Readit Newsmijustin commented on $100K in 48 Hours: Inside Osmo's Membership Site Launch youtube.com/watch?v=nH3ul... · Posted by u/raae
This video is really well made!
mijustin commented on Will AI take web developer jobs? alpower.com/blog/2025-02-... · Posted by u/mijustin
I appreciate that Al describes what AI is bad at, what it's good at, and what types of products/work are at risk of being replaced.
Overall, I think building sophisticated apps/SaaS is safe because LLMs can't generate the overall quality experience that customers want.
But I agree with Al that AI allows people to generate apps for personal use and low-quality website templates.
mijustin commented on AI isn't going to build your startup justinjackson.ca/ai-build... · Posted by u/mijustin
Starting a company is all about initiative. Taking action after talking to customers and learning about their problems. AI is about responding to prompts. No LLM takes action on its own. It doesn't define or find target customers or interview them or figure out new solutions that save them time and money. AI can help with each of these things by summarizing and generating content, but it doesn't do them without the right, human-generated, prompts.
100%. You need informed human actors generating "valuable" prompts.
mijustin commented on What's happening with founders over 40? justinjackson.ca/over-40... · Posted by u/jhunter1016
The best time to start a business is in your 40s or 50s and when your kids are in high school or college. Here’s why:
- You have more time since your kids are more independent, and they might even help with your business.
- Your significant other might have a full-time job, giving you a safety net with steady income and insurance.
- By now, you have a network of friends and colleagues, making it easier to find your first customers and get honest feedback.
- Hiring is easier because you already know people in your industry or community.
- You understand your industry better, which gives you an advantage. However, this can also be a downside—you might avoid risky, “crazy” ideas that could lead to huge success.
This is true! However, "age" might be less of a deciding variable than experience, connections, and resources.
Here's the research on older entrepreneurs being more successful: https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/younger-old...
> "Among the very fastest-growing new tech companies, the average founder was 45 at the time of founding."
However, the deciding factor appears to be experience:
> "founders with three or more years of experience in the same industry as their startup are twice as likely to have a one-in-1,000 fastest-growing company."