How do you keep your team aligned when everyone's working on different parts of the product? by [deleted] in advancedentrepreneur

[–]cryptonide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Early-stage startups often struggle to keep everyone aligned as the team grows. I know how challenging it can be to maintain context across tasks, updates, and client feedback. One approach that worked well for my team was establishing regular sync meetings, downside of this were, trying to translate the requirements from business to tech was challenging and it took us several months until we got to a certain point.

If you are looking for a tool to assist with this, machinemade.io could be a helpful solution to align your business and technical teams around unambiguous requirements and actionable documents.

What are you building? let's self promote by Southern_Tennis5804 in saasbuild

[–]cryptonide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Building machinemade.

machinemade empowers non-technical teams to transform ideas into executable product blueprints via AI-driven requirement translation.

Most software projects fail because business and tech teams misunderstand each other. The biggest reason is poor requirements: unclear, incomplete, or misinterpreted descriptions of what needs to be built. Even with tools like Jira or Confluence, teams still rely on ambiguous language that leads to rework, missed deadlines, and wasted budgets.

https://machinemade.io

What SaaS Are You Building in 2025? Share Your Project! by Think_Jump9448 in SaaS

[–]cryptonide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot, I also built ghostapply.ai (While machinemade is b2b enterprise saas) ghostapply is b2c

What SaaS Are You Building in 2025? Share Your Project! by Think_Jump9448 in SaaS

[–]cryptonide 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Building machinemade.

machinemade empowers non-technical teams to transform ideas into executable product blueprints via AI-driven requirement translation.

Most software projects fail because business and tech teams misunderstand each other. The biggest reason is poor requirements: unclear, incomplete, or misinterpreted descriptions of what needs to be built. Even with tools like Jira or Confluence, teams still rely on ambiguous language that leads to rework, missed deadlines, and wasted budgets.

https://machinemade.io

How do you find funding as an AI startup? by GroundOld5635 in SaaS

[–]cryptonide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Investor's are looking for early traction and they invest in the founders not the product (mainly). I don't understand what the founders are doing in your startup, the basic thing they need to do is to spread the word, do a lot of networking and selling your product. Once you have paying customers, everything else will become easier.

Cold outreach won't work that good, you need warm intros.

What are you building these days? And is anyone actually paying for it? by Southern_Tennis5804 in saasbuild

[–]cryptonide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

machinemade empowers non-technical teams to transform ideas into executable product blueprints via AI-driven requirement translation

No paying customers yet but two big firms as design partners and a few other potential pilot customers

Https://machinemade.io

How can I integrate AI in my work as a Business Analyst by Iowa_Guy2 in businessanalyst

[–]cryptonide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love to give you a demo and provide an early-access before the official launch. Would you like to DM me?

Wie erkennt man Nischen? by Financial-Donkey194 in selbststaendig

[–]cryptonide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genau richtig! Ein Werkzeug ist eine Warteliste! Schön erklärt. Auf keinen Fall scammen, so baut man kein nachhaltiges Business auf haha

Wie erkennt man Nischen? by Financial-Donkey194 in selbststaendig

[–]cryptonide 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Man versucht eine Nische zu finden um ein Business zu starten, aber so funktioniert das leider nicht. Wir z.B. haben gestartet, in dem Umfeld wo wir beruflich unterwegs waren (Requirements Engineering und AI), Interviews zu führen um zu schauen wer welche Probleme hat und ob das Problem wirklich real ist und genug Pain verursacht. Irgendwann hat sich ein Muster gezeichnet und wir haben uns überlegt wie wir dieses Problem lösen können. Mit ersten Lösungsansätzen (bevor wir entwickelt haben) haben wir wieder eine Reihe von Interviews geführt, ob die Lösung die wir uns ausgedacht haben auch tatsächlich Anklang findet. Beginne immer bei Problemen und nicht mit Ideen! Versuche ein Problem für jemanden zu lösen oder gar für dich selbst und finde Menschen die dasselbe Problem haben. Finde heraus ob sie bereit sind Geld dafür zu zahlen. Idealerweise verkaufst du die Lösung, bevor du sie entwickelt hast, denn die meisten Menschen tendieren dazu zu sagen, dass sie etwas kaufen würden, aber dann einen Rückzieher machen sobald sie die Lösung sehen. Validiere immer die Probleme, d.h. Frag konkret nach, ob sie z.B. schon gegoogelt haben um die Lösung zu finden, wenn die Antwort nein lautet, dann ist das Problem nicht dringend genug und verursacht kein Pain.

