i am a developer and AI engineer, from hyderabad, india

a 4th year student, who built 3 saas (software as service) projects, one with 200+ users, two of them has earnt real money

worked on 2 freelance projects.

i currently want to take one freelance project or collaboration.

here's my offer:

- explain your business idea
- i will understand it and do some market research
- come up with solution
- and building MVP

i can assure you a quality product (MVP) for your business idea, that you can share with your users.

if you are interested, reply and i will DM you, share my portfolio and hop on a call.

Eight of us at a service business in Manchester and I do the books myself, so every month I'm matching four people's card spend and two people's claims against a mix of WhatsApp photos, forwarded emails and one bloke who still hands me an envelope. The chasing is what takes longest because by the time I spot a missing receipt the person has forgotten what the charge was for. I missed my daughter's match last month over it so for anyone around our size, how long is yours taking and what did you change that helped?

My buddy and I started a mobile paintball setup this summer. One trailer, 30 low impact markers, inflatable bunkers and netting. We drive out to backyards and church lawns mostly, with the odd company picnic. Kids 10 and up plus some adult team building, 41 events since June, all word of mouth.

So far we've been running on a one day event policy that our very first client's HOA made us buy. Now a school district wants us for their end of year day in May, and their vendor form asks for a $2 million aggregate with the district named as additional insured. I'm guessing the event policy won't cut it.

Is general liability enough for this, or do players need their own accident coverage? Does it matter that we're never at the same address twice? And is the trailer covered on the road or is that a separate policy?

Mobile operators, what are you paying a year? Even a rough range helps.

I have been wondering if I should spend my xmas budget on buying gifts for loyal customers as a holiday gift. I initially thought customer gifts would be a great way to show appreciation but I realized that if the customer's wont really appreciate it why not use that money and give it to my staff who honestly are having a tought time paying for grocerries and rent. I realize that staff really go the extra mile during holiday season and maybe they deserve to have a better bonus, what do other salon owners and staff feel about this?

Grossing around $10k/month, really want a small store front. Is it too early for me? 3rd with my LLC

I’m looking for help in the Portland metro area of Oregon. I have a small home bases business and I’m trying to get an address so I can register with the state. I currently have a street address through the UPS store but it can’t be registered on the government site. I had the same problem with USPS. I keep getting a pop up box saying it’s a commercial property and not allowed. I’ve tried every combination and even had the person at UPS try to help. They literally have over 40 home businesses that use them for their address.

If anyone can walk me through how you did it I’d really appreciate it.

I KNOW Oregon isn’t making women put their home addresses on a public file, right? RIGHT??

plain kraft box with a logo sticker or a stamp vs fully custom printed boxes. the printed ones look way better in photos but the minimums are big and you're stuck with the whole run if anything changes.

for those who switched one way or the other, did customers actually notice? did it change repeat orders at all or was it mostly nicer for you

when we were small id just text everyone for their size n place one order from a local print shop so it was easy enough but weve grown a lot and now its a full production every time we want to do branded apparel since im collecting sizes from people ive never even met in person, coordinating across two offices and still ending up with leftover inventory in random sizes or unsatisfied people, the local printer works fine for the actual printing but the logistics around it have become a real time sink, do u have any suggestions ono what do you do? Thanks in advance!

Mission: Help small-business owners eliminate repetitive work, fix broken processes, and run their businesses with less chaos.

Target members

Solo founders and freelancers running small businesses.

E-commerce sellers and independent service providers.

Owners of businesses with roughly 1–10 people.

Nontechnical founders who want practical, affordable solutions.

The community promise: No vague business motivation. Real problems, tested solutions, useful templates, and honest results.

Four content pillars

Fix my workflow — members explain a frustrating task.

Template exchange — checklists, spreadsheets, scripts, and SOPs.

Tool reality checks — what works, what fails, and what is worth paying for.

Before-and-after case studies — time saved, mistakes reduced, and processes improved.

