I am a college student from India and My course has an entrepreneurship class . For an assignment , we have to interview an entrepreneur . Anyone who is interested pls dm

(I have to do it by Friday , 15 Nov and it would mean a lot)

For some context, my startup is in the flight booking industry.

People often say that your startup should be able to be used daily. Obviously, pretty much nobody flies daily. Is that a real issue that I should worry about for my startup idea?

Also, from an investor standpoint, how do they view things in the travel industry? Do they see the travel industry as something too hard to break into or maybe something too established? More specifically, the flight booking market is very, very established.

It's very rare to find flight booking startups; most people are doing B2B AI SAAS type of things. I have my reasons for choosing this industry, but I'm just wondering if there's something I don't know or I'm missing about startups in the travel/flight booking industry.

These questions might come across as dumb. But it's just some thoughts that have been stuck in my head Any answers help!

Imagine a student sitting down to learn something. From the moment the lesson starts it arouses the natural curiosity of the human brain to know the unknown. Along the way Engaging the learner in ways that they are fully immersed, with unwavering focus, enchanted with ‘aha’ moments every now and then. 20 minutes later when the lesson ends, the learner is left having a ‘physiological sigh’ thinking ‘wow, that was inspiring.

How do we achieve it?

Combining the powers of neuroscience, Artificial intelligence and learning psychology. A system where content delivery is so dynamic that it matches the learning preferences of each learner, individually, personally and precisely. The same content can be received in text, image, sound or video, dynamically. Every topic, is storified, songified or gamified to ensure learning retention. Not just, that even the voice of the narrator can be customised to anyone’s voice that you like.

Not just that, the focus level or the learner is measured real time and when wandered off, brought back automatically with no interruption in the lesson.

How to find?

We are fundamentally educators. So I thought of crowd funding by offering courses.

1. Training teachers to be learning consultants.
2. Offerings English language and skills courses.

Both, will not just upgrade your skills but also fetch you returns in the future.

Please help by asking questions and giving suggestions on how to approach it. If you can come up with any alternative solutions that would be great too.

Feel free to connect if you think you can contribute in any way.

Thank you.

Hey everyone! My best friend and I are both fitness enthusiasts, and we’ve had our fair share of injuries over the years. We were captains of our varsity basketball team; he tore his ACL, and I broke my knee, so we both had to sit out all of our junior year of high school. It’s always so frustrating having to be sidelined, lose progress in the gym, and adjust routines just to avoid making things worse.

That’s why we’re working together on Reboot, a platform to help prevent injuries and make recovery easier for people who love to stay active. But we want to make sure we’re actually addressing the real challenges people face, not just our own.

If you’ve ever dealt with an injury from working out, what was your biggest frustration? Maybe it was a lack of guidance, the long recovery time, or the worry of getting injured again?+

We’d be super grateful for any insights you can share — whether it's about your personal experience or for idea validation — they’d go a long way in helping us build something genuinely useful. I've also attached our landing page and survey below! Thanks so much for your input! 

I’m currently trying to start a software development agency.

I just thought of a niche to target for this agency. However, this niche may be targeting clients that have been around for a bit longer.

With that, I’m not quite sure where or how I can go about validating my idea, as I’m not sure which companies for example have X technology.

I would appreciate any advice or tips anybody has.

Thanks!

Hello everyone, my name is Abdur Rehman. I'm an experienced web developer, and I'm reaching out to see if any sales professionals would be interested in partnering up with me. I’m open to working at low rates (to help you get the maximum profit) and have a strong skill set in creating custom layouts, CSS, and HTML. If you're interested in collaborating, please feel free to DM me and we can talk about it further

Hello all. I have a long history of turning around the failing businesses I've worked for in the past, and in 2016 I was able to buy one out with co-workers. It was turned into a worker owned co-op, and I was the sole admin/finance/IT/branding person the majority of the time. I formed our business plan, organized the transition, did all the accounting, marketing, built the website, built our network and server infrastructure, built all processes and procedures, put together our SaaS tools and payment backend, and took it from a very small service business making 300k a year to 1.2 million in revenue last year. I took it mobile and paperless, and it was once very efficient.

That is, until I got sick 2 years ago, with a long recovery that limited the work I could do. When I finally came back full time this spring, it had been very poorly managed and I was slowly marginalized out of the business. We were bleeding money, and unable to make payroll for the first time. I resigned rather than see the inevitable downfall of a business I worked hard to build.

