My startup is almost ready

[@totallynotsonali]

I’ve genuinely been super invested in this series because idk anything about coding/building a website - it’s been almost like a magical journey to follow tbh 💀 I can’t wait for the website to go live and am excited for any future projects that may follow :)!

[@jedcal]

"magical journey" 😭

[@mentalmodels5]

3:35 Great meeting you man! Excited for Rate My Dorm's launch, & let's hang more when I'm back in LA!

[@jedcal]

Glad we got to meet 🤝

[@ShanRizwan]

dixon 😳

[@felixunwired2773]

Hey Jed, really love the vid! One tip from someone who worked within multiple startups: Don't put too much effort into your first launch. You need feedback from what users want and not what you think they want. I really recommend you the book "Lean startup" from Eric Ries. Cheers

[@nathancombong_]

so happy to be one of your first 20k follower, you've come a long way jed.

[@jedcal]

dangg 20k thanks nathan!

[@TheDoubleMvp]

Love this series man. I’d say your real business will be your KZbin channel/digital brand - killin it so far and you’re only going to blow up from here

[@lesliewang2060]

I think this is website is going to be a trend, but I also see this affecting student's college decisions. But at the end it's very informative and it's only gonna help students find the perfect collegefor themselves. Keep at it man.

[@berniezhong]

Love seeing the growth of this startup man, cant wait to see the finished product!

[@jedcal]

thanks bernie!

[@davistong]

hey jed, love the series. The series pretty much inspired me to launch a single page website yesterday which just garnered about a couple thousand users in the last 30 minutes lol. there's no self promo here so I won't link it, just wanted to give thanks!

[@jedcal]

that's awesome. what's the site?

[@mathmagician155]

Here before he gets 1M subscribers!

[@richolas7650]

RateMyDorm is such a good idea, and you are doing a great job building it

[@jedcal]

appreciate that

[@ricebowl3522]

I’m a big fan and honestly really happy to see people who are from the same place as me doing big things for themselves…

[@jedcal]

Appreciate that 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@patrick9969]

Can't wait for the website, it looks good

[@yolandhasephiani7540]

i love his english, esp his pronounce. i practice my listening skill with your vlogs, jed

[@jarengoh2903]

Hi Jedcal! maybe u can try incentivizing people to add reviews on the website? Like maybe a point system, rank system or some credits where they can use it within the website or better if you're able to get partnership with popular dorms to offset rents etc. Because for now I don't see a strong reason people will be going onto the site to add a review, most traffic to the site will likely be for people who want to know about a particular dorm before they move in, less likely because they want to write a review! So if you're able to motivate people to add reviews of their experiences I think your website can really gain traction! Just my 2 cents? hope it helps :D

[@jedcal]

Yeah totally get that! Good ideas. I launched a version of the site in 2020 and all I did was post it on Reddit groups- was able to get 3k reviews. I was surprised but I think these students generally have a sense of community and are more down that I thought to go out of their way. But beyond that, some things I’m doing would be hiring brand ambassadors and I’d pay them X amount for however X reviews they get. Also things like cash/prize giveaways.

[@iamdducig9065]

Good luck with your project! you will succeed

[@jedcal]

Aw thanks!

[@arifali1063]

release it soon please college decisions are coming out and people are looking at dorms

[@LarsWagner]

seeing this just reminds me of my stupidity, WHY in gods name i have NOT brought MY MiniX to this trip around the world.

[@jedcal]

Hahah

[@notchillbarry]

billion dollar ideas

[@cunjur]

love watching these keep it up Jed!

[@rachellelui]

can't wait for your startup to launch! :)

[@miguelangel0625]

When you add the new dorm, you should add a checkmark that you can check that says “add dorm and approve review” to save time on going back and doing that. So you can just check it off and it’s a done process. Since you already have the review infront of you. Just my train of thought.

[@jedcal]

Read my mind! That’s the latest feature I added off camera. Thanks for the comment 🙌🏻

[@untitledrebellion]

ur a king

[@shieldzayed6962]

I everyday watch a jedcal video whether old or new for morning motivation to start my day productively.😌

[@Imsulaf]

This is so exciting. Can’t wait for you to launch this great project.

[@nejijafarli4524]

it would be really cool if you added universities from all around the world not just usa but other than that love ur vids, keep up the great work :)

[@jedcal]

I’m working on all countries too!

[@MonsefOTBout]

good job bro , I apreciate that

[@ojajaja9007]

Okay,for security stuff i get it that admin has to approve but I think user wants to upload new dorm info asap in that same time

[@jedcal]

Admin be approving reviews daily

[@nobody-zz8gp]

love your dev content. keep it up

[@paulpaul1429]

idk if this would be hard to implement but Im just going to throw it out there. You could make like a community discussion for each college campus like people could post their own threads and other people could reply to them. That could help you get users to use the website regularly and I know a ton of people struggle to make friends in college so it would definitley help them. It might be a good idea to verify those people before they can post for safety reasons.

[@paulpaul1429]

Just watched to the end of the video and I saw that you already did that haha. Good job on the website!