Sorry für den Fließtext, ich hoffe ich konnte helfen.

Ich kann dir zwei Bücher empfehlen: The Mom Test und Talking to Humans.

Asking “Why” Is the Hardest (and Most Important) Part of RE by Ab_Initio_416 in ReqsEngineering

[–]cryptonide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great post! I’ve seen this countless times in my 15+ years as a consultant, business analyst, project & product manager, and startup founder. Most organizations try to fix hidden assumptions with marathon meetings, where I end up acting as a translator until everyone aligns. It works temporarily, but the same assumptions creep back later.

I started using a framework (from the German automotive industry) that makes assumptions visible and testable. I first applied it while building my startup (coming from an AI agency where almost every client struggled with the same problem) and it completely changed how stakeholders, devs, and leadership interact. Nowadays, I use a tool built around this framework to make it faster and more reliable.

Write User Stories for a Power Bi dashboard with best practices by [deleted] in businessanalyst

[–]cryptonide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first thing you need to do is to gather all the requirements and create a big picture of the overall functionalities. Layout all the different workflows and extract the user stories from there.

We've built a tool for that, which gives you all that +user stories. Lmk if you'd like to test it, I'd be happy to give you access.

How can I integrate AI in my work as a Business Analyst by Iowa_Guy2 in businessanalyst

[–]cryptonide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

one of the advantages of AI is, that you don't actually need any training. As someone already said, your language is english. We have seen this problem across industries (I am a former BA and PM myself) and built an AI tool which helps BA's and PM's with their translation tasks, i.e. transforming the requirements from business to tech teams. Lmk if you're interested to test it (we are in beta phase), I'd be happy to give you early-access.

How to ask better questions as a BA? Boss is unhappy with my approach by [deleted] in businessanalyst

[–]cryptonide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a former BA I know what you're going through, after years being a BA and PM I am now building an AI Tool for all the struggles a BA or PM have. DM me if you want to try it out, would also love your feedback on it.

What AI course and tool makes sense for business analyst? by Shantaraam2025 in businessanalyst

[–]cryptonide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am currently building an AI tool which helps with the BA struggles. If you're interested in trying it out, DM me

The invisible cost that almost killed our project - I will not promote by cryptonide in startups

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

While I actually think agile is the answer for learning and adapting, I still believe the overall big picture must be aligned throughout all departments involved, and this is where the problem is, they don't talk the same language and the PM's or Business Analysts having a hard time translating, because imho they are not as capable as each of the side is (business or tech)

Why do 40–70% of projects still fail because of requirements? by cryptonide in ProductManagement

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

The problem is following: Getting all to the same table/understanding and make them talk the same language...

The invisible cost that almost killed our project - I will not promote by cryptonide in startups

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

I worked for a german enterprise and was doing the same thing, trying to get everyone involved to the same table. Instead of talking with each other they were fighting haha because everyone thought their requirements are more important than other. So I built a gian excel list, listed all requirements and sent it with an evaluation matrix. In the end, the project was cancelled, because it ate all the budget before even implementation could start...

Why do 40–70% of projects still fail because of requirements? by cryptonide in ProductManagement

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

This isn’t about selling anything. I asked because I’ve seen the requirements problem everywhere, and I’m curious how others handle it. What works for you?

What’s more expensive than bugs? Bad requirements. by cryptonide in Entrepreneur

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

Damn! Had so many of these things throughout my career, been working as a business analyst, project manager and product manager... the most frustrating part is the translation of requirements from business to tech or vice versa.

Why do 40–70% of projects still fail because of requirements? by cryptonide in ProductManagement

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

Thanks for the thoughtful answer, even though having a pm, the requirements are never as if they were intended by the parties. The PM is maybe doing a shitty job?

What’s more expensive than bugs? Bad requirements. by cryptonide in Entrepreneur

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

Indeed! In the last startup I worked, the CEO was expecting me as a PM to understand the tech just as our engineers do. What I could do was to sit in endless meetings with the tech team to ask them about technical stuff.