If u tried long enough and it’s not working then just pivot, keep pivoting until it works

How much is the fee? And is it also applicable to cybersecurity products?

Sure, but while we worked for Ms there also tons of companies that were using Ms consultancy services at ridiculously high rates, so we are targeting this kind of companies

Would it be wise to then already show future pricing on the site or just leave it out completely and only make it visible once I have a certain amount of subscribers. Or perhaps show pricing and highlight a temporary promotion

This looks really interesting, are u offering this service already? Me and my business partner are ex Microsoft employees and we started our own IT consultancy company with focus on machine learning, AI, data quality assurance etc. We currently have a few running projects but would love to scale out.

U can describe details to ChatGPT and just ask it to spit out 50+ names at once. Then take something that pops out and regenerate similar names as that until you’ve narrowed it down. The more u see the more ideas u’ll have of what u like

Build a proof of concept first, then u can find an investor using that proof of concept. Then with that money u can build a minimum viable product and find the next investor etc

Hire a part time CRM coordinator

I studied a lot, finished a PhD, but honestly, this is not how you make money at all. Not even talking about academic life which pays rather crap. School just mainly prepares you to be an employee, not an employer. I knew nothing about business when I finished school, didn’t even know how it worked. All I knew is I was supposed to go get a job.

So if u wanna enjoy company benefits while having a 9-5 job and working your ass off for someone else’s profits while counting down for that one summer vacation a year, school’s ur thing.

Interesting concept, what is your business model for this sales academy? U charge a % of each sales?

Hi, that’s pretty dope!

I’ve recently launched a new service which is an API that does IP and URL reputation checking. Do you reckon there’s a place for something like this as a VS Code Extension? For security reasons it requires an api key, I assume subscription can all be organized from within the extension?

Travel, a lot, the more countries u visit the more u realize how all your friends and family at home live in a bubble.

Traveling also creates so many business opportunities, not only from meeting people but also from just seeing what is needed in other places and what certain things cost.

Parking or garages. And if u got the money add more floors

Like others here I also run several micro businesses:

1. Small medical software with a handful of steady clients: 2.5k/month
2. Cyber security platform development: 6k/month
3. Another cyber security platform: Still in infant stages
4. Another (lol) cyber security platform: Also just recently launched (but looking promising)
5. Dog hotel/daycare: 1.5k/month
6. Small resort: 2k/month
7. Dog breeder: 1k/month
8. Recently opened a Machine learning, AI and Data Quality consultancy company. Currently: 5k/month

Also it’s worth mentioning I live very remote in the mountains in Thailand. Meaning my cost of living is 10 times lower than in the US and I pay a substantially lower amount of taxes

Absolutely, especially cuz u can take existing tools and break them apart and adjust

Sueing is going to cost a lot more than 5k. He sounds like he’s full of nonsense though, there’s lots of people in business like that. Lots of pretenders that are basically just acting as middlemen while doing nothing. If it has cost you 5k to learn that experience, I would say that’s pretty cheap. I’ve dealt with these kind of people many many times and it has sadly cost me a lot more than 5k and a lot more time as well. I think you’re gonna have to brush it off as a learning experience.

If you get in a situation like that again, I would recommend not going faster than any of your partners, if they tend to slow down then just shift gears and pivot to other potential side businesses. The more eggs in your basket the better

I was not at all confident, I am a techy at heart which means I am rather introvert. To compensate for that I basically just surrounded myself with people that have what I lacked, and slowly but surely I started getting the hang of it. I partnered up with a couple of people and even though those businesses failed, I saw how it gets done and how risky people get. Because of this I realized I can do all of that but more calculated and risk free. Nobody in my family has their own business but I now run several successful business online and I have started a few family businesses with my wife on the side as well. It’s ok to fail if you learn from it

What are your thoughts about cybersecurity industry investments with the rise AI and technology in general?

I did the same thing when I was young, nice one! Keep at it. I failed 4 times, had to take on salary jobs while trying to grow my business on the side but never gave up and now I got multiple successful businesses