r/Entreprenuers

Hello everyone, I am 22M and pursuing a business degree... And I am entrepreneurship oriented aiming to create something big in my country. I am working on a business startup with other people of different skills, whom I met both in university and online. It takes a lot of energy and learning to move forward. This of course, is normal for business life.

Now here's the thing: there's been a girl I have always liked from secondary school though I never made anything start( like a relationship there) I was a nerdy type back them. Right now she's in medical school whilst I am in business school. The universities are about 01:30 hrs apart.

I decided to just let her be ever since we finished high school so as I fully focus on my craft or development. Got advice from the "guidance counselors" who told me that it's better to focus on your goals and development right now since you are still young as you are just finishing high school. You might not even love the girl if you wait for some time. I admit I was so young then.

Fast forward to the future(years later), we are now both university students and I still like the girl. I constantly, everyday, choose my business ventures over going for her. But it feels like I am trading or playing dice with two most important parts of my life. I don't like the thought of choosing between the two though I know it might be the right choice. Thinking of balancing the two feels like I am just trying to defend myself whilst making the wrong decision maybe.

I need advice from everyone of you who have experience or knowledge on this situation. I believe you happen to know the right choice to make in this situation, though I might find it difficult to accept. Just tell me the truth as you believe, in your opinion, it is. How do you go about entrepreneurship when these two parts of life crushes?

Thank you

Hello I new to the thread. I was looking for some insight on where to start putting some money instead of just saving it in the bank. I know some people suggest putting it in real estate, some people say stocks and I’ve also heard Roth IRAs.

I have about 25k saved but I don’t know how to get myself ready to save for retirement and build wealth. Can someone point me in the right direction to set myself for success.

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I've been building a conversational CRM that lets you type things like "Met Sarah James from Stripe. Interested in Enterprise. Follow up next Thursday." and it automatically creates the contact, deal, task, and activity.

I recorded a 2-minute demo showing the flow because it's easier to understand visually.

I'm curious: what would stop you from using something like this? What feels missing or unrealistic?

Nobody else would be better suited to give feedback than you all. So, lemme know.

if you want video lemme know in the comments

I’m trying to understand something from people building early businesses.

A lot of useful ideas never get tested because the first technical version is too expensive or too slow to build.

I’m especially thinking about:

Communities.
Blogs.
Micro-networks.
SaaS.
Ecommerce.
Publishing systems.

The question is simple:

If the technical foundation was already handled, and the builder only had to verify the direction, talk to users, and run the business, would that make the idea easier to test?

The filter would not be hype or trend.

It would be value.

Does the idea help people create, organize, publish, coordinate, trade, or build something real?

Curious how founders here would think about that model.

so hi everyone - I work for a limo company that is trying to get back their business. These two women who own the company are so wonderful! Their mom passed recently and they are rebooting this business. We are located in South East Florida. Any suggestions?

The answers that did not work

"I work better alone." This is an answer about preference, not about execution capability.

"I haven't found the right co-founder yet." This sounds like you are working on finding one, which is fine, but gives no evidence about your solo execution capability.

"I have strong advisors who fill the co-founder role." Advisors are not a founding team. Partners know this.

Long defensive explanations about why the solo path is actually better. Defensiveness signals that you know this is a weakness and are trying to hide it.

The answers that worked, from documented cases:

"I am building this solo. Here is what I have built in eight months (show specific revenue or specific customers). My plan is to hire a [state this specifically] when I reach (Share your milestone here). I have two conversations ongoing with people I have worked with previously. Here is one of them: [first name, what they did at what company, why I am talking to them].

This answer does four things. It is direct. It provides evidence of solo execution capability. It demonstrates a specific plan for the team question. It names a real person with real context.

The formula: direct + evidence + specific plan + named person.

Not one of these alone. All four together.

Its really been fun to group this YC solofounder case studies together, happy to share those case studies.... if anybody need it...