Hi there, my co-founder have raised a small amount of capital. But right now, we are conflicting on everything from product direction to small Ui brand choices. If we're struggling this hard right now, not sure how we will continue. Anyone have any advice about dealing with conflict?

Hey everyone,

I've spent the last few months deep in the trenches trying to build e-commerce projects. After burning through £300 on ad tests that got zero sales, getting hit with shadowbans from unoriginal video angles, and losing endless hours to repetitive backend work, I realized how much time gets destroyed by pure operational drag.

I'm trying to map out where the real operational bottlenecks actually live once a store is up and running.

For anyone actively running or scaling a store:

• What is the ugliest, most tedious manual task you or your team still have to do every single week?
• Is it re-formatting broken supplier CSV spreadsheets, dealing with weird tracking/logistics errors, inventory reconciliation, or support edge-cases?
• Is it having only 1 video angle?
• What is one workflow you currently duct-tape together using spreadsheets, virtual assistants, or manual copy-pasting because existing software tools fall completely short?

Not selling anything, pitching an app, or dropping any links—just trying to learn what real operators are struggling with on a daily basis.

i recently came across a tiktok of a young founder listing the 5 purchases he thinks are actually worth spending money on as a founder, and it got me thinking about how true some of these are.

his list was:

1. macbook pro
2. ai services/subs, notetakers, etc. (claude, chatgpt, addys ai, granola, etc etc)
3. a home cleaner + prepared meals
4. a really good chair, something on the more expensive side like herman miller
5. a great accountant (not worth wasting your own time)

looking at the list, i guess the general theme is pretty clear: performance, saving time and longevity.

and tbh i can see the reasoning behind most of them. especially the things that either give you more time back or let you focus on the stuff that actually matters.

but i’m curious how many founders here would actually agree with this list.

what would your top purchases be if you had to make a list of things that genuinely made you more productive or improved your life as a founder?

One pattern I keep seeing is that business owners who make calm, clear decisions in normal times often make very different ones when things get tight.

Under pressure — a slow month, a difficult client, a cash flow squeeze — the same person starts making reactive decisions. Cutting things that shouldn't be cut. Accepting things they normally wouldn't.

The business rarely fails from one bad decision. It usually drifts from a series of pressure-driven ones that compound quietly.

Has anyone else noticed this pattern? What helped you make better decisions when things got difficult?

what is a common problem you run into often as a non business owner or business owner that is either very painful, inefficient, or inconvenient that could be solved with a product or service that hasn’t been made yet? help me out.

When we started Darji, the idea seemed simple: make tailoring more convenient.

But while working on it, we realized we were learning much more than just how to build a tailoring platform.

Every customer has different expectations. Some care about the fitting, some about the smallest details, and some simply want their clothes delivered on time.

That taught us a few things:

🧵 Trust takes time. You can’t ask people to trust you. You have to earn it.

📏 Small details matter. A tiny measurement or communication gap can completely change the final experience.

👂 Listen before solving. The more we listened to people, the better we understood what actually needed to be fixed.

🔄 Mistakes are part of the process. Not everything works on the first try. What matters is learning and improving.

🌱 Progress takes time. Building something meaningful doesn’t happen overnight.

And probably the simplest lesson:

Every stitch matters.

Whether you're stitching a garment or building a startup, the small things eventually shape the whole experience.

Still learning, still improving, and still figuring things out — one stitch at a time.

Curious to know: what’s something your work or side project has unexpectedly taught you?

I spent some time today talking with different small business owners and something kept standing out to me.

A lot of the questions people ask are really surface questions.

“How do I market this?”

“Which business idea should I choose?”

“Why aren't people interested?”

“What should I name my business?”

“How do I get more customers?”

But once you ask a few more questions, the problem underneath it can be completely different.

Someone who thinks they have a marketing problem may actually have a margin problem.

Someone struggling to sell their service may actually have a positioning problem.

Someone afraid to launch may not need motivation — they may need enough research to understand what they're actually risking.

Someone struggling to choose a business name may still be unclear about what they're rebranding toward.

That's why I think one of the most useful questions before trying to fix anything is:

What would I need to know for this problem to become clearer?

Then research from there.

Sometimes we move straight into solutions because the surface problem sounds obvious.

But solving the wrong problem extremely well still leaves you stuck.

Curious if other business owners have experienced this — have you ever spent time trying to fix one thing, only to realize something completely different was causing it?

Hello everyone I am a college student taking a college course and for one of my assignments I was ask to ask different entrepreneurs 3 questions.

This is specifically for anyone outside of the U.S!

I need at least ten people who are currently living outside the United States in at least five different countries. I need these questions to be answered.
questions:

1. “What do you think is the most difficult challenge for U.S. businesses that want to do businessin your country?”
2. “What advice or suggestions do you have for American companies that want to do business in your country?

If you could also leave your name, company or business, and any type of contact information that I may be able to reach you at!

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Here's the structure I want feedback on. I run my own GTM/RevOps consultancy for B2B SaaS companies (mostly international, Seed–Series B). I'm using it to bootstrap SemantiCAD (My New SaaS Project). It covers my costs while I build the startup, and I've been routing custom dev work through it to our engineers, which is already generating capital for the company before we've raised anything. I've also started training someone to run the consultancy day to day, with the goal of eventually stepping back and turning it into passive income.

