Mohamed Jameel

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?

reddit.com/r/buildinpublic/s/BG9quOMfDz

Hey fellow founders 👋

I’m Mohamed, a recent CS graduate building JD2CV, an AI resume optimizer for job seekers.

I built it after getting tired of rewriting my resume for every single application just to match different job descriptions.

JD2CV lets you:

- upload your resume

- paste a job description

- generate an ATS-optimized version in seconds

The goal is to help applicants get past ATS filters without spending hours manually editing resumes.

Right now I’m mainly focused on:

- improving optimization quality

- better resume formatting

- making the output feel more human

There’s a free version live right now and I’d genuinely love to know:

- what feels useful

- what feels confusing

- what you’d improve first

jd2cv.uk

🚀 Founders: Let’s beat the Reddit algorithm together.

We all know Reddit can be a goldmine for early traction. But we also know how it goes: you pour hours into a launch post, only for it to get buried in minutes because it didn't get that crucial, early engagement.

The Reddit algorithm heavily relies on initial momentum. That’s why I’m created "Reddit upvoters room"

It’s a dedicated space for builders and founders to back each other up. When you launch, the community steps in with genuine feedback, upvotes, and early engagement to help push your post to the top.

No spam, no bots, just founders helping founders get the visibility they deserve.

Want in on the early cohort?

Here is the link : strivle.com/rooms/073f6238-a786-47b7-a23f-3d619…

🚀 Founders: Let’s beat the Reddit algorithm together.

We all know Reddit can be a goldmine for early traction. But we also know how it goes: you pour hours into a launch post, only for it to get buried in minutes because it didn't get that crucial, early engagement.

The Reddit algorithm heavily relies on initial momentum. That’s why I’m created "Reddit upvoters room"

It’s a dedicated space for builders and founders to back each other up. When you launch, the community steps in with genuine feedback, upvotes, and early engagement to help push your post to the top.

No spam, no bots, just founders helping founders get the visibility they deserve.

Want in on the early cohort?

Here is the link : strivle.com/rooms/073f6238-a786-47b7-a23f-3d619…

Hey fellow founders 👋

I’m Mohamed, a recent CS graduate building JD2CV, an AI resume optimizer for job seekers.

I built it after getting tired of rewriting my resume for every single application just to match different job descriptions.

JD2CV lets you:

- upload your resume

- paste a job description

- generate an ATS-optimized version in seconds

The goal is to help applicants get past ATS filters without spending hours manually editing resumes.

Right now I’m mainly focused on:

- improving optimization quality

- better resume formatting

- making the output feel more human

There’s a free version live right now and I’d genuinely love to know:

- what feels useful

- what feels confusing

- what you’d improve first

jd2cv.uk