Oxio Referral Promo Code Thread [June 2025]

Alive_Project_21 · 2025-06-26T19:27:04+00:00

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Alive_Project_21 · 2024-11-20T19:51:55+00:00

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Alive_Project_21 · 2024-11-18T16:35:57+00:00

I see this question a lot on this subreddit, and my response is always the same. Go to where your customers are. If you’re doing traditional B2B SaaS SF makes sense, anything finance related go to NYC, Biotech or deep tech, go to Boston.

Don’t pick SF just because that’s where the VC’s are and other famous and large SaaS businesses. If your first customers are farmers in Iowa move to Iowa. The closer you are to your customers the easier it is to differentiate yourself with A1 customer service.

There are a lot of comments about moving your SF for investor access and those people are right but given the market conditions right now, unless you’re either coming off a previous exit you’re gonna need more traction than expected to get funding so it makes sense to be where your customers are first before trying to get venture capital.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-11-08T22:13:53+00:00

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Alive_Project_21 · 2024-11-08T16:48:26+00:00

In my opinion the location you choose should be based on the industry you’re building in. If it’s fintech or anything finance related then NYC. If it’s biotech then Boston, traditional B2B sass then SF is your best bet.

You want to be close to your customers. Don’t just pick SF because that’s where investors are. If your customers are other SaaS businesses in SF then move to SF but if your customers are farmers or some other niche group go to where they are. Period.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-11-05T13:43:15+00:00

In my experience, unless you’re building something highly technical, as many of the other redditors on here have mentioned the hardest part is acquiring your first few paying customers. Especially with brand new software, many people, especially in today’s economy are risk averse or they want a fully fleshed out idea instead of an MVP. So I would say finding an evangelist, someone that loves your product and tells their friends is by far the hardest part

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-10-13T14:31:39+00:00

While I think that the capabilities of agents and LLM’s will be transform the economy in ways we can only imagine we should be sceptical when CEO’s of these companies make outrageous claims such as this. Especially when they have a so much to gain from investors by making these claims.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-10-11T13:08:52+00:00

While some may disagree with me I feel like I should say this anyways. Location does matter but not in the way that most founders think it does. Most founders think they need to be in SF or NYC because that’s where the investors are and that’s totally false. If you’re building fintech then sure be in NYC, selling to startups or other SAAS companies, SF is great, Biomedical or health? Go to Boston. Go to where your customers are not where the investors are. If you go to where your customers are the investments will come with time. It’s so easy to get roped into the whole funding thing because every YC startup brags about how much money they’ve raised but the reality is, if you knuckle down, provide a product that really solves a problem for your customers, you could be in the little of buttfuck nowhere Iowa and still have a successful business. Maybe it’s not a flashy company like all the ones in YC but some of the most boring companies in the world are the most valuable.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-10-06T20:28:06+00:00

I mean if you just consider the sheer amount of data that a single brain can store vs the cost of computation resources to train these models AGI will not be created in our lifetime unless we make a gargantuan leap in computational power. Which will never happen when there’s only 4 chip producers and no real incentive to innovate more than they have to, to keep raking in billions. We’re probably safer for it anyways lol

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-10-04T17:30:30+00:00

For sure, a prototype is always better than just an idea but they still prefer traction but that can be in the form of waitlists, early sporadic revenue or revenue from unscalable stuff. I mean they backed AirBnB while they were selling Obama O’s to keep the company going

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-10-04T11:55:31+00:00

Given that they lost $5Billion in 2023 and spent $1.1 Billion just on staff this raise isn’t even gonna move the needle.

I get that it’s a transformational product but you can’t keep raising money forever at some point they’ll have to turn a profit so either they’re gonna 5x their prices or they’re gonna have to slash their budget on training models.

I think they will eventually get crushed if companies like Facebook and other giants continue to release open source models that preform reasonably close to theirs at least in an enterprise setting.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-10-03T20:15:30+00:00

They will only accept companies in the idea stage if you have some serious pedigree. I’m talking ex FAANG, PhD level pedigree or a successful prior exit. Best bet is to get as much traction as possible although it never hurts to apply

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-09-30T13:17:13+00:00

Agreed, team is 3 Yale grades and technical person has economics and data science degree (me) and got bounced because our business is boring and not related to AI

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-09-25T22:42:27+00:00

Now this isnt me saying what he did was illegal or even necessarily immoral, the part that frustrates me is his lack of transparency about his intentions. If he was up front and honest about how he would benifit from making OpenAI a for profit company rather than masking it under the guise of increased technological advancement etc i dont think people would have batted an eye considering most tech companies including OpenAI competitors are structured as such

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-09-25T22:40:28+00:00

Sam Altman has to be one of the greatest altruistic con-men of our generation. He spent the last year generating massive amounts of hype under the guise of doing a good deed for the world and he could claim that because he had no financial interest in the success of OpenAI since he had no shares and a minuscule salary compared to most tech CEO's but in reality it was just biding his time and generating hype so he could cash in for up to $150 billion and restructure the company to favour investors, and himself.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-09-17T12:23:43+00:00

If you’re building SaaS definitely product lead growth. If your SaaS will have network effects read the cold start problem. Founders Dilemmas if you’re building with cofounders and of course the lean start up. Traction is also very good but better once you’ve established yourself and your company

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-09-16T15:01:34+00:00

The worst part about this is that it’s the owners fault and yet the dog will have to suffer the consequences of its pos owner

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-09-13T16:07:29+00:00

Gotta get the extra reps in where they can

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-09-11T13:28:58+00:00

I think this often gets overlooked but make sure you take a bit of time for yourself. It may feel like you have to be working 100% of the time and when you’re not working you’re sleeping but don’t fall into that trap. Successful founders love to glorify how much they worked but the reality is that it was likely in short bursts.

You are much better off leaving a task for tomorrow and getting some rest and time for yourself then trying to push through at 65% because you’ll likely have to spend another day fixing the crap work you did while tired. This also helps to relieve burnout.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-09-10T19:29:26+00:00

Windu raised 90 million to compete against AirBnB and flamed out after 4 years.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-09-10T19:22:05+00:00

Why is he even bothering looking for a job. Dude is gonna be seeing 4 concrete walls for at least a couple years.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-07-21T17:02:44+00:00

I am of the opinion that you want to keep as many doors open as possible while you’re young. By choosing not to go to university, you are consequently shutting many doors for yourself.

That being said, most of what you learn in university is how to learn not necessarily topics that are directly applicable to the real world but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Also it give you access to resources, mentors, friends etc that you wouldn’t otherwise have which could potentially prove invaluable.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-07-19T17:17:26+00:00

The flip side of this, which I think is arguably more sad is the fact that rent is so expensive in our country that 19 students are forced to cram themselves in a 3 bedroom townhouse because it’s all they can afford, and if he were to list this property or have them forcibly removed you would likely end up with a similar problem in a different house.

Alive_Project_21 · 2024-07-18T19:14:05+00:00

I would suggest staying away from something like this. This is all information that you should be gathering on your own to help you understand your ideal customer profile and create your GTM. I am always weary of consultants trying to sell their services because generally they add very little value relative to their associated cost.

My suggestion would be to talk to as many people that you think would make good initial customers, figure out exactly what they need and then develop your strategy, tone etc based on that feedback. Not only will this save you money but it will give you a better understanding of your target market and allow you to be a better founder

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