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  1. astr0

    Path to creating a digital product

    NOTABLE! 
    Don't worry, everything would be fine! I'm leaving on Friday too, but in two weeks :) and I don't have income from freelancing ;). Was a little frightened too, mainly because we have only one mid-term project and pretty much no proven plan on what to do next. But the services/freelancing are...
  2. astr0

    Not sure when to give up on my idea

    IDEA 
    My friend started his first 3D-art agency business by reselling gigs to cheaper freelancers and controlling their work. He was freelancing himself pretty successfully first though so had all the rep and client base. That approach won't work with logos, I guess. People do need much 3D art for a...
  3. astr0

    Limited Ways to Reach my Audience

    MARKETING 
    We had the same exact problem, although no direct competition, but our target audience were hanging in other groups in that niche. Tried to hire people to PM them one by one from different accounts and slowly leading to our product. That hasn't worked well. Tried media buying on web sites they...
  4. astr0

    Running around in circles

    Really great advice above, so one little bit I would add is don't research the heck out of it before taking actions. Research on the high-level like should do this and that, issues here and there, someone solved it - great. Dig deeper for short-term goals, that's usually 1-4 months. Go full...
  5. astr0

    Does anyone else find social media boring?

    MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA 
    I am using them only for work and communication with friends&family and with others who I know in real life. There should be interesting groups out there, but joining them would be pretty much the same as reading through social media feed, no? 1000+ messages a day, everything chronological so...
  6. astr0

    Does anyone else find social media boring?

    MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA 
    LinkedIn is not that bad. You get notifications for messages on email, so no time spent checking it. Noticed that they have a feed too only a few weeks ago :rofl:. I'm using messengers like Slack, Viber, and Telegram a lot. Pretty much all groups/chats are muted there, but it's still pretty...
  7. astr0

    Does anyone else find social media boring?

    MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA 
    A minority of people who value their time and don't need regular dopamine dozes from otherwise useless activities. Where's the world going? :eek:
  8. astr0

    Does anyone else find social media boring?

    MARKETING SOCIAL MEDIA 
    You're not alone, I'm 31 and also don't care and never cared. Maybe we don't like to show off? P. S. I do have a LinkedIn profile and answer most messages there, also have a facebook profile made only for watching videos and that's all.
  9. astr0

    Should I disinvest from my investment portfolio

    INVESTING 
    You're getting really good bits of advice here, but most of them come from people living in the US. $10K may be quite a lot of money in other countries. Where it stands for you compared to your income and living expenses? Business surely can get your much much better ROI than other investment...
  10. astr0

    A Milestone Day

    INTRO 
    So that's solving a need from your main domain and that's really awesome. As long as a need is big enough and the pricing is right you won't have problems with customers. Have you checked how's your competition is doing? Everyone is welcome here, I guess. You're in business for 7 years and...
  11. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    NDA project beat it previous best day 3 times yesterday. Today is 83% better and it's not over yet... I'm actually a little afraid about it, cause we're moving 5-6 months ahead of the optimistic schedule we made for investors in our 3-page business plan... It's not linear so that's a lot faster...
  12. astr0

    A Milestone Day

    INTRO 
    But you're pretty sure that your app fulfills an actual need, right? Otherwise, you probably won't be doing native versions for both iOS and Android, correct? 2 years is a really long time, I would probably give up much sooner. Great persistence and discipline! Doing it in free of service...
  13. astr0

    A Milestone Day

    INTRO 
    Welcome to the forum! Two years sounds quite a lot for developing a product. Do you have paying customers? Good luck on your journey!
  14. astr0

    Goal: Another Word for Event

    Thanks, definitely all of that is true. Reaching the goal is an event that requires building a process/system to achieve, it's logical. Atomic Habits is on my reading list, but I don't have time for books now. Do you think there's still lots of value in those books for someone who read...
  15. astr0

    Have Smartphones Destroyed Humanity?

    HOT! 
    My daughter knows how to unlock the phones/tablet and turn on cartoons on youtube since she was like 2yo. She's 2 and 8 months now and knows how to turn on cartoons on Samsung SmartTV, pause/resume/switch cartoons on youtube, turn on and play kids games on tablet and post smileys in a telegram...
  16. astr0

    What is the most scary moment in your life?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Those moments seem to have a huge impact on life, would be great if everyone could learn something from other's experience too. All mine have something to do with driving as I've used to drive like a reckless idiot when I was younger. This made me value my life more We were going on 5 car...
  17. astr0

    Think Big, and Then Think Bigger Than That.

    GOLD! 
    Probably slightly different for me, but not sure if that's limiting beliefs or not. I really value time more than things and value having more things to enjoy higher than having fewer, but the best ones. I'm also pretty rational in my choices. I'm pretty happy with my house and totally don't...
  18. astr0

    Not sure when to give up on my idea

    IDEA 
    Are you sure that people who need logo design are hanging in logo design groups?
  19. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Goal: Largest project $25K was the biggest single project we were able to close on my first service company 10 years ago. Just beat that with the NDA project, but that's a bit of cheating. The initial amount was way less, but after the client got funding secured he was willing to improve it. And...
  20. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Week -5 The best week so far, despite the bump. NDA Project. Has finished the seed round. Actually, we have few investors messaging after the amount was closed and asking to sell more... Integration with a big partner went live today, around 5 hours ago and we already beat a previous best day...

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