Struggling for My Startup

[roserugco]

Hi, just call me alessandro for now. i never used hacker news. or twitter to write about thing. But im genuinely struggling for my startup. I have many products in line but focused on few. At this point im just self funded and delusional. If i ever to make a new social media then yea i can create a platform in few week with or without ai, everyone can do that. In this pov, if im mark then I need eduardo. or if i were to create something like apple then i can be wozniak then i need steve. Either way, i do need someone whos actually sees what im trying to do, understand every step as forward progress rather than nothing.

Colleagues are generic and mediocre. Friends not so helpful, no matter if i say directly or indirectly, they dont seem to be amused for a startup. Has startups gone really boring and common?

Twitter is a bad bitch, if you dont pay it, you dont get reach. Easy stuff, just pay to win.

[summarybot]

1) Who are you building for? Customers (paying ones) are everything [in startup land].

2) Sounds like you need both supportive morale-boosters (rare) and a cool co-founder (even more rare).

3) Go to some in-person meetups for startups or even ETH conferences (I have no idea what you are working on but you need supportive people around you)

4) Consider joining a large company where you can work as an engineer of some sort and use it as a place to meet/network with potential future co-founders. You can meet sharp-and-cool people this way.

5) Focus on one project.

6) Don't sell the product, sell the dream. People don't buy products, people buy what the product enables them to do. (Mario doesn't buy the fire-flower, he buys the ability to shoot fireballs - as I heard in a video once)

7) Read all the biographies/autobiographies/essays of people who are successful in startuplandia to glean insights into what to do next. Your acquaintances who have never embarked on this journey before will be of limited help, not due to lack of want , but due to lack of expertise/experience.

8) People owe you nothing; until you provide/give them a service or an experience people will not feel the need to reciprocate, and even then reciprocity is increasingly rare in 2027 / the kaliyuga.

[roserugco]

1. Its ofcourse for customers, while most customers cant pay. I have to provide them products to try and use it without actually crippling the free tier. 2. Both would be great if could be found in todays world

3. Only if there are great gatherings of people here.

4. I am trying best to apply for part time or even full time jobs. Im just a college student so not much experienced in coding sector But i do understand things.

5. yes I am but working alone is really tiring, i dont need praises but someone who could actually say hell yeah its starting to look great.

6. I also learnt from Steve job, he didnt sold just a phone but a premium look no other competitor could mimic at that time.

7. I have been doing these lately, its just i cant talk to myself forever. Im not actually begging for something its just if surrounding people cant help then they shouldnt unmotivate too.

8. Its a car dude, its just me pushing it until it eventually starts then everything will come themselves to join it.

[summarybot]

You mention Steve Jobs and how he focused on a luxury line. That's not just because he has nice aesthetic sensibilities, it's also because people who buy luxury products have money. Which of your product ideas is the most luxurious/targets the wealthiest slice of the population? You can either sell ten of something at $100 or 1000 of something at $1.

Be very discerning who you share your projects/pursuits with. Most people will be filtering it through their experience and their own internal critic will be applied to you. I too would rather have silence than unmotivating or demotivating banter , which sadly means some people just need to be avoided or left out of the loop. Simple as that.

The "build it and they will come" mentality is only true of prisons and swamps (gators, snakes, and birds). You must orient around a need, an exigency people have, and build the bridge that connects them to their destination.

Anyway, if most customers can't pay, they're not customers in the sense you need. The "custom" around "custom-er" is they hand you money when you hand them some good or service. If they don't hand you money, how can we say they are participating in the custom of commerce? Whatever you build needs to bridge a gap or painpoint so annoying or challenging or riveting or worthwhile that people will thrust money into your pocket to have it.

[roserugco]

Thank you so much for these words. These are actually solid advice that can actually help me to go further.

I also truly agree with your statement to rather sit in silence rather than unmotivating people around.

Thank you so much for encouraging me. I wish you the best!

[andsoitis]

What's your startup and what are the few products you are focusing on?

[roserugco]

My startup primarily focusing on Softwares and Apps, in future it will extend to AI, Hardware and many more.

1. Product is News application but I am very buried under sources like direct sources to get news from.

2. You might take it as joke, but i am thinking a new exclusive social network/media platform.

[andsoitis]

Can you point us to one project / app / service that's finished and that I can try out?

[roserugco]

sure, I am working on news application. The actual beta version will be available on 21 June.

Website is roserug.co

And news app Glasshouse: roserug.co/products/glasshouse

Please note im still working on it and will be available on 21 june. Im sorry currently it has placeholder just ready to update apk url to download

[c_stack]

All founders begin self-funded and delusional. Some stay delusional. Twitter is a fast path to oblivion. Create something that you think might provide value. Find one customer. Get feedback. Implement feedback. Repeat. It is really, really that simple. You don't need a partner, just an idea, an MVP, and a customer.

[roserugco]

Thanks for encouragement. Its just I'm starting this out and really anxious and stressed about it.

I am working on something real that might be useful to others.

I really need isolation and silent emvironment to iterate ideas as at starting I had so many but scraped 80% as those were just weekend project not something useful for a person.

Either way, thanks. I'm trying my best