I have one client that pays me $10k/mo, How to find similar customers? I run a software development agency, and I help build software, be it a need for a dedicated software developers team or building MVP at an affordable cost. I'm working with one of the clients who pay me over $10K+ a month, and I have been working for over 6 months with the client. I'm looking for the best options to find similar clients in the same industry as I already have clear insights about the business domain and a solid case study on how it helps businesses save... 5 5 replies
AI in software development - realistically, it can be a force multiplier, but not a replacement I'm a software engineer and architect for 24y. Was actively using AI in my development work last few weeks, mostly experimentation. I wanted to share my honest experience here as many are continuously arguing about how awesome/bad it is. There's been a lot of doom and gloom about AI **replacing** developers... specially on social media. Mostly lies. Here's the thing - AI cannot replace mid/above developers, not yet. It frequently forgets the context, even for a tiny application with 3 classes. You can remind it, using lots of tokens... 1 1 replies
What Features Make a Project Stand Out? Help Me Build Better! Hi everyone, I'm currently working on a project to create a sorting and searching visualizer using Next.js and tailwindCSS. The idea is to visually demonstrate different sorting techniques (like Bubble Sort, Merge Sort, etc.) and searching algorithms, while also providing insights like time complexity, space complexity, and their efficiency for different datasets. I want to make this project truly impactful for my resume, so I’d love to hear your thoughts: 1. What features can I add to make this project stand out? For example, should I include features like... 1 1 replies
Where to Meet Entrepreneurs? What are the most effective places for meeting entrepreneurs (more specifically, solopreneurs)? I know people who are constantly networking, but I want to know what type of networking works (generates leads for new business; results in partnerships that can help you win new work). Incubators? Meet-ups? Please something other than LinkedIn… 4 1 replies
Tenth Employee, 4 Rounds of equity and debt funding, CEO keeps firing people and dangling equity without granting it - startup rant. I work for a utility energy startup, we site and develop utility scale energy infrastructure around the US. Proven technology and business model. I knew nothing about startups or this industry 3 years ago but was hired from the Fed gov and have been promoted 3 times in 3 years. The CEO is highly emotional, traps the company on multi hour calls to rant and rave about China, us not working hard enough, cold calling team members for minute details on projects and berating them when they can’t get... 1 12 replies
As a founder, how often are you relying on generic AI tools to help with business decisions? Little bit of context about me: * Working on a SaaS startup with a team of 5 * Founded 3 companies prior with decent outcomes * Most recently, I helped in building a recently acquired **$150Mn** startup from scratch For the last few months, I have been working on my startup and have subconsciously started relying a lot more on generic AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude. For the initial, basic research it works fine, but off-late, I have been validating almost every decision (Eg. Pricing, Unique insights, can't mention others)... 4 4 replies
I have the best product in my niche but don’t know where to start marketing I’m in SaaS and it seems like the best way to get customers is through the internet ? But I don’t have a huge following, and don’t know how to post about my product without sounding salesy. Curious to know other methods of marketing. Do you guys do cold calling? Would appreciate any tips or hacks when starting ! 3 6 replies
Need Help with International Tax Compliance Hi first time posting. Launched an MVE and have received international investment. I am quite lost on what to do from here as the investment came out of the blue. The business as currently set up is located within the states and taxed as an S Corp. I have read that it is not the most viable option for foreign investment as well we are planning on a second round in march. Would anyone have good resources or have gone through something similar? Any advice would be appreciated. 4 0 replies
Has anyone used Tips as their monetization strategy for app? My question is pretty straightforward, as the title suggests. I'm curious to know if 'tips' are your sole strategy for monetization, and if so, what led you to choose that method? Additionally, if you're comfortable sharing, I’d love to learn about your metrics and how they've been impacted by this strategy. 5 4 replies
If you’re rejected by an investor, and it’s because you’re too early-stage or too advanced for its investment criteria, don’t you want to be told that? I'm in charge of getting companies to apply to an angel investment group. Some companies are perfectly fine, but either they're too early (no revenues or customers) or too late-stage (they have raised too much money and their valuation is too high). When I tell them no, shouldn't I explain why: that they're either too early or too late-stage? Thanks. 2 12 replies
