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Share your startup - quarterly post
Share Your Startup - Q4 2023 [**r/startups**](https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/) **wants to hear what you're working on!** Tell us about your startup in a comment within this submission. Follow this template: ===================================================================================== * **Startup Name / URL** * **Location of Your Headquarters** * Let people know where you are based for possible local networking with you and to share local resources with you * **Elevator Pitch/Explainer Video** * **More details:** * What life cycle stage is your startup at? (reference the stages below) * Your role? * **What goals are you trying to reach this month?** * How could [r/startups](https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/) help? * Do **NOT** solicit funds publicly--this may be illegal for you to do so * **Discount for** [r/startups](/r/startups) **subscribers?** * Share how our community can get a discount \-------------------------------------------------- **Startup Life Cycle Stages** (Max Marmer life cycle model for startups as used by Startup Genome and Kauffman Foundation) **Discovery** * Researching the market, the competitors, and the potential users * Designing the first iteration of the user experience * Working towards problem/solution fit (Market Validation) * Building MVP **Validation** * Achieved problem/solution fit (Market Validation) * MVP launched * Conducting Product Validation * Revising/refining user experience based on results of Product Validation tests * Refining Product through new Versions (Ver.1+) * Working towards product/market fit **Efficiency** * Achieved product/market fit * Preparing to begin the scaling process * Optimizing the user experience to handle aggressive user growth at scale * Optimizing the performance of the product to handle aggressive user growth at scale * Optimizing the operational workflows and systems in preparation for scaling * Conducting validation tests of scaling strategies **Scaling** * Achieved validation of scaling strategies * Achieved an acceptable level of optimization of the operational systems * Actively pushing forward with aggressive growth * Conducting validation tests to achieve a repeatable sales process at scale **Profit Maximization** * Successfully scaled the business and can now be considered an established company * Expanding production and operations in order to increase revenue * Optimizing systems to maximize profits **Renewal** * Has achieved near-peak profits * Has achieved near-peak optimization of systems * Actively seeking to reinvent the company and core products to stay innovative * Actively seeking to acquire other companies and technologies to expand market share and relevancy * Actively exploring horizontal and vertical expansion to increase prevent the decline of the company2
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