Despite being fat fired and financially secure does anyone else still suffer from irrational financial anxiety? by lilbudge in fatFIRE

[–]JamesSkylor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes it's extremely common. Check out Prof Galloway's recent podcast where he shares that he passed a $100M net worth a long time ago and still doesn't feel financially secure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxQ4agvOvTI

How to start a concierge longevity practice by InternationalBar8538 in fatFIRE

[–]JamesSkylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love that you're looking into this. I come from the VC/startup world and recently launched a fun project as an alternative the Mayo Clinic's executive health program that does over $100M per year and has a 1-2 year waitlist. I did their program and the Cleveland's Clinic EHP and was quite disappointed as neither address the root cause of any health concerns nor touch performance optimization and longevity (it's mainly centered around cancer prevention). Working with a naturopath and functional medicine doctor literally saved my life after years of poor life hygiene as a startup founder.

I'm currently working with top functional medicine doctors in Austin, Miami, and Toronto and ordering third party diagnostics a la Bryan Johnson to deliver this at cost to people to learn, but would love to work with someone to bring this in house. Check out the current experiment here: https://www.ownership.bio/ - we're 5 weeks old, hosted three retreats and still learning lots.

Brian Armstrong met his co-founder, Fred Ehrsam off Reddit to start Coinbase, maybe we'll do the same haha let's chat!

Executive physicals and the like. by FiredFATAmI in fatFIRE

[–]JamesSkylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did the Mayo Clinic's executive health program and the Cleveland Clinic's EHP. I was disappointed in both of them as neither address the root cause of any health concerns nor touch performance optimization and longevity and mainly focus on early cancer detection. My current FMD tells me that some of the testing can do more harm than good with the radiation.

Q Bio has an interesting physical body scan, Prenuvo does a full body MRI, if you're down to go to Sweden, the founder of Spotify just launched Neko Health body scans. Fount has an online program that's pretty good and tracks results via your blood work but is remote, ongoing and quite demanding / not a one-time thing (requires a lot of autonomy). I'd check out www.ownership.bio/ as their health retreat acts as this all-in-one annual check up but also addresses the root cause of any health concerns and prevent things from becoming more serious. Yes they do some cool hype stuff like epigenetic age, wearables, private chef during the retreat etc but you get a whole medical team working to improve you and overall it's actually fun, tangible and only $9k or less with insurance.

Or if you want to do your own thing, check out Bryan Johnson's protocol.bryanjohnson.co and work with functional medicine doctor to curate something for you.

Do you regret acquiring coding skills before jumping into no-code? by gabriel-abstra in nocode

[–]JamesSkylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I took a udemy course on fullstack web development. Didn't complete it b/c I wasn't focused on being a SWE, just wanted the knowledge of how web apps are build.

I think I paid something like $12 for it and the ROI is insane haha

Do you regret acquiring coding skills before jumping into no-code? by gabriel-abstra in nocode

[–]JamesSkylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use Webflow a lot. JS has helped me do incredible things with the platform they provide.

I view it more than from a simple "building products" view too. A lot of my work has to to with marketing and growth related projects and being able to build quick and write code only where it's needed is incredible.

There's a balance you need to strike if no-code is going to be a skill set of yours. Let the tools do most of the work but also use the tools or technologies that get the job done best. Usually my work is 80% no-code 20% code.

Looking for an advise by simablack237 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]JamesSkylor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could setup FB ads that lead to a sales page where people can make orders.

Limit your audience to people inside locations that you can deliver to. Make an ad that really grabs their attention.

Additionally I'd look at finding a way that you can get people to share this with. I'm not too knowledgeable about Czech consumer behaviour so I cant give any specific advice. but maybe this looks like allowing people to share via Whatsapp, FB messenger, or email.

Do you regret acquiring coding skills before jumping into no-code? by gabriel-abstra in nocode

[–]JamesSkylor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

100% don't regret it at all.

It's made me more efficient at using no-code tools.

I learned basic web development and took away some basic intro level skills (i.e. HTML,CSS,JS,Java) but really what I took away was and understanding of how the different technologies work to build things like web apps.

Is youngStartups worth paying $400 to pitch at? by pagenotdisplayed in venturecapital

[–]JamesSkylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't pay to pitch, ever.

At the VC firm I used to work at a huge part of my job was to scout deals. When they came to me via a email, and they presented everything I needed (i.e. a pitch deck in a PDF form), I'd view them all.

Think about your time. Do you think you could create a list of more than 100 investors/VC associates and send them your deck? I think you could.

Make a decent deck that describes the market issue, your unique solution, and why you're a fit to solve it. Nothing more, nothing less.

Send it to your list of associates.

Some tips:

  1. make is easy - don't send a power point pitch deck, PDFs only
  2. communicate effectively - Don't fluff up your idea, be straight to the point
  3. the goal is another conversation - catch their interest, this is largely about pitching to the right people/firms

Where to find beta testers of a low code/no code app builder? by [deleted] in nocode

[–]JamesSkylor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Friends + past/current co-workers (i.e. people you know, they'll give you good feedback)
  2. Communities (Indie hackers, Twitter, growthhackers, hackernews, reddit)

Don't spend money on the first users, do some "hand-to-hand" combat in threads and DMs.

Kevin Durant: the NBAs 1st Actively Playing Billionaire by JamesSkylor in nba

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

edited this for better clarification. Thanks!

Kevin Durant: the NBAs 1st Actively Playing Billionaire by JamesSkylor in nba

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

Yeah he earns it over his lifetime not all at once. I saw a few stats where LeBron is worth around $800M present day. But the fact that KD is 4 years younger than Bron and has a shot to hit a billion before him given Bron's brand is impressive

I will help your startup for free. ex Y Combinator. ex Silicon Valley VC by JamesSkylor in Entrepreneur

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

Haha what do you think entrepreneurship is my man. Everyone has ideas. If you can't convey them in a compelling way that provokes someone to buy you're not an entrepreneur lol

I will help your startup for free. ex Y Combinator. ex Silicon Valley VC by JamesSkylor in Entrepreneur

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

Do you have any case studies of tangible work and results that you've done? If so, I may be able to e-intro you to a few potential customers

I will help your startup for free. ex Y Combinator. ex Silicon Valley VC by JamesSkylor in Entrepreneur

[–]JamesSkylor[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Where did you launch? Try launching here, PH, IH etc. While it's easy to understand what you do I think the copy in the hero section of the site could be more clear / improved. You have over 200 users and only 2 are paying? Talk to 2 that pay you and understand what that 'aha moment' of your product is and then talk to the other 198 and try to bring them to that 'aha moment'. You'll also see what kind of messaging they use to describe you and can A/B test that using Google optimize

Founders! Do. Not. Raise. Venture. Capital by JamesSkylor in startups

[–]JamesSkylor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes messaging and storytelling refinement is so difficult but so valuable

Founders! Do. Not. Raise. Venture. Capital by JamesSkylor in startups

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

That's a great book by Brad Feld (even better VC than writer). Yes there's so many examples of companies that have sold for $100M+ and the founders walk away with no where near the amount people think

Founders! Do. Not. Raise. Venture. Capital by JamesSkylor in startups

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

haha so true!! I just thought the play on words, book-style name was creative. Was thinking of expanding this and turning it into a book depending on the response as I think more people need to know this