So here I am now, with 25 years of successful business experience, and I'm totally lost as to what to do next. I want to keep my independence as a business owner, yet be part of something that gives me purpose. I don't have the physical stamina I once did, but I have a trove of knowledge. What would you do in this situation? What role can I play as an entrepreneur now? I'm hoping to find a way to help others too. I've been doing contract work with failing businesses to get by, but find myself hating it when I work with owners who won't listen. I want to work with people who are succeeding, not failing. Where do you find them?

I'm a 2nd time supplement entrepreneur. My last company survived for 4 years and generated $7 million in sales. We had about 12 people and 2 venture investors. However recently I decided to drop out due to personal reasons.

Because of my experience from last time, I decided to go with no external funding, no co-founder(s), bootstrap all the way until help is absolutely needed. I also get this business idea from a very personal problem, travel constipation. I travel a lot, both for work and leisure. And not until earlier this year I became aware that travel constipation is a thing for many people and there's no perfect solution for this problem yet. After doing extensive research, I decided to create a supplement product that solves this problem for travelers specifically. My manufacture just finished 2nd iteration for my samples. And I need 20 people who have this problem for sample testing. I tried every possible way me and ChatGPT could think of and each one of them failed. I tried posting on Facebook travel groups, banned. I tried posting on Reddit travel sub, banned. I asked my friends, some signed up but didn't end up delivering the results for various reasons(I have a very specific requirement for taking the sample while they are on vacation). I am feeling very defeated that I couldn't even get over the 1st hurtle being a 1-person team. What can I do?

I live in China and I'm from the UK

I have access to all sorts of stuff and even worked with a trusted person to setup a business license to be able to sell stuff.

Now the question is, how the f%ck do I find people interested in buying stuff from me? I guess I need to setup a website, but more importantly I need people - customers!

I was thinking of "advertising" myself on this subreddit but I'm not sure exactly what the rules of this subreddit are. Just in case I am in fact allowed to do it, here's a quick summary of what I initially tried selling- tea, EVs/e-bikes, phone cases/screen protectors, headphones. I also can do medical products, legged robots. Aside from that, I could source whatever it is you're looking for since China produces just about everything lol

I really hope I don't get banned or anything for that last part...

Hey guys,

I am getting released from federal prison in the next year (l got some counts of my conviction vacated and the judge reduced my sentence by about 50%; my goal is to have my conviction vacated in its entirety).

I will create a podcast, website, blog, and social media presence about being released from prison, the trials and tribulations therein, and launching a business afterwards. I will be doing this with only the money l have in my prison commissary account ($5000).

Can you guys point me to any people who went to prison and were successful entrepreneurs afterwards?

Can you guys point me to entrepreneurs Who have gone bust and remade their fortunes?

What do you think most people would like to hear about federal prison and bouncing back?

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for some advice on an investment opportunity that I’m working on with two close friends. We’re planning to pool together $25k each (so $75k total) to buy a property as an investment, and we’re going to set it up through an LLC to keep things organized and protected.

Appreciate any advice or stories from those who’ve done something similar! We’re all excited, but we want to make sure we’re setting this up for success (and staying friends at the end of it!). Thanks in advance!

I’ve got a full time job but have always dreamed of being able to invest in a local startup with a couple of business partners. Does anyone have any advice for finding opportunities?

Why is it that most posts on this subreddit are about people creating SaaS's and digital services? I swear I rarely see any posts about people selling actual products.

I have a passion for business (and a PhD in it).

If you have a struggling business or not sure if it’s operating to its full potential, I’d love to help.

Relying on just one payment provider might seem convenient at first, but as your business grows, it can lead to some costly issues. Here’s what we’re seeing and how it impacts SaaS and subscription businesses:

1. Reduced Revenue from Failed Payments: Even one failed payment can lead to lost revenue if there’s no backup in place. A customer’s card might get declined due to a temporary issue or an expired card, and without another provider to handle the transaction, that revenue often doesn’t get recovered. OpenPay’s payment orchestration solves this by automatically rerouting payments through a secondary provider in real-time, so failed transactions have a higher chance of success.
2. Minimized Churn Due to Payment Issues: Many businesses experience ‘involuntary churn’—customers unintentionally leaving due to failed payments. OpenPay reduces this churn by setting up retry logic across multiple payment processors, ensuring you keep more of your subscribers without needing them to re-enter payment info.
3. Better Cash Flow Stability: Having all payments depend on one provider puts your revenue at risk. A single provider issue, policy change, or payout delay can disrupt cash flow, which is critical as you scale. With OpenPay’s multi-provider setup, funds keep flowing even if one provider has a hiccup, helping maintain a steady cash flow.
4. Enhanced Analytics and Control: With multiple providers connected, OpenPay gives you detailed insights into payment success rates, transaction trends, and revenue health. You get a clear view of where payments are coming from and how each provider is performing, so you can optimize your setup and focus on the channels bringing in the most consistent revenue.

