Using AI to plan and operate your business I built a platform to help aspiring business owners plan and start their businesses. When I started, AI had just started making waves, and I wasn’t sure how it would fit into the platform because I didn't have the tools to integrate it's abilities. Now AI (specifically I use ChatGpt) is my daily assistant giving me some perspective on its usefulness for my customers. I use AI as an editor for app content, social media posts, and some HTML and JSON tasks. It reduces the time it takes to... 4 0 replies
App intended for retailers to market products and consumers to purchase (some unique factors I’m leaving out intentionally) How can you best identify the profitability of what an app will do if it’s not directly based on units sold initially? Maybe it’s on the amount of retailers that sign up and pay a subscription to market their products on the app, if not maybe it’s just the amount of units the retailers are able to sell and we would take a percentage of that revenue. etc.. Any ideas I appreciate you all and I’m fairly new to this so take it a little easier on me 😂... 4 0 replies
Forward looking real estate brokerage I just finished up my computer science degree. Alongside my studies I was buying rental properties and am a licensed agent with ~30 transactions. Starting my broker course in a little less than a month. It’s my opinion that with the NAR settlement we are headed towards much more transparency and hopefully lower expected commissions. Has anyone here started or had thoughts on what the new brokerage model will look like? I’m thinking of an a la carte style model with full transparency where clients pay for what they... 4 0 replies
Best way to show potential profitability for a start up social media app intended for retailers and shoppers? I have a very early early early start up app that isn’t necessarily a retail product. It’s more of a SaaS product, or a social media app that SMB, Mid Market, or even Larger retailers would be able to use to market and sell their products, meanwhile regular users would be able to go on just to check them out and purchase etc. there are a couple unique propositions about it that I won’t mention for right now just for privacy purposes. My main question is, how can you... 5 0 replies
Do you need a technical co-founder? I’ll cut right to the point, I’m looking to start something new - something to really sink my teeth into. I’m a software engineer by trade (of about 10 years), and with experience over the past 2-4 years of managing and growing technical teams, making key business decisions, etc. I’m looking to partner with someone who has a great idea who needs a technical co-founder to bring it to life, whether it’s SaaS, something AI based, etc - I’m fully capable of building any kind of web app/website. I... 5 0 replies
Christmas present for all the budding founders out there! (You might know someone who needs this) The season of giving just got better This year, we’ve witnessed an incredible surge of new AI-based startups, and I know many aspiring entrepreneurs are gearing up to make their mark in this space. Over the past few months, I’ve received several mentorship requests (not a flood, but enough to get me thinking :P After some reflection, Swati (my wife and co-founder) and I have decided to **offer our support as AI/Tech strategists to 5 promising startups/Individuals/Teams** For those who may not know me well, I’ve been fortunate to... 5 0 replies
Are there any new CRMs that don't suck? Google sheets seems like a horrible way to move forward. SF, Hubspot, Pipedrive all seem outdated at this point. Anyone find a new CRM that was built for founder led sales teams / startups that is potentially AI driven? Trying to find something that works for us but nothing is turning up. Looking forward to any advice on this. Thank you! 2 0 replies
"The Ladder of Proof: Uncovering How VC's See Your Startup" (3-min video) The short "The Ladder of Proof: Uncovering How VC's See Your Startup" video in the comments )I'm a newbie here and can't create a post with a link) gives a quick overview of a VC's mental framework for evaluating whether or not a startup is worth investing in. Disclaimer: I have **no** connection with the NFX vc firm, except as a subscriber to their blog. 5 0 replies
How significant is it to make it to due diligence? A pre-seed (*truly* pre-seed, aka pre product/revenue) firm we pitched recently sent over their “Pre-Closing Due Diligence Form,” which just asked about company structure and founders. It’s been 5 days since we submitted it and we haven’t heard back. Is this concerning? Are my expectations rooted in the unrealistic timelines from 2021 when companies were closing rounds in a week with very little diligence done at insane valuations (and are now struggling to raise series As)? The first call went great, the GP (he’s solo) showed genuine enthusiasm and... 4 0 replies
Bad startup raising lots of money You see a startup: 6 years since launch. 4 founders, 40 employees. €250k ARR expected to go to 400k. Raised 1.4M 14 months away. Now raising 5M. What do say from this? They have a burn rate of more than 100k/month, and have a easy to replicate SaaS. How could investors continue investing? What am I missing? 2 0 replies
