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  1. MRiabov

    Another landscaping venture? Let's go.

    MARKETING 
    I'd suggesta deployment on Railway. You love it since it's deliberately none of the developer overhead from AWS, cloudflare or any other scaler - just services, buckets and databases.
  2. MRiabov

    Healthy Living

    MINDSET HEALTH 
    @Mattie I'm coming from a family with a dietitian who also was a personal trainer... needless to say she still runs her 5 km runs at least once a week when she is >70 years old, so consider that as a great health measurement. I definitely have a great diet - this is after being 20kg overweight...
  3. MRiabov

    Post all of your ideas and random problems you’ll never execute on...

    GOLD! HOT! IDEA 
    @MTF @piano here's a niche business to run Google ads for.
  4. MRiabov

    Building a $49.99 Divorce Preparation SaaS — Fastlane Business or Just Another AI Wrapper? Tear It Apart.

    - AI - 
    This really reminds me this talk somebody on the forum linked to me: View: https://youtu.be/zpLNb5wUVPs The conversation is between a successful law firm owner considering branching into software business. TLDW: build software to scale your company, don't branch into other businesses.
  5. MRiabov

    Post all of your ideas and random problems you’ll never execute on...

    GOLD! HOT! IDEA 
    but software engineers can just resolve the queries using AI? building a RAG chatbot with tool calls takes what - a day or two including iteration?
  6. MRiabov

    Post all of your ideas and random problems you’ll never execute on...

    GOLD! HOT! IDEA 
    I do very similar things at my job using AI. AI can make any sort of setup you can imagine now. case in point: Arcade AI: Design Unique Products with AI and Artisans this even creates 3d product designs IRL!
  7. MRiabov

    Has AI killed the software business dream?

    - AI - 
    The constructive takeaways are: - why leave your current job if you can start a business on the side and have job income? - having a random "career break" blank in your resume will screw you up, - you didn't mention running businesses, but anyway. I'm retelling the "negativity", because like...
  8. MRiabov

    Has AI killed the software business dream?

    - AI - 
    Yes, but will *you* solve them, including customer acquisition, product building, employee management? Will you hire a team that does?
  9. MRiabov

    Has AI killed the software business dream?

    - AI - 
    To be clear, OnlyOffice is open-source too and are great - I'm using them on Ubuntu.
  10. MRiabov

    Built a product from scratch. Profitable, but scalable?

    SCALING FEEDBACK 
    Check if you are "cannibalizing sales" of your product. I work in a ecom consultancy, and one thing we optimize: if you are ranking highly in organic ratings, then when you advertise (too much), you are burning cash for nothing. Also, the key to more profitable ad spend? Good reviews. If you...
  11. MRiabov

    MRiabov [software eng, exterior cleaning biz] diary

    EXECUTION 
    One month after the thread in question update: - I was never paid for the software project that I took on and lasted 3 months. They said they don't need it anymore. Life lesson: never be employed without contract. - On window cleaning at the moment. 250€/day. All of this will go into taxes. -...
  12. MRiabov

    MRiabov [software eng, exterior cleaning biz] diary

    EXECUTION 
    Sup. Instead of making multiple posts scattered here and there, I would make a single thread here. My current story is... Spending 3 years on entrepreneurship, with last half a year trusting another entrepreneur who went out to be scammy and dropped half of our team including me without wage...
  13. MRiabov

    Need a career advice

    QUESTION 
    Yes, but you will also be cashless in some majority scenario case and likely draining - instead of of accumulating - your bank account.
  14. MRiabov

    Scaling an exterior cleaning business

    EXECUTION 
    looking back, my issue was inadequate execution by the way! shitty ad sets, meh marketing, didn't bother collecting reviews, and only one lowest-entry service! I always showed up late to job instead of getting up early to work. I came one hour later than my employee. --- Not sure. Seriously...
  15. MRiabov

    Need a career advice

    QUESTION 
    Hmm. fair. look, my context: I am working in a company which helps scaled up brands optimize their ecommerce ad, logistics, monitoring operations, and everything else. it's a huuuuge and a very diverse job to be a ecom business owner, as far as I see. So I'm a software engineer, not a ecom...
  16. MRiabov

    Has AI killed the software business dream?

    - AI - 
    Being a software engineer myself, I think this pattern of thinking comes from: 1. the software engineers are frequently listening to VCs, 2. VCs instilling a "winner takes it 80% of the market" mentality, and everyone else doesn't. Which as I come to realize, is (likely) a load of bollocks...
  17. MRiabov

    Need a career advice

    QUESTION 
    My say is that your chances of building a successful ecommerce company is abysmally lower if you didn't work in one.
  18. MRiabov

    Civil Engineering student

    STORY INTRO 
    plausible suggestion - get the civil engineering job first and work towards the job first, and aim to stay there >12mo, and at a good job too. you'll be more ready by the end of this than if you spend 2-3 years gimmicking around in entrepreneurship, which is how much of these undertakings end...
  19. MRiabov

    Is software freelancing a good undertaking nowadays?

    - AI - 
    I think this: - Software freelancing or jobs may not be good long-term, - But it's the level-up as described in View: https://youtu.be/r_58zPgArb4 - Say right now my window cleaning income is 5000/mo if worked 20 days a month, - and I could reach the next stage by either: - buying more...
  20. MRiabov

    Post all of your ideas and random problems you’ll never execute on...

    GOLD! HOT! IDEA 
    to be clear: you may notice so many AI companies are advertising cure creation with their LLM. guess why. @illmasterj - yes, there are literally dozens of those startups. heck, I did a voice agent a few times.

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