RussellFighter

joined 11 months ago
[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My cofounder is non-technical but he understands how our system works. How Stripe emits events, how our database ingests data, etc. it helps him in understanding our product better.

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Glad you could resonate :)

My team took the summer off to focus on family and traveling. Came back and picked up where we left off with no problem. Business can be fun, if you optimize for that!

Best of luck, stay healthy and happy! 😃

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I’m reusing this. Thank you 🙏

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought my initial post was the opposite of hustle porn. I’m not glorifying money at all. It’s quite the opposite, the money didn’t change me and left me just as lost as when I’d started.

But I see how it could be considered hustle porn, albeit not my intention.

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I thought this too until I met a bunch of people from the UK and realized it’s similar over there (at least the groups that I was exposed to)

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s not hustle porn at all. That’s a journey that you shared. Very interesting story too!

The “hustle porn” in my mind would be you saying “I made $140k in 3 months” and ending it there.

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dare I ask what that is?

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yep! If you wanna be rich to study STEM, Medicine, or law. If you wanna stress about being rich, become an entrepreneur 😄

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Wow. 60 years in computing?! Dude you must’ve seen some amazing inventions!

Biographies are fantastic. I would not classify them as hustle porn at all. Most biographies talk about failures more than the “hustle porn” of today

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I spent my teenage years learning what I DONT want to do!

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

^ Yep. I had a guy DM me because he was depressed that he was broke and didn’t run a successful SaaS.

He’s a 20 year old college student studying pharmacy. Mate how the fuck do u wanna run a SaaS?!

Congrats on your passive income successes :)

 

I posted something yesterday talking about how I hit $25k MRR.

Then I got dozens of DMs. Some from people who genuinely wanted advice.

But some others are depressed that they’re not rich. “How can I hit $25k MRR? I hate my life rn!”

Can we please take a chill pill and stop watching hustle porn?! I failed countless businesses. I cried so many nights cause I convinced myself I was a failure.

I have friends who are worth $10M+ by age 21. I have friends who are worth $10M+ by age 31. And I have friends who are worthless.

It’s fucking different for everyone. No need to be depressed or angry at yourself. Just keep learning and growing. I made some of my best friends in the process of building (and failing) my businesses.

Do people not build businesses for fun anymore? Do we have to immediately flex on Instagram in order to be validated?

/end rant

[–] RussellFighter@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago
 

In 7 months I’ve hit $25k MRR on my micro-SaaS but it doesn’t feel like an achievement.

Users sign up, they churn, the product works fine, nothing is on fire at the moment. It’s eerily quiet.

I feel like that Spongebob meme where plankton says “I don’t know. Never thought I’d get this far”.

What do I do?

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