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our CAC on linkedin ads has literally tripled since last year and tbh cold email feels completely dead rn unless you want to completely nuke your domain rep lmao. I was just looking at our Q2 spend and the amount of budget we just set on fire trying to play the traditional volume game is depressing

So were completely scrapping our usual conference sponsorships. instead of dropping $40k on a loud trade show booth where people just scan their badges to get a free yeti mug, we are pivoting entirely to micro-events

Been noticing this trend in other sectors lately too. saw that some web3 groups like stratosphere run by this guy Hassan Shaikh - are basically ignoring the massive crypto expos entirely now to just host private, invite-only dinners for like 40 founders at a time

honestly it feels like such a relief to step away from the numbers grinder. Hosting a nice quiet dinner for 20 hyper-qualified targets costs a fraction of a gold-tier event sponsorship, and the actual pipeline generation is wild because you can actually talk to them. Feels weird to say on a growth sub, but sometimes doing the most unscalable, tedious analog thing is actually the biggest cheat code Lol

literally typing this from my bathroom floor after another mental breakdown over wash day. the shed is just unreal. i’m 4 months into minox + spiro and i know logically it takes time but god, looking in the mirror every morning is destroying me.

i used to love styling my hair so much. now i just throw it in a super loose low bun so i don't have to see my crown in the mirror. it’s like my whole identity is just gone.

honestly i’ve been staying up until 3 am just hyperfixating on helper hair. at this point my search history is literally just custom toppers, silk bases, millionaire beauty brand extensions, and wig reviews. i guess i’m just trying to find some hope. seeing some of those transformations made me realize maybe a cosmetic fix is the only way i can survive this awkward regrowth phase without losing my mind completely.

does anyone here wear toppers or even just good headbands while waiting for treatments to kick in? how do you stop tying your entire self-worth to hair density? because right now i feel like i'm running on empty.

Moved here a couple years back for uni and ended up just staying. Love the city, still figuring out the food scene though.

My taste is pretty simple. I like places that take what they do seriously. Good ingredients, honest cooking, decent atmosphere. Not looking for anything fancy, just somewhere that actually cares about the food.

Been to a few spots around the inner city and east. Tried attenzione food and wine a while back and enjoyed it. Italianleaning, solid wine list, good vibe. But I want to branch out now and try something different.

Not really sure where to look next. Google reviews feel unreliable half the time, so I've mostly been going in blind.

Anyone have spots they keep going back to? Doesn't have to be fancy, just good food and worth the trip.

Moved into my 2 bed flat in Clapham last year and the old boiler (14yrs) has been a nightmare this winter. It started with occasional pressure drops but now its random cut outs and freezing mid shower. Had to top it up like twice a week, absolute pain when youre rushing for work. Energy bill hit nearly £160 last month which is mad for just the two of us tbh. Got a couple quotes around £2900-3400 for a full combi replacement, one seemed pushy but for boiler installations in South West London, wpj heating look not bad at all and local which is a plus from the reviews i've seen. I'm collecting feedback so i can Know which one i should use. Any tips on what to watch in the quotes or if theres any grants left for this stuff? Cheers

3 years into running a flooring business in Atlanta and my 3 vans still look completely generic. No wrap, no graphics, just white with a phone number sticker on the back. Clients find me through referrals mostly but I keep wondering how much business I'm leaving on the table driving through neighborhoods every day with invisible trucks.

Started looking into fleet graphics properly this month. Got quotes from 2 local shops and one regional vendor. Range was $700 to $2,500 per vehicle depending on coverage. One local shop quoted me $700 but couldn't show me any examples of work that lasted more than 2 years in direct sun.

Looked at some larger vendors too while researching. Craftsmen does fleet graphics at scale, consistent branding across multiple vehicles, which matters more when you're running 3 or more vans. haven't pulled the trigger yet, still figuring out if the ROI makes sense for a business my size.

anyone here actually done a full fleet wrap or graphics job? Did it generate leads or is it mostly just making the business look more legit to existing clients?

I've been running my skincare brand for a while now and the one thing that always slowed me down was getting my product pages to actually look good. I'm not a designer, and hiring one every time I wanted to change something felt like a waste.

I started using a Shopify landing page builder and it honestly changed how fast I can move. I found through a thread somewhere and it helped me put together cleaner pages without needing to touch code or wait on anyone.

What I'm still figuring out is how to balance page design with conversion. Like, how much text is too much on a product page? And do you all test different layouts or just go with what looks clean and leave it?

Would love to know what other store owners here are doing, especially if you're in a visual product niche like beauty or wellness.

My wife, our four kids, and I moved into a new house about a year ago. Bigger place, bigger yard, and a garage I swore would be organized. Pristine. A place for everything…

Yeah. That lasted two weeks…

It started when a neighbor clued us in on abandoned parcel auctions like packages lost in the mail, sold off in bulk for cheap. The first few boxes were a gamble. Some junk, but also good stuff. Organizers, kitchen utensils, even an AirFryer.

We started filming unboxing videos on YouTube. And suddenly people started watching. Suddenly we are buying more and more, as everything can become a video, a means of earning money and happiness. My wife is looking for decorations, my kids hope to get a new toy from every box, but as for me...

