r/TrueEnterpreneur

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

I’m at a crossroads with my affiliate projects and could use some perspective from people who’ve managed multiple revenue streams.

Right now I’m running four projects. Together they generate around €15,000 per month, but about 80% of that comes from one project I’ve been building for a long time. The other three are newer, smaller, but I genuinely believe they have stronger long‑term potential.

The challenge is simple: I don’t have enough time to push all four at a high level. So I’m trying to figure out what’s smarter — doubling down on the project that currently earns the most, or shifting more focus to the ones that might outperform it in the future.

I’d really appreciate hearing how others approached similar situations, especially when balancing short‑term profit with long‑term growth.

If you had the chance to start over today, what kind of business would you build?

Would you choose a franchise with a proven system, start something completely from scratch, or buy an existing business?

Personally, I'd focus on a business with recurring demand, simple operations, and room to grow. It doesn't have to be the trendiest idea, just something that solves a real problem and has a strong business model behind it.

One thing I've learned is that the "best" business isn't always the one with the biggest hype. It's the one that fits your goals, your strengths, and the lifestyle you want to build.

Just curious to hear everyone's thoughts. If you were starting a business today, what would it look like, and why would you choose that path?

Hi everyone,

In a few days, I'll be leaving my 9–5 job to pursue entrepreneurship full-time.

Over the past several months, I've been building a SaaS product during evenings and weekends while working full-time. I've reached a point where I feel I need to give it my complete attention if I want to find out whether it can become a real business.

To be honest, it's both exciting and intimidating.

I'm confident in my ability to build software, but I know building a product and building a business are two completely different things.

I'd really appreciate advice from founders who've already been through this transition.

Some questions I have:

What should my main focus be during the first 90 days?

How did you validate that people would actually pay for your product?

How did you get your first 10 paying customers?

What's one mistake that cost you the most time or money?

Looking back, what would you do differently if you were starting from scratch today?

For context, I'm bootstrapping the business with limited resources, so every decision matters.

I'm not looking for shortcuts or overnight success. I know this will take time, consistency, and a lot of learning. I simply want to avoid making mistakes that others have already learned from.

I'd genuinely appreciate any advice, personal experiences, or resources you're willing to share.

Thanks!

I built a small web tool aimed at job seekers and launched it a few months ago. Traffic is near zero and I have no marketing budget. I've been writing SEO content and the domain is new so Google hasn't picked it up yet.

For people who've grown something from scratch without paid ads: what actually moved the needle early on? Organic SEO feels like a 6-month waiting game and Reddit keeps removing my posts. Curious whether content, communities, partnerships, or something else is worth prioritizing when you're one person with limited time.

Thank you.

I have been confused on choosing between different fields. I’m a self taught, no degree. I studied Finance mainly focused on Capital Markets, Investment Management and Banking. I am also interested in physics and electrical engineering. I’m studying that right now. I also have a software project in hand. But now I feel like I’m wasting my finance knowledge since I am studying engineering. I studying it full time. So any recommendations about it.

Anyone who has been like this?
Any advice?

I’ve accepted that I have to be patient, but the waiting game is testing my mental stability more than the actual work ever did. Between the doubt, the financial pressure, and the social pressure of friends who think I’m wasting my time, it’s getting heavy. How do you handle the 'in-between' phase? How do you stay confident when you’re building something huge, but have nothing tangible to show the world yet?

Hi folks!

I've been doing website flipping on the side for about a decade and pulled in around $30k last year from it. This isn't some get-rich-quick thing, but it's a repeatable system that anyone can learn.

The basic idea is simple: build a site with no-code tools like WordPress (or now, AI builders), grow it enough to show traffic or revenue, then sell it on a marketplace.

I pick niches I actually enjoy, gardening, coffee, homesteading, budgeting, parenting, business.

For quick flips I'll spend 1-3 hours building a starter site and sell it in a few weeks for $100-$500. For bigger returns I'll nurture a site over a couple years, add SEO and monetization, and flip it for 4-5 figures. My last established site was three years old and sold for $26,500.

The whole process costs me $20-$50 per site for hosting and a domain. No coding, no social media grind, no heavy selling. Just building something useful and passing it on. I've used Flippa marketplace to list them.

