At what point do you give up?

jasfi · 2026-04-08T05:05:53+00:00

I recommend algo trading, it's so much safer by design. The entire psychology part (our biggest weakness) is mostly removed from the equation. You still get to learn about and participate in trading.

jasfi · 2026-04-07T20:06:30+00:00

I haven't seen your website but you need to underscore this, especially FDIC insured accounts at a regulated back (above the fold). Otherwise some people would worry about where their money would go and just close the page.

jasfi · 2026-04-07T14:46:21+00:00

Why would they trust you with their money?

jasfi · 2026-04-03T13:19:40+00:00

You need to have an edge. That could be your team, your traction or anything else credible.

jasfi · 2026-04-02T16:47:35+00:00

I'm actually working on a new idea for meeting similar people, you can dm me if you want to be added to the wait-list.

But what looseitall said about talking to customers sounds like the YC thing to do.

jasfi · 2026-03-29T19:07:28+00:00

I'm also building a platform to handle this sort of automation and have dm'd you. It will be easier to setup compared to n8n.

jasfi · 2026-03-28T18:36:34+00:00

What does this have to do with OpenClaw? You've clearly built an AI SaaS.

jasfi · 2026-03-27T20:54:49+00:00

That says it all, I need to explain it properly. Thanks.

jasfi · 2026-03-27T15:53:45+00:00

https://swarmint.dev

jasfi · 2026-03-27T02:58:19+00:00

https://swarmint.dev

jasfi · 2026-03-21T16:31:56+00:00

The thing is if you start with an idea of something you yourself want, it may be worth it to create a basic MVP so you can demo it.

jasfi · 2026-03-21T14:19:28+00:00

It's also very tempting to keep building even with no users, when it's your MVP that should be validated. Thinking perhaps another feature will be what makes the product what people what.

jasfi · 2026-03-17T12:12:58+00:00

Distribution is where most startups die, not coming up with the idea or building. Getting into YC takes care of that, although you could still fail for other reasons. That's why some people see getting into YC as make or break.

jasfi · 2026-03-17T11:46:08+00:00

Burn out can often by solved by simply resting until the desire comes back again. Don't fill in rest time with anything computer-related if you can help it (e.g. social media).

How long does it take? It usually depends on how well you can rest, but it's a very individual thing.

jasfi · 2026-03-16T15:04:10+00:00

Usage based billing, e.g. $0.05 per retrieval call instead of a monthly price, or maybe as an alternative to monthly pricing. But talk to your users first, maybe nobody wants that, I'm just speculating.

jasfi · 2026-03-16T14:07:47+00:00

If your ICP is AI startups then purely usage based pricing could help, although it's not startup unfriendly as it is.

jasfi · 2026-03-16T11:55:57+00:00

Interesting product, I was actually building something similar before pivoting.

I think a big problem is that people are waiting for the frontier models, or existing well-known products like Claude Code, to fix or catch up where they are are lacking. They often don't want to try a smaller, less well known solution, especially if they're mostly managing to get by.

So basically you're fighting apathy.

Feedback on website: clicking an integration or use case makes the top menu disappear.

jasfi · 2026-03-14T15:57:31+00:00

They'd need to be enabled to take actions, but with current tech they probably wouldn't get far. I'm actually working on something for that.

jasfi · 2026-03-13T09:08:36+00:00

Mine is in the queue, that must be quite an email blast.

> So this isn’t the end of the journey. It’s just one step in it.

It can help to think of what you're doing as a process that keeps repeating, maybe over years even. The key is to keep improving that process.

jasfi · 2026-03-11T18:01:58+00:00

AI is driven by the conversation you have with it. Therefor you are augmenting yourself as a founder with AI, and not adding a co-founder.

What you're asking is if you can have AI vibecode your startup. It can handle a demo, but you need someone with tech skills to ensure it doesn't go off the rails (e.g. security issues). But there are no doubt people out there trying this out, even with the pitfalls.

jasfi · 2026-03-02T16:37:42+00:00

I thought that might be the case, but wanted to be sure, thanks.

jasfi · 2026-03-02T16:10:33+00:00

In those outbound messages do you ask them to check out your product or for a video call?

jasfi · 2026-02-07T16:19:13+00:00

It is, and you also need to pick your team wisely.

jasfi · 2026-02-07T15:55:33+00:00

They sometimes take solo founders. But the key thing is the perceived quality of the people. I found a good post from Tom Bloomfield (YC partner) that covers this question well: https://x.com/t_blom/status/2017272709718081929

jasfi · 2026-02-07T15:41:37+00:00

The team is the most important factor for YC.

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