As a the technical Founder I created a MVP with a mission: NOW WHAT **App is to validate the authenticity of audio files using various AI models....** As of now code is avail on github dot com / sadiqkassamali/VoiceAuth-Streamlit and I am hosting it on streamlit: voicedetector dot steamlit dot app I can easily turn the backend code to api, **but how would i sale or scale it.** also have it on lemonsqueezy 3 2 replies
Looking for co-founder for my Software Design and Development company Hi, i have a software design and development company. I am a developer and i am looking for marketing expert to join as a co founder. I handle mostly the design and developer but i lack in marketing and promoting my brand. So who’s ready for a new endeavour? 2 6 replies
How do you prepare to sell your startup for a successful exit? I’m curious about the steps and strategies involved in selling a startup. How do you determine the right time to sell, and what factors do you consider when valuing your company? Do you focus on profitability, growth potential, or something else? What’s the best way to find buyers—through brokers, industry connections, or cold outreach? Are there common mistakes to avoid when negotiating terms? Also, how do you prepare your team for a potential sale? If you’ve been through this process, I’d love to hear your experience or any lessons... 3 10 replies
Looking for a co-founder for my Retro/Vintage jersey shop Looking for a co-founder for my Retro/Vintage jersey shop . Hello, We are looking for a co founder for our retro jersey shop .currently we are selling NBA,NFL,MLB ,,Soccer retro jersey .Platform we are using on Shopify .We are looking for a co founder for marketing and sales department. 4 4 replies
Is this normal for a startup? Experience with Y Combinator backed company I recently had an interview at a Y combinator backed start up and made it through to the second stage at which point they requested I sign a NDA with a non compete for 12 months. This is the first start up I have applied to, having worked in consulting/banking for 5+ years and I thought this seemed aggressive to include a non compete before a job offer was made. I asked to clarify that this should only apply if a job offer is made or if it applies... 2 10 replies
New as a co-founder - any advice? Hello everyone I was offered a partnership with a new startup still working on its MVP. My participation will be my time and experience in my field. I will not invest any money from my side. I love the idea and the founder seems to be a smart guy. We agreed that I would work a few days a week with no salary until we get an investment or the company becomes self-sustained and that my equity share will be vested over the course of 18 months. I've started... 2 7 replies
Why the pushback on FinCEN’s BOI? I understand the East Texas District Court has filed an injunction, on grounds of constitutionality, against the BOI (Beneficial Ownership Information) and broader Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) due end of this year. This does seem like a weird thing to be against, imo, given the CTA aims to fight money laundering, terrorism, tax evasion, etc. I’m wondering if anyone here has a material reason for not wanting this database to be maintained, and if so what is it? 1 10 replies
I am thinking of Creating a Highly customisable word level subtitle generator for video and audio, What are the ways in which you will use it ? Hi to all startup creators , I am thinking of creating a tool will let you create high quality subtitles with word level precision for you videos and audio files. You will be able to set the styling of the subtitles, like font size, colour of the text, active word colour, number of words per timestamp, and much more. This will available as a web app. Just upload your video or audio file and get the generated subtitles (.SRT or .VTT ) files. You will be able to create... 17 0 replies
How to settle payments to content creators as an Indie dev? So what I know is that revenueCat is the undisputed leader in *accepting* payments but very much unaware of a service that can compliment RC by helping me settle the payment to the creator as and when the platform (or I) get paid by a buyer. Also, would really appreciate if an indie dev can weigh in on how they did it, cause Im one and I also understand that for registered companies and such, it is relatively easier to process payments but again I might be wrong so... 3 7 replies
Competitive differentiator question Hi, How do you answer the competitive differentiator question super early in a startup's life? I am not in a crowded space but it is unlikely that someone else in history has already tried the idea. I have talked to a previous cofounder who failed in the same space and they claim at least that Covid and a large manufacturer deal tanked them. There was no demand problem and no economics problem as long as I execute well. Another competitor (incumbent) is much larger and has become a $1B+... 3 4 replies
Finding small and medium E-commerce store contacts. Currently working on prospecting to get our first few clients on board. We’re selling to the e-commerce space so I am trying to find the most efficient way to get prospect information for small and medium businesses that sell the products online. The problem for me isn’t finding out the names and emails.. the problem for me is figuring out how to narrow down the companies strictly online e-commerce and small and medium business not large enterprises. Anyone have a solution to this issue? 1 0 replies
Lessons after launching for the first time. Hey guys, I just wanted to have a quick discussion and share our learnings after launching our recent product Potarix. 1. Just get it working - We initially battled with serverless platforms like Google Cloud Run and Vercel for days to deploy because we needed a very specific environment to run a scraper. Just spin up an EC2 instance if you find yourself battling with any type of serverless infrastructure. It’ll take like an hour to deploy any application you want. You can always fix it later. 2. If... 13 0 replies
Equity for attorney? Hi, I'll keep it short and sweet. We are going to bring on a chief legal officer for our AI startup. She will still be working as a lawyer at her firm. How much equity should we give the chief legal officer? She is asking for 1-2% + significantly reduced hourly rate to be our attorney. Is that reasonable? I have no benchmark here. Thanks. 4 10 replies
The Art of Finding a Co-Founder I just came across some posts & articles recently, mostly from self-proclaimed business influencers & former founders (wna be influencers), sharing their's take on **finding a co-founder**. The underlying theme seemed to revolve around finding a partner itself & when you look at history, the concept of having a female co-founder often comes with the notion that there should already be mutual commitment or at least some level of mutual attraction The takeaway? It's like a herculean journey itself: spending significant time finding a girl ( single & critical... 1 4 replies
What issues did you face while building some product of your own? Hey guys, doing an interview with a big publication, can reveal more over dm on topic of big tech’s control on software and hardware which acts as a barrier of someone who’s building their own hardware. Let me know if you have faced this as a developer, and the issues that I should raise. Would give you due credit during interview 🙂 3 10 replies
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May you get out there and talk to lots of potential payers and customers. I hope you get out there and can get some income coming in. I hope that you can reach scale. I hope that you can do this using the least amount of investment capital, not because investors are bad people, far from it. Capital based on equity is the most expensive capital that you can get. I hope that you can keep the most equity for yourself and your... 4 0 replies
Best way to get customers for B2C software products Hi Everyone, I've built a software product and I was wondering what were the best ways to get new customers from what you tried. Is it adds on social media? posts on specific platforms? if so, which ones? Any kind of advice from personal experience would help. Thanks! 4 9 replies
SaaS founders, how long do you take to build the first versions of your SaaS? I’ve been building all my mvps in 2-4 days and if I don’t know what to build it takes a week maximum but most SaaS founders I know(Some with more success than I) take a month and 2 weeks or even more than that. I’ve been following YC advice to build things really fast and launch it, even if it’s a bad product. I was wondering here, am I doing it wrong by creating it really fast like this and launch asap? 11 0 replies
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Looking for Software Dev Founders Hello! Hope all is well. My partner and I are looking for a software developer to help us change focus of a marketplace website that has not been launched yet. The website has been developed and we put about 10-15k into it thus far. We would need help with the backend and the UI. We are willing to give up to 20% of the company. Competitors do roughly 10~ mil/yr. The current site is being run on React so you will hopefully have experience with that. If this is... 3 0 replies
