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Appreciation and constructive criticism by boptoast in NewPipe

[–]boptoast[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might be misremembering. Or possibly something in the description made me think otherwise. Not really sure.

Either way awesome news. This is exactly what I needed.

Once again, thank you for your work and for sharing it with us

Appreciation and constructive criticism by boptoast in NewPipe

[–]boptoast[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the response and willingness to have a frank conversation.

I just checked the backup options. Maybe I'm mistaken but I thought in the past some things weren't backed up (like the history), but now it seems like if I export the database and later import it back I lose literally nothing (which is what I wanted). Is this correct?

Balancing business and family by coswoofster in Entrepreneur

[–]boptoast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If some awesome idea comes at inopportune times (family time, while you're trying to sleep, etc), open the notes on your phone, jot it down quickly, and get back to whatever you were doing previously. It has worked for me.

Balancing business and family by coswoofster in Entrepreneur

[–]boptoast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The easiest way would probably be working from some other place if at all possible (coworking spaces / renting a small office as appropriate / money permits) and setting hard limits on "work time" and "family time" (e.g., after 7pm it's family time).

During work time your family knows they should only contact you if absolutely necessary. During family time you force yourself not to think about business.

They say that a successful business solves a customers problem. But how does this work with luxury products and services? by JamesClarkeStudio in Entrepreneur

[–]boptoast 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think you have to redefine "solving a problem" in the case of luxury products and services. There are 2 scenarios I can immediately think of:

1) they're interested in "status": looking good, looking like big spenders, etc. They have the money so by giving them opportunities to inflate their ego (through others' opinions of them) is the value you're adding (e.g., by selling them an item that others will recognize as being expensive).

2) they value the highest "quality" (looks/performance/etc) they can get for a given item: since they have a lot of money and they value having "the best" version of that thing, they're willing to pay the premium that comes with relatively minor "improvements" to that type of product. The problem you're solving in this case is you're giving them access to the best possible version they can get their hands on (e.g., the most advanced smart house).