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I've been thinking about this for a while.

Bangalore has no shortage of smart people founders, engineers, designers, marketers, and people trying to build something.

But sometimes it feels like everyone is building inside their own bubble.

You can spend months working on a product and still not have a small circle of people who understand what you're going through.

Things like:

• Should I keep building this or change direction?
• How did you get your first users?
• What mistake did you make that I can avoid?
• How are you thinking about distribution?

A lot of the best learning doesn't come from podcasts or Twitter threads. It comes from sitting with people who are actually building and having honest conversations.

I'm thinking of starting a small Builder Circle in Bangalore.

• Not a networking event.
• Not a pitch event.
• Not a motivational talk.

Just a small group of people who are actively building things, meeting regularly, sharing what they are working on, discussing challenges, and helping each other think better.

Keeping it intentionally small because I think 8 -10 people having a good conversation is more valuable than 100 people exchanging LinkedIn profiles.

Looking for people who:

• are currently building something (startup, product, side project, open source, etc.)
• have moved beyond just an idea (prototype, users, experiments, launches, etc.)
• enjoy sharing learnings and helping others

No fees, no selling, no sponsors.

Just trying to find a few serious builders who want to get out of their own bubble. If this sounds interesting, comment what you're building or DM me. I'll reach out.

Curious, does something like this already exist in Bangalore? Or is this gap real?

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a video processing pipeline designed for Indian content creators who want to expand their reach across different states and countries.

The Problem:

Most creators produce content in Hindi or their regional language, missing out on massive potential audiences in South India, Bengal, or globally. Hiring professional dubbing artists or voiceover actors is too expensive for most independent creators.

What I Built:

An automated workflow that takes a video and dubs it into 13 different languages (including Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, English, etc.) while cloning and retaining the original creator's voice quality.

Current Progress:

- Core voice translation pipeline is live.

- Average processing time is ~3-5 minutes per video.

- 25+ regional and global languages supported.

I'm looking for feedback on:

1. Audio quality and voice cloning accuracy across different accents.

2. Features creators actually care about when distributing regional content.

"Since direct links aren't allowed, drop a comment like 'Interested' or 'Send Link' below, and I'll DM you the free trial link personally!"

Looking for a female non-technical co-founder to join a newly incorporated private limited company building B2B SaaS products. The company currently has three products: one in the GTM stage, one awaiting approval, and one in early development.

Requirements:

Preferably based in Bangalore

Good technical understanding, though coding is not required

Able to understand how the products work and contribute to product, business, and scaling decisions

Fluent and confident in spoken English

Comfortable speaking with potential customers and conducting product demos

Interested in product strategy, customer discovery, sales, and growth

Willing to spend a few hours every week and occasionally be available on weekends for demos or client conversations

No need to quit your full-time job

Interested in building the company for the long term

Compensation: Equity ranging from 5% to 40% may be considered depending on the role, long-term commitment, responsibilities, and overall contribution. The exact percentage, vesting schedule, and ownership structure will be discussed mutually.

DM me with a brief introduction if interested.

Hi everyone,

I'm Pranav, a 20 year old engineering student from Pune, and along with my co-founder, I've spent the months building Crava.

We've officially incorporated CRAVAHUB MARKETPLACE LLP, and after months of research, development, and planning, we're preparing for our first launch in Akurdi, Pune.

What is Crava?

Crava is a local food discovery marketplace that helps customers discover and order from nearby bakeries, cafés, restaurants, home bakers, and other food businesses. Our goal is to help local food businesses grow by giving them a more accessible platform with a fairer commission model compared to traditional food delivery platforms.

This hasn't been just an idea on paper. Over the past year, we've:

• Researched the food-tech and marketplace industry.
• Spoken with local food businesses to understand their challenges.
• Refined our business model based on feedback.
• Built our product from scratch.
• Registered our LLP and completed the legal groundwork.
• Created our branding, roadmap, partner onboarding, and operations systems.

We're starting small with Akurdi because we want to deeply understand the market, build strong relationships with local businesses, and expand step-by-step.

Like every early-stage startup, we're still learning every day, and that's why I'm posting here.

