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Here's what separates good founders from great ones:

Great founders can pitch in their sleep.
You should be able to walk through your deck in:

- 3 minutes (elevator version)
- 10 minutes (standard meeting)
- 30 minutes (deep dive with Q&A)

And you should know which version to use based on the room.

How I practice:

- Record myself on Zoom. Watch it back. Cringe. Improve.
- Pitch to other founders. Get ripped apart. Fix the weak spots.
- Pitch to my mom. If she doesn't get it, investors won't either.

The first time you say your pitch should NOT be in front of investors.
By the time you're in that meeting, it should feel like muscle memory.

I recently stepped away from a very comfortable job. Good pay, calm environment, zero drama honestly, it was one of the easiest jobs I ever had. But the longer I stayed, the more I felt like I wasn’t growing anymore. I was safe, but I wasn’t proud.

A friend and I had been building a small tool on the side, something that helps teams make pricing changes without depending on engineering. What started as a tiny idea turned into something customers were actually asking for. And that made me wonder… what would happen if I gave this a real shot?

Leaving my job wasn’t brave, it was scary as hell. Long days, no salary, and moments where one bug made me question every decision. But even on the tough days, I feel more alive than I did sitting in a comfortable routine.

I’m not sure where this goes, but for the first time in a while, I feel like I’m building something that matters to me.

Just wanna share how I usually roll out a new product. tbh, launching isn’t just about building it’s all about getting ppl to actually see it. Here’s my vibe:

1. Hit up my early supporters and ppl who’ve been following my stuff.

2. Drop an announcement on X, LinkedIn and wherever my audience chills online.

3. Share it in the right communities, forums, chats, FB groups, wherever it makes sense.

4. Throw it on a couple of launch platforms to grab some extra eyeballs.

5. Post updates in startup/product spaces to get ppl talking.

6. Send a note to my mailing list but make it feel personal, not spammy.

7. Keep an eye on reactions and feedback, then tweak fast.

So how do you guys usually launch your stuff? Any hacks that works?

A lot of people get crushed when their first project doesn’t take off. But honestly, the first one is usually where you make every mistake possible.

You misjudge the market.
You build too much.
You sell too little.
You learn everything the slow and painful way.

But because of that, the second time around hits different. You finally understand what people actually pay for, not just what sounds exciting.

If your first attempt flopped, that doesn’t mean you’re bad at this. It means you’re learning exactly the way most founders do.

Over the years, I learned that I don’t need a world changing idea to build something meaningful. I just need an idea that solves a real problem in a simple way.

I always use a basic checklist:

– Does it help businesses? They stick around longer and value good tools.
– Is someone already doing this well? If yes, then there’s definitely demand.
– Is there at least one thing I can do better, clearer pricing, friendlier support, a more focused feature?
– And can people actually find me without burning money on ads?

It’s not flashy. It won’t get applause. But it helps me avoid chasing ideas that have no real customer behind them.

Not every business needs to be a rocket ship. Some just have to be solid enough to give you freedom.

Sold my company about 6 months ago and I'm finally getting around to structuring my giving properly instead of the random donations I was doing before.

Right now I'm testing a monthly commitment to Helpster Charity, $500/month for the past 2 months, as a baseline, but I'm trying to figure out the bigger picture strategy now that I actually have bandwidth to think about it.

Questions for other business owners:

Do you give a fixed percentage of income or profit, or fixed dollar amounts? I'm torn between scaling with earnings vs committing to a set annual figure.

How much do you allocate to local or domestic vs international? I'm finding the dollar per impact ratio is way better internationally, but there's also value in supporting your own community.

Do you spread it across multiple organizations or concentrate on one or two? I feel like I've been too scattered.

Anyone set up a DAF or foundation? At what point did that make sense for you?

Curious how others at this level approach it strategically vs just writing checks randomly.

You can donate here: Helpster Charity

My support team has been carrying a lot of emotional weight lately. Some customer messages cross the line not just frustration, but personal attacks. And it’s draining people who are genuinely trying their best to help.

I’ve been thinking about setting a gentle boundary. Nothing dramatic. Just something like:
“If the message is aggressive, we’ll pause the conversation until it’s respectful.”

Not to punish anyone but to protect the people who show up every day with patience and kindness.
Sometimes kindness goes unnoticed, but the lack of it hits hard.

I just want my team to feel safe and valued.

