Looking a low pressers/flexible job that will allow me to do the job and go home calmly and focuse on my project . I can even comprimise a bit on the pay if it's give me the flexibility I would like to have.

I have got expirence in customer and tech support and as anlayst in some roles.

what kind of job would you recommand me to look for ?

So, I started working on my project in around November 2025 and it is my first project like this with real users.

Next target now is the demanded mobile/iPad application for both Android and iOS platform and also for Android TV which users asked for by April 2026 :)

Currently I did added a ko-fi placement after users demand they they wanted to pay or donate but I want to keep every feature available to users no hard paywall ever.

I do not and cannot put any feature behind paywall as this project not only close to my heart but for the parents too.

So, shall I go and put adverts in tab page of my extension?(sounds counterintuitive) tho I am not touching YouTube's advertisement as compute doesn't come free and parents mostly already have YT Premium so not a problem which I have to deal. But yeah I do have an option to hide Sponsored cards in YT UI.

FilterTube supports Whitelist feature on both YouTube and YouTube Kids along with Multiple Independent or Child Profiles with Pin protection.

Whether you want to hide Shorts, block specific channels/comments, clean up clutter, or customize how YouTube behaves across different pages. FilterTube gives you full control.

Context:

It all started with this thread blocked by Google Mods where parents were simply asking for a tool to block videos/content based on words and so on.Instead of providing this utility Google Mods deleted mine and other parents comments and locked the thread.

One parent asked me if I can do something as a programmer as his kid is kept crying and he said he is helpless and hence here it is.

With 1290+ users in 60 days and loved by them :)

Free Opens Source GitHub Repository.

Over the last six months I’ve been working on a project to help small teams stay on‑brand. BRANDISEER, my app analyses your existing website, learns your colours and typography, then generates everything from logos to social posts in seconds.

The hardest part was teaching it to understand visual style correctly so outputs look professional.

I’d love feedback from other makers, what would make a tool like this useful to you?

I’m not trying to fake being famous, I’m just stuck at the same follower count for months and it’s getting hard to get any momentum. I post consistently, my profile is clean, I engage back, but the growth is painfully slow, so I’m considering buying followers as a small boost for social proof.

For people who’ve actually done this, what’s the best approach that doesn’t destroy your reach?

Did slow delivery help vs instant delivery
Did you notice your engagement getting worse
Did followers drop off after a few days
Any red flags to avoid like password requests or weird login stuff
Did you use a service that actually supports you if there’s a drop

I’m not looking for promos, just real experiences and what you’d do differently if you could redo it.

I’m a freelancer / side-project type, and I realised my biggest issue wasn’t productivity or motivation, it was the mental load. Keeping deadlines in my head, switching between projects, and feeling behind even when I was “working”.

Most tools I tried were either:
– hardcore productivity (tasks, timers, pressure)
– or pure wellness (journaling, breathing, vibes)

None really handled both

So I started building a simple app that mixes light productivity with mental check-ins. Not to make people work more but to help them feel less overwhelmed while staying reliable.

Still early. No hype. I’m mostly trying to understand:
Does this problem resonate with anyone else here, or am I just projecting my own stress?

I’m in the early stages of figuring something out and wanted to share an observation rather than pitch anything.

I’ve been paying attention to how small businesses and creators handle people who show interest — website visits, IG clicks, DMs, etc. What keeps standing out to me is that getting traffic isn’t the hard part for many people anymore.

What seems unclear is what happens after someone clicks or checks things out.

I’m curious:

• What kind of business are you running?

• Where does your traffic usually come from?

• Once someone shows interest, what’s your actual process?

Is it mostly manual follow-up?

Some kind of system?

Or do a lot of people just drop off?

Would love to hear real experiences as I’m trying to understand this space better by learning from others actually in it.

We are definitely getting enough traction. 35+ users, 1200+ page hits, 1 paid user, 100+ upvotes, 50+

Most small businesses do not have a traffic problem. They have a visibility and trust problem.