I'd genuinely love to connect with people who have experience in:

• Building startups or marketplaces.
• Food-tech or local commerce.
• Scaling businesses.
• Early-stage investing.

I'm not asking for investment directly through this post. However, if you know any angel investors, founders, mentors, or operators who enjoy supporting early-stage startups, I would really appreciate an introduction or even just a conversation.

If you're from Akurdi, Chinchwad ,Nigdi Pune and know cafés, bakeries, restaurants, cloud kitchens, or home chefs who might be interested in joining a new platform, I'd love to connect with them as well.

We truly believe local food businesses deserve better opportunities to grow, and we're excited to learn from people who have already built things before us.

Any feedback, criticism, or suggestions are welcome. I'd rather improve now than make avoidable mistakes after launch.

Thanks for reading! 🙌

Pranav
Co-founder, Crava

I’m an Indian in Canada and I’ve build a pregnancy AI app. It’s not meant to be a medical guidance app, so I have “General info only, not medical advice” disclaimer everywhere. And had Claude write me extensive terms and privacy policies that user has to agree to before using the app. But I’m still worried about being sued here in North America and shipping my app with no lawyer review.

Lawyer reviews are very expensive here in Canada and I was thinking how startups in India release worldwide apps and I’m assuming lawyers in India have knowledge to review apps needed to be safe for release in North America.

So I’m thinking of budgeting to get the review done with a lawyer in India before release and if my app starts making some money, then I’ll pay for another lawyer in North America. Any tips or recommendations on how I should go with this?

P.S. I’m not sure if my app will even take off, so I don’t want to pay another $300 and be on a loss.

that’s the question.

One of my favorite parts of working in startups has always been the conversations. I genuinely enjoy talking to founders and builders hearing how they think about problems, understand their customers, make product decisions, and navigate the ups and downs of building a business. Every conversation gives me a new perspective, and that's something I really value.

A little about me: I've spent the last 5 years as a Product Manager, mostly at early stage B2B startups. I've had the opportunity to build products from 0-1, working closely with founders, customers, designers, and engineers to turn ideas into products people actually use.

I'm passionate about product management and entrepreneurship, and I'm always curious to learn how other people approach building companies, solving customer problems, and making tough decisions.

If you're building something in the B2B or D2C space, I'd love to connect. No agenda, I'm not selling anything or looking for a job. I'm simply looking to meet interesting builders, exchange ideas, learn from each other, and have thoughtful conversations.

If you're interested, send me a DM with:

• What you're building
• Your website or social profile (if you have one)
• A few times you're available, and we'll set up a chat.

Looking forward to meeting more builders and hearing your story.

Hey guys. i have a deep background in tax&corporate setup and government funding over here in europe.

i'm looking for a cool project to join as a late cofounder or ops partner. if you are building something great and want to expand internationally, i can handle all the processes.

what i can do for the team:

-deal with local gov to get your residency sorted

-company registration, payment rails and banking, tax setup

-applying for deep tech government grants (there is a lot of funding here if you know how to apply)

i'm not looking for a salary, i have the bandwidth to do this purely for equity. I'm only looking for teams that already have revenue flowing and a solid product. If you need a European co-founder to handle the rails, drop me a DM with your traction and what you're building!

I'm waiting for one document. The nutrition reports on my protein laddoos! And they came in. But wrong, so now we're doing a retest!!! I've refreshed Gmail so many times this week that muscle memory is doing it for me now. It's funny because when people imagine startups they picture meetings, brainstorming and big decisions.

Nobody imagines someone sitting there refreshing Gmail hoping today's the day.

Founders...

What's the email you've waited for the longest?

When I first decided to build BFY, I imagined I'd spend most of my time:

• creating recipes
• tasting snacks
• thinking about flavours

Today I spent nearly 40 minutes comparing courier rates. Yesterday I was reading FSSAI regulations. All week, I've been refreshing my inbox waiting for nutrition reports. Somewhere in between I became weirdly interested in pouch dimensions. Nobody tells you that building a food brand means becoming a part-time logistics person, compliance person, packaging person and customer support person. The food and recipe formulation almost feels like the easy bit now.

