Why aren’t you doing customer research? (I will not promote) Founders not talking to customers is a popular meme. And it seems pretty common from founders I talk to and startup communities I’m in for founders not to do much customer research, especially for marketing. Which is a shame because I’ve gotten some of my best marketing insights from interviewing customers. I consider it really important, enough that interviewing customers is one of the first things I’ve done at every marketing job I’ve had. What are the reasons you’re not doing it? Happy to try and help! I’ve interviewed... 2 4 replies
Need insight and suggestions for business naming -I will not promote Hi everyone! I'm in the process of wanting to start a business - A live custom embroidery service for events, pop-ups, businesses, etc. However, I'm having a very difficult time finding a business name that I like, and that is still relevant to what I'm offering. I know most people will say just pick anything for now and change it later, but I'd prefer to not have to rebrand later on. If you have any name suggestions, please let me know! 5 0 replies
Scraping Law Firms Legality - I will not promote Hi all, My cofounder and I have been developing a tool that scrapes law firm directories and then tracks any movement to and from the directory in order to follow the movements of lawyers. The idea is to then sell this data (lawyers name, contact number on directory, email address, and position) to a specific industry that would find this kind of data valuable. Is this legal to do? Are there any parameters here, and is there anything that we need to be careful of? 1 14 replies
Need Advice on Finding a Good Developer After 1 Year of Struggles /// I will not promote Hi everyone, I’ve been working with two separate developers (both found on Fiverr) over the past year to build my site. I even have a 1:1 UX design from the beginning, but unfortunately, neither developer has been able to deliver a site that matches the design and functionality. At this point, I’m feeling frustrated and done with it. Because of this, I’ve decided to start a new project and leave this one behind. However, I want to make sure I don’t run into the same issues again. I’m looking... 3 8 replies
Entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone. And definitely don’t quit your day job (yet). (I will not promote) 30 seconds of hard truth: Starting your own thing sounds great, but here’s the reality: Depression? Real. Earning nothing for years? Real. Failure? Almost guaranteed. Making money and then getting it frozen? Also real. (Looking at you, PayPal.) Yes, there’s light at the end of the tunnel… but sometimes, it’s just another train. The freedom, though? **That’s real too.** But don’t go quitting your job just yet. You need something that actually works—**and keeps working.** Truth is, without my job, I’d have never made it as an entrepreneur. My... 3 8 replies
Staying focused (I will not promote) Every day, I sit down to work on something important. And every day, my brain decides it’s the perfect time to: \* Remember a random conversation from 2016 \* Debate whether I should switch to a different note-taking app (again) \* Research something “strategic” that won’t matter for another six months \* Suddenly get obsessed with a startup that just raised $20M for no reason And those are just the obvious distractions. The worst ones are the sneaky ones—the thoughts that *feel* relevant but don’t actually help me move... 3 2 replies
Anyone else care more about stopping the enshitification of everything than trying to become uber wealthy? (I will not promote) I just want to live in a world where products and services create actual, tangible value for people. Not make more bullshit to extract time, energy, and money from them. Engagement farming, algorithms to enrage you, bloated software with pointless or redundant features, security theater so you have to sign in with a pin then enter the secret code you were texted then visit the wizard who will grant you the magic spell so you can check your account balance. Arbitrary character requirements for posts so you have to... 4 0 replies
i will not promote- Angel Investor- how to find and pitch What is the best way to get in contact with Angel Investors to pitch to them? In a perfect world, l'd be referred to multiple PE firms in the Silicon Valley area and I'd get my angel round funding asap. However, in this imperfect world that is not the case. How did you all find an Angel investor for your start up? Any and all advice is welcome. 1 1 replies
I will not promote- Finding and Pitching to Angel Investors What is the best way to get in contact with Angel Investors to pitch to them? In a perfect world, I’d be referred to multiple PE firms in the Silicon Valley area and I’d get my angel round funding asap. However, in this imperfect world that is not the case. How did you all find an Angel investor for your start up? Any and all advice is welcome. 5 0 replies
