Success Startup Advice (From Ivy League 4.0 at Top IB)

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Based on my friends in investing seats (PE/VC/GE) and retainer M&A pipeline/corp dev work I've had dumped on my lap from large-cap clients. Have seen some pretty dumb/misguided threads on here about "muh startup idea rate pls".

  • Barriers to Entry / Sustainable Moats
Ex: Network Effect, Economies of Scale, Lock-in Effect, R&D, Regulatory Environment

BAD Example:
GPT wrapper (Ex: UMAX AI App, Calorie Tracker AI App).

GOOD Example: Restaurant/Foodie Review Social App (network effect, lock-in effect as community-generated reviews can't be duplicated by new entrants)

  • High Margins / Easily Scalable
BAD Example: Mowing lawns, shovelling snow (1:1 unit of labour to revenue ratio, broadly speaking - tough to automate, hard to hire people to shovel more/faster in a given timeframe)

GOOD Example: Automated AI onlyfans girls bots on Instagram (degen af idea ik haha, but easy to scale and set up Python scripts to automate posts, stories and DM replies, mix in with AI posts on their OnlyFans which is linked in each bot's bio)

  • Not Easily Sidetracked / Purely Business
BAD Example: Starting a college bar/club (you will waste money on giving hot girls free drinks or free entry to try to impress/sleep with them, same with hiring bartenders that are absolute shit but are hot and you want to sleep with them)

GOOD Example: Consulting on AI implementation for legacy mom-and-pop shops (local plumbing company, local thrift shop, etc)
 
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holy postpill, when i post about getting into a fight at a bar it gets like 200 replies, when i post useful info i get ghosted
 
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now give an example of one with all three
 
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now give an example of one with all three
see above, i like social media as a startup due to network effect and shit, two minor-ish pain points is 1. hard to get to critical mass userbase 2. may be tough to monetize once critical mass is hit, cant just do purely ads
 
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based advice but engineering >>> finance
 
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based advice but engineering >>> finance
making money from labor is arguably way worse than money from capital from a conceptual standpoint
 
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bump gtfih poorcels
 
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Based on my friends in investing seats (PE/VC/GE) and retainer M&A pipeline/corp dev work I've had dumped on my lap from large-cap clients. Have seen some pretty dumb/misguided threads on here about "muh startup idea rate pls".

  • Barriers to Entry / Sustainable Moats
Ex: Network Effect, Economies of Scale, Lock-in Effect, R&D, Regulatory Environment

BAD Example:
GPT wrapper (Ex: UMAX AI App, Calorie Tracker AI App).

GOOD Example: Restaurant/Foodie Review Social App (network effect, lock-in effect as community-generated reviews can't be duplicated by new entrants)

  • High Margins / Easily Scalable
BAD Example: Mowing lawns, shovelling snow (1:1 unit of labour to revenue ratio, broadly speaking - tough to automate, hard to hire people to shovel more/faster in a given timeframe)

GOOD Example: Automated AI onlyfans girls bots on Instagram (degen af idea ik haha, but easy to scale and set up Python scripts to automate posts, stories and DM replies, mix in with AI posts on their OnlyFans which is linked in each bot's bio)

  • Not Easily Sidetracked / Purely Business
BAD Example: Starting a college bar/club (you will waste money on giving hot girls free drinks or free entry to try to impress/sleep with them, same with hiring bartenders that are absolute shit but are hot and you want to sleep with them)

GOOD Example: Consulting on AI implementation for legacy mom-and-pop shops (local plumbing company, local thrift shop, etc)
dnr but seems high iq:feelshah:
 
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holy postpill, when i post about getting into a fight at a bar it gets like 200 replies, when i post useful info i get ghosted
Do you own a business?
 
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Based on my friends in investing seats (PE/VC/GE) and retainer M&A pipeline/corp dev work I've had dumped on my lap from large-cap clients. Have seen some pretty dumb/misguided threads on here about "muh startup idea rate pls".

