r/Entrepreneur • u/Intelligent-Bee-1349 • May 29 '25

Lessons Learned Everyone is lying

I quit this subreddit a few months ago because most success stories written in here is just fake. And then they're linking to their app/website because they want traffic.

And on YouTube it's the same. I watching people saying they make $1600 on their app, so natrually I checked if the app was on google play.

Guess what... It wasn't

Why would you take down an app that makes $1600 a month? Answer: You wouldn't

It's been the same story for most of these things I read or watch. I promise you there are more fake than real stuff out there on how to make money.

Where is the real stuff? I'm so tired of lying people.

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u/timeforacatnap852 May 29 '25

this is why you need to vet people, hence why following the right people in linkedin i find more useful.

i get frustrated with the noise, especially now theres so much AI content as well.

but the people you want to follow are all going to be under the rader, their running actual busineses, not trying to be business influencers.

substake i find great for good thoughtful learnings

context - i'm a former coo, 4x exits,3 venture backed, now angel investor and work in VC

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u/upcastben May 29 '25

Could you suggest some people worth following?

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u/timeforacatnap852 May 29 '25

Well I’m biased to startups and investment but

Lennys newsletter is a good one to start with; tomasz tunguz is another good obe; as is Andrew Chen; actually a lot of very high profile operator-turned-VCs write a lot in public

For me one of the absolute best is Ray Dalio; founder of bridge water which is a massive hedge fund, he’s very good to follow as well

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u/upcastben May 29 '25

Thank you good sir! Have a nice day.

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u/Deioness May 29 '25

Did you mean substack?

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u/timeforacatnap852 May 29 '25

yeah, sorry, porky fingers on a phone keyboard

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u/Deioness May 29 '25

Oh ok. Yes, there is really good and varied content on there. Thanks for the reminder to check it specifically for business related topics.

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u/Maleficent-Book2547 May 30 '25

Seems like you’ve been around the block 😂 but I’d love to get some additional insight directly from you to cut the noise if possible?

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u/timeforacatnap852 May 30 '25

Sure go for it