u/Zorantscales

Hey everyone! I'm into the entrepreneurship space for 4years now, was into a lot of businesses but after I read the Almanack of Naval Ravikant, my entire perspective changed and I realized I should build a long-term empire that runs without me in the future. I started to spend a lot of hours researching and brainstorming, I finally decided and validated my niche through my natural obsessions and specific knowledge, started talking and writing about it a lot. And now thinking about the code leverage to actually build an infrastructure every multi-million dollar company did.

I'm curious how is it for you, were you thinking about stuff like that lately? And what are your techniques, or what did successful founders use in the past? Im geniunely curious about that because this is fundamental in business..

Hey, I feel like instagram and other short-form platforms became an AI/ugc slop 'powerhouse' and like building a personal brand could still worth it with a unique point... But starting and building a startup(saas, software, webapp, private sanctuary etc.) is very hard... Am I the only who feels that? How do you overcome it, or what other apps would you recommend? And what do you think how will it shape in the future?

I was thinking of a unique, simple webapp at first that solves a real, painful problem and could make your growth more effective as of your journey more organized.

What is something that would geniunely use on a daily basis and even pay for a premium version of it?

Looking for real pain points and problems, that you are constantly looking for a solution as an entrepreneur...

I'm 17, got into entrepreneurship at 14 and had several businesses since there. Built a lot of creative projects, failed, lost money, got scammed, sold courses, airpods, dropshipping etc..

But years went by and I realized its more about what xou geniunely love to do on the daily basis rather than how hard you work... I also started my personal brand and building two long-term businesses and two short-term ones. I do feel like I found my natural obsession, and realized this is not a race...

So overall I'm looking for ideas and perspectives upon your considerations of what type of business models are the best for long-term scale? (Saas? Software? Templates? Digital courses? POD? Branded dropshipping? An IP based community centric media company?)

P.S: What type of businesses are going to be the next Apple, amazon, nvidia, google in 2029-2030? (SaaS, apps and softwares for sure, but I feel like its oversaturated)

Been thinking lately... What if I map out my exact pain points, build a basic structure and template for myself and then create apps/softwares for that? I have been into marketing and entrepreneurship for 3 years now and got pretty good at personal branding and faceless retention and hook engineering too while running up several theme pages accross socials. So I decided to build a free community where I host a 30 days reset with my exact templates and strategy. And after all will be monetizing it with software and a deeper circle of a paid membership.

So how does this business model work and how should I get started with it in your specific experiences?

Not a gotcha question. Genuinely curious.

I went independent partly because the traditional work structure just didn't fit. But I've had a few engagements with founders where it felt different clear scope, real trust, actual impact. Didn't feel like employment.

Is that the exception or are people finding more of that lately? What made the difference when it worked?

Came across a small community forming around exactly this kind of work setup still early but the framing felt different. Happy to share if relevant.

I was planning and thinking about building a philosophy, stoicism app that users can be brutally honest with, everything stays local, even the developer can't see that. We would integrate 4-5 philosophists, pschyologists that doesn't sound like a generic chatbot, but an actual mentor. Also with several other features.

What are your thoughts on this and what suggestions do you have on features?

I was planning and thinking about building a philosophy, stoicism app that users can be brutally honest with, everything stays local, even the developer can't see that. We would integrate 4-5 philosophists, pschyologists that doesn't sound like a generic chatbot, but an actual mentor. Also with several other features.

What are your thoughts on this and what suggestions do you have on features?

I was planning and thinking about building a philosophy, stoicism app that users can be brutally honest with, everything stays local, even the developer can't see that. We would integrate 4-5 philosophists, pschyologists that doesn't sound like a generic chatbot, but an actual mentor. Also with several other features.

What are your thoughts on this and what suggestions do you have on features?