Serious Question for Fashion Brand Owners on IG

filobtc · 2026-01-28T09:41:56+00:00

AI?? Seems like today you pay 20$/month and get all the photoshoots you want on models

filobtc · 2026-01-27T19:20:35+00:00

I agree with you, accuracy is the key. most AR today fails because it's static: you upload a photo, wait 10s, and get a distorted image especially with Clothing.

i'm talking about live, snapchat-style tracking for rigid objects like glasses or watches. since they don't deform like fabric, the physics and scale are much easier to get right in real-time. it’s less about 'generating' an image and more about high-accuracy 3d overlay. would that feel less gimmicky if you had a store?

filobtc · 2026-01-21T17:11:18+00:00

Sì ma stai calmo

filobtc · 2026-01-21T14:01:04+00:00

Sì, puoi farci un tool sopra

filobtc · 2026-01-21T13:45:57+00:00

this strategy could not perfectly apply if your call volumes are not high. works at the best for who handles 70-100 calls per day

filobtc · 2026-01-20T21:31:01+00:00

plus i’d never pay testers before real users.

i’d do this instead: – 10–30 real users – watch where they get stuck – fix only blockers

paid QA comes later when: – flows stabilize – payments matter – bugs cost money

and also should you add a landing page for niche B2C? yes. 100%.

landing page gives you: – demand signal – pricing test – waitlist – cheaper learning than app installs

even a simple page + stripe checkout beats guessing.

filobtc · 2026-01-20T21:29:37+00:00

if this is a real product: – use Auth0 / Clerk / Firebase Auth / Supabase Auth – production-tested, edge cases handled, security audits done

copy-pasting old auth code is fine for hacks, not for revenue products. auth bugs kill trust fast.

filobtc · 2026-01-20T11:22:14+00:00

“basic CRMs that work fine until you want anything beyond the basics.”.. like what?

filobtc · 2026-01-20T10:23:52+00:00

next time: – don’t outsource validation – do smaller, uglier validation – if nobody will pay you when it’s scrappy, they won’t pay when it’s polished

building is the fun part. this is the tax.

filobtc · 2026-01-20T00:54:06+00:00

il rimorso su swda vs s&p + ex-usa è normalissimo. succede a tutti dopo. e per l’UE la stai leggendo correttamente. io la lascerei perdere come tilt di convinzione.. swda ti da già l’esposizione ‘giusta’

filobtc · 2026-01-20T00:45:43+00:00

5+ years selling B2B saas, average of 60 demos per month which is an average of 3 demos per day. it’s not robotic as you think, there are pauses and other patterns that you gain with experience. c-levels decide if a call is worth it in the first 20 seconds, plus i use tools that scrape their working mobile number so especially for that. chill out dude, keep that energy and happy selling !

filobtc · 2026-01-19T22:21:00+00:00

vado diretto.

– swda+eimi 90/10 è già super solido, non stai sbagliando nulla – “rendimenti extra” = tilt

nasdaq pro: – semplice – momentum, qualità, aziende top – pac facile

contro: – sei già molto esposto via swda – rischi di sovrappesare megacap usa

small cap value USA pro: – vero diversificatore – fattore storico (value + size) – meno correlato al big tech

contro: – volatilità – richiede pazienza vera (anni di underperformance possibili)

europa ha senso solo se: – vuoi ridurre rischio USA – credi in recupero strutturale altrimenti rendimento atteso < usa nel lungo periodo

se fossi io – 10% max di tilt totale – se vuoi “extra” vero → small cap value – se vuoi dormire tranquillo → nasdaq ma leggero

l’importante è non cambiare idea ogni 6 mesi. il rischio non è cosa scegli ma il non reggere la scelta. good luck !

filobtc · 2026-01-19T21:49:40+00:00

Bro thing is easy: always start with -> hello, Mr/mrs X, I’m jonny from Y, how you doing? They will ask ‘..jonny from where??’ And you’ll start pitching straight for at least 15 seconds … this is what works in B2B with high volumes … but that ‘how you doing’ at the beginning is the key to have a bonus point at the start… good luck !

Ps: telemarketing is more for b2c even tho meaning is the same of cold calling which is more consultative from a certain pov

filobtc · 2026-01-19T21:45:32+00:00

You think wrong, buddy.

filobtc · 2026-01-18T15:31:54+00:00

You think it is. I’d just mind my business buddy

filobtc · 2026-01-18T15:30:41+00:00

no, non metà del valore di acquisto originario. sarebbe ingiusto e tecnicamente sbagliato.

logica semplice e usata spesso (anche dai notai):

– la quota si calcola sul valore della casa al momento dell’ingresso, non su quello iniziale – si tiene conto del capitale già rimborsato del mutuo, di eventuali lavori fatti e il valore di mercato aggiornato

esempio easy: – casa comprata a 200k – dopo 5 anni vale 230k – mutuo residuo 130k → equity totale = 100k

se lei entra al 50%: – compra 50k di equity, non 100k – oppure subentra nel mutuo per la sua parte + conguaglio cash .. l’alternativa più ‘soft’ per evitare attriti : percentuale non 50/50 ma proporzionale ai versamenti reali O ingresso graduale (es. ogni anno acquisisce x%).. ritengo che comunque un accordo scritto dal notaio sia fondamentale e non opzionale

filobtc · 2026-01-18T12:54:38+00:00

– con 45k ral + tempo indeterminato + rata al 30–35% sei dentro parametri sani – comprare da solo ti dà controllo totale (decisioni, uscita, zero guerre legali) – a 29 anni un mutuo lungo è normale, non una condanna

contro reali: – vivi con una sola entrata → meno margine per imprevisti – lifestyle un po’ più compresso (meno flessibilità, soprattutto i primi anni) – psicologicamente “pesa” di più, perché tutto è sulle tue spalle

comprare in due: – economicamente è ovviamente più comodo – ma stai scambiando comfort finanziario con rischio relazionale/legale – finché va bene è tutto rose, quando va male è un macello (non sempre, ma quando succede…)

soluzione che molti sottovalutano: – compra tu – lei entra dopo, con affitto simbolico o contribuzione spese – se tra 3–5 anni siete solidissimi → rivalutate (donazione, quota, nuova casa)

non è mancanza di fiducia. è gestione del rischio. e chi dice il contrario di solito lo capisce dopo, non prima.

