I think the manosphere grind set people are a big part of the problem. If you’re always trying to be some sigma male that’s always in charge and calling shots when you actually need to be getting help and building relationships, you’re gonna have a bad time.

It’s not like they can take GPT 4 with them, but if you have the staff that understands the model and training process, you’re really not that far away (if you have the money to pay for training, like MSFT easily has).

If your customers don’t see the same higher quality that you do, then it’s not real. If the higher quality results in longer life, less maintenance or higher productivity, it needs to be marketed and priced that way. If there’s still no market, then nobody cares.

They all initially agreed to 1/3 split. Tell him if that’s not enough he can walk and they’re not giving up their equity.

Businessmen can be easily replaced; if you put it out that you need a hype man / business guy for an app and offer equity, you’ll get a thousand people wanting it. There are way more business minded people that want free tech talent and a product to sell than the other way around.

Because… their business is edu-tainment. They’re trying to make money on youtube and with some crappy course.

I mean… are your price expectations reasonable? If you’re expecting to pay a few grand for something that generates $1000 per month, you’re way off.

I’ve heard of businesses being listed on flippa with a $100 in monthly profits, and they still go for several thousand.