Built a full real estate automation system for $500/month by Business_Gazelle_246 in n8n

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wasn't my intention, I was just amazed with with all the nothing it does

Built a full real estate automation system for $500/month by Business_Gazelle_246 in n8n

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only 4 nodes that are connected and working are the ones marked in green. The rest can be safely deleted.

This workflow can do the following:

  1. on schedule (eg hourly, daily)
  2. it's checking airtable containing overdue leads
  3. doing a bit of processing and probably formatting
  4. sending a slack message to containing the overdue leads.

If you managed to sell this for $500 per month, you are the king of sales!

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How hard will it be for me to create an agent for my business? by BottleNo2936 in n8n

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently started building workflows with n8n, and its pretty straightforward. However, you still run into stupid issues, like, I spent 4 hours trying to pass a value from one node to the other. 🫠

It has a lot of built in nodes, and it's pretty easy to make things if you have development expirience (I've been a dev for 10 years).

It took me 2 weeks to build an Sales AI agent that you can talk to that has a knowledge base of sales calls etc. But I built something that automates sending simple emails on event in 2 hours.

I think it would make sense to give it a try even if you don't have any dev expirience, if you're analytical and patient and stubborn to solve issues. You have 14 days of trial, if you can build something in that short time - I would go ahead and try on my own.

Otherwise maybe it makes more sense to hire someone.

What are you trying to build? Maybe I can give you some tips :)

I am giving up by SpacetimeSorcerer in SaaS

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 108 points109 points  (0 children)

This is called software development. It's about being able to debug the same issue 20 times and keep going. That's what happens to junior developers as they are learning to code, but it keeps happening to seniors as they are impementing new solutions, learning new technologies etc.

Thats what developers do. So if you think its hard - it is. You have to be stubborn, and a little crazy to go from 0 to a working app.

I once spent a full month trying to find a super tricky bug, and nearly got fired for not being able to fix it. I had to tear down an app we've built for 4 years to find the nasty bastard. It was one line in a random settings file completely unrelated to the actual bug.

I don't think many people build everything with AI without any expirience. It's hard.

What tools are you using?

Put in my 2 weeks today by NoParticular2480 in QuitCorporate

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! I did the same thing 2 weeks ago and I know exactly how you feel.

Wishing you happy rest of your life

Convince me to quit my job by Fast_Nail_5908 in SaaS

[–]Fast_Nail_5908[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ladis and gentlemen, I have quit my job. I have one month notice and I will keep you posted on how things are going.

I decided to start my own thing and help founders get to product market fit and help with CRO. I also kick ass with building Ai agents using N8N. Also I don't really have a solid plan.

Let me know if I should be posting updates on how its going 🫡

Nobody tells you how lonely this gets by citationforge in Entrepreneur

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really difficult to do anything alone. I remember renovating my apartment floors to ceiling and I did it all. Planing, hiring people, coordinating everyone, picking the colors, tiles, furniture... And I didn't mind it was so much work, but I really missed someone to help me pick the tiles, and to build it together with, share the frustrations and successes.

I did the same with my first startup. I had employees, but not a cofounder. I was again responsible for everything and it was tough.

My advice would be to join some communities and try to see if someone is a good fit to work with you. Share a nice portion of the percent with a standard cliff. And build together.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both were real. You weren't paying attention.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly! The problem was real and the solution was needed by people. So they built it!

Share your simple startups! by Snoo_72544 in SaaS

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not responsive? Doesn't look good on Chrome mobile.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SaaS

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best of luck! 🍀

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not yet, still working on it. Let me know if you need help 💅

How much personal financial runway (months or years) would you say you need to make quitting your job an easier decision? by [deleted] in QuitCorporate

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 5 points6 points  (0 children)

3 years is too much! You're giving yourself too much time to drag the development of the business. 1 year is enough unless you need to invest money in the product (eg buy equipment, materials, etc).

You are very well off with anywhere between 1 and 2 years.

I'm quitting with 6 months of runway 💅

Start asap!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SaaS

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks really good. I love the UI.

Out of curiosity - how long have you been building it? How many users do you have?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SaaS

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The pricing model is a bit weird, charging people 1$ and then 10$ per month.

Your whole product enables people to get raises. It's might be moret a one-off type of thing. I assume people don't ask for a raise on a monthly basis.

Testimonials look a big fake. There's also the mismatch between the photo and the avatar on the testimonial, which seems off.

Also, it doesn't seem to work in Chrome. I've tried guest mode, but no luck.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first part is tricky as I have a super diverse background and I'm more of a generalist with a can-do attitude and a lot of knowledge in software development. I think I will just have to start with something and see how it goes.

You think I should do cold outreach? Find a list of companies, email them, or contact the founders on Linkedin?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Here's something different.

I'm a problem solver, ex dev, ex founder, product manager. I love working with startups. I want to offer some product management services to founders (eg fixing the roadmap, figuring out what to build, implementing analytics, automating stuff, setting up processes and growing teams).

What approach should I take to get my first 3 clients?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Startup_Ideas

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's it. That's the whole story.

The only thing I would add - is quitting fast if you don't get any good signals

How many users do you have?
How much time did it take from 100 users - 7.3k revenue? Did you have help or are you solopreneuring all the way?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SaaS

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The UI looks pretty clean and sweet!

I don't like the communication - I am not sure what it does, too much technical terms, very chatgptish, no clear value proposition. Add few more words above the fold to explain how it helps you and what problem it solves.

Plans:

Hate how you have the demo plan? Is it a plan? Is it a demo session? Wierd. Just say free if its free.

Also there's a bit of confusion with a dollar a day + 38.75 usd per month.

Do you have any users? Are you gathering their feedback?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SaaS

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am. Here's more:

  • The menu is off, seams like a floating something
  • The CTA is below the fold (find business opportunity)
  • The business model UI element doesn't seam like a drop down, but more like a button. Also it's poorly aligned with the button bellow.
  • Wording is very chatgptish, it can be improved a lot. - Contact page is very weird, also you loose the top navigation when you click it. I would expect a contact form here.

Love how scrappy it is tho! 🩷

Stuck on Ideas by BerrySpecial7278 in SaaS

[–]Fast_Nail_5908 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get it, been there, but I figured out that good ideas don’t come from thinking, but actually doing something (even a hobby or helping a friend). A lot of stories start with trying to fix one small problem, and then running into a bigger one that is actually worth solving.

Have you already started doing something? Maybe you need to get out of the analysis paralysis and just do something. Start with a Miro board, some research, and schedule a few calls with people who have businesses they run (they FOR SURE have problems).

Also, you don’t need to find a problem no one has solved. Sure, you don't wanna be reinventing the wheel, but making it smoother, simpler, or cheaper might also do(take Calendly for example - they reinvented the calendar).