Two College Guys Asking for Start Up Tips [I will not promote] Hello! Me and my college best friend recently graduated from UC Davis with design degrees. We came up with an idea that we believe can go far and bring good to the community if we can bring it to life, but we are completely new to entrepreneurship and start ups. So I was wondering if anyone who has certain experiences can help us with a few foundational and open ended questions to guide us to think, anything would be appreciated: 1. What are the first steps we need to... 4 6 replies
How many customers do you have, what is your Support volume like and how do you manage? [I will not promote] Hi all, I’m looking to get a picture of the support landscape in the startup world, so I’m hoping to find out what the general volume is like for orgs of different sizes and what strategies and practices you’re implementing. I’d love to know: * How many customers do you have currently? * What channels do you use for supporting customers? * About how many support inquiries do you see in a day on average? * Do you have a knowledge base, and if so, what is your content... 1 2 replies
Does anyone else keep getting random ideas of simple apps they want in their lives but have no time to execute them? (I will not promote) If I recall correctly there used to be a site with “ideas” that people liked but didn’t have time to work on. Has anyone here actually had someone pickup one of their ideas and run with it? As a side project or hobby, would any developers like to have a list of freely available ideas to work on? 3 0 replies
How quickly after customer 1 did you get customer 2? - I will not promote Zero to one is super hard, but it seems like number 2 is WAAAAAYYY easier. Is this your experience? Did you post their logo on your website? It seems like a psychological thing for other prospective customers to not be the first domino to fall and it gives you so much momentum after. I could totally be wrong and customer 2 is harder, but that doesn't really match the hockey stick growth model 2 1 replies
DE Annual report filing for March 1. I will not promote. New founder here. We registered as a C Corp. in Delaware. I got the notice that I need to file my annual report and pay my franchise tax. Does anyone have an example of what this annual report must look like? We are a very young company, no revenue, and really just fundraising at this point, so it won’t be very interesting… I just need to know what it should look like! 1 1 replies
How to get the first 10 customers for my SaaS? (I will not promote) Hi everyone,Last week, I launched my first SaaS product and successfully acquired my first customer by sending emails to people on my waiting list. During an interview, he mentioned that he found my landing page while searching for a job in Europe. My product in one sentence: A platform that helps South American tech professionals find better job opportunities in European tech companies that offer quicker visa processing by automatically generating resumes and cover letters, and assisting them in tracking their applications. It's a subscription-based service, billed every two weeks. My main target audience: Males aged 19-40 who are either looking for internships or are dissatisfied with the political situation and want to change jobs. What I'm doing so far: I've been sending cold emails to professors at tech universities in South America, asking for a call to discuss sharing my platform with their students. I started this a few days ago, and while... 4 5 replies
Does anyone have a term sheet that they can share? This should be for a seed round raise (if that matters) "I will not promote" # I'm confused as to what the pre-money valuation should be given that I have a few F&F SAFEs already that have a relatively low valuation cap. And, for the money coming in at SEED, the valuation needs to jump in order to keep the equity giveaway at less than 20%. Maybe the pre/post valuations are just focused on the seed round needs (ignoring what happened during F&F)? 4 0 replies
Validate my startup idea [I will not promote] Finding parking is a nightmare in busy cities. What if you could reserve a spot in advance instead of endlessly circling around? Here’s how it works: 🚗 Bob knows he’ll leave his parking spot in 5 minutes and notifies it through the app. 🅿️ Alice is looking for parking in that area and reserves Bob’s spot. 👥 Alice drives there, waits for Bob to leave, and takes the spot. 💰 Alice pays Bob x tokens, which she previously bought in the app. 🔄 Bob converts and withdraws the tokens... 4 21 replies
Investors are scared and wasting our time [ I will not promote ] Investors are scared & wasting our time I’ve busted my ass to get out of poverty. In 2016, I had a 425 credit score, $0 to my name, tens of thousands in credit card debt, and a job at Coldstone. Since then, I’ve built two businesses and employed 10-15 people. Right now, I have 9 people working for my startup—most of whom have been with us for more than two years. We’ve built something real. We’ve put in the work. But now, we’re running out of money and time... 5 16 replies
I want to build a tech startup but I hate to deal with side things - I will not promote I love to solve business problems with software, design robust systems and write clean code. At work, I love to come up with nice solutions to business problems. I had in mind to start my own business but I give up every time when start thinking about what it takes beyond solving business problems with software and technologies as a whole. I am talking about marketing, research, product promotion, searching funds and etc. I started to realize that that's what companies for, everyone in the company does what it... 2 12 replies
