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
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
