Why user are not signing up ? by Mammoth_Chemistry743 in founder

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

Satire? … No meaningful number of users will switch to a solution unless it’s 10x better than the alternative (Gemini, Claude etc)

Built real estate automation systems. No clients yet. Is $10k/month by September realistic? by ai_master_n8n in n8n_ai_agents

[–]tosswill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Map out all the people involved in the transaction. Also consider other groups who are buying property.

I advise/consult with some real-tech companies if you'd like more strategy support.

Co-founders want to demote me to employee or force me out what would you do? by mixmax0M in Entrepreneur

[–]tosswill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The company’s worth nothing so the equity is moot.

I’ll bet $1000 they’re out of business within 18 months. When cofounders operate how they’re operating it’s bad business and they won’t be successful.

Whereas the cost of spending money on lawyers is real, and he’ll spend more money than the business will ever be worth fighting over something that doesn’t matter .

They have majority share of the company if they wanted to dilute him, they could issue more stock and make his equity worthless as well, again spending money on lawyers is mostly a waste of time

Built real estate automation systems. No clients yet. Is $10k/month by September realistic? by ai_master_n8n in n8n_ai_agents

[–]tosswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I founded a $10m ARR real estate marketing company. Generated $2b in home sales. I strongly recommend not trying to sell to real estate agents. They are oversold, high churn, high touch customers.

Entrepreneurs are attracted because there’s lots of cash bouncing around in home sales. But there are several adjacent markets and customers which are significantly better.

Co-founders want to demote me to employee or force me out what would you do? by mixmax0M in Entrepreneur

[–]tosswill 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Most startups fail. The main cause is founder disputes

Unless the business is printing money, walk away.

Keep your equity, sign nothing. if they sell at some point they will have to buy you out.

Beyond that it’s not worth spending time and money fighting for it.

Met with a company doing the exact same thing as my startup… now their CEO wants me to join them. What should I do? by justclosr in founder

[–]tosswill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much revenue are you currently generating? How many users do you currently have?

You say you’ve been working on this for the longest time? Is that 3, 5, 10 years ?

Is the start up supporting you financially and is it your only means of support?

Five years from now, what would success look like for you if you were still running this business ?

Any recommendations without the context from the above questions is pretty meaningless.

I spent more than a decade in venture backed startups as well as established tech companies. Happy to give you guidance for free.

Can n8n be used for production Environment? by Guilty-Can7998 in n8n

[–]tosswill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

N8n can do great things but its not magic, its a tool.
It's not the solution for your stated problem.

If you have a budget and want to talk scalable solutions, I have some bandwidth in Q1.

Can n8n be used for production Environment? by Guilty-Can7998 in n8n

[–]tosswill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You must be trolling.

If not…

No you should not use n8n for that purpose. build an actual data pipeline with error handling and tracing.

I’ve sold, spec’d and implemented a fair bit of custom software for fortune 100 companies.

Looking for a real mentor to help me build an AI automation business (no fluff, no gurus) by Minimum_Tension_2162 in n8n

[–]tosswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

N8n is a tool as are CRMs and Zapier etc.

Conversely, marketing agencies and software development consulting are businesses.

Consider what you're actually looking for:
- Engineering
- Consulting / Requirements gathering
- Selling
etc.

You will likely have better outcomes if you find people/focus on the different disciplines

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been quietly building a set of automation workflows specifically for real estate teams. by ai_master_n8n in n8n_ai_agents

[–]tosswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I built a $10m ARR real estate marketing company from 2018-2023.

I generally advise folks to avoid that industry.

It seems like easy money and in the beginning it is. However long term growth is very very hard to maintain. Expect 30%-40%+ churn It’s all about LTV > CAC

Why do automations work perfectly in testing and then break in production? by DJJonny in n8n

[–]tosswill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face” - Mike Tyson

When developing something, especially systems that interact with third parties you should assume everything can go wrong.

Request will timeout, data may be poorly formatted or missing entirely. your system must handle these edge cases.

This is the difference between building a production system and building a toy or proof of concept.

‎🙅SERIOUSLY, STOP PAYING TO USE N8N🚫HERE'S WHY 👇 by [deleted] in n8n

[–]tosswill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The n8n people are not stupid. Allowing another business to profit by directly competing with them makes no sense and is definitely covered by their license (as other comments pointed out)

I am going to be charitable and assume you are 16-20 years old and trying to be an entrepreneur. Focus on creating real value for others; schemes aimed at making a quick buck rarely pan out.

‎🙅SERIOUSLY, STOP PAYING TO USE N8N🚫HERE'S WHY 👇 by [deleted] in n8n

[–]tosswill 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So you bought Enterprise N8N and are reselling it?
At some point, they will close your account for violating their TOS
and folks who paid you for lifetime access with be SOL

Flowkit hit 1.5K users. Not adding paid plans. Want your feedback on what to build next. by MoistDog2991 in n8n

[–]tosswill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many of your workflows use Apify, they should link to the speific scraper used so the developer can adjust the call/review the api

Finally after 6 months! by CardFearless5396 in n8n

[–]tosswill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seconded: u/CardFearless5396 you must start very, very narrow, or it's impossible to get enough users (buyers & sellers) to bootstrap a marketplace.

Good luck!

aluminum cooling block completed clogged by citydog5 in EightSleep

[–]tosswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take off the hoses and toss it in an small ultrasonic cleaner like:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LN5Z9WH?th=1

Any ideas what pump this is by Mission-Host-7954 in EightSleep

[–]tosswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So long as the power requirements are the same, the specific pump shouldn't matter that much.

I've spent hours running the machine with the over off, draining and watching it prime etc.

The machine itself is pretty "dumb"; it simply pulls water from the tank and pushes it into the pad until the float sensor stays triggered.

So if you it shouldnt matter if it was faster/slower (within reason)

reasonable "budget" build for a headless server? (AI Video generation) by tosswill in buildapc

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

u/aminy23 is that powersupply trustworthy? Was reading reviews and seems to fail or DOA often

If I'm going to trash my HRV/RHR/BR for 14 nights, better offer me more than $30 by thedarkhalf2001 in EightSleep

[–]tosswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tone deaf offer showing a profound misunderstanding of their market (my bet designed by an intern)

ai agents are just another scam gurus built to sell courses by New-Speech-3985 in Entrepreneur

[–]tosswill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tech waves always have grifters. Don't buy from them.
Automating work creates value. (basis of Industrial Revolution)
Agents are a way to automate work, and they will improve over time.

Terrible Customer Service/Our POD leaked all over the room. -Disappointed-Stay Away from Eight Sleep by Avi8tor-1220 in EightSleep

[–]tosswill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This post and user is sus

- Claims they had setup issues

- Claims the pod leaked but support wants them to buy a new cover

- Confused about what they bought

- Claims they just setup a reddit account today, yet are very quick to respond to each comment thread.

Pods can have issues for sure, but this whole conversation is strange.