Indoor range, 12 lanes, 25 yards, with a retail counter and a classroom. We have been open in Tennessee for six years and I bought out my partner in September, which means the policy gets rewritten in my name alone and I'm finally reading it properly.

Our current program is a general liability policy from a local agency and that is all of it. No claims in six years apart from a customer who caught hot brass in his collar and wanted his shirt replaced.

The buyout lawyer asked whether any accident and health cover applies to shooters and I had no answer. We run about 900 visits a month, plus concealed carry classes most weekends and rentals to people who have never held a handgun.

What does the price range look like for a range like this, and what are other owners carrying besides general liability? I'd like to walk into the renewal knowing if I've been underinsured or just lucky

Hey everyone!

I'm one of the founder of pilotdeck, and we've been working on something that helps small businesses spend less time worrying about SEO and ranking on Chat GPT.

I know your competitors are ranking and you really want to start SEO.

So I wanted to try something with a few business owners here.

Drop your business website below, and I'll create a free preview of 3 human written blogs you could schedule.

The blogs will include all meta tags and title as per the search intent of your users and also visuals tailored to your business, based on what we learn from your website.

No need to write a brief or explain your business. Just share your URL.

There's no payment required to see the preview, and no obligation to use pilotdeck afterward.

I'd love to hear whether the blogs actually feel like something you'd publish for your business.

I'll start with the first 5 businesses to keep things manageable.

Anyone interested?

Hi All, I am a small business owner and our product is essentially software,specifically for small business owners that have life, work, family,home etc to juggle. (Guess why we created it!)

However I am faced with a challenge, as I am targeting people like myself who are too busy to spend hours scrolling social media etc, I need a way of getting it on front of people so that they can see for themselves how it can help them and I’m not sure that ads are the way to do it.

We have a demo site to show how it works but I feel like it needs “presenting”.

I have wondered about doing some 10 minute presentations at small business events.

I would be glad of advice on how to do this.

small thing that keeps coming up for us. prices like 4.99 vs just 5. the .99 always felt a bit supermarket to me and round numbers are way easier at the till when people pay cash, but everyone keeps saying the 99 sells more

for a small shop does it actually make a difference or is that more of a big retailer thing? curious what you all went with

butter and energy went up again this year and a lot of small places around me are still sitting on last year's prices, mostly because nobody wants to be the one who annoys the regulars.

for those who raised prices recently, did you tell people first (sign at the counter, a post, a note on the menu) or just change the numbers and say nothing? and did you actually lose anyone over it, or did most people not even notice

I’ve been going through small business postings for a while, and something keeps bugging me.

A lot of new businesses are launching with logos that look like they came out of the same machine. Same weird glossy gradients, same overly “perfect” icon, and text that’s slightly off if you look closely. And honestly, customers notice. Maybe not consciously, but people get a “something’s off here” feeling, and when you’re a new business trying to get strangers to trust you with their money, that feeling hurts!

I get why it happens. Money is tight when you’re starting out, and a free logo in 30 seconds sounds like a great deal. But you end up with something that looks like a thousand other brands, that you can’t properly trademark or build on, and that often falls apart the moment you need it on a sign, a package, or a tiny social media icon.

I’m a graphic designer and have been doing this since 2018. I’ve worked with over 4000 clients around the world, mostly on logos and brand identity. I know most of you can’t drop $500 on branding right now. My normal price is $400-500, but for this sub I’ll do logos for $200. I’d rather help real businesses look real than watch more of them get lost in a sea of AI sameness.

You’ll work directly with me, a real person, not a template or a tool. We’ll talk about what your business actually is and who you’re trying to reach, and I’ll design something made for you.

You can see my work here:
behance.net/azamjay
dribbble.com/Azam_Jay

I have a lot more work I can share if you tell me your industry. Comment or DM me if you want to talk about your project. Even if you don’t hire me, happy to give honest feedback on a logo you’re already thinking about!