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Ginan: AI startups cannot pause development without risking losing everything
“Since it's AI, AI moves super fast. So within a few months you get new competitors and stuff like that. So it's not possible to just Do nothing when you have something in AI, in my opinion, just too much stress. So that's one of the major reasons that I wanted…”
Nico Ginan: Underpricing a startup creates bidding wars and higher sale prices
“Like, don't overvalue your products, and it's, as we mentioned earlier, I think it's really worth maybe pricing slightly under what you had in mind to get more offer, and then raise the bids, because, like, it's like a restaurant. If you go to a restaurant and…”
Nico Ginan: Prefers $200,000 cash exit immediately over waiting for $300,000
“I don't like, I don't want to risk losing a decent offer because of the, like, potentially I could get a better one, potentially. So I would rather get 200,000 today than three and like 300,000 in six months or something.”
Ginan: Untested production bug dropped TalkNotes sales by 70% overnight
“I shipped a bug to production. So I went to bed and I did it before going to bed. So I went to bed and the next morning I wake up, I have like 50 emails in my inbox. I see the sales down 70%.”
Ginan: TalkNotes lost a $220,000 offer when the buyer acquired another startup
“I had like two, like real offer. So I had one for 220. But the this buyer can sell at the last minute. So I think he bought another startup in the meantime or something like that.”
Ginan: Every project built without a personal problem failed
“I think all the project I made using this concept. Failed in a way or another. Like for this one, I had the problem myself. I was like, okay, I tried to transcribe this and it didn't work well. So there is like, I had the need already. But for others, it's jus…”
Ginan: TalkNotes deal generated over 20 signed NDAs and four buyer calls
“Like, at least signing the NDA, I have probably over 20. Message. Maybe between 10 and 15, like actual conversation, more interest hard to say. And calls, I think I did three or four, something like that.”
Nico Ginan: Submitting to multiple startup directories generates meaningful aggregate launch traffic
“Individually, they don't bring like lots of traffic, but if you have lots of them, then you start to get like a little bit of traffic going.”
Nico Ginan: TalkNotes made around $700 within days of launch
“And I think I made, like, 700 dollars in a few days, so it's like, you know, it's not much, but it's just, I was just starting out, so like, ok, that's probably like, you know, it's like, it smells good. Like, it's worth investigating a bit further.”