[@jedcal]

Haha you read my mind! I talked about how forums can help in the last startup episode 🙌🏻

[@KenyaChestnut]

This was a really interesting video! I loved that you were able to share your process but also your conversation with the founder of good cash. This was both entertaining and informative so thank you for sharing your process 🙏🏾

[@jedcal]

Glad you enjoyed man!

[@matejradovan629]

deamn this is realy nice developed web page

[@EzraFejeran]

Super dope idea!

[@narTniveK]

So freaking dope

[@yolandhasephiani7540]

good website, helpful

[@DVAsanin]

Hey Jed! My name is Dan and I recently finished a Bootcamp on Java programming. I am a very nitpicky person and I would like to help you pinpoint some "unforeseen circumstances" that are, most definitely, foreseeable. I believe my unbiased perspective can help you improve RMD. I haven't really been keeping track of your series (i just know it's happening, didn't completely watch the coding and planning parts) so you might've already worked on this but the question that popped up in my head as I am watching the video (7:20) is: What happens if a user decides to delete their account? A) Can they do that yet? B) What happens to their reviews afterwards? Will it just stay as a or will you have to remove the reviews as well (Privacy laws compliance and all of that)? That's all for now, I'm going to continue watching the video. If you want to talk more, feel free to look me up. :)

[@jedcal]

Hey thanks for commenting! All reviews are totally anonymous anyway, so they can delete their email from the system, but the reviews would still be on the site

[@Blake0411]

Great video Jed!! Cant wait for Rate my dorm to finish!!

[@zanelien1685]

So happy to see you post!!

[@TryinBin8889]

congrats on 100,000 subscribers and on all you've done for your program it looks epic

[@jedcal]

thanks

[@Toonie]

Brilliant!

[@neeraj_panna]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cozieIKI]

Cant wait till Jed is a millionaire

[@Zabarion]

this is actually so nice! I have been following along and it keeps me motivated to keep coding ;)!

[@jedcal]

Love that!

[@TroyPange1]

Awesome video! Always striving to inspire.

[@ladynobug8759]

This is so cool that you are looking for funding, billion dollar company in the making! 🔥

[@matuss4151]

Nice progress👍

[@vivianan8962]

boostie!!

[@jedcal]

Boooosty

[@yolandhasephiani7540]

cool

[@derickmoncado]

What is the skillshare sponsored segment's background music?

[@juliemaheu]

Love this series!!! Love your vids. Keep up the great work :)

[@stephenbrannan4049]

Nice work so far. For spam adding some captchas would help a lot.

[@jedcal]

yeah great idea!

[@stefandesu]

Found you in the comment section of Elliot's last video. 😁 Good luck with your startup! By the way, your Wordle took me 4 tries. 🙂

[@puryteevee]

Awesome video bro Ima also a pinoy work in tech we should do a bideo together

[@CrashBeastt]

great

[@o.soelvmose]

I would recommend that you read The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen From A16Z, it's an awesome book and I think it could give you some insight on the VC aspect. Keep at it :)

[@cloudninetyseven]

ur very handsome brotha no homo

[@leonardbatty969]

Hey Jed I'm a new subscriber. I love watching your videos. I found your life super interesting and exciting. It makes your videos very inviting you're doing a great job. Much success on the new website

[@rindfich772]

how many admins will you have? i mean when the website starts to take off you'll need a lot of help with that

[@dre3840]

Why would you disapprove a review? Do you have a list of posting rules so there isn’t a thoughthat bias was involved in not approving a review?

[@jedcal]

Spammers mainly

[@producedbyapon4436]

Is the admin portal built using React as well? Really nice stuff Jed!

[@jedcal]

the whole thing is a Next.js app (which runs React)

[@heyitsSAR]

Are we going to be able to add Canadian universities?

[@jedcal]

Yes I’m working on around the world!

[@yarkab]

hey Jedcal, i just have 1 question in my mind which is if you created an LLC for the website? Or can you just make money without doing that?

[@jedcal]

You can make money without doing that and your profits will be under yourself (as a sole proprietorship). It’s optional to opt into an LLC and you’d do that if you want liability protection

[@yarkab]

@@jedcal great! tysm

[@breensrobert]

Just a question how will the admins be selected?

[@CaptainSuj]

Let’s gooo, finally watching a video early, and that too could you possibly allow us to put KZbin videos on our ratings ?

[@jedcal]

Yt vids of ur dorm?

[@mohitsrivastava8]

hey did you present in the event??

[@allah-swt]

Hey man, what's the update on your product? How much in funding were you able to raise so far?

[@pneumace]

jed you offer coaching sessions on your Patron page?

[@philipfamily]

hi

[@sameerkajani51]

Great Video Jed! Congrats on your plaque! 🎉 Hope to find an internship or develop an idea to create my own startup! Any advice on where to get a boosted board or a cheaper alternative? #discordgang

[@melvinsingh5211]

First

[@ishpdl]

Hlo

[@martinsmaslovs]

oh my god. can you just finish your website and not make 100 days in life on a startup. no hate but your content is just on a loop with no new content ideas.

[@PatriciaBuildsApps]

As always: Awesome video!