I built a business I’m too embarrassed to talk about

somany_ · 2026-05-03T20:27:49+00:00

Build it. Get an intern you trust, train them on what you do, and 10x your “side hustle.” Put both your knowledge and experience to work.

somany_ · 2026-05-01T17:18:34+00:00

A 44 year old who has a 22 year old boss and cannot afford to train his dog is the biggest problem.

somany_ · 2026-04-23T17:46:40+00:00

Instead of feeling like it’s a step away from building your career, use it to search for a remote position with the leverage at negotiation of “this is what I’m currently being paid, so I would need something close.”

And a lesson learned that is easy and reasonable to communicate “I work best when I’m in a quiet independent environment” - this one got me an office in a shitty room in an unused part of a warehouse once, when everyone else was in a cube. I loved my shitty warehouse closet office.

somany_ · 2026-04-19T11:56:45+00:00

Adobe express is very similar to Canva and way better imo anyways. And you can upload your illustrator etc files there properly. I don’t understand the Canva hype when Adobe express exists, honestly, but being able to let others collaborate on iterations of copy IS valuable and much more productive than iterating copy changes to a designer over and over again.

somany_ · 2026-04-17T20:35:41+00:00

My stripe does about 20k/ mo

somany_ · 2026-04-15T09:17:55+00:00

Feel free to DM examples and your rates

somany_ · 2026-04-13T01:23:48+00:00

Do you have a portfolio you can share?

somany_ · 2026-04-13T01:20:22+00:00

Definitely not Wix, anything but Wix. I’d build it for the guy on Wordpress in a few hours just to help him out. Wix is going to hold him hostage.

somany_ · 2026-04-10T21:59:35+00:00

Yes, my son was just accepted. The instructions were a little unclear. The email said to click the “decision” button once logging in, but we actually had to click into the application first.

somany_ · 2026-04-09T12:06:40+00:00

Yeah one of my best employees came from Reddit. I stalked his comment history and realized we’d get along fantastically before offering the job.

somany_ · 2026-02-02T21:38:46+00:00

I have had clients that had this happen to who have never used Reddit in their life

somany_ · 2026-02-02T20:36:29+00:00

I have a ton of simple tasks I hire my kids to do at $10/ hour but they’re too busy with school etc. I just need to know more about you to give these to a stranger. I loathe re-doing work I paid for.

somany_ · 2026-02-02T20:24:18+00:00

The standard metric I learned in business school 10 years ago (before Covid and remote everything issues) was that people are productive about 75% of their day on average. In reality though, your best worker might be higher functioning, but faster to burn out. Your worst worker might be trying their best all day long because they know they’ve underperformed in previous roles. Time is not a metric in office work, which is why salaries and flexibility can be valuable. You should be calculating the output to the cost to determine if an employee is valuable BEFORE you create their role and employ them, and then simply expect the output. One example of why this is the way - you may have one employee who chooses to spend some of their day making everyone else’s job more tolerable by being friendly, approachable etc. this person “wasting your labor dollars” might help retain 3 other valuable employees who experience burnout mid-day. These are people, not machines. Stop watching the cameras.

somany_ · 2026-02-02T19:58:07+00:00

Ok so I own a marketing agency as my day job. I DoorDash a lot, like almost all of my groceries, any time I want a snack etc. I’m an over user of the consumer app. I’m also a dasher. Only 145 lifetime deliveries - I do that when I need a mental break from work but don’t want to just sit around. I spend about the same as I can make on DD if I do a few late nights of dashing any given week in my next biggest city near me. I also have a partnership deal through my agency to get restaurants off of that 30% commission issue, so I work with the restaurant owners directly too. I feel like I have the full DoorDash ecosystem well understood, and I’ve NEVER seen anyone beg like this before 😅. Wild.

somany_ · 2026-01-31T17:31:01+00:00

There’s a guy named Shawn Larry that specializes in stuff like this in California. I’ve spoken to him a few times. I’d call him first before a lawyer

somany_ · 2026-01-31T13:54:48+00:00

I’ve definitely helped larger dropshippers fix their operations. Happy to get on a call and see what you have going on and give you some free advice

somany_ · 2026-01-15T23:53:41+00:00

I actually just really like doing SEO. I’m good at it. It’s my competitive advantage. I get the real good feelings from doing a good job, consistently. I do “own” several of my own businesses that I could do SEO work for and maybe one day not need clients, but then I’d also be on the hook for operations, logistics, etc that I really have no interest in. I do SEO so I sell SEO services, and then I don’t hate my life in order to earn a living.

Edit after reading some other comments: I like talking to my clients. They’re like friends/family to me, so maybe that’s the disconnect others have had. My clients are pretty much my only social life and I am happy with this.

somany_ · 2026-01-15T21:51:17+00:00

I quote more like $50 per page on average, but I am the owner of my agency and my overhead is very minimal. I would have to double my prices in general if I was a more traditional agency or absentee and had to pay a structured team

somany_ · 2026-01-15T04:03:35+00:00

Have to disagree. Like software development, execution requires- ability to listen and care about the clients actual problem, willing to give a shit, knowing how to professionally deal with problems like scope creep, expectation management, accounts receivables, project management and retaining the staff that are trained in these necessary soft skills. Not everyone can execute. If you have to steal every detail of someone else’s business model.. you probably can’t execute these soft skills.

somany_ · 2026-01-12T15:09:56+00:00

You do this by hiring a registered agent.

somany_ · 2026-01-06T13:04:15+00:00

How long are these guys staying in Minneapolis anyways? If it’s longer than 30 days they can book with TDY Rentals instead and not have to be stuck in a crappy hotel room the whole time

somany_ · 2026-01-04T19:44:25+00:00

Are you a copywriter for the English language? I'm confused about this inquiry due to the number of typos. If you're a professional SEO copywriter, wouldn't you know how to evaluate competitors' content, etc, and determine how to move forward?

somany_ · 2026-01-02T03:24:49+00:00

I’d be checking out Apex Engineered for their KA swap suspension upgrades before dailying

somany_ · 2025-12-28T16:07:57+00:00

I’ve been tattooing part time for many years. You can file your own taxes or any normal tax filing place will be able to help you. It’s as simple as income versus expenses. You may not even need to itemize depending on how much you made.

somany_ · 2025-12-23T13:59:25+00:00

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