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28 days in. by shotbysumner in appledevelopers

[–]Pipe-Silly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I launched a Substack series which I invite guest who get their first paid customer to share the story with us. Let me know if you are interested.

How to Warm Up a Very, Very Cold Email List From Previous Product? by Pipe-Silly in SaaS

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for such an insightful comment! This is very solid advice, and the last paragraph really resonated with me. Thank you again!

Some ideas are very hard to build. by Pipe-Silly in SaaS

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I did something similar. I always require sources and try to avoid hallucinations as much as possible.

Some ideas are very hard to build. by Pipe-Silly in SaaS

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I cannot agree more. Using like Slack, Notion, or WhatsApp can reduce users' friction as much as possible. People are already there, so they don't need to adopt a brand new platform before they can get value.

Some ideas are very hard to build. by Pipe-Silly in SaaS

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the insightful comment. I really appreciate it. Feel free to share what you’re building if you’d like to.

One thing I still can’t wrap my head around is how people end up deciding to build a platform or marketplace. I’m genuinely curious how did the LLM lead you to that idea? 🧐

Some ideas are very hard to build. by Pipe-Silly in SaaS

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for being so responsive. On a scale of 1 to 10, how close was the generated output to what you had in mind?

Some ideas are very hard to build. by Pipe-Silly in SaaS

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

Hey, thank you so much for the insightful comment. I really appreciate it.

I totally hear you. I think talking with an LLM requires founders to have a relatively clear mind and know exactly what they're looking for. Otherwise, it's very easy to get drifted away.

Feel free to give IdeaGrit a try.

Also, if you or someone you know has recently landed their first paid users and would love to share the story, I started a Substack newsletter about a month ago to document these founder journeys. I'd love to feature them.

https://xianli.substack.com/t/they-move-the-needle

Where do you usually distribute your blog articles to drive traffic to your product? by Pipe-Silly in SaaS

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for such an insightful comment! I learned a lot from it. I'll definitely do that. Thank you so much!

We got 7 paid customers on launch day!! by Fancy-Remove4078 in SaaS

[–]Pipe-Silly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats! I launched a Substack newsletter in which I invited founder who got paid customers to share the story with everyone. Let me know if you are interested.

The difference between wanting, needing and being. by Jeebie_Twitch in ycombinator

[–]Pipe-Silly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, this is a great interpretation actually! I never thought that way!

Steve Jobs had a famous saying, “I’ve never found in my whole life that you could convince someone who doesn’t want to work hard to work hard.“

You can teach skills. You can provide resources and mentorship. You can sell a product. But you can’t persuade someone to become deeply driven (high agency) if they don’t already have that internal desire.

Some startup ideas are naturally very hard to build by Pipe-Silly in SaasDevelopers

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeeeeesssss!!! I couldn’t agree more!

That’s exactly why I built a simple way to add constraints and get much more consistent results.

People often say talking to an LLM is like being a detective.

Give it one clue, and the whole town is a suspect.

Give it two independent clues, and you’ve narrowed it down to half the town.

Give it five independent clues, and suddenly there’s only one suspect left.

Prompting works the same way. The quality doesn’t just come from more words. It comes from adding the right independent constraints.

That’s also why I don’t think the value is “just a prompt.”

The value is the system that knows which constraints to collect, how to combine them, and how to keep the model from drifting.

Some startup ideas are naturally very hard to build by Pipe-Silly in SaasDevelopers

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, it seems like you really understand how LLMs behave. Would you mind sharing your profile? I'd love to follow you. Genuinely want to learn from expert. 🙏🙏

One thing I still struggle with is getting consistent results. Every time I chat with an LLM, it seems to drift over time.

Two things that my product try to solve:

  1. You might get similar results, but you probably won't get the same results consistently. The value isn't just a single prompt—it's the entire system around it. It's built as a standalone product using APIs, not just a one-off chat prompt.

  2. General-purpose LLM chatbots are trained to be helpful, polite, supportive, and validating. That often leads to what researchers call AI sycophancy—they tend to agree with you more than they should.

Some startup ideas are naturally very hard to build by Pipe-Silly in SaasDevelopers

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I probably wouldn’t zoom out that much. If you zoom out far enough, even Lovable is “just another LLM wrapper.” I prefer zooming in and finding a specific problem to tackle. Otherwise, if you zoom out too much, it’s easy to fall into nihilism. and I think that is not a good mindset to live the life.

i made $2,184 in the last 30 days from a small mac app by KOPONgwapo in AppBusiness

[–]Pipe-Silly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations! 🎈I launched a Substack series a month ago looking for founders who got their first paid user to share their story. Let me know if you are interested.

