... long ago that it was in my best financial interest to focus primarily on my startup needs and find free workarounds for my wants. For example, Canva is a low-cost design service, but I opted for a free Affinity account for most of my immediate needs. It requires more manual labor and a bit of design skill, but I m saving $15-$20/month. It s minimal, but I would rather spend that $20/month on Resend for my email needs ...

... demand saved me from having to convince anyone the problem exists. But entering established means your differentiation must be razor sharp. Ours is: other apps track habits, Ritually builds them with AI. One sentence that separates us from every competitor. Timing + differentiation together you need both Great timing with weak differentiation = invisible. Strong differentiation at wrong time = too early Comment from Prashant Patil(@prashant_patil14): I prefer established markets with a clear pain point. Competition tells me there's demand ... ... differentiation matters more than being first. Many successful companies weren't first they simply executed better. Comment from Dora Yang(@new_user___1702026e6f946759d1d798a): I d prefer finding a niche pain point to solve in an established market. Existing competitors

... gradually seeing how many people in my circles are calling for more capable alternative solutions for products that originally came from the US. They are switching, for example, from ChatGPT to Mistral from Figma to Sketch and the like. Do you also decide when buying a product where it comes from, so that you support your country or territory? (For example, I first look at usability and affordability ; the country of origin is a parameter that I consider last ... ... know about any good European alternatives

... build it. Comment from Azouzi(@azouzidesign): Why use Grammarly when you can do that with Claude/OpenAI ? For me, Claude + custom skills is more than enough for all text operations .. my top 5 stack is: - Figma, Framer, Affinity (for design) - VS

... this. Nonetheles, there's CRM tools like: - Folk - Attio that are built with features to catch your interactions, enrich, contact them, etc. I particularly work with VC's, and many of them track their networks in CRM tools like Affinity. Do what best fits your case. Or... do what some smart folks do... if it's a high ROI network you want to tap into - hire a consultant to figure what tech stack and automations could work best for your ...