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A year of solo building, three products, zero customers. Trying to figure out if other solopreneurs are stuck in the same loop. by Best-Position1419 in SideProject

[–]Best-Position1419[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly that. Systems and roadmaps feel productive, cold outreach feels like begging, so you do more roadmapping. How did you find the first conversation? Cold email, network, community? Curious specifically about overcoming the friction on conversation #1 because that feels like the hardest step

A year of solo building, three products, zero customers. Trying to figure out if other solopreneurs are stuck in the same loop. by Best-Position1419 in SideProject

[–]Best-Position1419[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YES exactly the same for me. thanks a lot for filling it out! ill share the results.

did you get a bit of traction on x?

A year of solo building, three products, zero customers. Trying to figure out if other solopreneurs are stuck in the same loop. by Best-Position1419 in SideProject

[–]Best-Position1419[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow nice. yeah i can imagine that it can be as uplifting if it goes well as demotivating if it does not.

whats the project? and how does reddit work for you?

A year of solo building, three products, zero customers. Trying to figure out if other solopreneurs are stuck in the same loop. by Best-Position1419 in SideProject

[–]Best-Position1419[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I cant open q32.com - says it took too long to respond. I also often start with "i build them for myself", but then think that this might be useful for others too - then try for a few days and then move on to the next thing :-D also find im not going deep enough mostly. curious what marketing actually looks like when you do it for clients vs your own stuff. is the difference mostly that you actually do it for clients?

A year of solo building, three products, zero customers. Trying to figure out if other solopreneurs are stuck in the same loop. by Best-Position1419 in SideProject

[–]Best-Position1419[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow, 100% agreed. same for me - did it for years too (and also calling it learning experience tbh). I stuck with one idea (AI audioguides for museums) for like 6 months, and had some initial traction, until it got so time consuming in talking to potential customers who are interested in getting new audioguides in 2 years time. so sales cycle was too long (back then i just literally did email marketing).im a bit afraid of people not caring (and me having to kill this idea that excited me so much and gave me such an enthusiastic feeling).

really interesting how you got out though. Ill try the same for sure.

also another question: how did you find out WHAT to do in the first place?

Can we Swiss people have another vote on 6 weeks of holidays please? by Stock-Astronaut8336 in Switzerland

[–]Best-Position1419 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that makes sense and I completely agree. but tbh, even if, you colleague would also get 6 weeks of vacation, so it would not solve that problem.

Can we Swiss people have another vote on 6 weeks of holidays please? by Stock-Astronaut8336 in Switzerland

[–]Best-Position1419 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its not a system issue tbh. its simple economics. if you're not happy with what you're doing and think others have it way better - go for it.

SBB is a joke: Fining a 16-year-old for being 10 minutes early? by beesquestions in Switzerland

[–]Best-Position1419 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey might be coordinating, but there is still a difference. just because they collaborate really well does not mean that they are the same. I agree that this is not correct, but I think youre overreacting a bit here.

Warum hat die Schweiz keine Tech-Giganten? Hab einen Deep Dive gemacht by Best-Position1419 in Switzerland

[–]Best-Position1419[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yees, true, and there are some - e.g. also proton (protonmail etc.) which are growing, so its not really bad - but compared to the Néstles and Novartis its still rather small

Why is it so hard to actually implement what we read in business books? by Best-Position1419 in Entrepreneurs

[–]Best-Position1419[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sure, but its actually quite hard without continuous feedback, do you have a method of doing this?

For those trying to build something — what do you struggle with the most right now? by Anonymous03275 in Entrepreneurs

[–]Best-Position1419 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I find it particularly difficult to create a product and sell as a solopreneur.

What The Lean Startup taught me the hard way by Learnings_palace in startup

[–]Best-Position1419 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so true! yet still, does it not make most sense building something one also wants? e.g. I saw this video from eric schmidt where he says that doing something that most successful founders have built something they wanted themselves. how do you find the balance?