How difficult is it to get seed funding Hi, Me and a small team are building an enterprise grade genAI project and we are hoping to have a minimum viable product. We have some data scientists and a load of private data as we have connections to a large enterprise firm who is willing to help us. We have letters of intent from people in the enterprise too. We need a lot of scale and as such need some seed funding. I have some people with a network but we want to look into an angel investor.... 2 4 replies
What is the biggest impact of remote work on people at startups early in their career? I am am huge advocate for remote work and have worked on distributed teams for about 15 years now. I do not want to ever go back. However, I am not sure if the younger me would have benefited as much from it as I did from being in the office with my peers and more experienced members of the team. What do you think? Does remote work in startups hurt people early in their career? 4 7 replies
SaaS UI design courses Hello founders, I'm creating my first SaaS, and I'm coming from mechanical engineering background. I would have to start designing it very soon but I've never seen any good courses online on how to do UI for SaaS applications. Does anybody know a good course that allowed them to design the UI of their apps? I did design websites in the past (using Webflow), but user interface is a whole another level. The design is what scares me, not the HTML. Cheers. 5 1 replies
How to find the right co-founder? I've built the first version of my app and have started attracting early adopters. While I'm not a seasoned coder, with the help of ChatGPT, I managed to bring my idea to life. However, I recognize that to scale effectively, I need a co-founder with a strong technical background. What approach should I take to find someone who shares my passion and vision for the app? What worked for you? 1 3 replies
Daily viral video creation service If you’re a consumer saas founder, would pay for a service that made a months worth of viral tiktok and reels videos…. Like 30-60 videos to post daily to help your app go viral? I’ve been studying with other successful sass. Founders are doing and they’re posting daily content on IG reels, TikTok, and lemon8. The thought process is every video will get at least 500 views were outliers, reaching in the millions. But the key is to post consistently daily. I believe I can provide this service of... 3 3 replies
Looking for a Technical Cofounder for a Wellness-Focused Loyalty Startup Hi everyone! I’m building an exciting new loyalty platform for the booming wellness industry and I’m on the hunt for a technical cofounder to join me on this journey. **About Me** I’ve spent over 10 years in the loyalty and payments space, starting as a Business Analyst and growing into my current role as VP Product Manager. I’ve launched multiple B2C and B2B2C products and discovered my love for loyalty and payments—I could talk about this stuff for hours! Outside of work, I’m passionate about health and fitness. As... 2 2 replies
Looking for a Technical Cofounder for a Wellness-Focused Loyalty Startup Hi everyone! I’m building an exciting new loyalty platform for the booming wellness industry and I’m on the hunt for a technical cofounder to join me on this journey. **About Me** I’ve spent over 10 years in the loyalty and payments space, starting as a Business Analyst and growing into my current role as VP Product Manager. I’ve launched multiple B2C and B2B2C products and discovered my love for loyalty and payments—I could talk about this stuff for hours! Outside of work, I’m passionate about health and fitness. As... 4 1 replies
Running Ads in the initial stages won't help at all!!! Hello everyone! I'm the founder of a creative marketing firm and it is something l've wanted to let everyone know who's in the initial stage of their startup, running ads in the initial stage will not help at all and would cost you ton of money. If your brand isn't established in the beginning with an organic audience, running ads would be a waste of money. A gentleman I know launched a clothing brand and didn't post much about his brand and started running ads after a few weeks... 5 2 replies
🚀 Looking to Mentor Aspiring Entrepreneurs ! 🌟 Hi Redditors! 👋 I’m on the lookout for passionate and ambitious entrepreneurs who are ready to take their businesses to the next level. If you’ve officially registered your company and are committed to growing, I’d love to mentor you on your journey to success. Here’s what I’m offering: ✅ **Personalized mentorship** tailored to your business goals. ✅ **Strategic guidance** to help you overcome challenges and scale effectively. ✅ **Insights and experience** from someone who’s been through the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. What I’m looking for: 🌟 You must have an **officially registered compan**y (no side... 2 3 replies
