I'm the classic notes everywhere never look at them a terribly organised yet ambitious guy and it's starting to get exhausting.

Gemini feels like I'm talking to someone with mental disabilities and with ADD my mind kinda goes everywhere and if I had some software to tell me what to focus on yet also let me be able to dump all my information and ideas and notes into it then it would be a huge help.

does anyone have any good solutions for me?

How do you guys tell the difference with this? I just launched my first app. I did focus groups and beta testing beforehand but mostly with friends of friends. I am good at meeting strangers and occasionally would get them to try it. Didn’t ever get random people online.

I did a lot of research prior to building it, but a lot of it I did incognito…like I’d talk to people in the industry but not tell them I was founding an app in the space and I’d just ask a lot of questions. Did it that way so I could get real pains rather than promoting myself. And I also did a lot of researching the competitors negative reviews to figure out what people wanted / hated.

I still feel like all the convos I had, even with strangers, where I did put the app in front of them, were met with good feedback. Which is good, right, but not having received any negative feedback is not making me think my app is awesome it’s made me feel like everyone’s being polite. I don’t know how to make the app better without critical feedback. Like “it’s great!” doesn’t make an app better or give any point of action to take next.

The caveat to this is I’ve really been afraid to put it in front of people. I was very private. This is the first week with the app live and I haven’t marketed or announced it at all, other than to the beta testers. And I feel like the thing holding me back from announcing it is I’m worried all this time everyone’s just been like aw cute little project, good job!! Because they haven’t wanted to hurt my feelings given they know what I’ve put into it. And even the strangers I met like what are they gonna do, say “this sucks” to someone they just met in person?

I guess I’m looking for 1) advice on how to announce when you’re scared shitless to do so and rly doubt whether you built anything good and 2) how to tell the difference? Because I did even post on one sub reddit and they’ve opened it but how do I know what they truly think? (I’m guessing some part of this is announce and negative reviews will tell you, but I don’t want to announce if it’s secretly sucked this whole time). Definitely some fear of peer judgement here too.

Thanks for your advice

A quote can cover the main job and still miss the extra calls, another round of revisions, rescheduling, and time spent chasing payment.

I’d look back at a few completed jobs and compare what was quoted with what it actually took to finish them. Include the owner’s time, even if nobody billed for it.

That might mean raising the price. It might also mean being clearer about what’s included, charging for extra revisions, or fixing how the work gets done.

If the job keeps growing after the price is agreed, a higher price alone may leave the same problem in place.

'm not talking about just building an MVP, but actually turning it into a business with paying customers.

I'm particularly interested in people who combine their own expertise with custom SKILLS.md files, chain-of-thought reasoning, prompts, and AI agent workflows to handle development, operations, marketing, sales, and other business tasks.

I'm curious how far someone can realistically go using their own skills, AI agents, and limited resources without hiring a full team.

Does anyone else feel like finding really good Greek food can be hit or miss in the U.S.?
I feel like there’s a difference between a restaurant serving Greek food and a place that Greeks themselves would genuinely recommend 😂 And I’m always curious what other people consider the gold standard.

A friend and I have been exploring an idea around Greek restaurant recommendations and rankings, and before we take it any further, I wanted to get some honest opinions from people who love the food!

A few questions:
What makes you consider a Greek restaurant genuinely good or authentic?
How do you currently find Greek restaurants worth trying?
Do you ever wish there were a better way to see which places other Greek diners actually recommend?
Would love to hear your thoughts and any restaurants you swear by!

Did Venture University earlier this year. Going in, I expected something like a bootcamp with lectures and simulated deals. What I got was different.

You're placed inside VU Venture Partners and work on whatever's coming through the pipeline. Not curated teaching examples. Real companies at various stages, some obviously strong, some that looked good on paper until diligence started pulling threads. The cohort votes on whether the fund should invest, and those votes carry weight.

Hardest part was the gap between knowing what a good company looks like and being able to articulate why in a room full of people who've been doing this for decades. That's where the growth happened for me. Not from the content. From being wrong out loud and having to get better.

Cohort was mid-career professionals. Product managers, founders, a couple of lawyers, a scientist. Nobody was there for a certificate to hang on the wall.

I'm 21, a CS student, and honestly, I'm confused about my future. I'm not very technically strong, although I do get decent grades. I'm a popular guy in my university, everyone knows me there, they think I'm a really talanted guy but deep down I know I'm a asshole and I keep gets insecure by the technical skills my classmates have, I don't understand the courses at the first hand I'm an idiot ig. I'm much more passionate about entrepreneurship, and whenever I take responsibility for something, I give it my all.

My father runs a business that generates decent income. He's getting older, and I want to graduate, join the business, and help him retire as soon as possible. However, the business requires long working hours and atleast 10 hours of daily duty, which makes me wonder whether I'll have the freedom to pursue my own ambitions.

My father is incredibly supportive and has given me complete freedom to choose my path. He'd even consider selling the business if that's what we decide.

Part of me feels shutting down or selling a running business would be a waste, while another part of me wants to explore my potential as an entrepreneur beyond it.

What would you do in my position? Should I focus on building technical skills and pursuing a career in CS, or graduate and commit myself to growing the family business? How can I balance my ambitions with my responsibility toward my father?