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    AI-powered accounting - A question about positioning

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    Yeah, your questions make perfect sense from a feature perspective. I'm not going to convince anyone who cares about having more features. I started Nummo because QuickBooks, Xero, and even Wave, are incredibly bloated. Accounting is extremely simple and elegant from a mathematical perspective...
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    AI-powered accounting - A question about positioning

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    They're small business owners who don't need invoicing or payment processing. So you think 'bookkeeping' is better than 'accounting', right? In the end I'm changing the pricing and adding a free tier too.
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    AI-powered accounting - A question about positioning

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    Hi there fastlaners, I spent one year building my own AI powered accounting software (Nummo) -- more details on the process in this thread. I launched 4 days ago and so far I got these results from organic traffic on Google and some Reddit engagement: - 348 visits on my landing page - 419...
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    I... Have nothing to do in the evenings?

    MINDSET 
    You're very young. I would spend time exploring your interests in your evenings, trying to figure out what you're truly good at. Pick some topics you're curious about and explore them. This can take years, so learn to enjoy the process.
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    Cancel your Replit/Lovable subscriptions. Just use Antigravity instead.

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    I personally use Claude Code with Zed Editor. Antigravity is basically a rebranding of Windsurf with some more agentic capabilities. It's not very different from Cursor either. You still need to know how to code to launch something meaningful though.
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    I hate accounting software, so I'm building my own solution

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    Thanks for asking, because today I launched the full product! After some pivots in the target market and lots of dev work, the product is live and ready to be used. Nummo is built for business owners in the US with these traits: - Hates traditional accounting software - Appreciates simple...
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    I hate accounting software, so I'm building my own solution

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    Thanks for the suggestion and the encouragement. I think one of the hallmarks of good design is using colors sparingly. It can feel boring, but it’s hard to get a polished, professional website with more colors. Today I added a glassy effect to the navbar, just like Apple’s new design, and...
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    I hate accounting software, so I'm building my own solution

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    I posted about it in r/Accounting and to my surprise, accountants were quite interested. You can ask yours, I’m sure they hate Quickbooks as much as the average business owner.
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    I hate accounting software, so I'm building my own solution

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    Thanks for your comment! The product isn’t live and I’m playing the scarcity and exclusivity game. That comes with some tradeoffs. I don’t mean to onboard the average business now, but only the innovative, curious customers who love the product and want to secure a good deal early on. I get...
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    I hate accounting software, so I'm building my own solution

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    Good catch! Yeah, the goal is validating the product before I invest the resources to build it. I could do a waitlist, but I don't believe in waitlists. The best validation is people paying for something that isn't even ready. Pretty hard to condense a new accounting standard into the main...
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    I hate accounting software, so I'm building my own solution

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    Thanks for the feedback! I know that bit is controversial and I’m open to change it if I get a lot of pushback. For now the manifesto has helped me get some sales.
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    I hate accounting software, so I'm building my own solution

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    I didn’t know Finaloop, I will definitely take a look!
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    I hate accounting software, so I'm building my own solution

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    Thanks for the feedback! I agree that trust can be a challenge. Perhaps I shouldn’t make so explicit that I’m a solo founder at the beginning. The self-hosted version helps with inspiring trust too, as users can experience Nummo without having their financial data leave their devices. Most...
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    22yo turning 23 350k NW

    MINDSET 
    You have to be delusional and take for granted you’re going to make it. You become the process. When you get there in the end, chances are you won’t be able to stop and switch off. Don’t take it as a goal you set, achieve, and then forget. You have to be obsessed and make lots of sacrifices...
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