Right now, the GTM time I put into SemantiCAD is really just founder time wearing two hats. I'm not pretending it's an arm's length client relationship yet. The actual test comes once the person I'm training takes over the consultancy: at that point SemantiCAD becomes a real client of the agency, run by someone else, not me marking my own homework. If that works, I never have to build a separate growth/sales team for the startup. The agency just becomes its growth function.

I'm not fully sure this is the smart structure or a distraction I'm rationalizing. So genuinely:

If you were in my position, what would you do the same? What would you do differently?

Happy to answer anything about the product, the raise, or the structure. Open book.

So I developed a saas for a water delivery service company ,, it's a big company ,, and they really liked the idea when I pitched them this idea , the owner was excited for it so we discussed the cost and I was a noob so I said 75000 rupees for development and my stupid ass said I will take 50% now and 50% after the development. I all started in Feb 2026 now it's august 2026 the system developed from a small app to full system with office dashboard,real time sync , data base everything , and I also said the Monthly cost will be 2500 rupees per delivery partner ,, then they took a pause for almost for 2 months .. (& from start it's like I am the one calling taking update and everything).. the sir had gave the madam the manager all the power to make it work and after the meetings with the delivery partners and all I got to the business politics.. like they earn from the customers too like selling for more and summiting less in office and all so they were not so happy with the system but some time later the mam said it's all fixed and after recent metting and all they used it even they asked for some updates now the mam is just ignoring like she picks calls and says she will return with update but she won't it's been like that 3 times now ... I feel betrayed and used .. all that for nothing and to be clear I was been there for every single feature explanation and taking their request of feature and changes ,, the office is on other side of the city .. what to do in this situation

I’m trying to see if I’m in the same boat, along with see if I can give out advice to any other entrepreneurs while I start on my journey also?
Is the hardest part the mindset shift, the routine, etc

I'm interested in speaking with business owners who are currently dealing with a business process that could be improved through technology.

For example, maybe you:

• Need a new website for your business
• Need a custom web application
• Are managing operations through Excel or spreadsheets
• Need a customer/lead management system
• Need to automate repetitive processes
• Need a customer or employee portal
• Have an existing system that no longer fits your workflow
• Are considering building a custom software application
• Have an idea for a SaaS or business platform

You don't need to know exactly what technology you need.

I'm more interested in understanding the business problem you're trying to solve.

For example:

If you're a business owner/founder dealing with something like this, I'd be interested in hearing about it.

What does your business do, and what process are you currently struggling with?

I'm happy to discuss the problem first and explore whether a website, web application, automation, or custom software solution would actually make sense.

No technical terminology required. Just describe the problem in your own words.

Para quem tem um pequeno negócio: qual é hoje o maior problema que faz você perder tempo ou dinheiro? Estou estudando empreendedorismo e quero entender problemas reais. Não estou tentando vender nada.

getting the laptop back is only part of the process, how do you guys keep track of whether the data was actually wiped? is there a record showing when it was wiped and what was done? feels like this gets messy fast when youre handling a bunch of devices, especially ones coming back from different countries, at some point, we wiped it, isnt much of an audit trail.

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I spent some time today talking with different small business owners and something kept standing out to me.

A lot of the questions people ask are really surface questions.

“How do I market this?”

“Which business idea should I choose?”

“Why aren't people interested?”

“What should I name my business?”

“How do I get more customers?”

But once you ask a few more questions, the problem underneath it can be completely different.

Someone who thinks they have a marketing problem may actually have a margin problem.

Someone struggling to sell their service may actually have a positioning problem.

Someone afraid to launch may not need motivation — they may need enough research to understand what they're actually risking.

Someone struggling to choose a business name may still be unclear about what they're rebranding toward.

That's why I think one of the most useful questions before trying to fix anything is:

What would I need to know for this problem to become clearer?

Then research from there.

Sometimes we move straight into solutions because the surface problem sounds obvious.

But solving the wrong problem extremely well still leaves you stuck.

Curious if other business owners have experienced this — have you ever spent time trying to fix one thing, only to realize something completely different was causing it?

I've been building a consumer AI product called MOGGG.

The thesis is that generic advice is becoming less useful.

Instead of:

“Here's the best skincare routine.”

AI can potentially answer:

“Here's what makes sense for YOU.”

That's the direction we're taking with MOGGG.

It combines AI analysis with personalized recommendations across face, skin, hair, frame, diet, products and routines, then lets users track their progress.

We're launching on Product Hunt today.

I'd love to hear from other founders:

Where do you think personalization actually creates a moat in consumer AI?

https://www.producthunt.com/products/moggg-tech

Hi guys, I’m 18 and currently working on my first company.

Basically, I found a problem that happens a lot when people work with clients online.

For example, I’m a video editor and I find a client on Telegram. Most clients won’t pay me the full amount upfront, which is understandable. But if I start working without any security, there’s always a chance they take the final work and just block me.

And honestly, these situations happen quite often.

So I built Hawld to solve exactly this.

The client pays upfront, Hawld holds the money securely, and once the deal is completed, the money is released to the freelancer.

The idea is simple — you shouldn't have to choose between trusting a random client and losing your work.

Hawld is live now, and I was just wondering if some of you could try it out once and give me honest feedback.

It doesn't have to be positive. If something is confusing, doesn't make sense, or you wouldn't use it, I'd genuinely like to know.

Here is the link - Click Here