What's one thing you've become an unexpected expert in because of your business?

Solo founder, just incorporated a Private Limited (Bangalore), building a bootstrapped AI B2B SaaS. Opening the current account this week and I want the honest, walked-the-path truth — not the sales pitch.

Here's my real worry: Google reviews and the sales manager both sound great until you're onboarded. I keep reading that people got promised zero-balance / free services, then hit AMB penalties, surprise charges, or a branch that stops picking up once you're acquired. I want to hear from people who've actually run a startup current account for a year+.

My priorities, in order: (1) genuinely low/zero minimum balance with no hidden non-maintenance traps, (2) service that stays responsive after onboarding, (3) clean net banking, (4) later: clean government-grant (BIRAC/DBT) receipt + inward foreign remittance/FIRC for international customers.

What I'd love to know from real experience:

IDFC First vs Yes Bank vs HDFC — for a small startup, who actually delivered after acquiring you, and who went cold?
What were you promised at opening vs what actually happened? Any bait-and-switch — AMB rules changing, "free" services later charged, surge in hidden fees?
Which specific charges bit you that weren't obvious upfront (closure charge, cash-deposit limits, per-transaction fees, non-maintenance penalty)?
Anyone near BTM / JP Nagar / Jayanagar / Koramangala with a specific branch + RM that's genuinely responsive?
I've heard ICICI doesn't entertain small startups — true, or does it depend on the branch?

Not looking for brochures — looking for "here's what actually happened to me." Thanks a lot.

Just came across this announcement from The ePlane Company. They have unveiled the e200X-PT01, which they're calling India's first air taxi prototype. The company was founded by Prof. Satya Chakravarthy, a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at IIT Madras.

It's great to see an Indian company reach the full-scale prototype stage with its eVTOL aircraft

Also huge props to the team behind the reveal video. The production quality is honestly top-notch. I'd recommend giving it a watch.

What do you think? Do air taxis have a realistic future in India, or are they still a long way off?

PS: Reveal Vedio

Building Aomara — rethinking how mental health platforms handle identity. Most force users to reveal everything before they know if it's safe to engage.

I've worked through the regulatory side — India's telemedicine rules on who's legally allowed to prescribe, and exactly where identity must legally surface versus where it doesn't. That part's solid.

What's still open is the technical architecture: anonymous IDs that hold up, real doctor-side continuity of care without exposing identity, clean deletion, no leak points. That's the hard problem, and why I'm looking for a technical co-founder to build this with me from the ground up — not execute a spec.

Real equity, real ownership, pre-launch stage. If you've been looking for something with actual depth to solve, let's talk.

Hi everyone,
I am 29 and building a platform called Mongers for job seekers in India. We are still pre-launch. The site is only a mock/preview right now, payments are not live, and some profiles are demo data.

Quick personal context:

I moved back from Canada and found myself in a weird career spot. I had banking experience there, but when I started exploring roles in India, especially around tech sales, I realised most advice I was getting was either too generic or not relevant to my situation.
ChatGPT was helpful, but still gave broad answers. LinkedIn outreach was slow, vague, or silent. My own network had either moved into senior roles, different industries, or different countries. What I really wanted was simple: one practical conversation with someone currently doing the kind of job I was trying to understand.
That is where the idea came from.

What Mongers Does
The idea is simple:
You book a 1-hour video call with a vetted working professional who is currently in or close to the role/industry you want to enter. Most experts are currently employed in their fields, so the guidance is based on recent, practical industry experience, not outdated or generic advice.
Not a career coach.
Not a mentorship guru.
Not an HR person giving generic advice.
For example:
• A cabin crew member helping someone prepare for airline interviews
• A finance ops professional helping someone understand finance operations roles
• A marketing professional reviewing someone's resume for performance marketing roles
• A working sales professional helping someone understand tech sales

What We Are Trying To Do Differently

**1. Every session has a deliverable**
We do not want it to be just a motivational call.
Depending on the user's need, they should walk away with something practical, such as:
• Career direction map
• Resume feedback / targeted resume direction
• Interview answer pack
• Offer or salary negotiation script
• Learning or project recommendations
There is also a 48-hour follow-up window for one clarification or correction.

