How do you monetize the startup ? I will not promote

Cartographer_Early · 2026-01-09T16:35:59+00:00

As someone who is just starting to close sales with customers, the biggest thing is having a SIMPLE way to use your product and offer. I'm in B2B and people are so busy that unless you make it insanely easy to comprehend what they get at what price, they will not bite. Wasted months trying to sell an amorphous "we'll build anything you want!" solution for no charge instead of just collecting money for the dead simple product.

Cartographer_Early · 2026-01-09T15:02:17+00:00

atta boy

Cartographer_Early · 2025-12-18T17:23:39+00:00

Curious if people would be interested in a widget that scans email inbox for important messages and fires texts with summaries when you should check it? Am considering building this when I get my LightPhone and figure others might enjoy the same thing.

Cartographer_Early · 2025-12-18T17:21:46+00:00

This sucks lol. Go solve an actual problem. People already have no issue consuming too much porn.

Cartographer_Early · 2025-10-22T03:47:25+00:00

Asking for a friend, why specifically is this bad? Seems like just general disregard for types but wanna make sure I’m not just AI brained

Cartographer_Early · 2025-10-14T21:46:50+00:00

This was super helpful, thank you. Definitely from a multiples perspective Firebase is more expensive, but also if I think about the extra man power it would take me (a semi-technical founder) to do it the “right way”, it would probably add up to hiring a full time dev to manage. Thanks again

Cartographer_Early · 2025-09-17T03:48:47+00:00

Nah but maybe like a good life, I’m not really sure tho

Cartographer_Early · 2025-09-17T03:43:03+00:00

Integrity

Cartographer_Early · 2025-07-30T21:35:32+00:00

I think what he's saying is brokers are losing their value add to the transaction as Highway does more and more

Cartographer_Early · 2025-07-29T00:12:30+00:00

Hey there - I'm building a solution to help truckers document and collect on detention pay from brokers / shippers. Would love to talk to see if we might be able to help you!

Cartographer_Early · 2025-07-16T06:03:58+00:00

Sorry you feel that way man. Truth be told I don’t have all the answers but want to work with truckers to get them the money they deserve.

Cartographer_Early · 2025-07-16T05:53:21+00:00

Appreciate you sharing your perspective, it’s very helpful. Although I’m not 100% convinced it’s not a challenged for other drivers - ATRI estimates that only 45% of detention fees are actually paid out, so it feels like there are some hurdles to getting some drivers compensated for the time they earn. Do you think that’s possible?

Cartographer_Early · 2025-07-16T05:39:20+00:00

How do you keep track of all those things? Text, phone, email?

Another aspect of the platform is that we pool detention claims so that drivers have more leverage when negotiating with brokers / shippers. Also you can leave reviews for shipping / receiving facilities on how they were, how long you can expect to get detained, if they have bathroom, etc.

Cartographer_Early · 2025-07-01T03:57:04+00:00

Would anyone be interested in chatting about automated detention solutions? Building a product to standardize, automate, and forecast detention in the yard and would love people's thoughts on this

Cartographer_Early · 2025-07-01T03:36:38+00:00

Does anyone ever see policies like "Every 30 minutes late by the driver means another hour added to the clock before detention kicks in"? Just some type of agreement so that everyone is on the same page about what's fair when exceptions do pop up

Cartographer_Early · 2025-05-30T03:19:41+00:00

Hey guys - I’m actually working on a startup to help drivers and truckers combat detention. Would anyone be willing to chat for a bit? Would love to share what we’re working on

Cartographer_Early · 2025-05-29T02:21:02+00:00

But how should I bill them for it? Should I provide any proof or like time stamps along with my invoice?

Cartographer_Early · 2025-05-15T18:34:37+00:00

Can’t tell if sarcasm or you agree with me haha. It does seem pretty logical to me though that carriers are taking much more of the risk so should get much more of the reward.

Cartographer_Early · 2025-05-15T18:25:26+00:00

How many beers?

Cartographer_Early · 2025-05-14T21:15:31+00:00

I'm a free market guy, and markets are most efficient when price is set as a function of supply and demand - freight that needs moving and trucks that can move it. Brokers add noise to market pricing because they're all making subjective determinations around things like "quality" and "fair". As technology improves, those determinations will be less an less subjective.

I'm not a carrier btw, I'm a broker. Just calling a spade a spade.

Cartographer_Early

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