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I was actually building an app. I don't want to name it till I publish it. And side by side trying to learn different marketing strategies I could use. But I found out one thing that getting paid users is more difficult that building. And I am confused on how I should market. Many Youtubers say this: 1) Build in Public 2) Meta Ads 3) Product Hunt 4) Facebook groups But the problems I am facing are that I have $0 and also I am not comfortable with showing my face. What do you...

Hello , I am a teen , who made Duee.online , and I made my first sale!!

My last startup was high-touch B2B. It took me 8 months to land the first customer, but that deal was worth $150k ARR. I closed a few more contracts after that and eventually sold the company for 7 figures. This time I wanted to try something different, so I went with a low-touch business. I saw an opportunity for a product I’d happily pay for myself, and I’m having fun building it. I’m learning new lessons every day. Hoping this one will be even bigger than thevlast gig. submitted...

"Breakups are… tough." It's the opening lines of an interlude towards the end of DOOMED! Called "It Happens in Every Universe." It's also basically the thesis of the entire record. It's no grand revelation, but it's a well-trodden subject that Open Mike Eagle manages to mine for artistic gold. Eagle's subject matter is usually personal, […]

According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know, like the possibility that it could go rogue and hack another company.) According to FT, responsibility […]

I’m just curious: in the era of artificial intelligence, is there anything left that AI cannot yet automate—something that still requires a specialized system?