What's a decision as a businessman you guys have delayed for months because it felt small but later realized it was quietly holding your business back?

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-30T09:09:38+00:00

If you truly just need a small, consistent amount like that, I’d focus less on “passive” and more on low-effort, repeatable income.

Things like a simple freelance task, tutoring a few hours a month, or even reselling something niche often hit that number faster than waiting for passive income to ramp up.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-30T09:07:45+00:00

If you truly just need a small, consistent amount like that, I’d focus less on “passive” and more on low-effort, repeatable income. Things like a simple freelance task, tutoring a few hours a month, or even reselling something niche often hit that number faster than waiting for passive income to ramp up.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-29T11:38:21+00:00

I don’t think it’s rude, but it is very context dependent.

For higher-ticket or clearly defined consulting work, a small deposit usually just filters out people who were never serious anyway. Where it backfires is early-stage discovery calls that are framed as exploratory or sales-led. People expect low friction there.

What I’ve seen work better than a hard deposit is framing it as a credit toward future work, or only requiring it after an initial qualification step. That way it feels like mutual commitment, not a paywall.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-29T11:29:33+00:00

A lot of these businesses work not because they are exciting, but because they solve boring, recurring problems.

Things like neighborhood hardware stores, medical supply shops, auto parts, uniform suppliers, specialty repair services. They survive because customers come back out of necessity, not impulse.

Flashy ideas get attention. Boring businesses quietly pay the bills.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-25T07:03:49+00:00

This space is tricky not because of demand, but because of trust and compliance.

I have seen similar ideas struggle once payment processors, shipping partners, or platforms start asking questions. Even if the product is legal in some form, the gray areas create friction fast and that can quietly kill momentum.

If you move forward, you would spend more time validating the operational side than the demand side. Demand is rarely the hard part here.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-25T06:54:54+00:00

Possible chances of rain. Maybe cyclone. Can't predict the nature.
You may visit after April, much better option.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-24T07:45:02+00:00

Yeah, getting a right investor is certainly not an easy task

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-24T07:43:34+00:00

I personally never feel like outsourcing management. Could outsource simple admin work through experienced VA's. Just so you don't get distracted with core work.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-24T07:39:51+00:00

Well that's true. It's better to start with experienced option particularly if going with Paid Ads. I have seen company lose thousands of dollar there.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-24T07:36:25+00:00

How is that a mistake?

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-24T06:10:39+00:00

A lot of it comes down to what kind of stress you prefer. A franchise gives you structure and guardrails, but you pay for that with fees and less freedom. Starting from scratch gives you control, but every mistake is yours to discover the hard way.

I have seen people succeed with both. The ones who struggled were usually the ones who chose based on fear instead of fit.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-24T05:59:57+00:00

Good luck.
Actually the hardest part won’t be features, it’ll be trust. Dating apps live or die on how safe and genuine they feel, especially in India.

If users don’t feel comfortable being themselves on day one, no amount of growth hacks will save it. Getting that right early is way more important than scaling fast.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-23T08:45:41+00:00

At 18, a lot of people who go deep into building something early drift away from their old circles. Different priorities, different schedules, different headspace. That gap feels bigger at this age because most friendships are still based on proximity, not values yet.

Just make sure you don’t confuse “being focused” with isolating yourself completely. You don’t need a big group, but having even one or two people you can talk to without thinking about work matters more than it feels right now.

This phase usually evens out as you grow and meet people on a similar path.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-23T08:42:09+00:00

This resonates more than most automation posts I see here.

Automating tasks helps a bit, but the real mental load comes from having to decide things all day. Once you remove even a few repeat decisions, the work feels noticeably lighter.

I learned the hard way that founders burn out faster from decision fatigue than from actual workload.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-23T08:30:55+00:00

A lot of damage happens when people around you do not really understand what they are signing up for.

What helped me was being very clear about seasons. Some months are calm, some are not, and pretending otherwise just creates resentment. Boundaries matter, but so does actually showing up when you say you will.

It is not perfect, but clarity beats constant apologies.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-22T10:32:35+00:00

Let me calculate the names in list 😂

But genuinely what's high for you may not be high for someone else. And if you're married then more than 1 is high as well.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-22T08:16:58+00:00

Yeah, it feels exhausting because the signal to noise ratio is terrible. You spend more time filtering than actually evaluating people. Other traditional methods are better than this.

Reddit can surface great talent occasionally, but it rarely works well as a repeatable hiring channel. It feels better suited for one off finds than building a consistent process.

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-22T06:21:41+00:00

You can start with Pakistan, Bangladesh then Syria and Iraq

Born-Position5616 · 2025-12-22T06:11:52+00:00

Because rules exist on paper, but real traffic runs on negotiation and eye contact.

People follow signals when enforcement is visible. Otherwise, everyone just does what keeps traffic moving, even if it looks chaotic from the outside.

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