gratefulnyc
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I’m currently a founder working on an AI SMS tool for businesses - the MVP’s fully built out, and my co-founder and I have been trying to sell over the last couple of months.
The problem is that both of us also have full time jobs (the WLB is okay, but we can’t really slack during the 9-5 time period and we also have to be in office most days). It feels extremely challenging to sell and really talk to customers when we’re unable to cold call or go out in person from mon-fri, and many of our potential customers base seem hard to reach on weekends.
Is it supposed to feel this hard? Startups alone are extremely difficult, and it just feels extra tough when we are unable to reach customers during normal times (9-5 on weekdays).
I know the obvious answer is to quit my FT job, but it’s honestly really scary to just drop my FT job without real traction or funding (maybe though if my risk tolerance isn’t high enough the startup space isn’t for me).
Would really appreciate any thoughts or advice
The problem is that both of us also have full time jobs (the WLB is okay, but we can’t really slack during the 9-5 time period and we also have to be in office most days). It feels extremely challenging to sell and really talk to customers when we’re unable to cold call or go out in person from mon-fri, and many of our potential customers base seem hard to reach on weekends.
Is it supposed to feel this hard? Startups alone are extremely difficult, and it just feels extra tough when we are unable to reach customers during normal times (9-5 on weekdays).
I know the obvious answer is to quit my FT job, but it’s honestly really scary to just drop my FT job without real traction or funding (maybe though if my risk tolerance isn’t high enough the startup space isn’t for me).
Would really appreciate any thoughts or advice