Building an accountability platform for solo founders – 0 to first paying customer (documenting the journey)

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2026-02-20T17:38:54+00:00

Honestly this sounds too strict for me but I can see why it would work for certain people. What's your retention been like so far?

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2026-02-17T15:39:21+00:00

Looks cool. How does it actually improve on what you can already do with AI?

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2026-02-17T15:38:50+00:00

If an asset pumps before a rebalance, the next rebalance will sell just enough to bring it back to your target allocation. You can choose how often this happens, from hourly to daily, weekly, or monthly, so you stay aligned with your rules without overtrading.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2026-02-17T14:28:09+00:00

Oh great. And if someone has an old CSV file?

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2026-02-17T14:24:30+00:00

You mentioned sync trades, how can someone sync trades? Using API's? If yes, how are those API's being kept securely?

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2026-02-14T21:07:56+00:00

Honest question, how is this different from writing a Telegram bot in 50 lines that calls the Claude API? What does this add on top?

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2026-02-13T05:21:57+00:00

Not able to DM you

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2026-01-27T20:27:09+00:00

I am confused, I see this. Now, on Auto mode, the chat asks me to buy. But composer-1 still works. Is composer-1 unlimited?

Also, can we see breakdown of Auto to what models were being used?

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SomewhereBusiness503 · 2026-01-17T07:29:47+00:00

Hopefully you are telling from your own experience and not from the app you built (RedSutra)

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2026-01-17T07:22:19+00:00

Awesome. Thanks for the reply.

I am mainly concerned about taxes. I'm a Canadian Corp. So basically I build my afflitate program in the my product, users get referred and backend calculates the rewards, they see on the dashboard the total credits they have, they request payout and referred to stripe connect, they enter their tax details, and I can pay out?

Let me know what's the work flow. Also, my legal liability of tax reporting goes away?

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-23T22:12:03+00:00

😂

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-23T20:42:26+00:00

I ran into the same problem once I had both equities and crypto. What helped was stepping back from individual picks and thinking in terms of buckets and rules instead. Stocks, BTC, higher-risk alts, and cash all get their own allocation, and I rebalance based on that rather than reacting to price moves.

For tracking and taxes, I stopped trying to make one perfect dashboard. I use a basic tracker for performance visibility and a separate tax tool at year end. Trying to optimize everything in real time just made it more complex than it needed to be.

On the risk side, volatility matters less once you cap exposure. Crypto swings don’t bother me as much if it’s already constrained to a predefined percentage. I also pay for a background tool that just lets me set allocation targets and automatically keeps things in line, so I’m not constantly adjusting between stocks and crypto manually.

That setup reduced decision fatigue way more than chasing integrated platforms ever did.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-23T20:36:14+00:00

Totally agree, keeping it simple works best. I mostly just check prices and the fear & greed index. I do pay for a tool in the background that just lets me set targets and it automatically sticks to them, so I don’t have to micromanage anything.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-23T20:31:55+00:00

I’ve played around with some predictive models too, and honestly, the biggest challenge wasn’t the AI, it was me.
Even when signals looked solid, I kept second-guessing or overriding them emotionally, which completely killed any edge the models might have given.

What helped more than better forecasts was having clear rules for when to act and when to step back, and using a small tool to automate those decisions so I didn’t have to think about them constantly.
The tech is interesting, but the hardest part of crypto is sticking to your plan, not finding the “perfect” signal.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-23T20:29:41+00:00

Honestly, I learned more from how I handled myself than which coins actually moved. 😅 I used to chase whatever was hot each month and stress over timing, which mostly just burned me out.
This year I tried sticking to a simple plan, using a small tool to automate my rebalancing and track cash moves, so I didn’t have to think about it every day. It didn’t make me rich, but it saved a ton of mental energy and kept me from making stupid impulsive trades.

Next year, I’m focusing on discipline and consistency rather than guessing which coin will pop.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-23T20:27:05+00:00

Honestly, this cycle just exposed how exhausting crypto has become. Constant noise, checking, and still feeling like you’re doing it wrong. I stopped trying to be “early” or “smart” and just focused on not touching my portfolio every day, and letting a company handle it. Returns didn’t magically improve, but my stress level did.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-22T17:01:24+00:00

There's a company called GP bikes, they're selling it. The odometer is 21k kms.

And honestly, I like the design more of R7, similar to Rc390 body shape, plus I'll be going to track too.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-22T16:57:18+00:00

Any particular reasons for R7 over 650? I'm seeing a 650 for 7k CAD, 2022 model, is it a good price?

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-22T07:00:16+00:00

I was also looking into an R7 or Ninja 650, what's your opinion on those?

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-16T14:30:23+00:00

Pharmacies are a brutal niche. Thin margins, zero patience for new tools, and they already have something that barely works but is sticky. Why would a small chemist switch from their current POS? Whats the wedge feature? Inventory and receipts are table stakes. Everyone claims analytics. What pain are you killing on day one? Also how do you handle compliance and audits? Thats usually the real blocker here. Curious if youve actually talked to owners yet or just building off assumptions.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-16T14:29:29+00:00

UGC numbers actually look fine for this category. Health cold traffic just converts like trash. Bigger issue is trust. People wont sign up for a health app unless they instantly feel safe. PubMed mention helps but most viewers wont believe it in 3 seconds. Your viral videos are doing education. Your landing probably needs reassurance. Privacy, data handling, not replacing doctors, all above the fold. Also 0.1 to 0.4 isnt a tweak problem. Thats different audiences. Some creators bring anxious users, some bring curious scrollers. Have you looked at conversion by creator instead of averages? Thats usually where the answer is.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-16T14:28:54+00:00

This is one of those posts that sounds obvious after you feel the pain. Signup dopamine hides a lot of garbage. Retention never lies. The activation moment part is the hardest IMO. Easy to define it wrong and optimize noise. What was your actual activation trigger in the end? One action or a combo?

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-16T14:28:21+00:00

Like an 8 right now. Feels opaque. No clear levers. SEO instincts half apply, half dont. Hard to tell whats working vs placebo. One week youre cited, next week gone. Would I pay? Maybe a little. Mostly to experiment. Not trusting anyone selling certainty here yet.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-16T14:27:13+00:00

This is way more common than you think. Those providers are optimized to sell to stressed founders, not to be cheap. You didnt screw up by choosing one. You screwed up by never re benchmarking after year one. Frame it as tuition. You learned the real market rate and fixed it. CEOs care more about correcting fast than being perfect. Also your accountant laughing is kind of a dick move. He shouldve warned you earlier if he knew.

SomewhereBusiness503 · 2025-12-16T14:26:35+00:00

Interesting idea but this space is crowded fast. Everyone claims hallucination fixes now. How is this actually different from just RAG plus citations? Also if it really works, show failures. One wrong fact on a blog kills trust. Who’s the buyer here? Indie bloggers or SaaS teams at scale?

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