“I will not promote” I built and launched my first mvp. Any help on how to market? Just as the title reads. I built and launched my first web app in the HR space. The app however is completely free for users. I am wondering if there are any creative ways to get users to at least check the app out? I’ve posted to my LinkedIn and twitter(X) account. Looking into potential partnerships as well. Any ideas? 3 2 replies
How to validate an idea/mvp with the audience being solely students? (i will not promote) So, I am building a student start-up made solely for students to use. It is a C2C business model where students will need to interact with each other to make money, and our starting revenue will be a transaction fee. The idea is to help students make an extra income (won't go in too many details). I spoke to a few students, as I am student myself, and they like the idea, but this is the only validation I made so far. I am a techincal founder too so... 3 4 replies
Looking for a co-founder (i will not promote) Hi everyone, i am finishing work on my product, and it should be done within the next month. Looking for a confounder that will make people fall in love with the product. Social media, seo, marketing are must haves, design is a big +. Ideally looking for someone in Calgary, Canada but remote would be fine. You can check out the product at sprkup.com I will not promote 2 0 replies
We made our first B2B SaaS sale!! [I will not promote] It's funny timing because I just posted here less than a month ago about being at zero after 1 year. After pivoting a few months ago, my co-founder and I just received payment from our very first customer! We offered them a 3-mo trial at $750 and the money just landed in our account. They came from a personalized cold email and are the perfect first customer. We also kept our initial outreach local so we were able to meet them in person which I think helped a lot.... 5 6 replies
Startup Viability Index – Quantitative Approach to Evaluate Startup Ideas(I will not promote) Hey all, I created an objective way to evaluate startup ideas. It's called the **Startup Viability Index (SVI)** \- a quantitative framework to help founders and investors quantify startup potential. It's a framework/tool I made for myself and then realized it might be useful for others. **TL;DR: I made a free calculator to quantify startup potential:** **Link Redacted.** Full methodology here if you're curious: Link Redacted. # The Problem As founders, we evaluate ideas qualitatively based on assumptions in our heads. This makes objective comparison nearly impossible, especially when: * We... 2 0 replies
I will not promote, just a few questions about getting off the ground I’m just wondering if I do t know many people in the dev space (I’m really the only one), and I wanna get at least early access going, I have no money, but I believe in what I made, where do I even start??? So far, everything I find says to network but no one programs and when I start talking about what I made, I’m “promoting” so that’s a no go…I see to run adds but Google wants a lot of money to run ads…I don’t have a... 5 2 replies
What options do mid startups have with investors?… I will not promote I have lots of experience designing apps. I have an idea for a product that should exist but my conservative back of the envelope math indicates that this could make several millions in the coming years but that it’s unlikely to reach unicorn status. I estimate an MVP is going to cost around 100k to build iOS and Android, and I think I’ll know pretty quickly if it’s going to get traction. I could pay for it myself but I have a family and I’d rather give up equity... 1 3 replies
Earn Cash on Every Journey – Get Paid as You Travel! (i will not promote) **Turn your daily trips into extra income with our app.** Imagine you're in Kerala and need an item delivered from Bangalore. Instead of relying on traditional courier services, you can simply post your request on our platform. With plenty of travellers already heading in that direction, your item gets delivered swiftly while the traveller earns extra cash along the way. Whenever you travel, our app connects you with these delivery opportunities, turning every journey into a chance to earn. ( I will not promote ) **If security was guaranteed... 4 7 replies
Founder's associate position Business & operations (I will not promote) Hello everyone, I am a clinical psychologist who is trying to transition into IO psychology. After many months of applying to any job possible (Hundreds of applications) i unfortunately don't get even one interview invitation. The only jobs that always got back to me are founder's associate positions. I wonder, is it worth it? On the only posts I've found here there are many negative reviews (not helping cv, hard work, start ups usually fail) and few positive (Good for experience). What are your thoughts? 3 0 replies
Seeking CTO for RE AI Deal Hunter app - MVP ready - I will not promote I have created an AI-powered off-market deal-hunting platform that will disrupt the real estate investor industry. My first overseas AI engineer made it an MVP, but now I am looking for a co-founding CTO to take it to the moon! The tech has never been executed before, and we spent months figuring it out. Please message me or comment below if you'd like to learn more. A little about me: I was a product designer for 18 years and a serial startup founder, turned full-time RE investor and purchased... 2 0 replies