  • Barriers to Entry / Sustainable Moats
Ex: Network Effect, Economies of Scale, Lock-in Effect, R&D, Regulatory Environment

BAD Example:
GPT wrapper (Ex: UMAX AI App, Calorie Tracker AI App).

GOOD Example: Restaurant/Foodie Review Social App (network effect, lock-in effect as community-generated reviews can't be duplicated by new entrants)

  • High Margins / Easily Scalable
BAD Example: Mowing lawns, shovelling snow (1:1 unit of labour to revenue ratio, broadly speaking - tough to automate, hard to hire people to shovel more/faster in a given timeframe)

GOOD Example: Automated AI onlyfans girls bots on Instagram (degen af idea ik haha, but easy to scale and set up Python scripts to automate posts, stories and DM replies, mix in with AI posts on their OnlyFans which is linked in each bot's bio)

  • Not Easily Sidetracked / Purely Business
BAD Example: Starting a college bar/club (you will waste money on giving hot girls free drinks or free entry to try to impress/sleep with them, same with hiring bartenders that are absolute shit but are hot and you want to sleep with them)

GOOD Example: Consulting on AI implementation for legacy mom-and-pop shops (local plumbing company, local thrift shop, etc)
could I pm an idea
 
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Ai slop, shut the fuck up.
 
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social media app to find roommates in major cities and roommates have reviews from all their past roommates (lock-in effect since competitors cant duplicate these proprietary reviews)
That shit has already existed for 20 years. Fuck you don't even try.
 
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"valuable insights" and its just common sense
common sense to the smartest analysts at lone pine from a Exeter -> Wharton -> CVP HC -> Apollo TacOpps background perhaps
 
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common sense to the smartest analysts at lone pine from a Exeter -> Wharton -> CVP HC -> Apollo TacOpps background perhaps
Stop trying to use your larp background to give yourself legitimacy lil nigga. You're a nobody make a good thread or shut the fuck up.
 
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where retard

>Roomster
Creation date: 2003
>Spareroom.co.uk
Creation date 2004
Roommates.com
Creation date: 2003

These have already existed ever since the internet became mainstream. And a plethora came after those. inb4 "we'll use ai" They already have it and it works.:lul:
 
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>Roomster
Creation date: 2003
>Spareroom.co.uk
Creation date 2004
Roommates.com
Creation date: 2003

These have already existed ever since the internet became mainstream. And a plethora came after those. inb4 "we'll use ai" They already have it and it works.:lul:
none of those have the functions i described retard, this is like saying uber copied taxis
 
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Stop trying to use your larp background to give yourself legitimacy lil nigga. You're a nobody make a good thread or shut the fuck up.
who are you lil bro, get out of my thread
 
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none of those have the functions i described retard, this is like saying uber copied taxis
:forcedsmile: Keep seething nigga.

social media app to find roommates in major cities and roommates have reviews from all their past roommates
Monkey discovers user reviews. :eek:


Pathetic, bitch go scam elsewhere you're telling me you had a 4.0 and went to harvard to pull shit like this :trepidation:
 
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:forcedsmile: Keep seething nigga.


Monkey discovers user reviews. :eek:


Pathetic, bitch go scam elsewhere you're telling me you had a 4.0 and went to harvard to pull shit like this :trepidation:
get blocked retard u should be on ur knees worshipping me and my ideas litle jeet
 
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Im a VC if you want actual advice PM (No I won’t be taking meetings off here I’m not doxxing myself).
 
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Im a VC if you want actual advice PM (No I won’t be taking meetings off here I’m not doxxing myself).
saar im a vc i invested $500 in my friends facebook market couch flipping business
 
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saar im a vc i invested $500 in my friends facebook market couch flipping business
Believe what you want bro…but I've got carry and solo investments and I’m your age…IB is kinda dead if you’re not a woman. UMM and MF VP fast track for demographic mandates is a hack.
 
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Believe what you want bro…but I've got carry and solo investments and I’m your age…IB is kinda dead if you’re not a woman. UMM and MF VP fast track for demographic mandates is a hack.
u do not have carry at age 21:lul:
 

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