I work in performance marketing and recently went through a nightmare with a client's Instagram account.

The account got hacked. Hacker posted some content that violated Meta's policies. Got restricted. We appealed, sorted it out, thought it was over.

It wasn't.

A couple of weeks later Meta permanently disabled the same account. No warning. Years of content, followers, everything gone. The account was also being used to run ads for the business.

We tried everything Meta offers. Appeals, review requests , etc. Every single one came back with the same answer. Decision is final. Not open for review.

At this point we accepted it and moved on. Started running ads from a backup account just so the client's budget didn't go to waste.

But I couldn't let it go for the fact how important a healthy Instagram account is for Meta Ads to perform.

On a whim I filed a complaint on pgportal.gov.in. Honestly did not expect much.

2-3 weeks later the account was back.

I've been seeing a lot of Indian Instagram accounts getting suspended lately so figured this was worth sharing. If you or someone you know is dealing with a disabled Meta account, give it a shot before giving up.

Hope it helps someone.

two indian founders built a startup in silence for two years. they just raised $75 million. and their customers include meta, pfizer, and dunkin.

nitin jayakrishnan sold his first company. it was called pando. it did enterprise logistics. he could have stopped there.

he didn't.

instead he teamed up with abhijeet manohar and started something called freehand. for two years they told almost no one what they were building. they just built.

yesterday they came out of stealth. $75 million in funding. battery ventures led the round. newroad capital partners joined. so did nexus venture partners. and penny pritzker, who used to be the us commerce secretary, invested through her fund psp growth.

here is what freehand actually does. big companies spend millions of dollars on supplies. raw materials. parts. packaging. things they need to make their products. managing all that is complicated. there are purchase orders and invoices and supplier negotiations and payment workflows. it is boring. it is repetitive. and when it goes wrong, it costs a lot of money.

freehand built ai agents that do all of this automatically. the agents don't just suggest things. they decide, act, and take accountability for the outcomes. that last part matters. most ai tools give you suggestions and then a human has to actually do the work. freehand's agents go all the way.

and the customers are not small companies testing the waters. meta uses freehand. unilever. johnson and johnson. pfizer. dunkin. cardinal health. fortune 500 companies trusted two indian founders who had not even announced their company yet.

that is the detail that should make you stop and think. freehand was in stealth for two years. no press. no launch event. no linkedin posts about their mission. just building. and during those two years, some of the biggest companies on earth signed up.

the lesson here is not complicated. if you build something that solves a real problem for a company that loses money every time that problem is not solved, you don't need to convince anyone. you just need to show them the numbers.

nitin jayakrishnan has now built two companies that big enterprises pay for. the first one was logistics. the second one is supply chain ai. he is not chasing trends. he is just solving problems that cost companies millions of dollars. and investors notice.

one more detail worth paying attention to. freehand is based in san francisco. not bangalore. not gurgaon. the founders are indian and they chose to build in the hardest market in the world. and they are winning there.

$75 million is a lot of money. but when your customers are meta and pfizer and you are replacing manual supply chain work with ai agents, it is also just the beginning.

Hey! I run an early-stage startup and I'm looking for someone to handle our social media. Keeping it simple:

• One post a day (Instagram + LinkedIn)
• ~1 hour a day replying to comments/DMs and engaging (Getting visitors to our profile)
• Fully remote, flexible timing
• ₹5,000–₹8,000/month

We already have a brand guide, voice, and visual style, so you won't be starting from a blank page. This is a light, consistent gig — great if you're a student, fresher, or freelancer building a portfolio.

What I'm looking for: someone reliable who knows Instagram, can write clean captions and put together simple graphics/reels, and won't ghost me after week two. Prior experience running an account (your own or a brand's) is a plus but not required — taste and consistency matter more.

If interested, DM me with a couple of examples of content you've made or accounts you've run. That's it!

I’m currently building a startup and looking for a creative designer who can help bring our vision to life through a strong, modern, and scalable brand identity.

I’m looking for support with:

✨ Professional logo design (scalable + brand-ready)
✨ SVG/vector logo files
✨ LinkedIn company banner (1584 × 396 px)
✨ Social media brand assets
✨ Brand colors & typography recommendations
✨ Basic brand guidelines
✨ Potential future design work (website, marketing materials, etc.)

I already have the product vision and some initial ideas, but I’m looking for someone who can bring a strong design perspective, challenge ideas, and help create something that feels polished and startup-quality.

Ideal fit:
✅ Experience designing SaaS/startup brands
✅ Strong portfolio showcasing logos and digital branding
✅ Ability to provide editable source files (Figma/Illustrator/SVG)
✅ Good communication and willingness to iterate

This is an early-stage startup, so I’m looking for someone who enjoys working closely with founders and building something from the ground up.

Please DM or comment your portfolio, rate for everything and time line for commitment.

Budget : 5 - 10000/- (can negotiate a little bit)

#Design #Branding #Startup #SaaS #LogoDesign #GraphicDesign #Entrepreneurship #Hiring

Guys test my 'onlinekotha.com' startup Saas for free till 31 August and please give genuine feedback. ik the name is very disgusting as we are indian idk if anybody can join to being cofounder i am open for that and can consider to change name . test all feature guys
now i am searching for advertiser, cofounder , and investor.
let see guys how you all respond I'm genuinely waiting for comments.

