u/Itchy_Librarian7618

Note: 1. why would I not pay you lol I need to pay you to prove the loop works. 2. It was originally $1 but got toasted by other subs so testing a new price point

Problem: Ideas are cheap but finding real starting signals is hard. People waste months building something no one wants & will pay for.

Why this problem: If you're already on the sub you don't need me to tell you the above or how many times you've seen ppl struggle at an idea with no validation, building too fast / much before talking to customers, wasting their runway instead of doing the actual hard yards of validation at the start.

The solution: I (and others) will literally pay you to give feedback on an idea. Caveat being you have to be somewhat qualified to answer the specific idea but keening that open for interpretation for now.

The ICP: Pre-launch, pre waitlist, pre Product Hunt and DEFINITELY pre product.

I'm going to test this idea with this idea. So if you have any thoughts on the above, write some real feedback (not just I would / not use it, willingness to pay, how are you currently solving this problem), message me with a line or two about your experience in this problem space.

All payments via Stripe

EDIT: why would I not pay you lol I need to pay you to prove the loop works. Think for 1 second pls (and give actual feedback not ragebait)

Problem: Ideas are cheap but finding real starting signals is hard. People waste months building something no one wants & will pay for.

Why this problem: If you're already on the sub you don't need me to tell you the above or how many times you've seen ppl struggle at an idea with no validation, building too fast / much before talking to customers, wasting their runway instead of doing the actual hard yards of validation at the start.

The solution: I (and others) will literally pay you to give feedback on an idea. Caveat being you have to be somewhat qualified to answer the specific idea but keening that open for interpretation for now.

The ICP: Pre-launch, pre waitlist, pre Product Hunt and DEFINITELY pre product.

I'm going to test this idea with this idea. So if you have any thoughts on the above, write some real feedback (not just I would / not use it, willingness to pay, how are you currently solving this problem), message me with a line or two about your experience in this problem space.

All payments via Stripe

EDIT: why would I not pay you lol I need to pay you to prove the loop works. Think for 1 second pls (and give actual feedback not ragebait)

Problem: Ideas are cheap but finding real starting signals is hard. People waste months building something no one wants & will pay for.

Why this problem: If you're already on the sub you don't need me to tell you the above or how many times you've seen ppl struggle at an idea with no validation, building too fast / much before talking to customers, wasting their runway instead of doing the actual hard yards of validation at the start.

The solution: I (and others) will literally pay you to give feedback on an idea. Caveat being you have to be somewhat qualified to answer the specific idea but keening that open for interpretation for now.

The ICP: Pre-launch, pre waitlist, pre Product Hunt and DEFINITELY pre product.

I'm going to test this idea with this idea. So if you have any thoughts on the above, write some real feedback (not just I would / not use it, willingness to pay, how are you currently solving this problem), message me with a line or two about your experience in this problem space.

All payments via Stripe

Problem: Ideas are cheap but finding real starting signals is hard. People waste months building something no one wants & will pay for.

Why this problem: If you're already on the sub you don't need me to tell you the above or how many times you've seen ppl struggle at an idea with no validation, building too fast / much before talking to customers, wasting their runway instead of doing the actual hard yards of validation at the start.

The solution: I (and others) will literally pay you to give feedback on an idea. Caveat being you have to be somewhat qualified to answer the specific idea but keening that open for interpretation for now.

The ICP: Pre-launch, pre waitlist, pre Product Hunt and DEFINITELY pre product.

I'm going to test this idea with this idea. So if you have any thoughts on the above, write some real feedback (not just I would / not use it, willingness to pay, how are you currently solving this problem), message me with a line or two about your experience in this problem space.

All payments via Stripe

* probably not actually me but AI voice bot

On paper I'm a very productive person but my family & partner knows that I've ALWAYS hated waking up. I turn into a different person in the morning no matter how much sleep I get! Especially on WFH days where there's no "real" need to be up early. No alarm or app has ever worked. Not even to mention the bed rot...

This idea came to mind when a few days ago one of my friends called me at 9am and I had to pick up & sound "awake", and it pushed me to get out of bed & on with the day. I guess the tinge of embarrassment worked.

Let me know thoughts :)

* probably not actually me but AI voice bot

On paper I'm a very productive person but my family & partner knows that I've ALWAYS hated waking up. I turn into a different person in the morning no matter how much sleep I get! Especially on WFH days where there's no "real" need to be up early. No alarm or app has ever worked. Not even to mention the bed rot...

This idea came to mind when a few days ago one of my friends called me at 9am and I had to pick up & sound "awake", and it pushed me to get out of bed & on with the day. I guess the tinge of embarrassment worked.

What do you think?

* probably not actually me but AI voice bot

On paper I'm a very productive person but my family & partner knows that I've ALWAYS hated waking up, it's embarrassing. I turn into a different person in the morning no matter how much sleep I get! Especially on WFH days where there's no "real" need to be up early. No alarm or app has ever worked. Not even to mention the bed rot...