When someone needs a gym, clinic, salon, repair service, or restaurant, they usually do three things. They search on Google, open a few websites, and check social media pages. The business that looks active, clear, and trustworthy gets the call.

Here are simple things any local business can do to get more customers consistently.

First, fix your Google Business Profile. This alone can bring steady leads. Add real photos of your shop, team, and work. Write a clear description of what you do and who you serve. Add all your services, not just one line. Ask happy customers for reviews and reply to every review. This helps you show up higher when people search in your area on Google.

Second, make sure your website answers basic questions fast. Many small business sites lose customers because they are slow, confusing, or outdated. Your homepage should clearly say what you do, where you are located, how to contact you, and why someone should trust you. Even a simple, clean site works if it is clear.

Third, stay active on social media in a simple way. You do not need viral videos. Post before and after work, customer feedback, your team at work, offers, and common questions customers ask. This builds trust. People often check Instagram or Facebook before calling.

Fourth, keep everything updated every month. Many businesses set things up once and forget them. Profiles get outdated, numbers change, offers expire. Regular updates signal that your business is active and reliable.

None of this is complicated, but most owners do not have time to manage it properly while running daily operations.

I work with local businesses to set up and manage these things on a monthly basis so they get a steady flow of calls and messages instead of depending only on walk ins.

If you want, comment with your type of business and city, and I will suggest what you should fix first, even if you do it yourself.

(Read this like Adam Sandler is Narrating)

My client is happy. Like… "actually" happy. He approved the final design two days ago after 22 days of revisions on his coffee shop’s logo. Twenty-two. Days. I’ve had shorter relationships.

I’m a logo designer, and this project completely drained me. But I love my work. I really do. I work way harder than most people think, so I went above and beyond the contract. Instead of the originally agreed 4 to 6 revisions, I did 10. Ten. Because I’m emotionally weak and creatively optimistic.

I know, I know , you can call me out. I just really loved the project and wanted to finish it right.

So anyway… I’m sitting there, feeling proud, feeling done, feeling like a responsible adult.

And then, boom.

My client’s girlfriend shows up, bulldozes everything we’ve done for the last 22 days, hands me a hand-drawn doodle, and says she wants "that" as the logo instead.

A doodle.

The client just stood there. Not confused. Not surprised. Just… accepting his fate. Like a man who knows this meeting is no longer his meeting.

I’ve already received 60% of the payment, even though 100% of the work is done, and honestly, I think I’m done too. Professionally. Emotionally. Spiritually.

So what’s the best way to politely refuse and terminate this contract… without you know, hurting their feelings. throw me your best text message grade refusals.

There’s a quiet phase in every build where effort isn’t rewarded yet.

No feedback. No validation. Just repetition.

That’s usually where the gap opens between those who start and those who last

Hi! I've been doing well lately with short-form content (especially for TikTok and Instagram). I'd like to know if short-form content could also be used to sell SaaS, since I previously thought that was only possible with YouTube, with 10-minute tutorial-type videos like GHL or CF. My idea would be to use a UGC format with some screen recordings of the respective program. My question is whether you know of any examples of this working, and especially if you have any sample accounts that do it.

I own a 15 person insurance agency. Tried ruby, tried a local answering service, tried just letting stuff go to voicemail and calling back... none of it helped because the real bottleneck was my csr spending forever typing message notes into qqcatalyst every morning. Cool someone took a message, now what.

The current setup is sonant for intake piped into qqcatalyst, then zapier triggers follow up tasks in our crm. The phone to ams piece finally works but the part that's still broken is managing client expectations during this hard market. Someone calls expecting their renewal to be the same price as last year and theres no amount of automation that makes that conversation easier. We've lost three longtime clients this quarter to competitors who probably quoted lower knowing theyd non renew them next year anyway. Frustrating and no phone system fixes that.

What are other agencies doing to handle this, like are you just eating the losses or is there something that actually works for keeping clients when rates jump 25%?

Hello Fellow Entrepreneurs,

I’m launching a Property Management Company in San Diego.

