I’ve lived in Hartselle for three years and still don’t know what to do around here because I work a lot. Are there any natural swimming holes nearby with somewhat clean water?
Public pools dried out my sons skin and makes his eczema worse. I saw Mardis Mill Falls, but that’s an hour away.
Feel free to DM me if you don’t want to give away a good spot to the public. I leave places better than I find them
I want to say something that would’ve sounded insane 5 years ago. Right now, today, you can start a real business with just a payment processor, a bank account, an LLC, and a few AI tools, and be profitable within a few months.
Not “maybe someday.” Not “if you get lucky.” 6 months ago I had zero experience, cold calling people who didn’t want to hear from me. Today I run a legit operation.
Some of my own clients tell me they get calls all the time from people trying to sell them something I already provide. I always tell them the same thing, verify the person is actually legit before you trust them with anything. There’s a lot of noise out there right now because the barrier to entry basically fell to zero.
It’s never been easier to start something. It’s also never been easier for someone to fake it til they make it. So do your homework on anyone reaching out to you but, also, if you’ve been sitting on an idea because you thought you needed capital, a team, or years of experience… you don’t anymore. Just start
Wishing everyone here the best of luck. If you’re building something, keep going.
I want to say something that would’ve sounded insane 5 years ago. Right now, today, you can start a real business with just a payment processor, a bank account, an LLC, and a few AI tools, and be profitable within a few months.
Not “maybe someday.” Not “if you get lucky.” I did it. 6 months ago I had zero experience, cold calling people who didn’t want to hear from me. Today I run a legit operation.
Some of my own clients tell me they get calls all the time from people trying to sell them something I already provide. I always tell them the same thing, verify the person is actually legit before you trust them with anything. There’s a lot of noise out there right now because the barrier to entry basically fell to zero.
It’s never been easier to start something. It’s also never been easier for someone to fake it til they make it. So do your homework on anyone reaching out to you but, also, if you’ve been sitting on an idea because you thought you needed capital, a team, or years of experience… you don’t anymore. Just start
Wishing everyone here the best of luck. If you’re building something, keep going.
EDIT:
This edit is to address the influx of DM’s and comments I don’t have time to respond to. I will not provide my website or self promote but can answer the questions I’ve been receiving:
first off we are not hiring, sorry.
On the AI side of things we custom build agents/workflows, voice agents sometimes, and command centers(openclaw with a dashboard). The other side is digital marketing
As far as tools I use:
Claude code for automations
Onarq.ai for business structure and strategy/workspace
Stripe as payment processor
Hubspot as crm
As far as getting clients:
It was a mix between the social media strategy given to me by Onarq, then referrals, and email campaigns
Good luck!
Yeah, I know how that title sounds. Let me explain.
I built ONARQ, and I’m keeping the beta private, paid, and limited to qualified users only. If you’re building something similar, I’d genuinely consider doing the same before launching publicly
Here’s what it does: you do one voice interview, and that’s it, the app builds your entire roadmap for you. You’re not prompting an agent or building the plan yourself like you would in ChatGPT. From there it adapts on its own, based on the tasks you complete, what you add in the workspace, and what comes up on coaching calls. It’s broken into phases with a percentage complete so you always know where you stand. Daily tasks keep you from getting overwhelmed by the whole plan at once. The workspace has chat/ notes/ documents, plus actual coaching calls, all backed by real goal science frameworks (SMART goals, WOOP, backward planning,etc.) with perpetual memory that carries your full context into every conversation. The roadmap, calls, and chat aren’t the same as what you’d get out of a standard LLM, the frameworks and logic took real time to build. Security is taken seriously, same standard as any app you use daily, with payments through Stripe.
Why private and paid: I want feedback from people who’ll actually push on it, not a flood of signups who bounce and never say why. Charging filters out the people who aren’t serious about their goals, so the feedback is from people who use it in real world situations, and I’m not drowning in support tickets before the core experience is right.
It’s a web app now, works on any computer, with an Apple App Store version coming soon. If it sounds like something you’d use, for any business goal, and you’re up for a paid beta, join the waitlist at Onarq.ai
I've been thinking about where the line is between a conversational AI and a goal execution operating system.
