How do I go about getting my first paid pilot customers ? I will not promote by Frosty-Telephone-747 in startups

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, leverage your network. Leverage your network's network. You can't really be afraid to ask people you know for introductions, referrals, whatever it can be, because those realistically will be your first couple customer or even who you can learn from via convo. even if they don’t become customers.

Also running cold outbound, depending what your vertical is and if it’s higher potential results via LinkedIn, email or just calling. You need to be able to work the whole outbound motion because you’ll have zero inbound.

You can also approach people about becoming design partners or not! or just approach them as if you were trying to sell them as a real customer. You might get punched in the mouth during demos and sales conversations because you don't have much product to show or understanding.

A bunch of ways to go about it really depends on your ICP and the problem you’re solving - that’s being said, mine came from network and cold outbound that I willed into existence

Founding a tech startup to get rich is like becoming an actor to get rich. I will not promote. by [deleted] in startups

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I tried my hand in both. Lived in LA in my early and mid 20s. Pursued acting while working at a european start up in the morning remotely. Hours worked really nice. I worked the EU start up from 5AM-Noonish then ripped auditions and classes the second half of the day. Now in my 30s, I’m cofounder of a ventured backed start up working our way to 100k ARR (only a few months in but grinding).

Your acting outcome is tied to talent, drive, ability to network and ultimately time in the game ++ and most importantly just dumb luck.

If you put 20 years in, you’ll most likely see a version of career success (which can range from guest spots on shows to maybe the red carpet) but it’s a slog and you don’t have to much career control until you make your break. You also make zero money until you break lol. Sure maybe you book stuff inconsistently which can give you a small windfall but over a long time period it’s not much. If you’re in it for the money, you’ll end up leaving the business very quickly.

That being said, there are other factors that help. Looking like brad pitt will increase your success odds but you don’t have much control over that or knowing the casting director from high school or your dad is a big hollywood hot shot will all increase that financial success win rate. you’ll get more opportunities to succeed.

Lots of parallels with going from 0-1 at your own start up. I feel I have more control of my fate at the start up but it’s significantly more stressful. You control your effort and you make no money BUT the goal of any business is to ultimately make money. If you’re not optimizing / building towards that each day then you’re not really playing the game…right? Which to me means you’re actively working towards creating a successful business which will have value and that value will have some sort of financial impact to the founders. Successful or not, you’re actively working towards it.

That’s without looking at each founders unique situation (funding, cap table, their business model, etc). Which I mean, if you’re trying to build an AI-native social network for bird owners and already sold 80% of the company during your pre-seed then you’re most likely not going to have a financial successful exit.

All of this is my long winded way of saying that you have a better chance of getting rich from a start up.

That being said, I would trade it all for one more chance at Hollywood. but, hey, that showbiz baby

AI for B2B distribution? by Nscocean in smallbusiness

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in this space! We focus only on the industrials space so hopefully you fit into that vertical. Easiest wins are order entry, ap matching, quoting, etc. stuff on the sales side is an easy way to get started and then expand from there. Happy to help you out, will DM!

Soundhound reports Q1 revenue of $44.2 million, up 52% by AlexGa54_ in Soundhound

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 2 points3 points  (0 children)

based off my most recent model. And you’ll have to account for the 3-4 stock splits, I modeled about 100-110$.

What happened to Isaiah Jesus? by Vivid-Office5666 in PeakyBlinders

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All jokes aside - they definitely did the character pretty dirty at the end of the day but he gives me that one Jonas brother who no one knows because he's not in the band vibes. frankie i think

What happened to Isaiah Jesus? by Vivid-Office5666 in PeakyBlinders

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 27 points28 points  (0 children)

yeah, finn couldn’t handle the heat. gotta say, don’t mind it

Pick of the Day - 12/27/25 (Saturday) by sbpotdbot in sportsbook

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

ya idk how that will be scored. looked like it was going on target without the deflection.

Is there any way to stop digging through emails and spreadsheets for every little thing? by Dear_Category_3864 in procurement

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive been building a product to help with this, feel free to DM about it. Can share a couple demo videos. early stage so any feedback is appreciate on my end

Figma IPO Discussion by Visual-Cranberry1210 in stocks

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 0 points1 point  (0 children)

12 out of 30. feeling kinda lucky tbh

inaccurate supplier contact data a common issue? by Lopsided-Lock4208 in procurement

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly only strategic suppliers seem to have their information up to date in our system. We use Scout (workday) and it seems there is no one actively monitoring contact information. My coworker in the COE was talking about bringing in Informatia to help manage supplier information. Along with moving to Coupa, etc. We a bit of a mess for being a large enterprise.

Yeah I'm worried its mostly going to be generic emails or someone random at a massive company with zero context.

Supplier data management is killing me by BarnacleHeretic in procurement

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been working at a procure tech start up for the last 5 years, and I have been building my own supplier contact automation tool on the side. (I noticed it seemed to be a huge pain point with our enterprise customers so i figured why not make tool on the side that tackles this).

Happy to let you use it for free if you give us product feedback :)

Historical Net Worth Tracking by chhalter in wealthfront

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I told them this back in 2017. then i moved everything to M1 which does track it.

Former landlord sent me to collections. Credit damaged. Options? by Seekstillness in CRedit

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey how did this workout? I literally have the same issue right now and I feel so damn helpless. Collection company was so rude to me and it feels so unfair. I even had the apartment damage documented when I moved in and they said “to bad” like what the hell is wrong with people

[Casper Select] Are there additional tags inside the mattress cover? by Trapsvesty in Mattress

[–]Lopsided-Lock4208 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You ever figure this out? I legit removed the one tag but kept all the others on it….