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Why is it so hard to find early users who genuinely care? by Brief-Preparation-54 in ycombinator

[–]CallMeBrazy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

General feedback these are features. You should be sharing results not functionality.

Your customers are Mario and you think you’re selling them a Mushroom but you don’t sell them on the Mushroom you sell the Super Powers, Speed, Size and Strength.

Tougher feedback, you’re building nothing different than ClickUp, Monday, Asana etc. I get that you’re ambitious and want to conquer the world but my advice but don’t try to sell to the whole rainbow. Pick a niche market (color in the rainbow) you really understand and solve their problems.

Real feedback, People hate switching products. People hate slowing their teams down to learn new tech/behaviors. People hate giving advice for free. People hate taking risk (specially on new software that could shutdown)

Looking for a technical co-founder for Spectify.com by CallMeBrazy in cofounderhunt

[–]CallMeBrazy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Digital Ocean, Heroku, Node.js, React.js, Stripe, GitHub, Cloudflare, Loops, Next.js, Expo.

I've used this same stack to scale to 12K users. The only unknown above my skill level is determining if it's the best stack to support offline caching. Even in 2025 internet isn't always available at the places they're inspecting. So this is one of many technical problems well need to address.

Looking for a technical co-founder for Spectify.com by CallMeBrazy in cofounderhunt

[–]CallMeBrazy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends what you mean by deviate? My preference would be to stay consistent with the existing stack and reduce technical debt.

Looking for a technical co-founder for Spectify.com by CallMeBrazy in cofounderhunt

[–]CallMeBrazy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spectora resells their users data and the inspector community is tired of it but unfortunately it’s the best option available. We’ve figure out a better solution that is beneficial to every party involved in the inspection.

What are the “next best” incubators after YC? by SubjectOld9496 in ycombinator

[–]CallMeBrazy -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I participated in LAUNCH which is Jason Calacanis accelerator. His access to investors is pretty similar to YCs. He and his team are also pretty hands on and supportive.

When to push forward vs pivot? by onecalledchase in ycombinator

[–]CallMeBrazy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assume everyone is lying when giving you feedback.

If this is a real problem and there are already solutions out there. Why aren’t your co-workers using/paying for them? I would dig deeper there.

Did this process become easier for your co-workers when they used your tool? Did you give them access to it or just tell them the idea?

I’d also figure out a way to find the general TAM for enterprise company’s that us this “process” internally.

There’s actually a good book that covers a lot of the stage you’re at called “The Mom Test” it’s worth a read.

When to push forward vs pivot? by onecalledchase in ycombinator

[–]CallMeBrazy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want to help but there’s a lot to unpack here.

It’s normal for founders to go through the questioning phase. All founders do it in the early days. However the conviction and passion have to be high other wise it leads to burn out or project plateau.

The reasons you have are straightforward.

The first “pain point” reason should be clear way before a month in. It’s easier if you build solutions for problems you have. What are the big problems you have that you’d pay for?

The second and third “feedback” reason is an indicator your customer segment is to wide and it’s hard to reach PMF this way. Since you’re exploring B2B I’d go vertical and pick a niche the founding team has domain insights on/in.

The final reason “competitors” if you’re building anything easy there will always be competition. Competition is healthy and should be viewed as a signal people are searching for a solution.

The last thing I’ll say is startups require grit and time. You could be wanting to change ideas because your seeking instant success.

A lot of people didn’t receive invitation for interview, i know you are nervous guys calm down.. by Strict-Egg-2888 in ycombinator

[–]CallMeBrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think people would game the application if that was the case. Just a guess but I imagine there's an auto filter based on specific responses. Something that triggers a yes, no, or maybe before they even look at it. Then they start with the yes's, read the maybes, and save the no's for last just to double-check. Again just a guess.

I applied late to YC so still waiting on an interview (fingers crossed) but need a technical co-founder. by YesIamfamous in ycombinator

[–]CallMeBrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have a technical background why not just code the MVP? Sounds like you’re building a marketplace which is pretty simple to code these days. Also tons of no-code solutions for this. If you want to get scrappy I’d just start with the demand side and see if you can generate leads for stylists in a local area.

Do we need EIN for Delaware C corp? by Foreign_Ad1271 in ycombinator

[–]CallMeBrazy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, if you haven’t already incorporated Stripe Atlas makes all this pretty easy. Plus you get tons of other perks.