Simon Gabyshev

Technical solo founder 👨‍💻 | Judoka 🥋

Currently working on:
- - Management of Martial Art Schools

Shipping products. Throwing humans.

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@paulallendotuk Cold outreach for me. Cheap, fast, tells me if the problem is real before I burn cycles on the others

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@tonytonggg @antinertia $20M is the unluckiest version. The real sequence is the offer works on a few people who aren't related to you -> then spend to find more of them

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@fromzerotomill Below $20k it costs less than the referrals it costs to not do it. Above, the math flips and nobody wants to hear that

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@TravelerOfCode Cold email. Replies on X scale with attention you don't have yet. Cold email at least tells you who picks up

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@QuiseBuilds The two replies I got back told me I was solving the wrong one. The cheap version of that lesson costs 100 emails

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@Curbsightio Email only so far. Thinking about writing DMs in reddit and ig

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@alexfoundr Repo goes green in an afternoon. Finding the one person who actually has the problem takes a year

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@FoundationDads Same in judo. Ukemi comes before the throw. Most parents don't realize their kid has to learn how to hit the floor safely before they can hit anything else

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@theharut Could have been a useful test for me too. Ten is fair, even if the time cost breaks the math at scale

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@random_walker Cold outreach isn't dead. It's slower. Quality matters more than volume now

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@Naitik_singnh The 2 replies I got taught me more about positioning than the 100 emails taught me about copy.

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@DeepAIBuilds Building was a weekend. Distribution is who you earned the right to ask. Different problem.

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@konig0000 Same hours, most days. Ship something tiny or fix something tiny. The streak matters more than any single day.

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@bmoreopensource @BryanHarneyPPS Position denial is the cheat code. Nobody clocks it as skill because nothing happened, but you controlled the whole round

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@specsaregood @FenixAmmunition @MrLeadslinger Sensei's right though. Proper ukemi is single most important skill in judo

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@MrLeadslinger Good luck on your BJJ journey! Learning how to fall was literally the fist thing I learned in Judo class

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@stacy_muur Real solo founder posts are quiet. The week I keep on my cold outreach strategy step by step, got 2 promising leads, nobody converted yet

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@Wyckoff_Insider Judo for the standing part. Half my training is being thrown, the other half is learning to throw. BJJ is great but the Standing skills are underrated

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@thealepalombo Vietnam for me. Cheap enough that a slow month doesn't kill the runway, and the visa dance keeps you honest about how long you actually plan to stay.

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If I get it right, to improve your situation focus solely on understanding pain points, not even intent to sell yet. If they engage on their pain points they will happy pay for solution.

I started to see improvement when I pointed at specific pain and then offered to show them 2 minute video with the solution