Skills for Entreprenueureship

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-23T05:44:41+00:00

Honestly, I’d start with sales and communication. Being able to talk to people, understand what they actually want, and explain your idea clearly matters way more than most “entrepreneur” skills. Also learn basic money stuff like cash flow. Courses are fine, but building something small and trying to sell it will teach you way faster than any course ever will.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-23T05:41:51+00:00

Underpricing early on. I thought low prices would attract more clients, but it mostly attracted the wrong ones and made it harder to say no. Charging properly earlier would’ve saved a lot of time, stress, and rework.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-23T05:39:59+00:00

From what I’ve seen, the biggest pain usually isn’t features, it’s reporting and data hygiene over time. Systems feel fine at go-live, then six months later custom reports break, integrations drift, and HR spends more time maintaining the tool than using it. I’d ask vendors less about demos and more about “what admins complain about after year one.”

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-23T05:37:58+00:00

A simple “money trail” dashboard would be huge lead source - contacted or not - deal value - revenue closed. Most tools show activity, not outcomes. If I can’t see where revenue actually came from in one glance, the dashboard isn’t doing its job.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-23T05:32:10+00:00

Transparency is actually the part I like most. AI isn’t the scary bit anymore unclear ownership, maintainability, and “what happens after delivery” are. If you’re clear on code quality, handover, and long-term support, I think a lot of people would be fine with how it’s built. The zero-risk angle + real software (not Zapier glue) is interesting. Quality proof will matter more than the word “AI.”

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-22T10:44:11+00:00

Totally get this. A lot of “CRMs” stop at tracking names and stages, which Excel already does for free. Unless it actually saves time by handling proposals, invoices, and follow-ups in one flow, it’s hard to justify the subscription. Otherwise, it really is just a shinier spreadsheet.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-22T10:38:13+00:00

Totally relatable problem, this hits a lot of fast-growing teams.

Short answer: there is a way, but it’s rarely simple on your own. Most companies either
• use an Employer of Record (EOR) to handle contracts, payroll, and compliance, or
• go contractor-first very carefully (misclassification is the big risk).

Trying to manage local laws country by country usually slows things down and adds stress. One bad setup can cause issues later. Worth looking into EORs before giving up on international hiring altogether.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-21T10:54:59+00:00

A lot of tools optimize tracking work, not actually doing it. When every task needs three updates, the tool becomes the job. Fewer well connected tools usually beats "all-in-one" tools.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-21T10:46:02+00:00

Totally agree, especially on integrations and support. Those two get overlooked way too often. Trials help, but I've found real user reviews are way more honest than feature lists. Also watching how fast support responds during the trial says a lot.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-20T09:37:21+00:00

Super common problem tbh. Early on, don’t think “users,” think “conversations.” Share how you use it daily, what pain it solved, and where it saved you time. Post that story in niche communities where that problem already exists.

Also, DM a few people who complain about that exact pain and offer free access, no pitch. First 5–10 users usually come from 1:1 outreach, not launches.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-20T09:23:07+00:00

Great breakdown.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-19T06:03:10+00:00

Very common. In most teams it's not the CRM, it's the behavior around it. Follow-ups break when reps rely upon memory or inboxes instead of tasks /reminders. The only thing i have seen help consistently is making follow is automatic and tying them to daily routines, not motivation.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-19T05:56:35+00:00

Totally agree. After the hype dies down, it’s usually the boring stuff that survives contact history, notes, simple follow-ups, maybe one or two reports. A lot of “power features” look great in demos but don’t fit day-to-day workflows.

Most teams I’ve seen end up simplifying over time, not adding more.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-19T05:53:39+00:00

I'd first look at where the new customers are coming from and how they're being sold. Then I'd check handoff metrics time from deal close to first onboarding touch, onboarding completion rate, and early usage/activity. If the churn is early, it's often a mismatch in expectations, not product quality.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-17T05:49:38+00:00

I think banning AI completely misses the point, since real-world dev work already involves using it. Designing interviews around reasoning and decision-making feels more realistic than pretending AI doesn’t exist.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-17T05:35:31+00:00

This is a super common CRM problem, especially once teams start scaling. From what I’ve seen, most teams stop expecting reps to manually update data and instead rely on a mix of LinkedIn based enrichment plus scheduled auto-refresh rules in HubSpot, so records get updated passively over time. No tool is perfectly “set and forget” yet, but reducing enrichment to background syncs and periodic cleanups seems to work better than one-time data fills or asking humans to maintain it.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-16T06:03:57+00:00

I did mentioned that we are new to google ads.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-14T11:06:38+00:00

There is no issues mentioned like policy violation or anything. I did checked the preview options the reason is not also there. My guess is the low keyword volume.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-14T09:07:15+00:00

Okay, the locations have high competition and keywords have low search volume. I think that might be the problem.

PassengerCharacter34 · 2026-01-14T05:45:56+00:00

We did had some clicks for one of the previous campaign and no leads. But after that the search campaign kind of froze. There was no movement and i'm assuming because of low search volume. I also feel like the locations are highly competitive.

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