Logan

- Building Sonmai
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[Logan @quiet_node]

@denpoint1 @paulg @amasad Paul was too excited LOOOL

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@luke_o is it expensive to register an LLC with Stripe? I'm assuming you had to have an LLC with Stripe in order to charge people, right?

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@MaxHirsch13 @higgsfield bruh did you really try the "unlimited" model? LOOOL it will take ages!!

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@tonychang430 You will get it next time I know it!!

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@arvidkahl I feel too relatable here looool

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@daniel_dhawan @levan Always love a good inspirational story! Congrats and keep up the good work!!

[Logan @quiet_node]

I first knew about David around liek two years ago in an interview with EO Global on YouTube. He came across as an ordinary guy who had dropped everything to go all in on startups, failing over and over until one finally gained traction. Then he got diagnosed with cancer. Like WTF!?

Bro then fought through it, beat it, and kept building. His story was so unbelievably motivating that I left a comment under the video praising him and telling EO to feature more people like him (fyi I NEVER EVER leave comments)

Seeing that David was able to sell Jenni AI and exit as a successful founder makes me genuinely happy for him. I am just starting out as a founder myself and have already failed with quite a few ideas, but my approach to startups aligns closely with his. I will keep getting back up after every failure and keep trying until something works. No matter how hard or how long it takes, I am determined to make it happen.

Anyhoo congratulations David. I am super happy for you and your family. Keep up the great work!

[David Park @Davidjpark96]

my parents had to declare bankruptcy when I was a kid, so they had every reason to pressure me towards a more stable career path

instead, they were so patient with me, even as i failed startup after startup for years

so getting to tell my mom that everything turned out okay was a really special moment :)

for those who can't read Korean, her first message roughly translates to:

"Really!!! Congratulations my son. So much :') Thank you God!"

i know I've been posting about my exit for like a week now, but it really is a big deal for me and my family!

i'll share more about how this all happened and some tactical advice later this week, but for now i'm just riding out all the emotions

to quote my mom, thank you God!!!!

[Logan @quiet_node]

Hey thanks for the feedback. I've actually been using inboxes from InboxKit for more than a month now and they seems working pretty fine for me ngl. I dont use Clay or Apollo so not sure how it works with them but to my current setup, nothing seems to be wrong and I still get responses from code prospects every day. But will keep that in mind and make sure to check deliveribility for all inboxes. Thanks!

[Logan @quiet_node]

I can't even make this up!

Lesson for whoever learning cold emailing:

NEVER Instantly DFY or pre-warmed!

Convenient? Sure. No DNS/DKIM/DMARC hassle. But Opus can legit handle all that in ~2 hrs, and you can save up to 70%.

Btw anything better than Cloudflare + Inboxkit?

[Logan @quiet_node]

Lesson: don't blindly trust AI research. Dig yourself.

Opus 5.5 kept pushing Google Workspace. Pricey.

Resellers: half the price, legit, but a 24h wait.

Then I found InboxKit: ~75% cheaper, ready almost instantly.

Keep using your brain. It can still save you hundreds.

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@daleverett Duck

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@iancccho Yep happened to me like 2 months ago when Seedance 2.5 just released as well which sucks so bad. Looks like it’s still happening LOOOL. Thi I did talk to the support team and got some compensation for it. Did you try talking to them?

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@daleverett @daltonmeon @wondersearchai Yo the edits tho! getting better and better! Great work!

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Yo if Tony’s O1 got denied then im no hope. What in the actual fuck!? The man got accepted into YC, raised $8M, wrote research papers, judged hackathons, founded a startup with thousands of users, and still got rejected? Damn is it freaking competitive!

Anyway I hope you find better lawyer man I know you’ll get it!

[Tony Chang ☁️ @tonychang430]

My O-1 visa got denied :(

I have about half a year left to leave the country. It sucks but I'm positive about it. I truly believe things will work out if I'm building something great.

With @instabox_sh, we got into YC and raised $8M. Personally, I have served as a hackathon judge 12x, written a research paper, and have seven recommendation letters from infra experts and staff-level engineers. But I guess it's still not enough 🥲

I'm having my @bot help me look for other lawyers recommended by YC.

Worst case, I'll just leave the country and figure out another way to come back to the US.

But no matter what and where I end up, I will keep working on InstaBox 😤

[Logan @quiet_node]

@Grace_undiluted Why did you switch from Higgsfield to this new product from the beginning and commit $220 to it? Were you sick of Higgsfield or something, or just jumped on this new one because it was hot at the time?

Genuine curiosity.

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@nourzahzah Lol i got hundreds of these every week loool

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@longlivealfred Letsss gooo thanks much man appreciate it!!

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We got another one!! LFG 🔥🔥🔥

Legit 5 days from cold to paid. Replied in 2 hours, booked a call next day, asked for a demo with her own files, got it 3 days later, then paid!

Same deal: let's make this customer happy! 🤓🤓🤓

[Logan @quiet_node]

Anddd here comes our first paying customer LFG!!! 🔥🔥🔥

7 days from cold email to paid. Not even a call made!

The guy liked our demos so much that he (and probably his team) visited 120+ times 🤯🤯

Anyhoo, now it's time for the biggest responsibility: deliver well and make him stay!

[Logan @quiet_node]

@longlivealfred yeah firstname@, first.last@, flast@. You dont wanna go with random names tho it should still be industry standard. People trust it more

[Logan @quiet_node]

This is exactlly what I do for my cold email copy. Literally three core lines,

```
Hey [name],

Saw [their issue]

I run [my start up and how it helps them]

Mind if I send a demo over?

Logan
```

Simple and straightforward! The whole email is less than 75 words.

[Nick Abraham @NickAbraham12]

"Cold email doesn't work for my industry" vs. "Oh my god, we have too many leads":

[Logan @quiet_node]

Email verification is like the most important thing man you must have it. I would never send emails to an un-verified address. Bouce rate does hurt the inboxes reputation.

I use MyEmailVerifier for non-google emails and build an in house engine for google emails. Tell your agents to look it up should be fairly simple to build.

Also what are you using when you say you use cheap inboxes? I'm using InboxKit and they are $3/mo/inbox. Is it cheaper than this?

[Logan @quiet_node]

@longlivealfred yessir exactly that! I always open with their issue and never about what I do or who I am.

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@longlivealfred @meszmatew @InstantlyAI @useapolloio yeah go with 3 I'm the living proof it should work fine.