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    How many customers did you get before moving to the building phase of your SaaS?

    MARKETING SAAS / APPS 
    Curiously, it always seems to happen with software, as demand for most physical things we can imagine has been validated, if the price is right. Nontechnical founders of tech startups trivialize the building part but tend to build something with a modicum of demand. Technical founders are the...
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    The Anthropic Researcher Who Quit Over AI Fears Isn’t the Only One Sounding Alarm Bells: ‘Things Could Be Out of Control Next Year’

    NEWS 
    There are several schools of thought: 1. "If anyone builds it, everyone dies", an engaging book by E. Yodkowsky and N. Soares about AI wiping out humanity. 2. "The economic singularity" by Calum Chace about AI ending the need to work and the social consequences of mass unemployment. 3. "AI...
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    I think I’ve created a three-legged elephant—or maybe I’m just not persevering enough with marketing?

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    As a developer, if I want to block something, I use the hosts file because then it blocks it across all browsers, and there is no subscription to maintain. Furthermore, as a developer, I know that every intrusive app is a security risk, so if I am installing an extension that knows what I am...
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    How many customers did you get before moving to the building phase of your SaaS?

    MARKETING SAAS / APPS 
    Once I made the mistake of not calculating the costs correctly when I observed an ostensible need for another SAAS. If the customer wants it, it does not mean they want the bare minimum MVP; they may well want all the features the competitors already provide plus some extra. Even with 100...
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    Got Success Anxiety? This Will Help

    MINDSET 
    Acceptance is only a partial solution. If you read Nassim Taleb, intrusive thoughts are 'antifragile'. Anything you do about them makes them stronger. Even trying to let go of them by staring at them, because when you wish something away, you are not really accepting it. In my experience, the...
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    Is finding a group of people that are at your same level and making a "mastermind" where we meet weekly a good idea? Specifically for B2B SaaS

    PEOPLE 
    This forum is already here for you. Whatever you want to report to the weekly meeting you can just post here.
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    Has any of you built a SaaS successfully when you were not familiar at all with the market before starting?

    QUESTION 
    Math mistake alert: from the information provided it cannot be determined whether starting a business in a familiar area is easier or harder. The fact that 3-5% < 70% is irrelevant. How many people have actually tried to start a business in the area they knew nothing about? Say, 700 tried in...
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    Do you want to be a Billionaire?

    MINDSET 
    For an inspiration, read "Dirtbag Billionaire." Yvon Chuinard, the founder of the Patagonia brand, started from zero and gave away his fortune to no-one -- by essentially changing the company into a non-profit whose profits will go towards saving the planet. This is not even counting all the...
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    Gen Z Says This Is the Main Reason They Don’t Date: ‘Feels So Unattainable’

    NEWS 
    Do you want an answer? Many attractive or even slightly cute girls have been approached thousands of times, at all kinds of times, including when they were studying, working, late for a bus, hanging out with their boyfriend, on a phone call, caring for a sick child, you name it. And you...
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    Gen Z Says This Is the Main Reason They Don’t Date: ‘Feels So Unattainable’

    NEWS 
    People run relationships, and everyone does it differently. In this example, it'd be my worst nightmare if my wife was nagging at my to spend money to upgrade to a better apartment to catch up to some friends. I'd walk away if at all possible. Just like if someone must know how much money I...
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    Gen Z Says This Is the Main Reason They Don’t Date: ‘Feels So Unattainable’

    NEWS 
    The dating situation cannot be 'bad' by definition. It is like a marketplace. If renting a decent 1-bedroom costs $3,000, does it make the market 'bad'? No, that is what other people in the market are paying. If landlords have an expectation of doing a credit check and the market tolerates it...
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    Icing injuries no longer recommended

    HEALTH 
    Multiple books that I've been reading plainly state that icing an injury such as a sprained ankle is now considered a bad idea --- that it delays healing and in nearly every case provides no tangible benefit other than pain relief (at the cost of delayed healing). Apparently, even the inventor...
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    AI Is Killing The Fastlane Forum

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    One view of automation draws a line between EXPERT TASKS being automated vs NON-EXPERT TASKS being automated. For example, if I am an accountant and the invention of a personal computer helps me build spreadsheet and add up numbers, then the automation actually makes me more valuable by...
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    Post all of your ideas and random problems you’ll never execute on...

    GOLD! HOT! IDEA 
    Also, fighting AI cheating for exams and intellectual competitions (math, physics, chemistry, chess, creative writing, etc.) - airport-style screening at exams for phones, smart watches, smart glasses - blocking/monitoring wireless traffic - smart surveillance to detect suspicious behavior -...
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    Post all of your ideas and random problems you’ll never execute on...

    GOLD! HOT! IDEA 
    Idea: food for the colonoscopy prep period. I've recently had colonoscopy and upper endoscopy to screen for cancer and other things. (Btw consider doing upper endoscopy with the colonoscopy if you can; it's just a little extra time and can discover lots of other things.) The preparation is...
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    Any runners? Breathing life into myself

    HEALTH 
    Since my earlier posts, I keep doing zone 2 on an elliptical in 65-minute sessions at least 2/week. Extremely boring. However, last time I tried listening to an audiobook, and after 25 minutes I could no longer follow it suggesting it does take real effort. I also started to notice it takes...
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    My reading list about exercise/sports and the mindset required for it

    HEALTH 
    Thank you, purchased. I forgot "Pain and Performance" by Ryan Whited and again Matt Fitzgerald. That one is also very unorthodox.
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    My reading list about exercise/sports and the mindset required for it

    HEALTH 
    Here are some real gems. All of those are filled with specific, actionable ideas. Thomas Kurz. "Stretching Scientifically." Extremely solid information from this Eastern-European coach and author. If you want to kick very high, this book will teach you how. It did teach me. You can also...
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    Struggling with the "employee mindset"

    IDEA FEEDBACK RANT 
    @WannaB also, the simple answer is to never give up. According to the author and public speaker Brian Tracy, it takes the average person 20 years from deciding to become a self-made millionaire to success (adjusting for inflation, self-made decamillionaire). The number may be wrong, but the...
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    Zelse - Win points by getting out of the house!

    GOLD! EXECUTION 
    Maybe try as an A/B test only on some users? They may all decide not to pay if there's not much value yet. Unless we are talking $0.99/month.

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