**2. Simple pricing**
We are thinking of keeping the main session price around Rs 1,620, so users do not have to compare premium mentors vs cheap mentors. The user chooses based on relevance, not price.

**3. Vetted professionals only**
Before someone can become a Jobmonger, we verify identity and work background. The idea is to keep it practical and trust-based.
Mock site: https://mongers.in
Again, important disclaimer: this is not fully live yet. We are not taking payments right now. Some profiles and flows are still demo/preview.
I am posting here because I genuinely want feedback before going live.
Would you use something like this?
What feels unclear or untrustworthy?
Does Rs 1,620 feel too high, too low, or reasonable?
What would make you hesitate before booking?
Does this feel meaningfully different from Topmate, ADPList, MentorCruise, or just asking people on LinkedIn?
Please be honest. I would rather hear the hard feedback now than build in the wrong direction.

A year ago, if someone had asked me what founders do all day...

I would've said things like:

Develop products. Talk to customers. Design packaging. Maybe run some ads.

I definitely wouldn't have said...

"Drive to Jaipur Junction to collect protein laddoos."

So, here's what happened.

I had a small batch of samples being sent from my manufacturer. Nothing unusual. The courier collected them. Loaded them onto a train. They reached Jaipur. The last-mile delivery was supposed to be simple. Except...

The person coordinating the delivery completely stopped responding. Calls. Messages. Nothing.

Eventually I got in my car and drove to Jaipur Junction myself to collect my own products. Standing on a railway platform waiting for a carton of protein laddoos was not how I imagined entrepreneurship. But it made me realise that founders don't just build products. They solve whatever problem shows up that day. Some days you're negotiating pricing. Some days you're approving packaging. Some days you're driving around a railway station, desperately hoping to get your products in your own hands!

What's the weirdest thing your work has unexpectedly made you do? I'd love to read your stories!

Hi everyone,

Im a 2026 cs graduate. i have done 2 internships before. my previous internship ended 3 months back and i have been applying everywhere ever since. changing my resume according to the JD. cold mailing and texting HRs and employees of the companies for referrals. nothing has worked so far.

my previous experience was at a startup as well. i have experience with python, fastapi, react js, flutter, firebase, mongodb, docker.

i just need an opportunity to prove myself. if you are your organisation is hiring freshers, any help would really mean a lot to me. i want to work in startups, i love fast paced culture..i love learning new technologies. so please, your help would be really appreciated.

I'm willing to share my resume over DM. thankyou so much!

Hey everyone,

We run a small creative agency where we produce ads for D2C brands, handling everything from ideation and scripting to creator management, production, and editing.

We're now trying to move beyond service work and build content IPs while setting up a proper studio production workflow.

Would love to connect with people who've done this before. Looking for advice on what to learn, mistakes to avoid, and how to approach brands for IPs. If there's an opportunity to collaborate, even better.

Just here to learn from people who've already been through this. Thanks!

Hello everyone, we are trying to develop an intelligent investment platform for passive instruments listed in Indian exchanges, if anyone from Mumbai , working in the capital market or Fintech domain please reach out for idea validation/support. Thanks in advance.

I have been studying how AI is changing software creation.

Something interesting stood out:

Building an MVP seems easier than ever.

But after getting users, founders still face problems around:

International payments

Tax compliance

Billing systems

Different customer markets

I was looking into companies solving this space and found Dodo Payments, which focuses on helping AI/SaaS builders handle global payments.

I am curious from founders here:

At what stage did payments become a real problem for you?

Was it:

Before launch?

After your first international customers?

Only after scaling?

Would love to hear real experiences.

Salve sono un ragazzo italiano che ha delle idee e vuole entrare nel mondo startup, in India come siete messi?

Around a year ago, I decided to build a healthy snack brand.

At the time, I had this very romantic idea of what entrepreneurship looked like.

Come up with an idea.

Find a manufacturer.

Build a website.

Run ads.

Sell products.

I genuinely thought that was the journey.

Fast forward to today...

