What we do, is sell extremely high quality tees, which comes at a price. People are hardly purchasing it (through Reddit). I haven't begun Insta ads, and thinking to do so. What should be my approach apart from Meta ads?
I 28[M] had come across a unique problem after facing it myself and noticing many others around me face it as well and I want to start working on the project as soon as I can.
Since I work in a full time corporate job which provide me with ample time but the problem lies on building the product itself.
I have a non tech background, and very little money to hire someone to do the heavy lifting for me. I dont want to look for a co-founder in the initial stages without valudating the idea first, So as not to waste other people time and money.
The product is basically going to be a website and eventually I plan to create an app. I plan to build a landing page to validate my idea first.
Now I want to know from the wonderful people here, Is it possible to build the landing page and a basic website only with the use of no coding tool and AI. Take into consideration I dont have any technical knowledge. Also are there any simple coding language that I can learn in couple of month to be able to build the MVP all by myself.
I appreciate anyone and everyone taking their time to read it till now and provide any useful insight.
I was scrolling today and came across a post Sychedelic raises $3.5M for Some neuro-tech headphones and when I later checked out the investors there was mentioned cult Advisors LLP and guess what on MCA it shows Deepinder Goyal is a major stake holder in this company. I saw a similar pattern during Continue where he later clarified his involvement.
What should I learn?
So for context, I am still a student and I have about 4-5 years before I can start a business. I don't have any business ideas yet. My question is - What should I learn to prepare myself for starting a business later in my life?
Is it-
Web Dev? I am quite skeptical about this as I've heard people saying that learning it is not worth it anymore
Digital marketing?
Content creation?
I honestly don't know what I should learn. If you were to start again, what do you wish that you had known earlier?
Thanks.
I have this panels of 335w 24v of poly what can I do
This are polycrystalline. Edit : have 100qty
Lately I’ve been thinking about how brutal the startup game actually is. A small startup spends years convincing people a thing even matters. Investors don’t get it. Users don’t get it. Media ignores it. The founders are half-broke, stressed all the time, surviving on pure belief. Then the second it finally starts working… a giant company shows up and copies the entire category.
I saw this happen up close when I was working with a startup in the health/wearable space. Back then everyone inside the company was obsessed with recovery tracking, sleep quality, strain scores, subscription wearables, all this performance optimization stuff. At the time it genuinely felt ahead of the market. Most people around us thought it was too niche.
A few years later I’m watching Google push almost the exact same wellness/recovery narrative through Fitbit and Pixel.
And I remember thinking:
Damn… startups really are just testing ideas for big tech. The more I look around, the more this feels like the default pattern now.
Snap creates Stories → Meta copies it and ships it to billions of users.
TikTok changes how people consume content → suddenly every platform has vertical short videos.
Clubhouse blows up for a few months → overnight every app suddenly discovers social audio.
BeReal becomes popular because people are tired of fake social media → Instagram copies the whole authentic posting vibe immediately.
Even with AI, you can see it happening in real time. Smaller teams experiment, take risks, move insanely fast then larger companies come in once the behavior is validated.
And honestly I don’t even think big tech cares about being first anymore. They just wait for founders to take the risk, startups to educate the market, users to prove demand exists. Then they use distribution to overpower everyone. That realization honestly changed how I think about startups.
The idea itself is rarely the moat now. Because features can be copied ridiculously fast.
What’s actually hard to copy is:
community
taste
speed
trust
culture
brand
loyal users
founder obsession
You can clone features.
You can’t clone why people cared in the first place. And weirdly, getting copied by a trillion-dollar company is probably one of the strongest signals that you built something important.
Still sucks for the original founders though.
Saw this post from a former Google designer and honestly it got me thinking.
The claim is basically that large tech companies monitor emerging startups, wait for them to validate a market, then launch similar products with way more resources and distribution.
In AI especially, it feels like startups are forced to innovate fast while also knowing that if they succeed, companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, etc. can replicate the idea quickly.