startup advisor : always worth it? A startup reached out to me recently for an advisor role. They raised a series B and are operating in a space I've founded in before. They want my expertise in AI/ML, and I'm not sure how to price my services. I understand advisors generally ask for cash and/or equity. I'll be happy to hear some of you guys' experiences being an advisor, and what package do you usually get out of it. Also, any reason why i shouldn't become a startup advisor? Not sure if this matters, but... 1 8 replies
Experienced Marketer Looking to Partner with Startups in 2025 Hey everyone, I’m looking to connect with startups where I can share my marketing expertise and help drive immediate results. Here’s a bit about me: * **10+ years in digital paid advertising**: Managed 7-figure marketing campaigns across Google Ads, Bing Ads, Facebook Ads, and remarketing platforms. * **Web dev & SEO**: Built and optimized sites for higher conversion rates. * **Affiliate marketing**: Personally built and scaled sites in fitness, arts, education, recreation, calculators, and more. * **Healthcare management experience**: For my day job, I held leadership roles in the... 3 2 replies
Co founder follow up questions I’ve been looking out for technical confounder for a few years already. Back home and now that I moved to the US. After many many many meetings, networking events, posts etc I “think” I found the right person. Yesterday we had a great initial call where he checked many of the boxes of what I’m looking for and I was excited which was that “it’s him” moment. Now we are going into another call to share more stuffs about the project, long term vision etc. What are questions or... 4 3 replies
Building a product with AI tools Cofounders and I have launched a saas company in 2018 (sold in 2022). We are launching a new venture, in saas as well. We’re very interested in leveraging AI capabilities to build our product faster (we’re in the MVP phase), we know the tools have changed a lot in the last couple of years. Which tools and resources would you recommend to bring me up to speed in that area? I’m particularly interested in the advice of cofounders who have launched a product in the past ~12 months and... 5 6 replies
Referral vs Affiliate Programs - What would be the best approach? Hi, As i am currently building my product and will be launching very soon. To get incremental push i want to incentivize the early users and it also should be win-win situation for both. But i am very confused between referral and affiliate programs. Which is best in terms of process and also have good scalability. 1 2 replies
Help me choose a platform Hey all, so if you’ve were building a marketplace where sellers of a niche product, let’s say handmade audio speakers, could sell directly to the community (audiophiles) who buys that niche product, which platform would you use? It needs to: - Allow sellers to create ‘stores’ where they list their products. - Allows buyers to purchase said products, and the seller to ship directly to them (we won’t be holding inventory), - Allows us to post content like videos and interviews etc, And, - Allows us to integrate stripe... 2 1 replies
So what does Europe have to do to become competitive in the tech space ? I know Europe is really behind in the tech sector and USA and even China are crushing us right now. What would europe have to change for it to start catching up to their American peers ? What are some things that european entrepreneurs and startups could learn from successful people in the US ? 2 10 replies
Scared of looking for a tech cofounder With the advent of cursor and Claude im now able to build the features that I want in my study app. Before this I was looking for a tech cofounder to build these. But at the same time im apprehensive about having one partly because of obvious fact of how rare it is to have a tech cofounder who just gels with you in many aspects. I know I would need to have someone with a technical expertise but im questioning if I should just go for a cto... 5 7 replies
How to get you first users while having free product so basically we've built a product, and now are gathering some users to get some feedback, but the thing is how do we go with this, if we go publicly and just talk about it, we will have issues in our servers as we still just in the beginning and the version of the product is just an mvp, what your thoughts guys And give me your stories, sure it would help, and may be inspired by one of you. Thanks 4 3 replies
Hey, what's wrong? *This is* /r/startups *emotional support thread. There will be no problem-solving here, no judgement, no networking, no advice. We're here to be heard, be understood, and be told that it'll be okay, that whatever happens, we care. Still, be tactful and classy in how you vent your feelings and share your frustrations. Act in a mature manner. This is meant to be a safe place to support emotional and physical health and there is a zero tolerance policy in effect. Be kind. Please report any conduct that is in... 2 0 replies
Do you have a startup ? I am looking to meet startup bootstrapped founders and interview them for my podcast. I want to know more about your journey. Would anyone here be willing to share their knowledge. Benefit for you : 1. Help you get visibility for your startup. 2. Help the community. Benefit for me : 1. Learn from your mistakes 3 1 replies
