Building AI Products. Sharing What I Learn.

Marketing for a living. Building for a life.

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I think we’re entering a weird era.

Building a product is getting easier.
Getting someone to care about it is getting harder.

The product might be the easy part now.

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What’s one thing you’d never build again after learning the hard way?

Could be a feature, a business model, or even a way of working.

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@TimoBuilds_ Not fully yet. I’m actually learning this framework from Ash Maurya (@ashmaurya). The idea is to get much clearer on the ideal customer and problem first, then test it with real revenue. That’s the part I’m working on now.

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One thing I’m learning as a first-time founder:

Don’t confuse building with progress.
Shipping something feels productive.

Getting it in front of real people is where you actually learn.

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AI can help you build an MVP in days.

But the more I use it, the more I realize:

The bottleneck isn’t building anymore.
It’s knowing what to build.

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The more I build, the more I realize:

Ideas are cheap. Execution is common.

The real advantage is understanding a problem deeply enough to keep improving the solution when things don't work.

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@TimoBuilds_ I’d focus on people who experience the problem frequently and already have some workaround for it. If they’re already spending time or money trying to solve it, the outreach becomes much more relevant.

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I’m slowly realizing that becoming a founder means becoming good at a lot of things:

Building.
Selling.
Marketing.
Learning tech.
Talking to users.

I’m still figuring all of it out, but that’s honestly the fun part.

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What’s one startup task you think founders overcomplicate way too much?

And what’s the simpler way you’d do it?

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I wasted a month building an MVP I should’ve validated first.

Now I’m thinking about demo-first validation:

Show people exactly what the product will look and feel like without actually building the full thing.

Has anyone tried validating an idea this way? What did you learn?

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@riteshpatel1884 You don’t need to learn coding from scratch anymore.

But becoming technical is still an unfair advantage.

You don’t need to write everything yourself. You need to understand how the tech works so you can build, direct AI, troubleshoot, and know what’s actually possible.

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@Vibepreneur007 Lol, bro really said “the image has nothing to do with me” after making us stare at it for 5 seconds. 😭

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@Manu_Sisti The interesting part isn’t the anonymity.

It’s the process:

Find a real problem → solve it → package the solution → sell it.

That’s basically product development without needing to build a full SaaS.

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@AbhiCodes15 SaaS is getting easier to build. The interesting opportunity might be selling the AI outcome, not the software itself.

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@humfhuang 19 and already thinking seriously about distribution. That’s a valuable skill to obsess over.

I’m building in the AI/startup space too, so would be great to connect and learn from each other.

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@askwhykartik This is a great reminder that you don’t need permission from the tech industry to build.

You need a problem worth solving, the ability to execute, and people willing to pay.

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@doja_dan Sleep is clearly optional when you’re building. Good luck with that to-do list, Dan. Hope the 2 hours of sleep don’t come back for revenge.

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@arthuryuzbashev Agreed. Everyone wants success, but not everyone wants it badly enough to keep showing up.

In the end, the one who wants it the most usually outlasts the rest.

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@brian_millot Going from almost nothing to $372 across 3 products is a solid milestone.

The “it’s not millions, but it’s mine” mindset is what stands out. Keep building and compounding.

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@KhalidAlNumi I was about to say $25K, but after seeing the balance I’m reconsidering my entire financial plan. 😭