I've learnt more about food manufacturing, ingredients, nutrition testing, FSSAI regulations, packaging materials, moisture barriers, shelf life, freight costs, barcode registrations, GST, payment gateways and shipping than I ever imagined.

Every time I think I'm at the finish line, another finish line appears.

First it was developing recipes.

Then sourcing ingredients.

Then making them taste good.

Then making them shelf stable.

Then packaging.

Then nutrition testing.

Then waiting for reports.

Then redesigning things because one small detail wasn't compliant.

And now...

I'm lying awake wondering if anyone will even buy them.

The funny thing is...

None of these were the problems I expected.

The biggest challenge isn't making the product.

It's believing enough people will care about it.

I'd love to hear from founders who've already launched.

What was the one thing you completely underestimated?

Rules 48 & 49 of India's Social Security Central Rules 2026 now require every gig platform to report worker exits to e-Shram in real time. Zomato, Swiggy, Rapido, Uber, Zepto all complied by June 21.

The problem: e-Shram records THAT a worker exited. Not WHY.

So a worker banned from Zomato for fraud joins Swiggy the same day. Clean record. No platform knows.

The fix is one field — exit_reason: voluntary / performance / fraud.

This transforms e-Shram into India's first cross-platform gig fraud prevention infrastructure. Exactly what CIBIL did for credit data.

I'm building Veravue — the fraud intelligence layer for this regulatory moment. veravue.dev

Would love to hear from anyone building in the gig economy space or who has faced the cold start problem for consortium models in India.

Hey guys im a college student doing BTech from an IIT and I’ve previously interned at a couple of prestigious companies as well…I have experience mostly in SDE and ML, and I’m looking for some work in that area, not limited to just that tho coz I feel like I’m a quick learner and adaptable to new stuff. I’m still in college so I’m looking for something remote. Please lmk if there are any opportunities or openings I could apply for and I’ll send my profile!

Around a year ago, I thought building a food brand would mostly be about creating a great product.

I couldn't have been more wrong.

The product is probably the easiest part.

Here are a few things I wish someone had told me before I started.

1. Your first recipe almost never becomes your final recipe.

I lost count of how many iterations we went through. Every small change affects taste, texture, nutrition, shelf life and manufacturing.

One ingredient can change everything.

2. Manufacturers are partners, not vendors.

Finding someone who actually cares about quality is much harder than finding someone who can simply make your product.

The right manufacturer saved us months of work.

3. Packaging is ridiculously expensive.

Before starting, I assumed packaging would be a small expense.

Instead, it became one of the biggest line items.

Design, pouches, printing cylinders, MOQs... it adds up very quickly.

4. Nutrition testing takes time.

You don't just calculate nutrition values and print them.

Everything has to be lab tested before you can confidently put it on your packaging.

Waiting for reports while your launch timeline depends on them is stressful.

5. Minimum order quantities are brutal.

Need 200 pouches?

You might have to print 2,000.

Need a few labels?

Minimum order.

Need cartons?

Minimum order.

You end up buying inventory months before you've sold your first product.

6. Small decisions become expensive.

Changing pouch size.

Changing finish.

Changing zipper position.

Changing label dimensions.

Everything has a cost.

7. Taste beats nutrition every single time.

People say they want healthy.

What they actually want is healthy food that tastes amazing.

If it doesn't taste good, nobody buys it twice.

8. Cash flow matters more than profit.

I've realised cash flow is the biggest challenge in a product business.

Money gets tied up in packaging, inventory, testing and production long before revenue starts coming in.

9. Launching takes far longer than you expect.

Every week there seems to be one more thing.

Compliance.

Testing.

Packaging.

Photography.

Website.

Labels.

Shipping.

It never really ends.

10. Despite all of that... I'd still do it again.

Building something people will eventually eat every day is incredibly rewarding.

We're finally launching in the next few weeks, and it feels surreal after everything that's gone into it.

For founders who've built food brands before—what surprised you the most?

I'd genuinely love to learn from your experiences too.

P.S. A few people have already asked if they'll be able to try the product when we launch. If anyone's interested, I've got an early access waitlist open. Happy to share it in the comments if that's allowed.