating the right choice.

— Marc Lou

3 startups I built to help you:

  1. CodeFast: Learn to code in weeks, not months. 3,300+ happy students,

  2. ShipFast: Ship startups in days, not weeks. Loved by 7,200+ developers.

  3. DataFast: Grow your startup with actionable data. Used by 4,000+ entrepreneurs.

P.S. If you’re launching soon, this could help.

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