Davit Svanidze

Hi community,

The other day I was struggling with LinkedIn, its support, overpriced packages, and terrible UX, and thought: this can t be real. In the age of AI, there s still this massive legacy platform sitting on a pile of data, acting as a gatekeeper to the B2B world, yet outdated as hell.

The first week felt like validation. 340 customers, $50K in the bank, near the top of the charts. I thought I'd solved the cold start problem.

What I hadn't worked through: I'd acquired 340 customers who paid once and had no incentive to churn. Which meant I had no recurring signal on what actually needed fixing. The feedback was noisy because everyone bought at different price points with different expectations. Support was immediate and permanent. When I raised prices six months later to attract monthly subscribers, existing LTD holders treated it as a personal betrayal.

HI All,

I'm Davit, twice founder, two exits, now working on my third startup - Banyan AI.