I'm building a goal execution system and one of the biggest pieces of feedback I've gotten is, "Couldn't I just do this in ChatGPT?" And honestly, I understand where they're coming from.
the more I think about it, the more I feel like ChatGPT is incredible at helping people think, brainstorm, and answer questions, but there's a different challenge around actually executing long term goals. So I want to throw some specifics out to this sub, since you all probably know ChatGPT's behavior better than most:
At what point does an AI powered operating system stop being just a chatbot and become an actual goal execution system? I'm building toward an answer to this and would genuinely love more takes before I commit to a direction.
I'm trying to figure out if this solves a real problem or if I'm overthinking it.
It seems like most people don't fail because they lack motivation, they fail because they never have a structured plan to reach their goals. Every day becomes another round of, "what do I do next?"
So I've been exploring the idea of building something that acts more like a business coach than another AI chatbot.
Imagine having a coach in your pocket that's available 24/7, one that helps you execute instead of simply answering questions or agreeing with everything you say.
It would:
The goal isn't to replace your thinking.
It's to eliminate the daily question:
"What should I do next?"
I'm primarily trying to close the gap between ambition and execution for new entrepreneurs, but I also want it to help established business owners execute specific goals, whether that's landing more clients, launching a new product, improving operations, or growing revenue.
Would something like this actually be valuable to you?
More importantly...
What's the biggest reason you wouldn't use it?
I'm looking for criticism, tell me what feels unrealistic, unnecessary, confusing, or missing.
For context, I'm mid-build and making improvements almost every day based on a few beta users and reddit feedback. If this sounds like something you'd genuinely use, you can join the private beta waitlist at Onarq.ai
I'm trying to figure out if this solves a real problem or if I'm overthinking it.
It seems like most people don't fail because they lack motivation, they fail because they never have a structured plan to reach their goals. Every day becomes another round of, "what do I do next?"
So I've been exploring the idea of building something that acts more like a business coach than another AI chatbot.
Imagine having a coach in your pocket that's available 24/7, one that helps you execute instead of simply answering questions or agreeing with everything you say.
It would:
The goal isn't to replace your thinking.
It's to eliminate the daily question:
"What should I do next?"
I'm primarily trying to close the gap between ambition and execution for new entrepreneurs, but I also want it to help established business owners execute specific goals, whether that's landing more clients, launching a new product, improving operations, or growing revenue.
Would something like this actually be valuable to you?
More importantly...
What's the biggest reason you wouldn't use it?
I'm looking for criticism, tell me what feels unrealistic, unnecessary, confusing, or missing.
For context, I'm mid-build and making improvements almost every day based on a few beta users and reddit feedback
For years, I wanted to be successful by any means necessary. I started four businesses, and none of them really worked.
Everyone says, "Find a problem and solve it." So I spent years trying to solve other people's problems, but I always found myself relying on other people to make the business succeed.
Then I asked my team a simple question: Why aren't we solving our own problem?
That changed everything.
We built a solution for a problem we faced ourselves. Since we lived it every day, we understood it better than anyone else. After launching, we realized thousands of other people had the same problem.
The lesson? Before searching for someone else's problem to solve, look at your own. If it's a real pain point for you, chances are you're not the only one.
The major consensus is that ONARQ delivers real, felt value, users describe it reshaping how they see their business and goals, boosting confidence and sales, with the workspace and in-app Chat as the standout features for brainstorming and step-by-step guidance. The main constructive feedback is a request for deeper integration with tools people already use daily (like Obsidian and Claude/GitHub),
The best results I’m seeing as the founder so far is with closing the gap between ambition and experience for new entrepreneurs.
—> ONARQ is an AI coach that builds a personalized roadmap to your goal.
You start with a 10-minute voice conversation, then it creates a plan based on you.
Custom roadmap from your goals and situation
Daily tasks that adapt as you make progress
AI coaching whenever you get stuck
Workspace for notes, documents, and planning
Ongoing coaching that updates your roadmap over time
Most people in the beta are using it to start or grow a business, but it works for any serious business goal.
