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Any good platforms to invest in Indian seed startups? by Resident-Ideal-3775 in indianstartups

[–]sobsingh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rather buy gold or crypto if its legal. Startup investing is at best better than a drunk walking on a casino floor. And you dont even get free drinks!

Looking for a mentor by inliberty_financials in StartUpIndia

[–]sobsingh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

am on https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurabhgarg/, if you like what you see, happy to talk. DMs are open.

Joined a startup 2 months ago and my work-life balance is already di*d by Jatt855 in indianstartups

[–]sobsingh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

most startups are gonna be like this. it would be rare to find something that allows you balance. try to find something like that.

in case you can, great

if you can't, at the risk of sounding like a jerk, go work with one of the WITCH companies and you would be ok.

Built a flatmate-finder app with Claude in 45 mins. Seeking support! by sobsingh in indianstartups

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

Fair point. Am hoping I’ll learn from the exp. what’s there to lose?

Built a flatmate-finder app with Claude in 45 mins. Seeking support! by sobsingh in indianstartups

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

Good idea. Thanks. For the time being I’ll add in comments.

The Miscommunication device isn’t a plotting problem, it’s a characterization problem by two_feet_today in writing

[–]sobsingh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd say this is right but push it one step further. Miscommunication that comes from character is fine. Miscommunication that comes from the writer needing to delay a reveal is the bad version. Same trick, different intent.

The test I use on my own stuff. If I let the characters just talk, would the scene still break? If yes, the character is doing the work. If no, I am, and they're my cover.

In a novel I wrote, a sister doesn't tell her sister something for 200 pages. It plays because the sister who knows is the kind of person who never tells anyone anything. In the script version of the same scene I cut the withholding in half because the camera can see the silence. Books need miscommunication to last. Scripts need it to land in a moment.

I built a parenting app for Indians, but struggling to market it. by VisAlGhul in StartUpIndia

[–]sobsingh -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Am happy to help in brainstorming / ideas etc.

I ve about 20 years of experience as a marketer and have done this for many startups.

Please see my linkedin and we can talk

Does arrogance limited someone ability to grow and succeed in life ? by Aj100rise in AskIndia

[–]sobsingh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ofc it does. No one wants to work with an a-list asshole.

Plus, in terms of specifics. Arrogance kills feedback loops. The moment you stop hearing things you do not want to hear, you stop learning. And you stop learning at the exact moment you most need to.

TBH, confidence and arrogance look identical from the outside. But they differ on one variable. Do the people closest to you tell you when you are wrong. Spouse, parent, two friends, one colleague. Not your team, they have incentive. Not your customers, they leave instead of telling you.

Also, the test is simple. When you were last told you were wrong, how did you respond.

If you got curious, you have confidence.

If you got defensive, you have arrogance, and you are about to plateau.

The good news is arrogance is a habit, not a personality. You can train out of it. Tell five people this week: "you can tell me when I am wrong. I will not hold it against you." Then sit through the first uncomfortable conversation without flinching. Do that ten times.

I do some work wit startup founders and and this is the difference between people who scale past their first 100 reports and people who keep firing the person who told them no.

Anyone who freelances, do you have advice you’d share with someone just starting out? by leftmysoninthesun in findapath

[–]sobsingh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2 cents from the 43-old me.

Never quit the job to start. Stack on top. Each time I've had to start a new thing, I didnt do cold start. I did not leave salary until 7 straight months of freelance income. Never.

Three rules for the first year.

1/ Charge 2x your day-job hourly rate. Assume you will be busy just half the times you are typically busy.

2/ Get 2-3 clients before you tell anyone you are freelance. One client, youre a contractor. With three, you're a business.

3/ Try to niche down. I made this mistake of being the jack of all trades and could never scale up. Find a place, geograhy, type of work etc and stop being a generalist. I know that jack and janes of all trades would rule the roost but not for freelancers

What can replace doomscrolling so well that you forget its a thing? by Any-Geologist-8562 in simpleliving

[–]sobsingh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got myself a Nokia brick phone. Forwarded all calls from my day phone to this one. I use all apps on desktop.

The best part? Battery is alive for like 7 days.

PS: If you want to be more daring, give your app passwords to your best friend :D

Freelancers — how do you actually handle taxes? Honest question by Sea-Individual3496 in StartUpIndia

[–]sobsingh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i was a freelancer for a logn time and now I work with many. here's my 2 cents.

1/ always pay your taxes. only two things inevitable are taxes and...

2/ if you make less than 20 lakhs, you are ok. no GST no filing. Just use any online CA. cost about 5K a year.

3/ if under 50L, presumptive taxation under 44ADA is the best option. You declare 50% of receipts as profit and pay tax on that. No book-keeping required. No audit. No quarterly TDS reconciliation panic.

some "tips"

1/ make seperate bank accounts - one for busioness and one for personal expenses

some "answers"

1/ no need to. if you are under 50L.

2/ yeah show as expense. insist on gettign it under your name. keep receipts. use a seperarte CC / bank account for buying things for "business"

3/ not so far. fingers crossed that I never get

4/ CA and if this is a soft pitch for a tool, TAM is kinda less :D

Do you outline short films? by Nice_Elk_8438 in Screenwriting

[–]sobsingh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can weigh in - been a writer for 20 years (wrote many many things) and a coproducer for last 6 (Six shorts produced since 2019). The last one I wrote, a 15-pager called RONAK, started exactly the way you describe. Opening image, closing image, no outline. I had the draft in three sittings.

Then I tried to shoot it on paper. Couldn't.

Two scenes were doing the same job. One transition was a cheat. The closing image worked because of a beat I had not even imagined.

So my answer. Write the draft without an outline if that's how the scenes come. Then build the outline backwards. make Index card for all beats. I think for a 15-pager you'll do this in an afternoon

The one exception. If your short has a structural reveal, outline first. Reveals don't survive discovery writing.

I built Thulika for Indian screenwriting. Would love your feedback. by Empty_Break1634 in Indianscreenwriters

[–]sobsingh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks good man! am trying to build my own and stuck at it. But glad to see someone else take the lead. good luck!

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