Hey, I ve been a software engineer (backend) for over nine years and have been wanting to build something on my own for a while now. I have ideas, good planning skills, and the discipline to execute, but unfortunately, I lack the experience as an entrepreneur, which I believe is an important aspect. This has led me to consider finding partners to help me bring my ideas to life or collaborate on new projects. However, it s been challenging to find people who are committed, structured, have a long-term mindset, and maintain positive energy. Many people get excited about a project initially, but then they disappear or lose interest when results don t come quickly. And unfortunately, I m not in a position to hire people at the moment. Has anyone else been through this? How have you found people who are truly committed to the long haul?
Has anyone been successfully talking to Cursor? I started using Superwhisper but having to copy-paste the generated transcription into Cursor is a chore. Looking for something that just works.
Do you think it is harder to raise capital as a solo founder? What are some things you should keep in mind?
Any tips for applying to accelerators etc. as an early-stage solo founder?
Anyone building voice AI agents knows how hard it is to stay up-to-date with the latest text-to-speech voice models.
We spend time testing and experimenting with all of the available paid and open-source text-to-speech voice AI models and consolidated our own notes and experience testing different models into a single guide for developers evaluating multiple models.
Was it on accident or did you plan it all along? Was the first choice disappoint you more or the other choice was more attractive? Or have you, for whatever reason, as a person changed? And if you could give advice to a person that hasn't found their "true" career path yet or already have one but is afraid to make the change, what would it be? Really appreciate for any story and insigt Toodaloo!
You barely see in person and sometimes, when you are international in different time zones, you are barely on video meetings + some people working at home can lack socialising.
Innovation does not mean that you just label something as "AI" or "tech". It usually requires activities that train not only the users of the product, but also directly involve them in the process of general awareness.
How does your company strengthen the innovation of your country? (and now I don't just mean that you create a product)
In most parts of the world, Easter is being celebrated right now, honestly, not really.
Today, I was invited to a weekly meeting despite the holiday. I had forgotten one fact: Orthodox countries celebrate Easter a week later. (and countries in the Far East simply don t have this holiday at all.)
This is actually a broader topic, because every country celebrates holidays differently, and with many teams being international, some kind of synchronisation is necessary the question is: how?
I saw yesterday that Loom.com (which has just been acquired for $1bn) launched on Product Hunt back in 2016 and got 3k downloads in 36hrs. We ve been building SigmaOS for nearly 2.5 years now, and have done three launches:
- first launch (SigmaOS) = 2k downloads within the first 24hrs
- second launch (Lazy Search) = 1k downloads within the first 24hrs
- third launch (SigmaOS 1.0) = 4k downloads within the first 24hrs Would be super interested to hear what results other startups have seen?