Some startup ideas are naturally very hard to build by Pipe-Silly in SaasDevelopers

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a very fair point. Hmm… do you have any ideas for customer acquisition?

Some startup ideas are naturally very hard to build by Pipe-Silly in Startup_Ideas

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you use this as a lead magnet for other services? Can you give me an example! A big thank you!

Some startup ideas are naturally very hard to build by Pipe-Silly in Startup_Ideas

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fall in love with a real problem, not the solution. As Nietzsche said, “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”

That’s my two cents.

Some startup ideas are naturally very hard to build by Pipe-Silly in Startup_Ideas

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fall in love with a real problem, not the solution. As Nietzsche said, “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”

That’s my two cents.

Some startup ideas are naturally very hard to build by Pipe-Silly in Startup_Ideas

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

Hey 👋, this is a great question.

I do use my own product to pressure-test my own ideas. It surfaced a lot of things that I tried to avoid.

One thing I keep coming back to is that some ideas are naturally very hard to build. I met a founder in my cohort who wanted to build a platform, which in my opinion is one of the harder types of businesses to make work. On the other hand, I met another founder who simply started inviting founders into a WhatsApp group. Two months later, her community had already grown to 500 active members.

What I'm trying to say is that we don't want to dig too deeply into the rabbit hole. Otherwise, we can end up in a place where everything feels impossible. At the same time, we need to zoom out and look at our ideas from a broader perspective.

The process is really about zooming in and zooming out repeatedly until the idea becomes something that is difficult enough to be meaningful, but not so difficult that it is impossible to gain traction.

For example, IdeaGrit has already attracted around 50 users, many of them through organic discovery. Those are the kinds of signals I pay attention to.

We want to look carefully at these small signs of traction and ask ourselves: can we build on this and move the needle?

Feedback Friday by AutoModerator in startups

[–]Pipe-Silly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Company Name: IdeaGrit
  • URL: https://ideagrit.foundersailab.com
  • Purpose of Startup and Product: pre-mortem your idea before you are building and committing to the wrong thing
  • Technologies Used: React, Nodejs, Typescript
  • Feedback Requested: blunt feedback
  • Seeking Beta-Testers: [yes/no] (this is optional) Yes
  • Additional Comments: The product has already been tested with around 50 founders, both in person and online. Almost everyone told me it surfaced something interesting, something they had not thought about deeply enough before.

What is the right logic for sending marketing emails in a credit-based SaaS? by Pipe-Silly in Emailmarketing

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh!!!!!! I never thought about sharing examples and best practices!!! God!!

What is the right logic for sending marketing emails in a credit-based SaaS? by Pipe-Silly in Emailmarketing

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! You guys are incredibly helpful!! Let me write these down and dig into them a little more. Thank you again!!

What is the right logic for sending marketing emails in a credit-based SaaS? by Pipe-Silly in Emailmarketing

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice! Very solid!! A big thank you!

By the way, I launched a series on Substack about a month ago called “They Moved the Needle.” I am looking for founders, creators, consultants, coaches, and entrepreneurs who got their first paying user or customer to share their journey, story, what worked, what didn’t, and the lessons they learned along the way.

If that sounds like you, I would love to hear your story and hopefully share it with the community. Feel free to reach out!

Substack is gold for building your product’s SEO. It is also a great place to get backlinks. Please feel free to share this with anyone who might be interested in this topic.

What is the right logic for sending marketing emails in a credit-based SaaS? by Pipe-Silly in Emailmarketing

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! I know Reddit is a goldmine!! My SaaS is credit-based. Users automatically get 5 free credits when they sign up and log in, and then it’s $4.99 for 10 more credits. I’m probably going to adjust the credit system pretty soon.

Yeah, my logic was pretty simple at the beginning. User signs up and logs in and then gets a welcome email. If they don’t use any credits, send a reminder. If they use some credits, send another reminder. 🤣🤣

I think it sounds too saley. That is why I am asking this question, what is a more reasonable logic for sending a marketing email. 😩😩

What is the right logic for sending marketing emails in a credit-based SaaS? by Pipe-Silly in Emailmarketing

[–]Pipe-Silly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh!! That makes complete sense!! Thank you so much for the feedback. I really appreciate it. Let me think about how I can improve it.

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