If you’re still dependent on a single provider, it might be time to explore the flexibility of payment orchestration. We’ve seen firsthand how this approach helps businesses improve transaction success, cut down support tickets, and ultimately increase revenue. Anyone else here made the switch? Would love to hear how it’s working out for others.

Car finishes my money but according to my money manager, a car goes as income for the economy.

Because if you look at economic statistics of major economies for example G7 or G20 countries, oil is the major contributor to the economy, people driving cars.

When I bought my car I am supporting my country's economy in the oil sector, but now with the floods happening all around the world is it good to have a big oil economy or small oil economy (because of floods in Spain and America and everywhere around the world including my city this year)

I'm 20 years old and i want to start my own gym clothing company. oversized shirts, sweatpants, tank tops, etc. someone who has a successful clothing company or experience can you give me some advice to get started?

Search on Youtube:

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We wanna push to become a luxury streetwear brand later once we get money to reinvest.

Thanks in advance for your opinion.

I’ve been running my business for a while and it’s growing, but I’m struggling to scale without losing focus. I find myself still handling a lot of tasks, even after bringing in a few people to help. How do you effectively delegate while maintaining quality control?

Cash flow is also becoming more challenging as expenses increase with growth. I’m looking for strategies to manage finances better and avoid surprises.

On top of that, I know I need to ramp up my marketing efforts, but it feels like I’m spinning my wheels. How do you balance day-to-day operations with developing a solid marketing plan?

I’d love to hear how you overcame these challenges during your scaling phase.

Appreciate any tips or advice!

Typo in header "wise" not "wire" Looking to outsource some customer service rep work, looking to hire in philippines.. hearing that onlinejobs ph and payment through Wise is the best option, anybody usa business based have experience paying hires through this software?

I have an idea for a custom water bottle how would i go about finding a fabricator for prototyping?

Hello all! I am working on the initial planning for a brand. I have a few questions. Any insight is appreciated.

1. As a business owner, what brand personality traits and characteristics resonate the most with you?
2. Where did you first hear of the businesses you've worked with in the past?
3. What's something memorable a company has done for you that you appreciated?

Thank you for taking the time to read my post!

1. Pick a Niche – Go specific. Instead of "business tips," think "productivity for freelancers" or "fitness for busy parents."
2. Deliver Real Value – Every email should have insights or advice your readers can’t get anywhere else. No fluff.
3. Build Your Base – Start with friends, social media, and offer a freebie to attract early subscribers.
4. Create a Simple Landing Page – Clear call-to-action, focused benefits, no distractions. Make it obvious why they should sign up.
5. Stay Consistent – Weekly or bi-weekly beats random emails. Set a schedule and stick to it.
6. Monetize Later – Once you have traction, add affiliate links, ads, or sponsors that fit your audience’s needs. Don’t rush it.
7. Test & Improve – Play with subject lines, content, and timing. Track what gets the best response, and refine from there.

Starting a newsletter isn’t instant money, but with focus and consistency, you can build something profitable.

I’m a college student who’s been baking as a hobby since I was young, and now I’m thinking about turning that passion into a small online baking business. (not only do I love baking but it would help with tuition. costs) I’ve never started a business before, so I’m hoping for some advice from those who have experience or insights.

Here’s the plan: Students would place orders online at least 48 hours in advance, and I’d deliver homemade baked goods (cookies, brownies, cupcakes, etc.) to their dorms. I’m also thinking of offering holiday gift baskets during Christmas.

Specific questions I have: • What’s the best way to get started and handle logistics while being a full-time student? • Do you think focusing on delivery is a good approach, or should I consider pop-up stands for more visibility? • Any tips for promoting my business on campus or making the most out of social media? • Also for anyone who has done something similar before what was your biggest challenge starting out and how did you overcome it.

I’d really appreciate any thoughts, advice, or encouragement as I explore this idea.

I’m a HABO.

That’s short for a High Anxiety Business Owner.

I’m sure there are others in this group or perhaps you’re someone who struggles to take the leap due to your anxiety.

Here’s what I’ve learned to manage my anxiety through failed and successful businesses I’ve launched. I hope it’s helpful.

1. Get a Financial Runway in Place:

You hear standard advice to have 3 months Emergency Fund (EF). If you’re making the leap but your anxiety runs on the higher side try and get a longer runway 6-12 months.

In my situation I sold a rental property I had and kept a lot of the proceeds in a high interest savings account. It allowed me to have over 2 years of runway. Most people won’t have this at their disposal so consider other options.

2. Cutting Expenses & Increasing Side Hustle

If you can’t increase your EF runway look at cutting your expenses. If you spend $6k a month and have $18k in an emergency fund you have a 3 month EF.