EdTech Idea for Validation | I will not promote So, I’m considering creating a course outline generator. When I was a part of the industry, I used my own unique framework to come up with course outlines that then needed to be developed or curated. The objective was to come up with an outline, along with recommendations on content format and strategies, that would lead to the development of an impactful and effective course. I see this being useful to any course creator. However, given AI recommends course outlines in seconds now, I’m wondering if people would still... 4 0 replies
Project Portfolio Builder- Test our MVP (I will not promote) Hi everyone, We’re building an AI-powered tool that helps developers quickly create a professional portfolio. Our MVP is ready—it scans your GitHub projects, pulls your repos, analyzes them, and auto-generates a portfolio website, with no manual work needed. Why we built this: Many developers struggle to showcase their work effectively. Recruiters don’t have time to dig through GitHub repos, and maintaining a personal portfolio site takes effort. Our tool automates the process, making it easy to display your best projects. Looking for early testers: We’re not sharing the link... 2 2 replies
[I will not promote] Experiences with engaging experts? Hi there! I'm building a supplements startup based on traceability and transparency. We spent a year sourcing for ingredients & manufacturers and are ready to launch soon. To build credibility in our brand, we have reached out to a series of domain experts (i.e nutritionist and dietitians). We ideally need them to help with content creation/revision, future product development, and also to have them featured on our website. We engaged an product formulator previously and had a bad experience with accountability and to be frank, his worked seemed ChatGPTed.... 1 0 replies
What do you think about intergenerational entrepreneurship? (I will not promote) Creating startups with someone who has a lot more experience (or vice versa) is becoming more and more a thing nowadays. What do you think about it? If I’ve got an idea but my job takes up too much time, should I build my startup with a student/graduate? 2 9 replies
Quick question “I will not promote” I’m launching a waitlist for my MVP and thinking of using Google Forms for signups. Do you think this would turn people away or make my project seem unprofessional? Would a proper landing page make a big difference in attracting signups, or is Google Forms fine for an early-stage launch? I’d love to hear your thoughts! 5 7 replies
Need a ML engineer/consultant (I will not promote) Hi all, We are creating a headless commerce platform and we are looking to meet an ML engineer/intern/consultant who can help our team with fine-tuning models, creating workflows on comfy ui and turning them into APIs to be used internally by the team. Mostly we are looking for experience with image transformation and generation models. Please reach out. Ideally looking for people in India. 2 1 replies
Need alittle Guidance! i will not promote Hey, I think I have a really good idea but it involves a government entity. I looked up on google to find how to reach out to them if someone had a proposal, to discuss what could be the potential policy violation if i pursue this idea. But there is this thought in my head that 1.if i reach out to them and propose my idea they could claim my idea and i get nothing 2. a solution to that problem a could make that application and simple sell... 2 1 replies
I will not promote. Where do I start? Hi there, I want to know your opinion on how you would approach this situation and if you would take advantage. Also, not sure where to begin. To give a long story short, I got an LED beer sign as a gift a couple years ago. It had a sticker logo, was on an acrylic cut out and you can change the brightness. It was 16” x 20” However, it definitely did not look professionally crafted when you got close to it. The logo was very pixelated. I decided... 4 3 replies
Looking to figure out how to partner with bank for account integration (I will not promote) Hey, I am working on a project which will hold money from users and disperse them through check, Venmo, etc. I am trying to figure out how I even begin to work with a bank that would partner with me that would have allow me to programmatically work with them. Any thoughts? 4 1 replies
How do you gamify a SaaS? (I will not promote) Some sites; specially AI related, gamify their services by giving credits as freemium plans and making the UI/UX more fancy like a game rather than a service. How do you gamify a B2B private SaaS? eg. CRMs (common example) I'm looking onto ideas to gamify it to make my customers wanna stay more in the app and pay more to unlock services rather than paying a fixed price to make it look as a 'freemium' or 'pay-as-you-go' more liberal system. Looking for fancy ideas to implement! Thank you Disclaimer:... 5 13 replies
“CTO” ghosting “I will not promote” I’m really sick of people agreeing to be a CTO (for equity), loving the idea, setting goals and roadmaps, and having multiple meetings where everything seems to be going well, only to completely ghost when it’s time to sign the contract. If you don’t think I’m a good fit, say that. If you don’t like the idea, say that. If you have any concerns, say that. Don’t waste your time, or mine,dragging something out if you’re not truly interested. No one is forcing you to be part of this... 5 20 replies