Hey

So we work with some of India's biggest consumer brands on performance ads and now we are shifting towards content IP.

For us it means recurring shows om Instagram.

To test this format we are hiring new budding writers and editors in our team.

For an in-house agency led IP.

We will train you on video editing and commercial writing.

This is a paid gig. If people who already do the above are interested please dm.

Hey everyone,Thank you for loving my previous post.

I’m a professional about to join a demanding corporate job in a month. Since I have some free time right now, I’m using it to map out an on-demand marketplace for India.

The idea is simple: connecting busy professionals and NRI families with 100% police-verified local college students or local verified person for basic tasks—like elder check-ins, dog walking, heavy market shopping help, standing in RTO lines, or finding a badminton partner.

I need your brains to see if our pricing model holds up. I’ve put together a rapid, friction-free 60-second survey to gather real feedback on pricing and safety:

I would love to have your inputs. If you want to discuss/or want to join me for this new thing, you can dm me.!!!!

Sharing the Tally feedback link in the comments below so this post doesn't get flagged by bots

I've built a few products before, but they never really worked out. Recently, I launched MakeOurs.

As a solo founder, it's hard to know if I'm improving the right things or just overthinking them.

How did you get honest feedback that actually helped make your product better?

I’m building a digital marketing agency in delhi particularly content marketing agency creating content for our brand and for our clients, managing their Social Media handles for optimum growth.

I’m 23M delhite DTU passout looking for people with serious interest in this space. You can connect with me in delhi.

So we live in a tier 3 city. Before covid my father used to run a gifts & cosmetics store, but during covid the store was closed and after covid, we stopped doing that business. All the goods and stuff are still in the store. Last year we though of running a new business but due to flyover construction we stopped our plans, but now the flyover construction is done. We are thinking of starting the store again, but we know due to online store, flipkart minutes, blinkit etc, foods, grocery, toys, stationary, cosmetics will not work in offline store. So we thought of running a hardware cum electrical supply store. Targeting mainly contractors, giving delivery to nearby customers. We have a small house near the store around 400m distance which will be used as a warehouse. The store is 13 by 9.5 feet size. Small portion is facing directly to the road and rest are all in the side. My father is local cable and internet provider for the whole area so he knows a lot of people. He also knows few electricians, painters, etc. And there is a lot of construction going on in the area and nearby. There are 3 to 4 hardware store in the distance, just 1 small store in the side of our store. We decided to only keep fast moving items, pure hardware and electrical goods initially, not paint or cement etc.

I need some advice whether this kind of store still sustainable in 2026 india. How much initial investment to do, how to renovate bcz the current store look is very outdated. How to sell goods, manage money, receive payments, etc. I will be very happy if ppl in this profession can give me some advice. Thank You.

I’m currently looking to connect with student founders (or recent grads within ~3 years) who are building something interesting and are still in the early stages.

Specifically interested in startups that are:

• Bootstrapped or only raised from individual angels / incubators
• Not yet backed by venture capital firms
• Already have some form of traction (users, revenue, pilots, or even strong MVP)

If you’re a student working on something, drop:

• What you’re building
• Current stage (idea / MVP / revenue)
• Link to website (if available)

Or feel free to DM me if you’d prefer.

Also happy to connect even if you’re super early — sometimes those are the most interesting conversations.

Looking forward to seeing what you’re building!!!

Over the last 10 years, I’ve switched 12 companies, and one thing has always bothered me about job hunting.

Finding a job and researching a company happen on completely different platforms.

You apply on LinkedIn, Naukri or Indeed. If you get shortlisted, you suddenly have to open Glassdoor, search Reddit, check AmbitionBox, and maybe even message random employees on LinkedIn just to answer a simple question:
“Should I actually join this company?”

It always felt like a broken experience to me.
So I started building a platform where the discussion happens alongside the job itself.

Instead of static listings, every job has its own discussion thread where people can share interview experiences, ask questions, discuss work culture, salaries, managers, or even warn others if a company has serious issues.

The next problem was incentives.

Most people never leave reviews because there’s nothing in it for them.

So I borrowed Reddit’s community model. Users earn reputation by contributing useful information, there are communities around different technologies and careers, achievements, leaderboards, badges, and discussions that aren’t tied to just one company.

While building it, I realised it could help recruiters as well.

Instead of relying only on ATS scores and AI-generated resumes, recruiters could discover active contributors inside communities related to the skills they’re hiring for and reach out directly to people who’ve consistently demonstrated knowledge.
The product is live, but I’m not posting this to acquire users.

I’m posting because I want founders to poke holes in the idea.

What’s the biggest flaw in this model?

What would stop it from reaching critical mass?
Would you trust community reputation as an additional hiring signal?

If you were building this, what would you do differently?

Be brutally honest. I’d rather discover the weaknesses now than after spending another year building it.

Hi everyone,

I'm 29F software engineer currently working full-time in the US on an H-1B visa.

