OPC should be profitable on day one, or you should go get a job
xiaohu · x · 2026-07-26
The post argues that the first rule of building an OPC is to be profitable from day one.
Its reasoning is deliberately blunt: a laptop, an AI subscription, and Wi‑Fi at a café are already enough to start making money. If you still cannot earn anything, the problem is not tools — it is that you have not found a real need, cannot find customers, or cannot build something people want.
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