At the same time, some people argue this is just normal competition, ideas alone aren’t defensible, execution is.
Curious what people here think:
Is this actually how Big Tech operates?
Can startups still build lasting moats in AI/software?
Or is acquisition/copying just part of the game now?
Would love to hear perspectives from founders, engineers, or anyone who’s worked at larger tech companies
I have created an mvp using ai and expo to deploy
Problem noticed: we have a store(china bazar) in our home town where do business with so much money invested but we don't have any proper billing system. So , explain pos system to my father to manage inventory and bills then after he gave few reasons and other few reasons not to purchase
Reason 1: High cost setup of pos system with subscription bill
Reason 2: Because of constant product changes and no many products doesn't have barcodes to scan
Reason 3: Slowing down counter speed because we get many customers counter speed must be speed
Reason 4: Complexity of pos system
Any many more....
So I had a idea rather full analysis system why not introduce partial analysis system,easy to use,less complex and mobile friendly method.
My idea is that why not introduce category based pos system where we get analytics of category based products rather than full analysis product and works offline with custom prize category creation and limited analysis of the data and uses localdb to store
Below are the images attached of the application
But best part of the application is it is qr based where I wanted to have similar to barcode system.
Can you also tell me where this type of application can be useful and upgrade and thoughts on application and additional functionality tips anything. This is my first deploy version so I need a honest reaction
Just so you I am going to deploy my application in my store....
Thoughts?
Hi, I'm Chiyo, Chief Cat Officer at a cat-first food company making healthier pet food. We're looking for someone who actually loves cats to join our support team as delight manager
Not in an "I tolerate cats" way. Like, you're the person who gets genuinely excited talking about cats.
The job: You'll be helping cat parents figure out what to feed their cats. Answering questions. Calming down the anxious ones (there are many). Explaining ingredients without being a "know it all."
You'll spend your day talking to people who treat their cats better than themselves, which is either your nightmare or your dream job. (And yes, poop texture conversations are real. Cat parents need to know if their cat's digestion is healthy, and we're here for those calls.)
You'd be good at this if:
Location: Bangalore, Salary: INR 300,000 t0 600,0000 per annum
Apply here (takes 2 min): https://forms.gle/tBo9sXNpxdTgC7ur7
Hey everyone,
I'm a solo dev and I'm finally at the stage where I'm about to release my Chrome extension with a monthly subscription model. Super excited but now hitting the "how do I actually get paid" wall.
My target audience is global - US, EU, Southeast Asia, India, everywhere. I want something that:
- Supports major cards, PayPal, maybe even regional payment methods
- Doesn't require me to register a company
- Has reasonable fees (I'm a solo dev, margins matter)
- Easy to integrate into a Chrome extension or a simple landing page checkout or future SaaS
A few specific questions:
Any experience with Dodo Payments specifically? It seems newer and India-friendly which is a plus for me.
Any horror stories / green flags I should know about before picking one?
Would love to hear from other indie devs, especially solo founders who've shipped browser extensions or small SaaS tools. What did you go with and would you do it the same again?
Thanks 🙏
Hey everyone,
I’m a software engineer with 4 years of experience building frontend web and mobile applications using React and React Native.
I’ve been unemployed for the last 6 months, and with how much the market has changed recently, especially with AI impacting software hiring, I can’t keep waiting only for developer openings anymore. Right now, I’m looking for meaningful work and I’m fully open to adapting, learning fast, and contributing wherever I can.
Apart from frontend or mobile development roles, I’m also open to opportunities in QA, operations, HR, recruitment, customer success, founder’s office, marketing, support, or any startup generalist role where ownership and execution matter.
What I bring to the table is strong problem solving, clear communication, the ability to learn quickly, and a mindset of taking responsibility instead of waiting to be told what to do. Having worked in startups, I’m comfortable handling ambiguity, moving fast, and figuring things out when resources are limited.
I’m based in Bangalore for onsite opportunities, open to remote roles as well, and available to join immediately.