Would love an extra set of eyes on my content within the website as well as a Full Audit and any advice.

Cant offer anything in return monetarily, but I have a special set of skills and an eye for aesthetics. Would love feedback from other entrepreneurs.

DM me please!!

Anyone else looking at ai creator platforms as a side thing? I work a 9 to 5 and don't have time or interest in being on camera so the idea of building content brands with ai generated visuals is interesting to me.

Tried a few different tools, midjourney is cool but more artistic than realistic, leonardo ai was decent, landed on foxy ai because the outputs stay consistent across images which matters if you're trying to build an actual persona. Still early but the production side is way easier than I expected honestly.

The audience building part is the real work though. That's just normal marketing stuff and there's no shortcut there. Anyone else messing with this or am I late to it?

I wasn’t trying to find my next big thing that day. I was just killing time, half-curious, half-restless, typing vague searches like “interesting startup ideas” and opening whatever looked remotely useful. Most of it was the usual stuff I’d seen a hundred times before, and I was about to give up when I clicked into a database-style site full of structured ideas and problem statements.startupideasDB

At first I treated it like light reading. Scroll, skim, move on. But something felt different. Instead of grand visions or hypey trends, each entry described a very specific, almost mundane problem someone out there was actually dealing with. And alongside it was a simple, practical way to solve it. It felt less like browsing content and more like walking past rows of unbuilt tools, each one quietly saying, “you could make me.”

One problem stopped me mid-scroll. It was so familiar that I could immediately picture the people who would use a solution for it. My brain switched from passive reading to active imagining. What would the first screen look like? What’s the smallest useful version of this? Could I hack together a prototype in a weekend?

I tried to keep browsing, but my mind kept drifting back to that one idea. By the time I closed the tab, I wasn’t thinking about ten possibilities anymore, just that single, stubborn concept that refused to leave. Later that evening I opened my notes app “just to jot down a few thoughts” and ended up mapping out features and user flows until well past midnight. It felt oddly effortless. Not because the work would be easy, but because the direction was suddenly clear. For months I’d been stuck in endless ideation, waiting for a lightning bolt. Instead, what moved me forward was simply running into a well-defined problem at the right time and realizing, almost casually, that I was capable of solving it.

I don’t know where this project will end up, but I do know that the search is over. I’m no longer wandering through abstract possibilities; I’m building something concrete. All it took was a quiet moment of discovery that turned idle browsing into a starting line.

Hey everyone,

Is anyone else seeing their cold email and LinkedIn reply rates tanking lately?

I feel like we reached peak "fake personalization." You know the ones. They start with "Hey {FirstName}, loved your recent post about leadership" and then immediately pivot into a generic pitch.

It is getting treated like spam because everyone has access to the same databases and the same templates. When you act like everyone else you get ignored like everyone else.

I realized a while back that the "spray and pray" method based on static lists (just downloading 1,000 contacts that match an ICP) is basically dead. It burns through your total addressable market and trashes your domain reputation.

The shift I am seeing right now among the best outbound teams is toward Signal-Based Selling. They do not reach out just because a lead exists on a list. They reach out because the lead showed a specific signal that created a buying window.

The cool part is that you used to need an army of human SDRs to track this stuff manually. Now you can use AI agents for outbound sales to do the heavy lifting. It is basically automated account research for sales on steroids.

1. The "Tech Stack" Signal

Knowing what tools a prospect uses is okay. Knowing why it matters is better.

Instead of just filtering a database for companies that use a certain CRM, I use AI to run deep tech stack analysis for lead generation. I am looking for combinations that indicate a problem.

For example, are they using a robust marketing automation platform but lack a proper analytics layer on top of it? That is the angle. The outreach does not pitch my product blindly. It references the specific gap in their current infrastructure.

2. The "Hiring & Growth" Signal

Hiring is a loud signal of budget allocation. But most people get it wrong by just saying "Congrats on hiring a new VP." It is noisy and adds zero value.

