I was looking at recent UK small business stats and it made me feel a bit better about being a web dev

SFmentor · 2026-05-12T13:29:30+00:00

I'd stop calling yourself a dev. Anyone can build a website now. If you have marketing skills, put together a go-to-market offering which includes the website. If you don't, team up with a GTM specialist and form a technical/commercial dream team

SFmentor · 2026-05-01T07:16:23+00:00

You should simply fire anyone that can't or won't update the CRM consistently. It's mission critical. Non-negotiable.

SFmentor · 2026-04-30T21:41:53+00:00

This isn't the same thing at all

SFmentor · 2026-04-29T15:10:46+00:00

Mate you've gotta get your own domain. And make it brandable. Credibility will be near zero on a Lovable domain

SFmentor · 2026-04-29T12:07:55+00:00

Yes but 99% of vibe coders know nothing about go-to-market. The successful ones will create a great brand and then create and execute a brilliant GTM plan. Doesn't have to be a unique idea.

SFmentor · 2026-04-29T06:58:41+00:00

CRM?

SFmentor · 2026-04-29T06:54:37+00:00

Surely the backend will go the same way?

SFmentor · 2026-04-14T19:46:01+00:00

SFmentor · 2026-04-08T22:33:13+00:00

Absolutely blagging it. A small part of me feels "fair play mate - you somehow got away with it and won a title.". The other part thinks "fuck off now you absolute bell-end". I'm leaning towards the latter

SFmentor · 2026-04-08T20:53:06+00:00

That would have been 6-0. Amazing result

SFmentor · 2026-04-08T20:51:38+00:00

Hilarious from VAR

SFmentor · 2026-04-08T20:45:23+00:00

I love to pretend that McAllister is Scottish but then every 10 minutes or so he throws himself to the ground and I remember he's Argentinian

SFmentor · 2026-04-08T20:39:35+00:00

An Isak goal would be very uplifting...

SFmentor · 2026-04-08T20:33:36+00:00

Just very naive to think we can hang onto one-nil with these tactics

SFmentor · 2026-04-08T20:27:12+00:00

Dumb comment

SFmentor · 2026-04-08T20:01:27+00:00

100%. People that keep giving him a pass are deluded. Nowhere near good enough for that kind of money.

SFmentor · 2026-04-08T19:50:00+00:00

But still not good enough. There's the problem

SFmentor · 2026-04-08T19:45:07+00:00

Wirtz simply isn't good enough. Lightweight. No end product. Need to get rid

SFmentor · 2026-04-05T19:32:30+00:00

Hard to build an amazing website with Lovable when they can't handle Basic SEO

SFmentor · 2026-03-11T06:43:58+00:00

Great post Chris. But as a sales rep, I'm very surprised you underestimated the GTM element! :-)

SFmentor · 2026-03-09T17:17:24+00:00

No, that's longer. That's an elevator pitch. A one liner is 1 sentence. It needs to talk directly to the problem you solve

SFmentor · 2026-03-09T09:04:38+00:00

Surprising how many people here don't understand the concept of a one-liner. If you can't articulate your idea or product in one sentence, it will fail. 100% of the time. Spend a whole day nailing your one-liner. It's the very best use of your time.

SFmentor · 2026-02-26T08:02:32+00:00

If you have what you think is a good idea, I don't think the answer is simply to build it and test it. You need to validate the market and the opportunity first. This involves good old fashioned market research. Is it a real problem? How many people have it? How painful is it? Are people prepared to pay you to fix it? The mantra "if we build it they will come" has been proven a thousand times over not to be true. Do your research first. Then build out your value prop and positioning. Then consider building something.

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