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That's hilarious. The post reminded me of Marc Lou, who's launched like 30 SaaS, and from what I gathered by far his most profitable one is the one that helps you launch your own SaaS...

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The same guy who sold a Saas starter kit riddled with security flaws that allowed anyone to just have access to your product, then when it was pointed out to him, he berated the person who told him and said it was 'no big deal' and to 'build something'.

The guy's extremely sketchy and is selling a non existent pipe dream to people who are easily swayed by "how to make money online" nonsense.

How do you make money online? By making “how to make money online” courses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWMAOzH20mY

Lol I love it, been hoping something like this existed, thank you

If you want an overly long slightly different version of that video, you could check out the Folding Ideas video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biYciU1uiUw

Haha brilliant. I remember my ex going to courses from guys that claimed to have become successful "entrepreneurs", and when I asked her what's their main income from? She told me: well, selling courses. (PS: So the course basically consisted of teaching them how to speak in public lolololol.)

I find it pretty fascinating that these "asia backpacking entrepreneur" types are in general so stuck with the "fake it, perception is everything" mindset, that they build products such as:

"Create Stunning Travel Photos at Popular Destinations Without Leaving Home. Our AI model crafts your perfect travel photos."

which is the featured example client on https://codefa.st - the vibe coding course by aforementioned Marc Lou.

It's the "envelope stuffing" 'business' of the 80s informercials updated

Or the "how to make a course" 'courses' of the 2010s

Or the "how to make a blog" 'blogs' of the 2000s

As they say, what's new is old again

Now it’s how to earn money on TikTok by buying an AI course maker to make courses on how to earn money on TikTok.

That guy is sooo shady. Just something really insincere and sinister about his whole shtick. Unfortunately lots of young, eager devs dont know to avoid these characters yet

Its the old story of who makes money in the gold rush, the person selling equipment and eggs.

And vices! That's what's really driving this phenomenon. The users have a deeply meaningful goal they are pursuing (achieve financial independence, realize a great idea), and end up repeatedly taking low effort dopamine hits from "building their toolset" or whatever.

Same with the self-help world. Big, life-defining subjects hijacked for quick dopamine hits.

“During a gold rush, sell shovels”

Modern take: during a gold rush, review the shovels.

Build a shovel app?!

Shovel-as-a-Service*

[*] Also known as "tool hire" and has been around since the dawn of mankind

I package shovel-industry futures into financial instruments and sell them to speculators.

and I create a cryptocurrency whose name is shovel but has nothing to do with the shovel but its just for the hype.

I think we have a winner…

I replied after a looong time but yeah it had made my day lol. thanks.

May I offer you an animated shovel NFT that will cement you as an early trailblazing thoughtleader in the earth-moving space?

Wow, congrats you beat me, Let me crown ya as the new winner then I guess. I didn't even think of NFT oh my god, that was how scammy most nft's are.

Seriously Congrats lol

I strip out the sharp-bladed, fiberglass handled ones and sell them individually, then combine the leftovers with other shitty shovels and sell them as sets of top quality, grade-A dirt moving implements.

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