How is Antler residency like? Im thinking about taking part to the Antler Program but im confused about what does that 3 month residency include? I currently have a full time job so does it mean if I take part in that program that im gonna have to quit my job and be part of the program full time? What does the days include or how is the schedule? And is it like working a 9-5 but just with trying to co found a start up? My issue is that I dont think I... 1 0 replies
How to back to work after 8 month gap Hi! My co-founder(he is also my husband) and I have been working on our project (note-taking application) since August 2023. Things did not go ideally but we did something (especially my partner) but this year knocked us down a bit (we changed the country with all this bureaucracy-related staff and became parents of twins). Now I feel that I'm able to back to work, but I don't know how to start, any advice? 2 0 replies
How to value app I have built and published an app for small business, but had difficulty marketing. I recently had a small business owner approach me and wants to partner with me. He wants to pay some cash up front and then take the responsibility for the Marketing and Business side which is fine by me. My problem is how to value the app/business so far since i dont have any user traffic and most of my investment has been a year of my time in the app development. I built the... 2 0 replies
[For Hire] Software Engineer with 2 yrs of Exp for $450-500 per month Hey there, I am software engineer from Mumbai, India with 2 years of experience working on various AI based SAAS products as well as ecommerce based web apps. Stack: Frontend - React Js, Next Js, Vue js, Javascript, Redux Backend - Node Js, Django, Flask, FastApi Databases - Mongodb, PostgreSQL, Firebase and others as well Devops - AWS, GCP, Azure and other services as well. Can work on other stacks as well as and when needed I am available to work in part time capacity with a weekly time... 4 0 replies
Best practises for freemium pricing strategy I’ve been thinking about freemium pricing strategies, and honestly, I’m not a fan. Compared to traditional pricing models, freemium feels like an art form: you’re walking a fine line between convincing people to subscribe and not annoying them to the point where they ditch your app entirely. A lot of big companies seem to go with the classic "free trial for a month, then a rolling monthly subscription" approach. But I feel like this might not be the best move for smaller or newer apps trying to build a... 3 0 replies
Looking for volunteer programmers for a crypto startup with AI Hello colleagues! I'm working on a project that could turn the cryptocurrency brokerage sphere upside down. We plan to create three AI bots that will fully automate the management of Telegram channels, correspondence with clients and quality control. All bots will interact with each other, learn and improve with the help of a database of rules and real dialogs. Looking for developers who: \- Know how to work with Telegram API and create bots. \- Know how to develop AI/NLP solutions (e.g. use GPT). \- Are ready to work... 1 0 replies
NEED SOME ADVICE need some advice So how do i actually grow followers or buyers? Like i started my small business around 3 months ago, paid around 100+ for shopify and now it has literally 0 sales, any advices on how should i manage or what do i do now? Should i continue?? Also anyways on how to quicky do so? My goal is to at least get 10k followers by 2025 🥲🥲 5 0 replies
Need some advice I have an idea for a B2B startup and need some advice for customer discovery. I haven’t done anything to get the ball rolling yet, it’s just an idea atm. By the way I word this post, you can probably tell i dont really have any business experience and thats true cause im a programmer and in fact have coded up about 80% of the MVP. but before yall come at me for wasting resources on the mvp this early, i didnt. This idea was an initially a hackathon... 1 0 replies
Don't be sad with $0 in sales. Do this instead. Hey guys, how's going? I see a lot of people getting depressed with 0 sales and give up on SaaS after 1 month. This is not the right way to approach to this business. You know, very few startups succeed (like 3-4% I think), what are they doing? Let's pick 1 startup: **GummySearch** (it's not mine). They have **215k monthly views** with a **40% bounce rate** and **$60k ARR**. **Their marketing strategy:** Content Marketing, Reddit Marketing, Building in Public, Lifetime Deal Promotion, Word of Mouth & Affiliates, Community Education. Let's breakdown the strategy. # Channel 1: Content Marketing Created in-depth blog posts... 5 0 replies
Are IPOs and acquisitions the only two positive outcomes for startups, or are there other success paths? I recently spoke to an acquaintance who spent the last 10 years growing his company. Their last VC round was 2-3m Series A before they couldn't raise any more. The investors and customers then was much more pro-spending. His company is currently (finally) at a stage of profitability, and he's stepping away from it. He cautioned me that the path of VC-financed has only 2 endgoals - IPO and Acquisition. And they want you to do that fast, not (for eg) take 10 years. Are there any other favourable... 4 0 replies