How does your startup help journalists? It's rare that you just message a journalist and say "hey I made this app please cover it" and they excitedly agree. However, being a journalist is hard today: * AI written articles. * High demands for hyper niche SEO friendly content. * Lots of competition, especially at higher levels. * Etc. So when you can do their job for them or give them a really good starting point, it makes them very receptive to running your article. ## What do you have that a journalist wants? Look at... 3 1 replies
Anyone run a content scraper bot? I want to talk to you about collaborating on a test. Hey this is my real name & picture, you can find me anywhere. I only use my real name. We're building a new site management suite that helps websites & apps deal with bot traffic. Over the last month we're averaging about 5,000 bots per day. Yesterday we saw almost 15k. I WILL NOT PROMOTE so that's all I can say about it. Anyway, the tools *only* kick in for bots. Humans pass right through, never even know this stuff is here, but bots get special rules applied to... 3 0 replies
Front end first vs back end first - v0 or bubble? Hey All, I used v0 to build my front end for a CRM I am creating. The MVP is about 70% done. I know I have to then create the backend and there seems to be a lot of tools to walk me along that path but I am curious what your thoughts are on creating the Front, then creating the back VS using something like Bubble that does both. As you can tell I have quite limited experience in this so any suggestions would be appreciated. 4 1 replies
Stop the BS about AI, it cant even replace a developer with 3 months of experience I just posted about this on LinkedIn, and I want to hear from you what you think, because everywhere I go I see AI glorified, on every social media platform. This is the post : Stop the nonsense about AI AI can’t even replace a developer with more than 3 months of experience. Social media is blowing it out of proportion. I’ve tested AI tools myself with other senior developers, and let me tell you, they can’t even replace a developer with 3 months of experience. If they could,... 5 20 replies
Equity discussion Hi all - My cofounder and I have built a strong MVP and have confirmed a strong market fit. We are a month away from our officially launch, and we are bringing on a third person to help with ironing out the launch, front end, and a small integration. He’s a good friend of mine and refuses to get paid till we make profit. I want him to feel like he’s truly a part of our company though. How do you identify how much equity is enough, and how... 4 8 replies
How to find business cofounder? So I’ve been developing this app for 6 months now, and it’s getting close to launch. I lack business skills but I am technically sound as I’ve built web and mobile application from conception to launch in a professional work environment from start ups to F500. My issue now is finding another founder who can be as invested as I am but also compliment my skills. Where could I search? Also what are some key things I should look out for and consider when vetting? Edit: Thanks everyone for... 5 0 replies
Are more people signing up for subscriptions from desktop or mobile? Hi. I have a question for people offering B2C products or services in a subscription model. From what device do people mostly sign up for your subscriptions? I’m wondering is there a preference compared to one-time purchases, and where would be better to allocate a limited advertising budget? 1 2 replies
How important is worldwide patents? I am planning to start a company to develop, produce and sell a new product in the hiking category. The product does currently not exist in any form, and if patented and design protected I should have monopoly on the whole market (estimated to 1 million units sold at 100 USD a piece within 5 years after launch). When produced I will expect that the product is easy to copy by other companies, and I will therefore be appying for a patent as soon as the design is finalized... 2 16 replies
Looking for free landing page builder that doesn't require card details I'm running a workshop for early-stage founders to help them understand landing pages, and what makes a good one. It will be hands on, and I'll be getting them to create their own in the workshop. So I need something they can quickly sign up for in the workshop itself without having to jump through any hoops. It doesn't need to be free to publish, just not need CC details to be able to create a draft. If they choose to pay and publish afterwards, that's up to them.... 2 10 replies
1 Year Cliff 4 Year Vest So, I understand what this is and what it means… but what I am a little flaky about is how this works with cofounders. For example: to incorporate a business in the UK, you have to create the initial shares and assign who they belong to. So we have that. But a founders agreement will include a 1 year cliff 4 year vest, so we don’t get shares until after year 1. But we already have the shares, because we needed to set up the company legally. So which... 1 6 replies