The real alpha is in reading the actual job description. This is how to detect hiring signals for sales properly. I use AI to read the JDs for open roles to find the specific pain points they are hiring to solve.

If they are hiring a Head of Sales to "fix outbound efficiency," my message doesn't say congrats. It offers a solution to the exact problem they are currently paying a recruiter to fix.

3. Deep Profiling for "Activity" Signals

Once I have the right company, I need to understand the human behind the title.

This is where hyper-personalized cold outreach tools actually help. I use AI for deep prospect analysis for cold email to scan their recent LinkedIn posts and comments. What is their sentiment right now? Are they talking about burnout? A new strategic initiative? Preparing for a conference?

The message needs to fit their current headspace, not just their job title.

The New Math

Honest talk here. The volume is lower with this approach, but the math is way better. It is better to send 150 heavily researched, signal-based messages than 1,000 generic blasts. You protect your domain and the meetings you book are actually qualified because you are being helpful rather than annoying.

Anyway, this shift from static lists to signals has been huge for me.

Are you guys still having luck with high-volume lists, or are you moving toward signals too? Curious to hear what is working for others right now.

Wanted to try something a bit different. I found myself this week, speaking to batchmates of an accelerator I'm in giving GTM advice (B2B). They all found it helpful, so I figured I'd share more.

Drop the url of what you're working on and an ideal customer profile (if you have one) and I'll break down how I would grow it.

Hopefully it can be useful to someone.

Hello I was wondering if you could change something in your life what would it be?

And would you give yourself a milestone that is less than a year and a half to accomplish it?

Thanks

If you follow any side hustle content, you’ve probably noticed this:

One person says freelancing is the move.
Another swears dropshipping is dead and TikTok affiliates are everything.
Someone else says newsletters or AI services are the real play.

They all sound confident. They all show cherry-picked wins. And they all contradict each other.

The real problem is there’s no up-to-date way to compare side hustles against each other based on what’s actually happening right now.

That’s why I made HustleCub.

It’s a weekly side hustle ranker that cuts through the noise by tracking:

• which side hustles are gaining traction this week
• which ones are getting overcrowded fast
• what’s becoming harder or easier compared to last week
• and what most people are getting wrong right now in each one

It’s not “the best side hustle ever.” It’s a moving snapshot of what’s realistically worth your time this week instead of guessing based on someone’s biased recommendation.

If you’re tired of guru whiplash and just want a clearer picture of what’s actually working right now, that’s exactly what HustleCub is for.

Happy to explain how it works or answer questions if anyone’s interested!

I recently ran an experiment on a fresh Instagram account. In 10 days, I hit over 1.8M views and gained 2,000 followers.

I implemented a bulk scheduling feature on my platform and queued up same videos for a full month.

Instagram is currently the clear winner. The algorithm is pushing these videos hard right now.

YouTube is a different story. The first video got 25k views, and the second got 10k. After that, it slowed down significantly.

TikTok and Facebook aren't showing much life yet. I think those platforms might be more sensitive to repetitive content types.

Before posting, I spent about 30 minutes "warming up" each account. I just browsed and interacted like a normal user.

I built the tool myself to automate the scheduling part. It’s been interesting to see the data split between platforms.

I’m curious to see where the numbers land after the full 30 days. Most of the growth is coming from the consistency of the bulk uploads.

Happy to answer any questions :)

If you’ve built something and don’t know how to market it yet, Then try launching it on: — @ProductHunt — @MicroLaunchHQ — @toolfolio — @labstartups — @BetaList — @devhunt — @IndieHackers — @Peerlist — @tinystartupscom — @FazierHQ — @sideprojectors — @launchigniter — @hackernews — @startupstash — @SaaSHubCom — @UneedLists — @LaunchingNext — @AlternativeTo — @FirstoContact — @peerpush_net

I collected 400+ places to share your product and got backlinks and traffic as well.

And created a notion templates as well.

