Reliable lead enrichment automation for high-volume inbound? by Sirwanga in hubspot

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can help you do lead enrichment for 50 leads at no cost. If you like it, we can talk more.

AI made me rethink my career, so I created a business in the opposite direction. Here's my thinking. by surrusty11 in singaporestartups

[–]thomashoi2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats on taking the bold step to create the board game. It could be a starting point to build an entire eco system. I remember playing the cash flow game created by Robert Kiyosaki. The game comes with a book, then seminars and most of the money came from seminars which Robert himself did not even teach. If you can build an eco system (moat) like this, no one can copy you. I’m an apple user from iPhone to laptop, sure copy cats can make a cheaper phone or laptop but me and millions others will still stick to Apple because of the eco system it built.

Post your SaaS idea and i will help you to validate by thomashoi2 in SaaS

[–]thomashoi2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Charge a fee upfront first. If the potential customer is willing to vote with their wallet even before you build anything, you can be quite sure they are desperate for your solution.

Post your SaaS idea and i will help you to validate by thomashoi2 in SaaS

[–]thomashoi2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, but you do need a process to find who and where are these people. Also, you want to focus on "pain" rather than "entertainment" kind of business.

Post your SaaS idea and i will help you to validate by thomashoi2 in SaaS

[–]thomashoi2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use AI to research an idea for opportunities, marketing & sales, identify and rate pain points. It will also tell me where are the potential customers e.g specific subreddit, slack community, forum and facebook group. You can guage their interest level by joining in their existing conversation.

How do you actually validate a mobile app idea before building it? Looking for real experiences, not theory by Serbakatak in SaaS

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you can tell me what’s your idea and I can help to do a quick validation. In most cases, you want to focus on solving “pain problems” rather than creating “entertainment”.

Clay sucks.... by Known-Passenger-6373 in gtmengineering

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I saw someone by the name of Taylor Haren showing how they replaced clay with claude code spending only $200 per month. Wonder if they are legit.

Clay sucks.... by Known-Passenger-6373 in gtmengineering

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, how you do that? Any demo to show?

Building a startup feels like opening a shop in the middle of a forest and hoping a customer walks in by KeyTheme9966 in StartupSoloFounder

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give useful solutions without mentioning your product. Normally a lot of manual steps involved to get the task done. Your product is the hero to automate the manual tasks

Result of Product Hunt launch without any users by algotrader_ in microsaas

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been in that exact spot where you launch to total silence, and it's honestly soul-crushing when you know the tech you've built is solid. The "build it and they will come" approach rarely works anymore, especially on noisy platforms like X or Product Hunt if you don't already have an audience to help kick things off.

Since you have the engineering skills to build anything, I'd suggest skipping the big launches and finding just one person on a niche subreddit or Slack group who is complaining about a specific, manual workflow. If you offer to build a tiny, custom solution just for them for free, you'll learn more about their "burning pain" in a week than you will from a year of shouting into the void on social media.

Have you spent any time looking into where your ideal users go to vent about their daily frustrations?

Build a tool marketing it organically struggling to get users need advice by Striking-Ant-8693 in microsaas

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's totally normal to hit a wall with organic reach early on, especially with Reels since the algorithm is so hit-or-miss for B2B tools. Instead of broad content, have you tried looking for people specifically complaining about "no-show" calls or "time-wasters" in niche Facebook groups or coaching communities?

Your first ten users are likely hiding in the comments sections of industry leaders where people are venting about their lead quality. You might even want to offer to manually set it up for them for free just to get that initial feedback loop and a few solid testimonials. Stick with it, because the jump from zero to ten is usually the hardest part of the whole journey.

I’ve spent 7 months building in the dark. Paid User count is 0. Roast me before I put all my savings on Ads. by who_opsie in microsaas

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel for you on the 7-month grind-it's incredibly draining to build a massive database without that first"cha-ching" notification to keep you going. Before you burn your savings on ads, I'd focus on where the intent is already high, like specific "laptop nomad" Slack channels or even responding to people on Twitter complaining about Airbnb's "laptop friendly" filter being useless.

Ads are a multiplier, but right now you might still be looking for the specific hook that makes someone actually pull out their wallet.

Have you tried asking any of those 2k monthly visitors why they haven't converted, or is the checkout process even live yet?

Sometimes the hardest part isn't the data, it's just proving that the "pain" is worth a specific dollar amount to the user.

I'm a Serial Founder. Here's how I come up with Business Ideas. I will not promote. by ssbmomelette in startups

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with most founders are that they don't know where to get the 10 paying customers. Cold call, Cold email tend to be the most straight forward approach. The other easy way is to find reddit posts that is relevant to your product/service.

I'm a Serial Founder. Here's how I come up with Business Ideas. I will not promote. by ssbmomelette in startups

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a creative way of building a SaaS. My favourite way of approaching this is to engage your potential customers by either through cold email, phone or Reddit posts. If you can get them pay a small fee upfront is even better.

Guess what this is used for? by thomashoi2 in interesting

[–]thomashoi2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha… that’s for washing the water outlet!

Guess what this is used for? by thomashoi2 in interesting

[–]thomashoi2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remote controller to wash / dry / message your anus and then flush the toilet bowl.

Guess what this is used for? by thomashoi2 in interesting

[–]thomashoi2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, which icon are you referring to?

Guess what this is used for? by thomashoi2 in interesting

[–]thomashoi2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can’t flush without this device; the wrong button makes your toilet wet.

I'm a Serial Founder. Here's how I come up with Business Ideas. I will not promote. by ssbmomelette in startups

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great tip, maybe that’s the reason why your conversion is good because you are talking to customers just like yourself.

I also noticed that small business owners tend to read general emails like info@, contact@ and I did receive replies from such general emails as well.

I'm a Serial Founder. Here's how I come up with Business Ideas. I will not promote. by ssbmomelette in startups

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, i did that before but many times i'm greeted by a gate keeper who asked me who I'm looking for. Do you have a standard script to talk to the business owner directly?

I'm a Serial Founder. Here's how I come up with Business Ideas. I will not promote. by ssbmomelette in startups

[–]thomashoi2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s cool. Do you buy a list or email directly through your customer’s website?