I almost killed my startup before it even launched.
I started building my tech startup 18 months ago. As a non technical founder, I hired a web dev from Pakistan to help build my idea. He was doing good work but I got impatient and wanted to move faster.
I made a HUGE mistake. I put my reliable developer on pause and hired an agency that promised better results. They seemed professional at first but I soon realized I was just one of many clients. My project wasn't a priority for them.
After wasting so much time and money, I went back to my original Pakistani developer. He thankfully accepted the job again and is now doing amazing work, and we're finally close to launching our MVP.
If you're a non technical founder:
Take the time to find a developer you trust and stick with them it's worth it
Don't fall for any promises from these big agencies or get tempted by what they offer
Learn enough about the tech you're using to understand timelines
Be patient. It takes time to build
Hope someone can learn from my mistakes. It's not worth losing time and money when you've already got a good thing going.
dudes "startup" is https://www.outreachai.co/ , some shit ass chrome extension that uses chatgpt to spam dm people on linkedin and tell you if they responded or not, as if notifications dont already exist. he almost exclusively posts in /r/LeadGeneration /r/DigitalMarketing and /r/Entrepreneur , so you know hes some stupid idea guy. christ, he admitted it himself. that this post is one of the highest voted post in /r/webdev for the past year in 22 hours by just #inspiration posting some obvious shit that everyone is roasting the fuck out of him for means its 100% means its botted, which is a big nono and against reddit ToS. would be a shame if he got reported for it.
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its pathetically low. ive seen people with receipts on /wdg/ burning that on decent personal projects that they developed themself, and this guy just forked it over to indians for a website that looks like shit and a chrome extension that does something you can find in a greasyfork script. zero capital means zero traction and he doesnt understand that, but i guess he wouldnt because he doesnt understand theres no market for it. what prevents someone from just using any of the free chatgpt interfaces online and pasting shit in? what prevents someone from reading their email or checking their push notifications? what prevents linkedin from releasing some native feature thats better than this tomorrow?
whats actually wrong with idea guys?
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here's his startup
https://www.outreachai.co/
It's literally just a linkedin bot that you can set to follow and reachout to people with chatgpt messages. And you can create a "lead list" of who it'll send messages too
Even I think I could make this without burning 50k
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I see that marsey everywhere but I have no idea what it means
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Wonder why you're seeing it everywhere
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What a pathetic loser spawns his own emojis?
Black lives matter
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real mystery why anyone would
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I've heard a marketing team budget $50000 for a "wordpress site"
No cap investors are r-slurred
Black lives matter
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so just write python or php even my grandma can do it
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No you don't understand, he has vision
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Make reading interesting: a Chromium extension that adds little sexy butts and booties to individual letters, and larger asses on whole words.
This Charles Peepeeens book too boring? S*x it up.
I do not own a computer, and do not know how to read. I am seeking $450,000 in funding. Btw what is Chromium?
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@EverSeether hate idea guys so much lmao
Black lives matter
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php + jquery + :bootstrap css
runs on cheap butt webhosts that only have cpanel
"wow it's so modern here's $1000"
"the monthy cost is so much cheaper, i can't believe it! I will tell my friends"
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oh yay more jeets filling my inbox asking me to mentor them.
Krayon sexually assaulted his sister.
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Why are you sure? There's some other posts in the last year with 2-3k upneighbors.
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everything else is relevant; its either some low effort html/css meme, something job or job market related, an actually relevant insight or experience, or industry changes. this is just some guy posting a massive and getting called an idiot over and over - typically those posts get gigadownmarseyd.
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Not on rDrama
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Motherlover, I had a .edu email before .com TLDs existed. All y'all AOLn00bs think you're fresh; you're just trite.
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I cannot believe people like this get money for their ideas. Makes me want to come up with some bullshit and get $2bil in VC money.
(Yes I know that's not how it works, most of these failsons just have family money)
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The real money comes from trying to find wasy to grift money from failsons and nieve trust fund babies
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