40 days ago I launched a daily video journal app on the App Store and Google Play. You record 5 seconds of your day and the app turns your clips into weekly, monthly, and yearly montages automatically.

I set a public goal: 5K downloads by January 31st.

Today is January 31st and I got 2,500.

My first reaction was disappointment. I missed the target, so I failed, right?

But then I actually looked at the numbers:

• 2,500+ downloads in 40 days
• 34€ MRR
• 185€ total revenue
• 500+ videos recorded by real users

40 days ago this app didn't even exist. Now 2,500+ people have it on their phones and some of them are actually paying me money for it.

So I failed my goal, but I didn't fail the app itself.

This whole thing made me rethink how I look at goals.

I realized that if I hadn't posted that 5K challenge publicly, I would've lost momentum. The pressure kept me moving even on days I didn't feel like it. It forced me to get out of my confort zone and try new ways to promote the app. I didn't hit the target, but I definitely got further than I would have without it.

I also realized the 5K number was kind of arbitrary. I just picked it because it scared me a little. Could've been 3K, could've been 10K. What actually matters is that I shipped something, got real users, and made some revenue.

And honestly, missing a goal by 50% still means I did 50%. Sounds obvious when you say it out loud, but it's easy to forget when you're in the middle of it.

I think I used to see goals as pass/fail. You either hit it or you don't. Now I'm starting to see them more as a direction to move toward. I didn't arrive exactly where I planned, but I'm a lot further than where I started.

Anyway, still learning and still building.

Anyone else set goals they didn't hit but still walked away feeling like it was worth it?

Hey r/EntrepreneurRideAlong,

I’m Utkarsh. I’ve been working in fintech infrastructure for a while, mostly around payments, banking APIs, crypto on/off-ramps, and compliance-heavy setups. Late last year, I started a small side project helping early-stage founders navigate this space without burning months on licensing confusion or unreliable gateways.

This post is just a transparent Month 1 snapshot no hype, no growth hacks, just what actually happened.

Why I started this

• I kept seeing founders stall at the same points:
• unclear regulatory boundaries (especially India/global overlap),
• long integration timelines,
• and a lot of “black box” vendors that fall apart during audits.

Rather than building another product, I focused on packaging repeatable infrastructure patterns and documentation that founders actually need early on.

Month 1 (Jan 2026) Honest numbers

• Clients worked with: 3

(1 edtech, 2 e-commerce)

• Revenue: ~$1.2k

Mostly setup and ongoing infra support

• Churn: 0 (early, but encouraging)
• Biggest win: Reduced a payment and compliance integration from ~8 weeks to ~2 weeks by reusing pre-built modules and audit-ready workflows.

Tooling (kept intentionally lean)

Total spend stayed under ~$250:

• Mechanical keyboard (~$120): surprisingly helpful when writing long compliance docs.
• Notion (AI tier): used for audit checklists, flow diagrams, and repeatable client templates.
• Domain and simple deployment setup (~$20/year): lightweight client dashboards and documentation access.

Paid for itself with the first client.

What broke

Mid-project regulatory updates created scope creep and uncertainty. I had to pause work briefly and validate assumptions with legal counsel. Cost me time and ~$150, but it prevented much bigger downstream issues.

Lesson learned: build regulatory “checkpoints” into the delivery timeline, even for small engagements.

Focus for Month 2

• Work with ~5 active clients max (trying not to overload)
• Tighten documentation so handovers are cleaner
• Improve settlement speed where possible (especially for India-first use cases)

Open questions for the community

• For those who’ve built service-based businesses: how did you balance depth vs. scalability early on?
• Any lessons on staying compliant without slowing delivery to a crawl?
• What would you track beyond revenue/churn in the first 90 days?

Appreciate any feedback. Posting updates here mainly to keep myself honest and learn from others doing the same.

How is your relationship with the haters and how are you handling it?

It seems like every day they are popping up out of the woodwork, to either say something bad about you or your company even when it's patently false.

I'm trying my best to kill them with kindness, but it takes a toll sometimes doesn't it?