If you cut your expenses to $4k/mo you now have 4.5 months.

If you also find a side hustle (gig econ, consulting, bartender whatever) and can add $1500 a month in revenue. Your runway with reduced expenses is now just over 7 months.

3. Reframe Your Anxiety

Anxiety can really suck. It can be consuming and irrational and make it very hard to take the leap.

Being supremely confident everything you touch will turn to gold is also dangerous. These people are talked about as entrepreneurial super heroes but that’s bc the guy that dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft/Facebook is the exception to the rule.

Many times the person with no anxiety doesn’t think about what could go wrong. They can’t see around the corner. They just do things.

Your anxiety makes it tough to get started but it also allows you to think through every hazard and be more prepared if you find your why.

4. Find Your Why (ugh)

This has been talked to death so I won’t write too much. But starting a business (as a HABO) to make a million dollars is way less compelling than starting a business so that you can eventually control your time so you can a more present and patient parent for your kids one day.

The easiest thing is to think about some of your deepest pains growing up. Try and create a connection to how your business is going to help you right some wrongs. I’ve found this helpful.

5. Understand Spotlight Effect

Ever been on a zoom call and realized you’re just staring at yourself on the call. Hopefully you have or maybe I’m just a raging narcissist. That’s because everyone thinks there is a spotlight on them all the time. The truth is that no one cares 10% about you as much as you do. That’s empowering bec if your biz fails it’s not that big of a deal bec no one cares.

6. Fire Bullets

Jim Collin’s says that when a warship is headed at your ship you have limited amount of gunpowder. Don’t fire a cannonball first. Start with bullets that require less powder so you can do tests to see if you hit your mark. Calibrate with tiny tests before you take a big shot.

An example of this is you want to open a restaurant. Why not start with a home chef biz, then meal prep, then food truck then a restaurant.

Limit your capital investment upfront and dip a toe in the water. Be creative and there might be small ways to test out your ideas.

7. Consider Parts Therapy

This a form of a therapy where you learn about the diff parts that make up who you are. One of them might be built around anxiety and worry, another might be around finances and another about being a parent or spouse. It all depends on your situation.

Once you identify your parts then you can name them and start to have a dialogue with them. Sometimes this is referred to as a chair exercise but it’s tremendously helpful for talking through your anxieties.

For example let’s say you want to start a biz that will cost $25k to start. Your financial part of you is a wreck about it. Your entrepreneurial part wants to jump in head first. Come to an agreement about it. Perhaps you brain storm and find a test bullet and it will cost $7k and you tell your financial part of you that we’re making a deal and limiting financial exposure with this. You negotiate an agreement with yourself. If the $7k hits X revenue then we will go after $25k

…

Imposter syndrome is a diff topic but it’s related into anxiety. I’ve found parts therapy extremely helpful for reasoning with the imposter I carry.

If you had to start all over again, but only had $50 to start with, what would you do?

Even though you have $0 capital, you CAN use your current network.

How you getting started, and how far do you think you could get by month 3, month 6 & 1 year?

In digital marketing, it’s tempting to go for quick fixes—like buying cheap traffic or using generic SEO. While these tactics may bring short-term results, they rarely build sustainable growth. Here’s why they hurt your brand and what to do instead.

1. Cheap Traffic Won’t Convert

Buying traffic or using clickbait might bring visitors, but they rarely turn into paying customers. Focus on attracting qualified leads who genuinely care about your offer.

2. SEO Shortcuts Aren’t Sustainable

Keyword stuffing and black-hat tactics might get you rankings temporarily, but they’ll hurt your site long-term. Real SEO requires high-quality content, optimization, and relevant backlinks.

3. Over-Promoting on Social Media Turns Off Audiences

Social media should build relationships, not just promote products. Share valuable content, engage with your audience, and offer insights that build loyalty.

4. Google Ads Without Strategy Waste Money

Google Ads can burn through your budget if you don’t have a clear strategy. Focus on precise targeting and continuous optimization to get the best ROI.

5. Consistency is Key

Quick fixes lead to inconsistent messaging, confusing your audience. Stay consistent with your brand message and focus on solving your customers’ problems.

What Should You Do Instead?

• Be Strategic: Develop a marketing strategy with long-term goals.
• Provide Real Value: Deliver value through your content and service.
• Track and Optimize: Continuously measure and adjust your campaigns.

Final Thought

Quick fixes may give temporary results, but true success comes from consistent, long-term strategies. Build relationships, offer real value, and focus on long-term growth.

What are your thoughts? Have quick fixes worked for you, or have you seen their drawbacks? Let me know!