Join the waitlist at Onarq.ai to be granted access
I’d genuinely appreciate any feedback on the idea or the post.
The solution to 90% of early entrepreneurs problems —> ONARQ is an AI coach that builds a personalized roadmap to your goal.
You start with a 10-minute voice conversation, then it creates a plan based on you.
Custom roadmap from your goals and situation
Daily tasks that adapt as you make progress
AI coaching whenever you get stuck
Workspace for notes, documents, and planning
Ongoing coaching that updates your roadmap over time
Most people in the beta are using it to start or grow a business, but it works for any serious business goal.
Join the private beta waitlist at Onarq.ai.
I’d genuinely appreciate any feedback on the idea or the post.
I’m looking for high quality AI video editing platforms that I can use to up my content creation game. Currently just using CapCut and TikTok. But I know there’s better out there. I don’t mind using more than one and I don’t mind paying. I just need to find a good stack.
My two best friends and I started and failed at four businesses trying to solve other people’s problems, until the fifth one actually worked, growing past $600K in annual revenue. That process taught us the real lesson: even with ambition, motivation, and discipline, most people (including us, early on) don’t have the business experience or know-how to execute.
So we built ONARQ, a full-service AI coaching and workspace app to bridge that gap. What makes it different is that it starts with a voice interview where the AI asks you questions, instead of you having to teach it what you need. It gets to know you and builds a custom, constantly-adapting step-by-step roadmap for whatever you’re trying to achieve. From there you get a full workspace (chat, notes, documents) plus post-task voice coaching calls, so you can speak your goals out loud, get held accountable, and stay on track even when you miss a step. If anyone here is working toward a goal in business or health, we’re looking for more beta users. let me know
I am struggling to keep up with work, school, raising and 2 year old, and keeping up with my startup cofounders. I don’t want to do less work than them even though they are understanding of my situation.
Please share ways you have optimized your schedule to allow ample time for everything.
I already only sleep 7 hours and use caffeine so there’s no room for improvement there lol
I actually use AI constantly and I’m not anti-progress at all but, I’ve been thinking a lot about how fast this is moving and I don’t want to watch my peers get blindsided. You should obviously learn the tools now, get ahead of it before it’s “too late” to be the person who knows how to use AI instead of the person competing against it. That’s priority one.
But also, keep unions in your back pocket. Hollywood writers and actors already proved it works, they negotiated real AI protections most of us don’t have. You don’t have to wait until things get bad to organize, and you definitely shouldn’t wait on the government to figure this out for you. Just something worth having ready if it comes to that.
TO BE CLEAR: unions will not stop AI integration but, they can help with negotiations like severance pay, timelines, require notices, etc…
Just earned my helicopter CFI. For context: I’m a helicopter A&P with about 10 years in aviation. Army Blackhawk mechanic and crew chief (500+ hours, day/night/goggles), currently a helicopter A&P for my civilian job, and have previously worked as an airport lineman/fueler/tug driver etc.
Two questions:
Can I get hired at a respectable job without an instrument rating?
Is the industry so insurance-driven that I’ll be stuck with a low-hour position regardless of my experience? or is it realistic to instruct on the side while I build hours and wait for a better-paying offer?
I don’t think I deserve a faster track to a better job just because of my background, low time is low time, and instructing is the logical first step for my location. That said, I do think someone out there could use a pilot with diverse aviation experience on top of a fresh certificate, so I’m hoping that’s worth something down the line.
Found some old Vietnam videos from my grandpa’s unit, thought it was cool. He was the coolest guy I knew. RIP Pop.
I somehow ended up as a tech cofounder. My partners handle the building and I handle business and operations. I frequently have to interrupt and ask questions about tech in our meetings, and I am seeking a deeper understanding of modern technology, especially with AI.
I’ve looked up things like APIs and tech stacks on my own and have a basic understanding of how computers work at a surface level, but I’m trying to go a layer deeper. Not trying to become a developer, I just want to be technically literate enough to make better decisions and have real conversations with my team.
For the non-technical founders or the technical people who’ve worked with them, where would you start? Any resources or concepts that actually helped?