Willow

@xii_ai7 How long can you stay without a visa

@levelsio went with the visa free this year and it was smooth! they did take me to a room to swab me though which was weird in 2025

I agree with this China added visa-free travel for 48 countries recently, most of Europe and most of South America Opening up visa-free travel for Americans would be a genius marketing move by China and good for everybody I think

@jackfriks I can relate! They also charge you for winning the dispute. 😭

next time please just email me asking for a refund 😭😭😭😭😭

@_Ayu5h Sometimes it’s the amount of dismissive and disrespectful behaviors towards our staff. You can’t really discover these during the discovery calls, but we are definitely creating a list of behaviors to watch out for.

@willowli If you vibe with them on call, i can guarantee you that it's going to turn out great. If they come off as a bit off/snobbish/egoistic/dismissive of what you say/trynna control the whole conversation ... majority of the time it's going to turn out toxic

Running a service-based business can be deeply rewarding — and occasionally, very challenging. Have you ever dealt with a client who moved the goalposts repeatedly, ignored the terms they agreed to, and still blamed you when things didn’t go their way? How did you handle it?

@_Ayu5h Yes, definitely need to watch for the signs. We also came across someone who was conversational pleasant during the discovery call, then turned out to be the opposite!

@_Ayu5h Thanks! I hope it helps with client screening process. We surely are learning to screen clients better each time

@willowli Refunded them like 25% since 3+ weeks had passed already and we were actively working during that time

@_Ayu5h Did you improve your client screening since then?

@willowli Fired them. One of my very first client turned too toxic few months down the line... And when things started affecting my mental health... I fired them ... Sure i took a hit on my mrr, but the peace was worth it

Hi @lovable thanks for this awesome product and idea. We are having issues with our plan. Will you be able to help? Thank you!

Has anyone had a user pay for a plan, use the software, delete their account, and then dispute payment claiming they never received it?! Given how banks handle disputes, they’ll likely issue a refund. Ofc, Stripe still takes the fees, regardless of the outcome. #buildinpublic

@manoj_ahi Inspiring!

Last year I did 12 startups in 12 months. Here are the results. I am sharing this because a lot of people want to do the same or thought of doing this. This might help them see how it may turn out. Total Revenue - $130K+ 8 made some revenue. 2 got acquired. Rest of them failed. (Product that worked are still generating revenue) Do not wait. Just move and launch sh*t. Also, do not get attached to your failed product. If even after trying for so long it's not working. Just shut it down or look to sell it for cheap to reduce your operational costs on it. Also, I haven't updated some of my new products yet in the list. #buildinpublic

@stripesupport @stripe Thank you for the quick reply. Just forwarded the email. Please check

@willowli If the email comes from our domain and ends with @stripe.com, then it is a legitimate email [0]. If not, can you please forward this email to phishing@stripe.com? Someone will take a look and see what we can do to help—thanks! [0] support.stripe.com/questions/veri…

Stripe fraud alert ‼️ Unreal 🙄

@stripesupport We received a suspicious email asking us to update our business information.

@willowli Hey there—sorry about any potential confusion here. Is there anything we can do to help sort things out?

@levelsio Inspiration!

🌎 Nomads.com usually ranges in revenue from $30K/mo to $50K/mo per month, now $36K/mo But its costs are almost $0 now (after agressive cost cutting): $80/mo - Mapbox (maps) $26/mo - Postmark (email) $40/mo - Digital Ocean (VPS) $8/mo - OpenAI API (AI moderation) $2/mo - Weather API += $156/mo So (1-156/36,000)*100% = 99.6% profit margin We could get to 99.9% profit if we 1) self-hosted maps, 2) got our weather from US gov data sets, and 3) switched to OAuth for login/signup without emails, but maybe too much work :D

User was impressed! Always good to be able to surprise someone. Thank you! Lots of hard work! Glad to hear that user recognizes it! 🤗

@leojrr I can completely understand. We have heard users say that too! That just means your saas is not for them. There are others who recognize the value!

You charge $9/m for your SaaS and user answers this in the cancelation survey. What do you do?

@_Ayu5h It’s concerning. I am so worried about her wellbeing. It’s been 4 days.

@willowli If she has not given anything to complain about till now, Ig you should give her some time. Must be some kind of emergency....

When another similar service openly slanders you on posts that mention you, what would you do?