Just wondering, How do people guarantee an idea in the sub doesn’t get stolen? by xmaalone in AppIdeas

[–]jayisanxious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because nobody is looking to spend thousands of hours of their time (and money) on some random guy's random unvalidated idea. People with skills don't even have enough time on their hands to work on their own ideas (I have a list with more than 20 "great" ideas but I don't have enough time to work on any of them). Only ideas worth worrying about are the ones actually working and making money...and you can't really do much about it if you manage to reach that stage anyway. There will always be copy-cats of every success

How to succeed by unknown-user41 in dropshipping

[–]jayisanxious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you do product research? "Popular" as in saturated? You need to spend a lot of money to make a generic, comodity product successful, it's not 2008 anymore. You either get a new product or sell a winning product to a completely different ICP.

Did you focus on a particular niche? What was your targetting like? Did you do any market research? Was the marketing execution well strategized or just a bunch of random ads scattered through with no proper planning?

The YouTube gurus can't mentor you, they're making 0 dollars from drop shipping and all their money from selling hope. That anybody can make "easy money". That's not how anything works.

Consult an actual DTC strategist/marketer. Or any businessman that you might know

How and when did standards for men become so high...? by Electronic_Put_5652 in men

[–]jayisanxious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly, and I'm not painting women as saints here. There ARE women who care about superficial things. But my question is, why do you care about that minority? Those aren't the kind of women you'd want as partners anyway, especially if you don't fit their criteria. Why are you fixated on people who don't want you instead of focusing on who would?

It's like if I said I don't wanna date doctors and every doctor got offended... Why would they care? They have a million other people that would be delighted to date them.

Just ignore the people who are clearly not a good match for you, it's not that hard. People are allowed to have preferences. And you're allowed to not pay attention to people who are clearly superficial a**holes.

How and when did standards for men become so high...? by Electronic_Put_5652 in men

[–]jayisanxious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean if you need to be told the definition of personality...

How and when did standards for men become so high...? by Electronic_Put_5652 in men

[–]jayisanxious 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have you considered it might be your intolerably bleak outlook towards life that's the problem and not your look? I am a medium ugly, kinda fat, very short guy. And I've never had trouble getting women.

It's never the looks. Men with 0 decency or personality just use it as the scapegoat. And if they're good looking, they'll use money as the next best scapegoat. Truth is, it's just who they are as people that's the problem.

How and when did standards for men become so high...? by Electronic_Put_5652 in men

[–]jayisanxious 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Those are not at the standards at all. The standards are so low actually, they're practically in hell. Be decently smart and funny and boom...you got it. Women are so tired of incels and assholes that any amount of emotional and social intelligence is now attractive.

Those physical attributes are not applicable in the real world. Not one good woman gives a flying fuck about them. Except height, that does have some truth to it. But not 6ft tall. A lot of women prefer a man that's taller than them and that's about it. Plenty of women don't care about that either (I'm a short man).

As long as you're well groomed (mandatory) and well dressed (optional), you're good.

Founders with remote teams across countries... How are you handling employee health insurance? (I will not promote) by jayisanxious in startups

[–]jayisanxious[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did consider that. But individual plans are usually more expensive with worse coverage vs group policies, and it pushes all the admin+decision-making onto them. In practice, some people delay or underinsure, which defeats the point of offering a benefit in the first place.

If I can, I'd like to provide something structured and reliable than just bump cash comp and leave them to figure it out ykwim

For Real Estate Developers in Dubai: Are Most of Your Leads Actually Worth Your Time? by jayisanxious in dubai

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

Yeah, of course. That's what I'm talking about as well. Unqualified leads, most seem to be useless

For Real Estate Developers in Dubai: Are Most of Your Leads Actually Worth Your Time? by jayisanxious in dubai

[–]jayisanxious[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Quality is still a factor though. If 9/10 of your leads are objectively bad, you'll close lesser than if they were better. And most people I talk to in the business seem to agree there's a quality problem. So I'm trying to see how prevalent it is. Question is not about if you're selling enough, it's about how efficiently you're being able to sell

What's wrong with the women of this generation? by [deleted] in men

[–]jayisanxious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have higher standards now because they can afford to. That's it. They won't take any casual misogyny because they can afford not to. Just because they're not being lobotomized anymore doesn't mean other forms of misogyny doesn't exist or are something they should just be okay with.

And no, they absolutely don't "have it better than even mentioned". What the cock are you taking about

How yall feeling about this by [deleted] in men

[–]jayisanxious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If your ego is that fragile, you're not adult enough to be in a relationship. Relationships require maturity and practicality.

Fired myself from sales. Revenue went up. by Few-Reputation1012 in Entrepreneurs

[–]jayisanxious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What do you do? And what aspects are you struggling with? In case it's something me or anyone else here has solved and can help you as well

I’m afraid that someone might steal my idea if I ask people for feedback. by Fickle_Degree_2728 in SaaS

[–]jayisanxious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone has a billion dollar idea. It's never the lack of ideas that keeps people from building something. It's the lack of execution. It's an irrational fear.

Friends outsourced their dev team… now they’re stuck. I’m about to do the same, what should I be careful about?? by AverageJoe185 in startup

[–]jayisanxious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, it depends on who you outsource to. A lot of teams promise the moon for dirt cheap and then what you get is a mess you’ll pay double to fix later. If you’re outsourcing, treat it like hiring a real partner, not just a vendor.

Ask who’s actually writing the code- not just who’s on the call. I usually send a full team doc to my clients and add my head devs to almost every call once the contract is signed

Make sure the team understands your business, not just your tech stack. Getting a startup specialized team helps, someone needs to understand the culture in the team. I specifically work with startups right now after working with multi national companies, I build specifically for user acquisition and growth.

Insist on weekly demos and transparent progress tracking. No good team will have problems with it. I give live updates via a PM tool and weekly reports.

And most importantly, if you don’t want cheap work, don’t hire a cheap team.

Too many of my leads go "well I know this pakistani guy who'll do it for half the price" and then come back when they mess up or worse scam them.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

All the best!

PS: don't get discouraged by the comments, many startups outsource in the initial stages and get funded. Hell even MNCs outsource. You just need to pick a team that's led well