This idea came to mind when a few days ago one of my friends called me at 9am and I had to pick up & sound "awake", and it pushed me to get out of bed & on with the day. I guess the tinge of embarrassment worked. So would anyone do this?

Hi friends!!! I'm an event organiser in Melb with ~400 events under our belt since 2021, mostly socials at bars and language / culture exchanges. We're looking to expand our event range and would love to hear from you guys - what's something you would love to join or see happen?

Welcome creativity :)

Hi all. I run a small cafe in Melbourne that's closed by mid afternoon. We're empty every night so I'm looking at opening up for private hires. We did our first "trial event" last month which was a 5-course dinner and had a private chef.

For venues that do something like this on a recurring basis, how do you go about deciding the minimum spend? How do you enforce it / what do your usual terms look like? The thing I'm worried about isn't a quiet night, it's opening up paying staff, and finding out afterwards it wasn't worth it. Especially on a recurring basis.

New to management to any tips and anecdotes would be very appreciated.

Hi all. I run a small cafe that's closed by mid afternoon. We're empty every night so I'm looking at opening up for private hires. We did our first "trial event" last month which was a 5-course dinner and had a private chef.

For venues that do something like this on a recurring basis, how do you go about deciding the minimum spend? How do you enforce it / what do your usual terms look like?

New to management to any tips and anecdotes would be very appreciated.

Hi all,

I’m sure some of you have come across vanity metrics along your journeys or have seen others succumb to them. Which ones have you seen that are the most misleading / misguiding? E.g impressions but no conversions etc, what was the context?

Just starting out myself so keen to hear stories

I run social events where strangers show up and do an activity together, language exchanges being our the main one in Melbourne. I run 2 formats at the moment, the smaller is ~30 people (limited by venue size, waitlist is sometimes weeks long), once a week, and the bigger one gets to about 150 per event regularly, also once a week. Have been doing this for the past 12 months ish.

It has been going well. I don't love my day job, friends and sometimes even attendees ask me why I don't do this full-time.

I want to work out how to start expanding, especially to other cities. I have partnered with people on the business side before and they turned out REALLY unreliable, which was not good for the brand and left me wary of scaling alongside anyone.

I would love to hear from people who have done this. How did you know it was the right time to jump, and did you go all in or keep the day job and grow on the side first? Anything you wish you had known before quitting would help a lot. Stories from people who tried and found it did not work for them are just as welcome !

I run social events where strangers show up and do an activity together, language exchanges being our the main one in Melbourne. I run 2 formats at the moment, the smaller is ~30 people (limited by venue size, waitlist is sometimes weeks long), once a week, and the bigger one gets to about 150 per event regularly, also once a week. Have been doing this for the past 12 months ish.

It has been going well. I don't love my day job, friends and sometimes even attendees ask me why I don't do this full-time.

I want to work out how to start expanding, especially to other cities. I have partnered with people on the business side before and they turned out REALLY unreliable, which was not good for the brand and left me wary of scaling alongside anyone.

I would love to hear from people who have done this. How did you know it was the right time to jump, and did you go all in or keep the day job and grow on the side first? Anything you wish you had known before quitting would help a lot. Stories from people who tried and found it did not work for them are just as welcome !

Hey all,

I run recurring community events (100-300). My current process is email a short survey the morning after, 5-6 questions, rating + open text.

Response rates sit around 8-12%, and the responses are usually superfans or people with complaints. The latter is useful but I'm thinking there's a lot of value left on the table with the majority of people not giving feedback.

Any tips to get this % up?

Hey all,

I run recurring community events (100-300). My current process is email a short survey the morning after, 5-6 questions, rating + open text.

Response rates sit around 8-12%, and the responses are usually superfans or people with complaints.

For those of you running this regularly, any tips to get this % up?

I've been asking people about it since it kicked in on the 1st, mostly out of curiosity, and so far almost nobody had heard of it before it started, even though it was announced back in the 2023 budget and the legislation went through last year.

Made me realise I have no idea how anyone is supposed to keep track of this stuff, because by the time it turns up in the AFR or on the ATO homepage it's already done

Not an accountant, I work with parliamentary and regulatory data feeds for my job. One thing I've noticed is how much moves well before the newsletters pick it up. Consultation papers, committee hearings, bills that sit at second reading for months then suddenly get pushed through in a sitting week.

Curious how people in practice handle this.

Also keen to hear if anyone's been properly burned finding out about a change late.

Used to draft ministerial correspondences and genuinely think I spent more time learning each approver's personal quirks than learning actual policy (came up through grad). Every new drafter on the team went through the same hazing of getting their drafts ripped up for weeks until they figured out the unwritten rules. Did anyone's office actually bother documenting this stuff or did everyone just suffer through it

client just tore apart a design for using a shade of green that's 'not their green' even though it's literally in their brand guidelines pdf. turns out they updated their preferences verbally to my predecessor and nobody wrote it down. three rounds of revisions for something i could've gotten right the first time. losing my mind. please tell me this isn't just me