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I wanted to share a quick win. For a while now, I’ve been stuck in a cycle where my only "leads" were people looking for free services. They either couldn't or wouldn't pay, and I was starting to feel like I was just spinning my wheels. Everything changed when I finally booked a meeting with someone who actually had the budget to pay for what I do. At first, I was convinced they'd say no to me especially with me being a solo founder but this morning they got back to me with a signed contract. So

So we've been obsessing over "the moat" at my startup lately. It's the classic question: what actually protects us long-term? Nothing tunes the senses on this like watching somene else's moat disappear. In our weekly eng meeting, we were figuring out how to handle customer bug reports post-launch. One idea was routing them straight to Linear for triage. Normal stuff. We tabled it. More important stuff to do. Here's the thing though, my co-founder has basically stopped using Linear. We have a coo

Everyone's obsessed with the startup lifestyle right now. "Be your own boss." "Build your own thing." All over social media. But nobody talks about what it's actually like. I've learned first hand. You're the first one to get hit when something breaks. Last one to get paid. Every problem is yours. Customer cancels? Your problem. Employee quits? Your problem. Something fails on a weekend? Guess who's fixing it. You never clock out. I've taken calls at 11pm from panicked employees. Fixed payment p

I started a Junk Removal company at 21 and grew it to $500k in revenue within 2 years. The market I was in was very small, so I moved to a bigger city after year three and started my second branch. 1.5 years later, and this new branch is at 200K in revenue, but the first branch is struggling. We're 1.5 hours apart, and I keep a manager to run things, but this week he went on vacation, and the entire thing fell apart. The guys aren't showing up; when they do, they're not wearing uniforms, and nob

im so fucking tired of reading paraphrased comments on reddit and reading long ass posts just for the poster to link his product in the end. im fucking tired of being manipulated like this and have one of my favourite internet places filled with stupid ai slop. is there anyone fixing this?

I’ve been reading these posts for years, and I’ve been itching to share my story. I told myself I’d wait til my one year for credibility. As of March 18, my moving business is one year old, and I paid myself $20k today! I started the company with $60 worth of business cards and a marketing idea. My first job came two weeks after doing apartment drop ins. $250 downpayment covered the uhaul rental truck. Total job was $900, which was (1) validation of the business, and (2) enough to pay the boys (

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Been in aviation for years and found a real problem worth solving with AI automation. Not going to post the details publicly but it's specific, the market has money, and I know the right people to sell to. Looking for someone technical to build with, dev, no-code, AI automation, whatever. I bring the industry side and first clients. You bring the tech. Comment if interested

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