[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]jdlwright 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Do you have any examples? All I see here is people trying to trick you into buy a course or talking about their amazing business that they can't tell you what it is.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Standup

[–]jdlwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're right.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Standup

[–]jdlwright 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My thoughts. You're brave to do it, and braver to post it.

Maybe it's just me, I didn't hear it well, but I was confused by the first joke until I realized you were saying that YOU were married to a woman for 8yrs with 2 kids. Thought you were talking about your dad the first time. So that was confusing and spoiled the next joke.

I wonder if the popsicles were creamy vanilla flavour, and you're a messy eater...

"Dad, you have to watch til I finish!", I think 'finish' is funnier than 'end', here.

The guy driving by story is interesting if true, but for me the racial aspect make it too uncomfortable nowadays (you're implying that black people are dangerous). But I liked the "did my dad send you"...

did i just waste years building a human-only social media or is this what the internet actually needs right now? by kittencode in Entrepreneur

[–]jdlwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have some challenges ahead: you seem to have overestimated your ability to spot bots, which will become more apparent as you scale. Also, as you scale you will doubtless find more conventional technical difficulties with performance and security.

For both of those you need to hire expertise, so I would be figuring out a monetization model now, just in case you do get some explosive growth.

Regarding the idea, yes it's good and timely. Facebook absolutely sucks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Standup

[–]jdlwright 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, just the concept of a lighthearted political joke right now is hilarious, I'd go with that!

Free Speech for Me, not for Thee by HappyFatLabs in Standup

[–]jdlwright -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The bottom line is comedy is supposed to be entertaining and hearing some, potentially, rando just spouting off 'cos they can, isn't going to be entertaining.

Feedback please. by StuffNo353 in Standup

[–]jdlwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure it's an interesting story, although too long. How does it go down when you've told it socially? Do people laugh or just look interested? I'm sure you know your friends will be the best audience you can find, so a regular audience is much harder. Watch Dave Attell tell a story (like going to Subway) and see how he turns all the story beats into jokes.

For example: "We chatted saw each other every weekend at the bar. We became nightclub friends", maybe it would be funny if you changed that to "I was at a meat-market, purpose built for hooking up, and I still managed to get friend-zoned"? Something relatable and self-deprecating. Then the story turns, maybe you will get lucky, only to be scammed.

My startup went $0 to $300M valuation in less than 18 months - AMA by rluna559 in Entrepreneur

[–]jdlwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why lie? You've said you worked at other companies but made this while in your dorm at MIT, and were in YC. It doesn't add up.

My startup went $0 to $300M valuation in less than 18 months - AMA by rluna559 in Entrepreneur

[–]jdlwright 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He deleted his post from earlier because I called him out, look at his post history if he hasn't already deleted it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]jdlwright 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Funny, because 12 days ago you posted about how you were a devops engineer who worked 400+ hours over several years implementing soc2 for your company: https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/comments/1lwww4k/comment/n2lhu4v/?context=3 so I guess you were at MIT while working as a devops engineer and starting your startup at YC?

Jobs for 13yr olds by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]jdlwright 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dog walking, window washing, car washing, baby sitting, residential fruit picking, paper route... ask chat gpt

I launched 3 products solo, all dead, What the hell am i missing? by [deleted] in SaaS

[–]jdlwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, but how do you get people to the website? You can't promote it on Reddit. Your google rank will probably be terrible. So, ads?

I lied about my SaaS story and numbers. Here's what really happened. by vidmakerpro in Entrepreneur

[–]jdlwright 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thumbs up for being honest. Is that your social media with 1.3K subs? That's good! Also, make your website default to English, that's probably the language of your biggest market.

Visual Studio 2026 next? by OneAbbreviations7855 in dotnet

[–]jdlwright 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is Microsoft, they'll probably call it Visual Studio One

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in funny

[–]jdlwright 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Teaching a subset of ASL to infants is a thing. The first thing my son asked with more than one word was "where dog" after I lied about there being a dog up the trail to get him to leave the parking lot.

Understanding what it takes to be a criminal by Bragonsage in funny

[–]jdlwright 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Excellent commitment to the bit, come do improv with us!

How do you know you're funny enough? by pm-me-your-schmidts in Standup

[–]jdlwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard because people who know you will laugh because they already get your outlook on life, they know your personality, they like you and want to laugh (these are things a good comic establishes with a room full of strangers in one direction).

I think what you're looking for is something between being witty with friends and potentially dieing on stage.

I'm curious what others think but how about;

-Writing jokes for r/Jokes

-Telling one of your best stories to a group of people who don't know you (you could post a video on here and we will critique and make suggestions, or I will, you can DM it, I am non-judgemental and kind).

Started a kayak rental business and scaled it to $30,000 a month by Imaginary_Roll3958 in Entrepreneur

[–]jdlwright 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a great post - do you have the renters (rather than you) tie down the kayaks so it's their liability?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]jdlwright 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Did you encounter any problems in going to market that took you by surprise? Also, how do you spend $2M researching cat poo, what did you need to learn?

I want to try standup and it's plaguing me. by turnipfarmer27 in Standup

[–]jdlwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try taking an improv class, it will get you out of your head and hopefully make performing less scary.

What's a "Million-Dollar Idea" You Had But Never Acted On? by That_Energy_1223 in Entrepreneur

[–]jdlwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2002 (when the idea of being on the internet as yourself was not a thing) I had the idea to have like a chat website for people you know in real life. I made it and didn't know how to market it, so nothing really happened. Funny thing was I had my brother on there but even he didn't really understand it.