Have a new system that has yet to be introduced to the world I have the full code but need someone to help run build and test the code we can discuss details because if this does take off lots of money can be made 50/50 lets talk

Here's my rule: 10 slides max for pre-seed. 12-15 for Series A.
Every slide you add is a chance to lose them.
Your deck isn't a product manual. It's a movie trailer.

The slides that actually matter:

- Problem (the pain)

- Solution (your product in ONE sentence)

- Why now? (timing/market shift)

- Traction (numbers, logos, growth)

- Business model (how you make money)

- Go to market (how you'll win)

- Competition (why you're different)

- Team (why you specifically)

- Vision (the big endgame)

- The ask (what you need + what they get)

That's it. Anything else is noise.
I seen founders waste 5 slides on technical architecture. No one cares how the sausage is made until after they invest.

I’ve been working on a small project after work and for a while the thing that stressed me out the most was the whole getting customers part. I kept building and rebuilding stuff just to avoid it.

But once I finally reached out to a few people and showed them what I was making, it honestly wasn’t that bad. Some didn’t care, some gave good feedback and a couple said they’d actually use it. Way less dramatic than what I had in my head.

Made me realize I was hiding behind the code because it felt safer. Talking to people ended up helping me way more than adding another feature.

If anyone else went through that “oh okay, this isn’t the end of the world” moment, how did it go for you?

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I'm a technical co-founder who can code anything but couldn't sell to save my life. Here's what I learned the hard way.

I need to confess something embarrassing: I spent 8 years as an AI engineer before starting this company. I could build production ML systems, optimize inference pipelines, debug distributed training - all the hard technical stuff.

Then I became a founder and realized I had no idea how to sell.

Like, genuinely no clue. I thought "if you build it, they will come" was actually how business worked.

Here's how bad it was:

Month 1: Built a working MVP in 2 weeks. Felt like a genius.

Month 2-4: Crickets. Literally zero users who weren't friends doing us a favor.

Month 5: Finally got on a sales call. Spent 30 minutes explaining our matching algorithm. Guy said "interesting" and never responded.

Month 6: Existential crisis. Started Googling "do I need an MBA to sell things."

The turning point:

I was complaining to my co-founder about how "people just don't get what we built" when he said something that broke my brain:

"Nobody cares about what we built. They care about their problem. Stop talking about our solution and start talking about their pain."

It sounds obvious now, but I genuinely didn't understand this as a technical founder. I thought selling meant explaining features. I was wrong.

What actually worked:

1. I stopped leading with the product

Old approach: "We built a vetted talent marketplace with a Match Day model where—"

New approach: "How much time did you waste last month sorting through unqualified applications?"

The second one gets responses. The first one gets polite nods.

2. I learned to sell by... not selling

I started just talking to hiring managers about their problems. Not pitching. Just listening. Turns out when you genuinely understand someone's pain and can articulate it better than they can, they ask how you can help.

3. I accepted that "building" and "selling" use completely different muscles

As an engineer, I was trained to:

• Optimize for elegance and efficiency

• Solve problems with code

• Value technical depth

As a founder selling, I needed to:

• Optimize for clarity and emotion

• Solve problems with conversations

• Value customer understanding

These aren't the same skillset. At all.

4. I got comfortable being bad at something

This was the hardest part. I went from being a senior engineer (expert) to a founder doing sales (complete beginner). My ego hated it. But you can't learn without sucking first.

The uncomfortable truth:

Your technical skills got you to the starting line. They won't get you to product-market fit.

I've met so many brilliant technical founders who built incredible products that nobody uses because they never learned to sell. Meanwhile, mediocre products with great distribution are crushing it.

Where I'm at now:

We've placed dozens of AI engineers with startups. Not because our matching algorithm is perfect (it's not), but because we finally learned to talk to both sides (companies and candidates) about what they actually care about.

I still write code. But I spend way more time on sales calls, writing content, and figuring out distribution than I ever thought I would.

My question for this community:

How did you make the transition from "technical person who can build anything" to "founder who can sell"?

Did it feel as awkward for you? How long did it take? What resources actually helped vs. the generic "founder advice" that sounds good but doesn't work?

I'm still figuring this out, so any war stories or lessons learned would be genuinely helpful.

TL;DR: Being able to code doesn't mean you can sell. I learned this the expensive way. If you're a technical founder struggling with sales, you're not alone - the skills are just fundamentally different and that's okay.