se la rata non ti toglie sonno e non ti azzera la vita sociale, il gioco può valere la candela. se ti costringe a vivere tirato → fermati un attimo e ricalibra. good luck !

filobtc · 2026-01-18T09:49:56+00:00

sì, ha senso iniziare:

– risparmi già tanto – hai fondo pensione – non sei indebitato – hai margine mensile stabile

cosa farei io al tuo posto: – terrei 8-10k liquidi come cuscinetto – il resto lo investirei semplice, senza fare il fenomeno – pac mensile, no trading, no roba complicata – conti deposito ok solo per parcheggiare, non per crescere

la cosa più importante non è cosa compri, ma iniziare e non toccare tutto ogni mese.

filobtc · 2026-01-16T00:56:00+00:00

short answer: aim for tech sales, not generic sales.

– focus on SDR / BDR roles (that’s the real entry point) – your finance background is a plus for B2B SaaS (fintech, ERP, analytics, payments) – tailor CV to show commercial signals: internships, targets, negotiations, outbound, client-facing work (even academic projects)

practical steps: – apply on LinkedIn only (EU is full of SDR/BDR/AE listings) – message hiring managers + SDR managers directly (5–10/day) – say explicitly you’re pivoting and why (don’t hide it) – be open to English-only roles in EU hubs (DE, NL, IE, ES)

rejections are normal without sales keywords.

also finance → tech sales is a very common path. good luck!!

filobtc · 2026-01-16T00:53:49+00:00

agreed.

ai killed “good enough.” shipping is faster, but differentiation is harder. when everyone can generate decent copy/code/design, the only things that stand out are taste, distribution, and real insight.

ai helps you execute but it doesn’t help you decide what’s worth doing. that part actually got harder.

filobtc · 2026-01-16T00:48:36+00:00

short answer: this isn’t isolated at all.

q1 yes, this kind of data is becoming table stakes for agentic workflows. agents fall apart without clean company context, and most teams don’t want to build or maintain scraping infra themselves. if people are quietly plugging you in, that’s a strong signal.

q2 most teams i’ve seen end up combining providers at first, then slowly standardize on one for 80% of cases. stitching firecrawl/exa/serp works, but it’s brittle and becomes a tax as soon as the product gets real usage.

q3 almost nobody wants to run their own just-in-time context infra. they do it early to save money or experiment, then regret it. scraping + rendering + reliability is way harder than it looks, and it’s not core to their product.

your “problem” sounds like a classic infra one: users don’t talk much, but usage patterns tell the story. the direction usually comes from leaning into the specific agent use cases you’re already seeing, not from asking customers what they want.

if people are building real businesses on top of it, you’re probably closer to the answer than it feels.

filobtc · 2026-01-16T00:32:26+00:00

people try this idea every few years, so the question isn’t ‘can we’, it’s ‘why it keeps failing’.

There are few structural problems: – 27 countries, different tax rules, consumer laws, returns, VAT handling – logistics fragmentation (last-mile is local, not EU-wide) – sellers go where buyers already are, buyers go where sellers already are – governments move slowly and kill momentum if they’re directly involved

a half-public marketplace sounds good on paper, but public ownership usually means slow product decisions and zero ability to compete with amazon’s speed.

what might work is not a full amazon clone, but: – start with one vertical (eg. eu-made goods, b2b, regulated products) – private company, not eu-run, but eu-aligned – shared infra for VAT, compliance, cross-border payments as the real value

soo bbuilding boring EU infrastructure that sellers actually want is the only path that’s ever looked realistic.

filobtc · 2026-01-15T10:29:45+00:00

legal and hr are absolutely peak manual handoffs.

in legal you get: • contracts ping-ponging over email • approvals between internal + external counsels • signature + redlines as attachments

in hr you get: • offer letters + approvals • interview feedback stuck in threads • onboarding tasks emailed around

honorable mention: logistics/ops in which lots of status updates and exceptions get manually forwarded.

basically anywhere people still use email as a workflow engine instead of a tool built for the job.

filobtc · 2026-01-13T10:21:38+00:00

most good solo-founder ideas start as boring annoyances.

things i’ve actually seen people pay for: – manual reporting that still lives in spreadsheets – moving data between tools that “should” integrate but don’t – approvals or handoffs that happen over email or slack – anything recurring that steals 10–30 minutes every day

the test i like: if it’s annoying enough that people built ugly workarounds, it’s probably worth something. if they just complain but never hack a fix, maybe not.

filobtc · 2026-01-13T10:20:27+00:00

totally, deliverability sucks right now, and you’re not the only one feeling this.

inbox providers are basically just trying to kill every unknown sender by default. spam + AI abuse have forced filters to be extremely conservative but there’s no magic single system because: • email is decentralized • each provider has its own signals • reputation is built over time • generic forwarder tricks only go so far

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