I've been really honest about my situation with my family and friends, and sought for some advice from them. I thought it would be nice to get some insight from outsiders. It hasn't gone as I thought it would, though.
I've been in this industry for eight years or so. I'm humble enough to admit that I haven't learned much about the business side, but my knowledge is also not an absolute zero.
I don't want to sound arrogant, but I must say that some of the ideas I got are really terrible.
Some would demand me to spend time or money I don't have; some are simply too evidently bad to me as in "send a detailed mail to your prospects about the benefits of your product"; "redo your website" -- I'm currently on the third version of my website; "you need to assess the product-market fit" -- this is not an innovative product, there's already half dozen companies selling similar products in my country and they are doing great. I only don't know how to compete with them.
It's saddening because I usually ask for introductions, contacts and ideas about sales and I end up getting generic advice targeting areas of my business which people have little to no expertise on. And the worst is: people who give the shittiest advice is usually the most passionate about their own terribly bad ideas.
I don't wanna hurt their feelings but I also don't want to hurt my bank account even badly. And to deal with their outbursts has made my head even messier. So I stopped trying to take advice from them, which, however, I believe is also sub-optimal.
So I considered asking you guys about some advice on how to cope with it.