Anyone trying out Kortex?

Posted by satis
Oct 13, 2024 at 03:17 PM

Be wary. It’s only weeks old and the devs admit their code is basic and raw. Their marketing is a little weird, saying things like light mode is an upcoming feature “for psychopaths”.

I’m not the slightest bit interested. The CEO Dan Koe;s main business is offering wealth-building “Kortex University” courses for aspiring creators to build their brand and create a moneymaking ‘content ecosystem’. This software seems to be an offshoot of courses on marketing/sale for bloggers to build online followings. More on this course here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/18rvrb1/any_opinion_on_dan_koe_kortex/

Before he started Kortex he was plumping for his ‘Modern Mastery HQ business community’ (which has since been scrubbed from his site https://thedankoe.com/ ). He also does affiliate marketing, and was licensing access to video animators for Tiktok creators. His content creation business involved writing tweets he’d repurpose to Instagram and LinkedIn, then write blog posts he’d send out as newsletters, then replicate them as podcasts and YouTube videos. Things he’s sold recently:

- Digital art created with Photoshop

- Web design & WordPress services

- Dropshipping

- Minimalist wallets

- Blue light glasses

- Productized websites

- Funnels for service-based businesses

- Web design course

- Freelancing course

- Power planner

- Modern Mastery HQ (MMHQ, $29/month)

- 2-Hour Writer ($150)

- Digital Economics ($499-$8,000)

The pullquotes used for the Kortex app are from seemingly sketchy “thought leaders” who write blog posts for pay. (Product blurbs too?)

One blurb is from “unconventional blogger” with a “keen insterest in blockchain” Tim Denning, whose Medium and Substack subscriptions are about HIGH PERFORMING ENTREPENEURSHIP on a “path to cash” via an “online writing journey”. In his personal description on Medium he writes, “I’ve worked with the top 1% of writers like Dan Koe….”

Unsurprisingly, on Denning’s badasseryacademy.com website he in turn has posted a pullquote from Kortex’s Dan Koe, and Denning has appeared on Koe’s YouTube/podcast.

Reminds me of the old SPY column ‘Logrolling In Our Time.’

The first pullquote the app’s site uses is from Taylin Simmonds, who specializes in ‘content marketing’ for companies and writes things like on his Medium page like, “I used to think all online money was a SCAM!... Congrats, if you follow this guide for 6–12 months, you’ll be free. ✧ You’ll make well over $10,000 per month ✧ Have the freedom to travel the world”