... everyone I m Alexey, co-founder of OceanMind, and I handle the tech side of the project. I worked as software engineer in Big Tech, had profitable digital agency and did many cool technical things before. OceanMind

... major platforms commoditising features like yours, new well-invested startups in a similar space coming with innovative ideas - but in case you're in the same boat, actually that's REALLY good... The more you can see the red ocean, the more you can focus on the elements of your business that allow you to swim to the warmer, calmer blue seas. Here s what I ve learned so far: The downs Sleep debt is real (my new Ultra ... ... this game. The ups Evolution is exciting: Meet-Ting went from closed beta open beta WhatsApp in 2 months. The shark infested waters of the last two months (Perplexity, ChatGPT, YC-backed companies helped us see a blue ocean

... still paying attention to agents and game-changing products are continuing to emerge. Protocols like MCP and A2A are also being released leading to rapid growth of the agent ecosystem. Rather than debating whether it s a red ocean or blue ocean

... when everybody can have some online product or app. Which online solutions do you think are overrepresented in the market , and vice versa, which ones are missing here and could potentially be a "blue ocean"? In my opinion, there is a few apps that: help you learn sciences (e.g. physics, mathematics, chemistry, law, medicine) Parents + kids apps (for common activities) (But it is only my own perception.) Comment from Bingbing Yan(@onbing): @busmark_w_nika  Maybe their specialized community ... ... application mainly serves to display various skin Widgets, its functions include image display, countdown, battery display, etc. Comment from Andr J(@conduit_design): Yeah. Social media is the hardest place to innovate, for sure. Its like a red ocean

... just picked up Blue Ocean Strategy - Book by Ren e Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim, and I'm curious have you read it? If you have, would you say it's a must-read for entrepreneurs? How did it shape your business strategies, mindset, or even other aspects of your work/life? P.S. I'm diving into it regardless of the reviews :), but I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences with it! Comment from Aleksandar Blazhev(@byalexai): Great topic ...

... operations, taxes, emergency etc.): Remaining balance ($20k - $3500 = $16,500) We use about $10000 for salaries in our other businesses and the rest $6500 approx is for Living/operations/tax etc. Additional Finances: - Frontend Designer: $500/month - AWS Sagemaker: Very pricey; exploring alternatives. (Almost paid 1K for a week of an instance) - Replicate Serverless GPU: Cost-effective alternative