A key lesson: don't overthink the niche. Pick something you'd enjoy writing about for a few hours a month. The real work is sticking with it long enough to build a little proof, a few hundred visitors or a small email list. Buyers pay for momentum, not perfection.

If you're running an agency, this could be a way to build assets on the side without distracting from client work. You already know how to make sites, so the barrier is mostly patience.

Im currently developing an app however i need a few concepts and challenges as well as projects to be tested this is all in relation to build business confidence , I’m asking all ambitious business owners , entrepreneurs and young people to join a discord server to build a community to contribute to this development . It is a new project and I’m still in my research and development phase .my goal is to bring all entrepreneurs together as well as building a positive environment for people entering the industry

° Gen Z as a whole are fed constant content that includes :

“getting rich quick “ sell a course and you’ll be able to afford the newest sports car

“build a drop shipping company “you’ll make millions

however this is all false and very rarely result in success my aim to to break down this ideology

°I am committed to ACTUALLY educating people on business and concepts within it stuff that social media doesn’t teach you

And many more

While i want to educate i also want success but not just for myself for everyone who uses my resource being able to put them into action in real time and real life not just another app that takes up space on your home page

If your interested in taking part leave a comment and i will drop the link

Alibaba is usually the first platform people mention for sourcing suppliers, but I recently came across Made-in-China while browsing products and it caught my attention.

I haven't ordered from them yet, so I'd like to hear from anyone who has. How was supplier communication, did the products match the descriptions, and were there any issues with shipping or fulfillment?

I'd also love to know how it compares to Alibaba overall. Looking for honest feedback, both good and bad, before I explore it further.

Hey so my father came up with the idea of starting a business with the niche of sarcasm which ultimately ended up as an idea of a brand that sells oversized tshirt that are based on pure sarcastic quotes like:

• NOT MY CIRCUS. STILL MY MONKEYS.

• Currently Avoiding My Potential

and some other ones but the thing is we act as a mediator between customers and a POD(Print on demand) third party.

Currently, we are a team of 5:

Me: Managing the website (it's live btw, will share if anybody asks)

My dad: Managing the ideas and quotes

My sister: Managing the editing of our ig page

My brother in law: Managing digital marketing

My elder brother: Managing the designs

I made the site via kiro using its agentic ai and handled all the backend and frontend with regular security and bug checks to make sure no errors are there.

Everyone are doing there job well

Are we on track?

Can THIS get big?

Should I trust the process?

Because looking at ourselves we are pretty motivated but it's just that I am overthinking that what if this fails?

We would be completely demotivated.

What if everything goes to hell?

Just need advice from you guys that should we be doing what we are doing?

That will be it.

TL,DR: starting a tshirt brand based on sarcastic quotes, everyone is pretty motivated, my mind is all f\*ed up thinking what if this goes the other way? What if it doesn't work?

Not what YC says in their FAQ. What founders describe when they are honest about why they think they did not get in.

Reason one: the application described aspiration rather than reality. Future tense everywhere. "We plan to," "we will," "we believe that." The founders had not yet built the thing they were applying to build.

Reason two: the traction section had vanity metrics. Signups, waitlist size, app downloads, press mentions. None of these are evidence that someone paid money for something real.

Reason three: the "why now" was a trend, not an event. "AI is transforming every industry" is not a why now. The specific API release that dropped costs by 80% six months ago is a why now.

Reason four: the team section read like LinkedIn profiles. Credentials without domain observations. Experience without specific insight.

Reason five: the market size was from a Gartner report. "$50 billion total addressable market." Not calculated from a specific customer count times a specific willingness to pay. Borrowed from a report about an entire industry.

Reason six: solo founder with no answer to the team question. Not "solo founder" as the problem. Solo founder who had not thought through the co-founder conversation, the hiring plan, or what compensating evidence existed for the execution risk.

Reason seven: the idea was good but the evidence was not there. Good idea plus zero customer conversations equals a vision pitch. YC is funding companies, not visions.

The uncommon rejection reason that appears in the most honest post-mortems: the founders had not talked to enough customers to know whether their product was solving a real problem.

Which of these seven reasons is most likely to be in your current application and what would change if you fixed it?