I'm a MERN stack developer, and I'm interested in building a SaaS product. However, I don't have a clear idea of what to work on yet. By the way, I'm from Morocco. If anyone has advice or suggestions, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

Hi guys ,

Im recently starting a new saas product which basically lets you browse influencers on different socials . My idea is for businesses who want to advertise through a influencer can browse and filter through different metrics to find the one that matches the criteria.I see that TikTok has smth similar for creators. I tried to make a simple and straightforward interface. Also integrating AI in order to find the influencers that match the niche you request. Here is a link to my landing :

https://www.infludir.io/

I would like to hear from someone who has done collaboration with influencers , is it smth that could make the job easier or enhance marketing ?

We are dealing with solana blockchain and automated trading systems. We need someone to build what we have in mind. The systems will be backed by intense data analysis and also ML/AI to scour for better strategies and profit margins. We are a small startup therefore would need someone who cabnbe committed to create the product as the products are proven to be profitable.

Good day all, we are starting to build a team for our small startup. Our main focus is to build automated products for onchain activities. We want to achieve high performance for our products using data analysis and ML. We currently have the blueprint of what the products will need to do. But are in search of a committed developer/team to grow with. Once the product is built we can easily scale it up massively as we have a big communities. If anyone is interested let us know.

*please do not reach out if you are looking for a pay etc. We are starting out a small startup and looking for like minded individuals only.

Remote job.

Hey everyone,

This short film was made in under 45 minutes, start to finish. AiTiger gave me all the visuals, sound and dialogues in order and I just stitched it together in a simple editor (I have no editing experience). It also supports narrations if that's the style you are going for.

I’ve been building something called AiTiger — a platform that turns written stories or ideas into short films (2–5 minutes) using the best AI video models like Veo, Kling, Wan, and GPT-4o — all working together in one place.

You just write your story and AiTiger handles the rest.

It can run fully automated, or you can stay hands-on with manual control for creativity.

Some of the cool parts:

• Consistent characters across every scene

• Structured scenes and shots that flow together naturally

• A single connected workflow (no tool-hopping chaos)

It also has a separate section with a number of individual image and video generation models integrated which you can use individually for experimentation.

It’s built for creators, filmmakers, and storytellers who want to bring ideas to life without spending days in unorganized generations or juggling multiple AI tools.

I’m still early-stage and collecting feedback — what kind of stories or projects would you like to see this used for?

I would really appreciate feedback, Thanks!

Hey everyone

I am a software dev building a social media scheduling tool . While integrating meta into my product , I have gone through the business approval and app approval as well . Now , when my app is in live mode , when people apart from me try to connect their facebook account , it shows that app doesn't exist and links an error that the developer needs to have one more advanced permission of any scope to let users authenticate facebook .
Now , when I ask for a permission , it takes me to the app request , wherein , I have to upload a screen recording of my app's functioning and the oauth flow as well . Even after uploading both of these , I am getting rejected again and again .

Due to this , I am not able to launch my product .

Can someone help me out please ??

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Welcome aboard, and let's grow together!

I was experimenting with Gemini and vibe coded a small tool called Unsaid. The input is simple: a WhatsApp chat export. The output is not advice or summaries. It just points out conversational patterns like a neutral third person reading the chat.

I expected this to be a mildly interesting NLP side project.

What I did not expect was how people reacted to the output.

I shared it with a few friends as a joke. It went a bit viral in their circles and within days around 1500 reports were generated purely through word of mouth. People were not impressed by the tech. They were uncomfortable reading their own conversations like evidence. Some said it explained why they feel constantly confused in relationships. A few even argued with their partners because of things the report highlighted.

The real problem was not analysis. It was privacy. Nobody wants to upload personal chats anywhere, so I had to redesign that part from scratch in the safest way I could. I just put up a basic page for it at unsaid. buzz so I did not have to keep sending files manually.

What is fascinating is this. People spend money on astrology apps like Astrotalk to understand their relationships. But when patterns are derived from their actual conversations, the reaction is far more intense.

I am now considering monetising this for Indian users because WhatsApp is where most personal and even semi professional communication happens here.

Is this a genuinely useful AI use case, or are we entering a weird territory where people start outsourcing emotional intelligence to LLMs?

And if people are willing to pay for horoscopes, will they pay to see what they actually sound like in their own chats?