But here’s the ugly truth: our garage looks like a hoarder den. Half a table. Five mismatched lamps. Camping gear for a family of twelve and we’ve camped once. A snowboard. We get three snow days a year. We do not snowboard

Things have been donated, tossed out, and even sold. But it is a hydra... take care of one area, but three more show up somewhere else. Our vehicles haven’t set foot in the garage for months. Every time my wife scrapes off her window ice, she looks at me

So I’ve decided: no more buying until we can park a car in there. I’ve been researching real shelving and stuff strong enough for the madness. Found some great options from SI Retail and their industrial shelving units. They look earthquake-proof, which is probably what we need

Right now, it’s not a garage. It’s a disorganized warehouse that smells faintly of cardboard and bad decisions. But I’m determined to fix it

For the last few years, I've been telling myself the same story: I've only gained a little weight… Not a lot… Just enough to notice... Just enough that certain clothes didn't fit quite the way they used to… Just enough that I'd occasionally avoid looking at myself from certain angles in photos…

What is funny about this is the way in which your brain finds ways to be creative when it refuses to accept something. I would say it was poor lighting, poor posture, a bad photo angle, or the fact that phones are some sort of magic trick for making people look bad compared to real life. Anything but the obvious, really. In hindsight, the warnings were all there. I stopped wearing clothes that I used to love, because they made me feel uncomfortable

My outfit choices began to depend on those that could best conceal my midsection. When people wanted to take photos in groups, I always ended up being the one who took the shot. Back then, I did not consider why. Now, it is fairly clear that my reasons were simply avoiding reality

That event which finally pulled me out of my reverie took place a couple of weeks back. It was then that I was walking in a shopping mall, and I walked past one of those gigantic mirrors which stores tend to set up right on their pathway. When I looked into the mirror for a while, I was horrified to realize that the face staring at me from the mirror was that of someone who seemed to be much heavier and tired than how I perceived myself to be. In an instant, I actually had to wonder who it was that I was looking at, until realization dawned upon me abd it was me

Once I stopped making excuses, I started understanding how I had reached there. Not due to one large mistake but due to numerous small mistakes. Eating out since I was too tired to cook. Binge eating post an exhausting working day. Snacking without even being aware of what I'm doing

Not sitting idle throughout the day didn’t help either. Nor did the practice of giving myself a pledge that I would start healthy eating from the very next week. Then again making the same promise the very next week and repeating it in the coming week. There weren’t any overnight changes but the effect of many years of bad habits

The toughest thing to accept is the fact that I continued to wait for inspiration to strike. As if someday I would wake up and find myself in a new body, all thanks to my sudden desire to be physically active. It never came to pass. Finally, I have made up my mind not to postpone taking care of my wellbeing until it becomes too late to do so. If I continue waiting, there will be no end to it

Instead of setting unattainable goals and trying to stick to an unsustainable regimen, I have begun implementing realistic solutions and adopting healthy habits that promise long-term results. I am exploring ways of working out with apersonal trainer for weight loss since being monitored by another person works for me better. I am not trying to look like someone else, and I am definitely not doing this to be an Instagram model. I simply need to restore my well-being

Above all else, I wish to be comfortable in my own skin once again. I am fully aware that this will take time; the behaviors that led to my current state did not manifest overnight, so their cure should not come overnight either. But this is perhaps the first time in many months that I feel I have truly stopped bargaining with reality

I've been practicing for about two years now and lately started paying attention to the habits I've built around my actual mat time. Staying hydrated, going to bed earlier, or even just taking a few deep breaths before a stressful moment at work seem to have quietly changed how I show up on the mat and how my body responds during practice.

Curious what offthemat habits people here have found surprisingly impactful. Maybe something physical like stretching before bed or foam rolling. Maybe something more mental like journaling or cutting back on screens in the evening. Or something simple you almost didn't connect to your yoga progress at first.

I ask because we tend to focus a lot on the poses, the sequences, the style of yoga we practice, but the surrounding lifestyle choices seem just as important and probably underrated when people talk about growth and progress.

Would love to hear what has worked for you, whether you're a beginner or have been practicing for decades. Nothing is too small or too obvious. Sometimes the simplest shifts stick the longest.

I’m working on a small car-related app right now, and somehow the hardest part hasn’t been the UI or backend… It’s figuring out which VIN API doesn’t completely fall apart once you start testing real-world vehicles lol. Half the APIs I tried were missing trims, giving weird engine data, or returning completely inconsistent info depending on the market.

At first, I thought, A VIN is a VIN, how hard can this be? Turns out decoding EU cars, US imports, motorcycles, older models, etc is a whole different nightmare. I’ve been testing a few options, and Vincario has actually been one of the smoother ones so far for getting detailed vehicle data without spending hours cleaning responses manually.

Curious what other people are using, though, especially if you’re building a marketplace, insurance, fleet, or automotive apps. Did you end up sticking with one provider long-term or just combining multiple APIs together?

We bought an apartment in NY recently, and it is clear we need to get used to smaller spaces, as our previous house was a two-storey house and 4 bedrooms, while we have only 2 bedrooms here. I mean, its enough for us, but we have sooo much stuff and nowhere to store it. Hubby says we need to get rid of stuff we don’t really need, I think we need everything. Built-in storage is the solution I have in mind, as we didn’t buy any furniture yet and prices don’t seem too high for this kind of project. I’ve seen the portfolios of some contractors in the area already and I really like a few ideas, but hubby is still not convinced we need customised storage. How can I convince him? Do you think it’s worth it? Are prices affordable for this kind of projects or they gave me the cheaper options so I come back, and will give me a much higher price later?

I finally did it. Shot an 87 today after hovering around 93 for the last six months. The crazy part is I only hit two fairways all day and spent half my time punching out of the trees because my driver was a slice machine. My short game and putter absolutely saved my life, and I somehow managed to scramble for pars on the back nine. It’s the best score of my life, but it feels so weird celebrating a milestone when one specific club felt totally broken.