If your company or startup is hiring for any role where you think I could be a fit, please let me know. Thanks a lot.
I'm a 23yo Software Engineer who recently built a startup and made it to the Antler residency finals. While we didn't secure funding and I took an MNC role, I've realized my true satisfaction comes from product strategy, user discovery, and owning the "why" behind what we build.
I have a strong technical foundation, but my brain is wired for product execution. If any early-to-mid stage startups are looking for a high-ownership PM, Technical PM, or Founder's Office operator who can speak fluent engineering and business, I'd love to connect and help you build.
In this humidity and high temperature, two-wheeler drivers (even me) get sweaty the moment we ride between 11am to 6pm. Especially the rapido drivers, swiggy, zomato, blinkit drivers. They stay outside in these summers for almost the entire day. It causes dehydration and leads to dizziness often. Ik that few people introduced AC helmets and stuff but why did it fail? I wanna research about it for my startup, it would be so helpful if you can share your insights.
How are people retaining employees in service businesses anymore? Seriously asking.
I’ve been running childcare centres for more than a decade now
Making about 4.5 Cr and I’m honestly exhausted with the constant hiring cycle.
Every time I feel like we finally have a solid team, someone leaves. Then it’s back to interviewing, training, managing complaints, fixing schedules, calming parents, and trying not to let the rest of the staff burn out
And the frustrating part is we’re not even a bad workplace.
We pay better than most nearby centres, try to be flexible, don’t overload people unnecessarily, appreciate staff publicly, help during emergencies etc.
Still, people leave after a few months or a year.
What hurts more is that in childcare, employees are the business. Parents trust specific teachers. Kids get attached. One person leaving creates a ripple effect everywhere
Nobody talks enough about how mentally draining employee retention becomes in real-world service businesses.
People who run schools, clinics, restaurants, agencies, salons, daycare, hospitality etc — what actually worked for you?
Because at this point the business itself feels easier than managing turnover.
Like people are starting their own venture but most of them are based on the 3rd grade Ai use or exploits the food or clothing market. There is no real innovation that we are seeing in India like in 2012-2016 we saw wave of future changing ideas like Zomato, Flipkart,Paytm.
They were serving something new but in current time innovation are like dead! Even when the government and people of the nation want to support them.
Its very shameful to see we dont even have a good homegrown mobile brand or tech gadgets brand.
Our audio brands like BoAt and Noise are just importing and selling cheap quality buds.
Hey guys,
Long story short I am 24M. Worked at Accenture customer service for 3 years, but now I am absolutely done. Frustrated AF working under people, mental health ki waat lag gayi hai. So, I am taking a leap of faith and starting my own raw chicken shop in Ulwe.
A lot of people around me think I’m making a mistake leaving a corporate brand name for a "chicken shop", but honestly, dhanda dhanda hota hai.
I have mapped out my finances tightly and wanted to get some reviews from folks who live in Navi Mumbai / Ulwe, or understand business. Here is the breakdown:
My Strategy to beat local standard shops: I don't want it to be a typical smelly, dirty shop. I'm installing a glass partition between the cutting area and customers, using lemongrass sprays, and keeping it premium hygienic so families/women feel comfortable visiting. Also planning a solid WhatsApp delivery network for high-rises in Sector 19/9/20, and keeping ready-to-cook marinated items (Tikka/Tandoori) for the working crowd.
I need your help with a few things:
Please be as brutal as possible. I am putting my life savings into this. Thanks!
I Started a small D2C kidswear brand recently and would genuinely love some honest feedback from fellow founders here.
We launched a few days ago and started running Meta ads around 2–3 days back. We’re getting some traffic and clicks, but zero conversions so far.
The brand is focused on premium cotton co-ord sets for little girls (1–4 yrs), with a soft, minimal aesthetic.
Would really appreciate if some of you could:
Would genuinely appreciate brutal but constructive feedback from people who’ve built consumer brands before