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Replying to @jameel
I'm the founder of JD2CV. I love to build real time problem solving SaaS. If you are in the same boat, let's connect and grow.
I spent the last few weeks reviewing 200+ startups from a sub reddit.
Some were genuinely great.
Many will unfortunately fail.
Not because of the product.
Because of these patterns:
- Building before talking to users
- Solving a problem nobody pays for
- No distribution plan
- Spending months polishing instead of shipping
- Relying entirely on AI-generated content for growth
- Thinking Product Hunt will bring customers
The best founders I saw were boring.
They talked to users.
They shipped fast.
They sold relentlessly.
I learned this the hard way myself while building jd2cv.uk, an AI tool that tailors resumes to job descriptions. My first instinct was to keep adding features.
Users didn't care.
What moved the needle was talking to job seekers, watching them use the product, and fixing the problems they actually complained about.
The biggest lesson from reviewing 200+ startups:
Founders massively overestimate the importance of features and underestimate the importance of talking to users.
What's your startup, and what's the biggest challenge you're facing right now?
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This pattern is consistent with what I see working with SaaS founders too. The "no distribution plan" failure is the one I'd add most weight to — because even good products with real users struggle when they can't reach new ones at scale.
What's interesting is that "relying entirely on AI-generated content" is on your list. I'd argue it's not about AI vs. human — it's about whether the content answers real buyer questions or just fills content calendars. The best distribution I've seen for a resume/JD tool is showing up in communities where the frustration lives, not where the product category lives.
What was the most surprising thing you found among the startups that were actually doing well?