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
I want to understand where to find startup founders? HI, As my tool target stratup founders, i want to understand where to promote my product to reach my target audience. Its like, as a startup guy what you will check or follow for news, trends. P.S. other than reddit, twitter , social channels etx 4 0 replies
Feedback Friday Welcome to this week’s Feedback Thread! # Please use this thread appropriately to gather feedback: * Feel free to request general feedback or specific feedback in a certain area like user experience, usability, design, landing page(s), or code review * You may share surveys * You may make an additional request for beta testers * Promo codes and affiliates links are ONLY allowed if they are for your product in an effort to incentivize people to give you feedback * Please refrain from just posting a link * Give... 4 3 replies
What are your biggest challenges with cloud computing for AI/ML tasks? Hi everyone, I’m an ML researcher exploring the challenges AI/ML practitioners face with current cloud computing platforms, and I’d love to hear your experiences and views. Here are a few guiding questions: 1. Do costs limit your ability to scale or run experiments? 2. Have you faced challenges accessing specific hardware like GPUs or CPUs? 3. Are you concerned about data privacy or vendor lock-in with centralized providers? 4. What features or solutions would make your cloud computing experience better? Also, I’m curious about your thoughts on distributed computing... 5 0 replies
Looking for ACTUALLY USEFUL books to read for building my first tech startup I’m in the early stages of building my first tech startup (pre-seed funding, small team), and I’m looking for books that offer **practical, no-BS advice** for founders. Not books that will be useful when I reach $100M ARR, not books to help me manage 100 employees, and not inspirational biographies of successful people. Nothing against those—but I need books that are useful **now.** If you’ve built or are building a startup, what books have genuinely made a difference for you? I’m especially looking for books that opened up things... 2 5 replies
As a founder, What Skills Do you Wish You Learned Sooner in 2024? As a founder, looking back on your journey, what skills do you wish you had learned sooner? Whether it's technical skills, management techniques, hiring techniques or place, behavioral skills or anything else, I'd love to hear about the lessons that could have made a big difference earlier on. 5 5 replies
Looking for Advice on Our Pitch and Networking Event for Startups. In advance if this post breaks any rules, feel free to take it down. Hey founders, I'm trying to host a free online pitch & network event for startups and small-medium sized businesses (SMEs) very soon to celebrate the launch of our startup which is a social media investing platform for the lower market, but I'm a bit stuck on what we should be involving to make this valuable to attendees. What do you think would get you to say "I'm glad I went." and leave you at least... 2 0 replies
Should my company hire big law? One of my partners is insisting we hire a big firm because another partner is leaving. We are in early stages and this seems over the top. We don’t have financing yet. Any advice? Any idea on expected retainer? General idea of cost? Any experience working with these guys? I’d appreciate any guidance 1 1 replies
Has anyone else noticed that inexperienced founders are poor at documentation? My experience is from meeting a couple people on YC cofounder matching/online, who are looking for a dev (me) to join their b2b idea. We talk, they have an idea, and talked to a few or couple potential customers, but can't produce any recordings or transcripts of their conversations. Or a document summarizing their findings and the market research. I'm immediately disinterested at how little information they can produce. They just tell me the idea over a call as if I'm going to remember everything, and as if they... 5 5 replies
Help build your brand Over the years, I’ve developed various strategies to build brands, and now I’m looking to put them to the test totally free. I’ve been diving deep into books and resources from people like Alex Hormozi and Myron Golden, and I’ve learned that the best way to grow is by serving others and solving real-world problems. Which I knew , but I feel like I might be on to something here? I wonder if anyone agrees? What I do know is that many people in this struggle with many differnt... 2 0 replies