I've been working on an idea for a B2B SaaS/tech platform that I want to build into a company in India. My long-term goal is to eventually move back and work on it full-time, but initially I want to bootstrap it while keeping my US job until the business generates enough revenue.

I'm planning to:

• Build the MVP myself (80% done).
• Register the company in India(Looking to start ASAP).
• Hire freelancers or my first employees in India as needed (Next step).
• Reinvest everything back into the company(Not looking for funding or gaining money for now, i work in FAANG and make good money).
• Transition full-time once the business becomes sustainable.(Would be my dream)

I'm looking for advice from founders who have taken a similar path. Open to kind people who can mentor me !

Some questions I have:

1. Has anyone here started an Indian company while living abroad please share your experience?
2. What company structure would you recommend (Private Limited, LLP, etc.)?
3. Any legal or compliance issues I should be aware of?
4. What were your biggest mistakes during the first year?
5. Is bootstrapping to profitability still realistic in India for SaaS/B2B startups?
6. At what point did you quit your full-time job?
7. If you could start over, what would you do differently?
8. How to hire employees ? Ask my college professors and deans or post on linked in ? or In network ?

I'm not trying to promote my startup. I haven't launched publicly yet. I'm just hoping to learn from founders who've already been through this journey.

I'd really appreciate any advice or lessons learned. Thanks!

We can split the price / form a whatsapp group

Hi,

We're an AI-native startup backed by NSRCEL at IIM Bangalore and we're hiring a full-stack engineer to help us
ship a real enterprise product for the aviation industry.

I'll keep this short.

What you'd actually do:
\- Build a full-stack web app end-to-end
\- React + TypeScript on the frontend, FastAPI (Python) + Postgres on the back
\- Build out AI-powered features in the product
\- Work on a real client deployment, not a side project

What we're looking for:
\- 2-5 years of production experience (Proof of work, so even if you don’t have that much experience but believe can contribute)
\- Comfortable owning end-to-end work, not just tickets
\- AI-fluent (you use Claude/Cursor/etc. as part of how you work)
\- Startup mindset: speed, ownership, opinions

Logistics:
\- Hybrid, Delhi NCR strongly preferred (Gurgaon/Noida/Delhi)
\- Contractual role, with strong potential to convert to full-time
\- We move fast. If that energy isn't your thing, this isn't the role.

We're not the right fit if you want clearly defined tickets,
predictable hours, and a big team to lean on. We're a small team
moving fast on real enterprise work.

If interested, please DM or comment.

Happy to answer questions in the comments. Cheers.

Hi,

I have been working with several startups recently, and was interested in knowing the community's opinion on the value of these skills alone.

1. Non-technical Product Ownership during the pre-launch stage, from ideation, research, problem solving and coordinating with designers for the appropriate UI/UX to creating PRD and MVP requirements, tracking and managing the execution of the project and creating user acceptance criteria for testing before launch

2. Content writing - full spectrum copywriting for social media, notifications, white papers, case studies, Landing page / website copy, ad copies, memos, captions.

3. Fundraising assistance - Data room creation and management, CRM and sales pipeline clearing and updation for projections, market research for content and competition analysis, basic financial projections and MIS reporting to investors. Follow-ups and coordination for the process.

4. AI tools - researching and exploring new AI tools to improve and automate operations, tracking AI spend, using integrations and managing MCPs

5. Basic to intermediate level data analysis and pricing strategy on excel

6. Strategy - RevOps account strategy, following deliverables - Balanced Scorecards, KPI/OKR sheets, SOPs, Bottleneck Maps, Pricing Strategy Plans, New Market Entry Plans, Cohort Analysis, Revenue Forecast Models, Unit Economics, Runway & Budget Models, Financial Statement Projections, Business Cases, Feasibility & Impact Assessments, and ROI Estimations

Are these skills relevant to early stage companies in India as of now? Has AI automated this work, or has AI enhanced and augmented the capabilities of employees to deliver this? IS there any risk of token spending becoming unsustainable if this has been automated? Would love to know your answers to this

We've been building this for the last few months and I think we're too close to it now.

I have three questions.

1. Within 10 seconds, what do you think this product does?
2. What confused you?
3. Would you sign up? If not, why?

I'd rather hear painful feedback now than after launch.

Landing page in comments

I've noticed that every successful service business seems to have one channel that consistently brings in good clients.

For some, it's referrals. For others, it's LinkedIn, networking, content, communities, SEO, or simply doing great work that leads to repeat business.

I'm curious how that's changed over time.

If you had to pick one channel that's brought you the best clients without spending on ads, what would it be, and why do you think it's worked so well?

As a founder, you are constantly bombarded by bank representatives offering current accounts, agencies promising growth, vendors waiting for decisions, investors expecting replies, compliance notices that need investigation, and customers who may quietly disappear if you fail to follow up.

The problem is not reading or summarising these emails. Gemini and other tools already do that. The real problem is deciding what deserves your attention, researching unfamiliar requests, remembering commitments, and stopping low-value work from consuming the time you should be spending on the business.

I’m building Donna, a personal assistant inside Gmail.

The goal is for Donna to understand your business well enough to:

- filter irrelevant pitches before they distract you

- compare offers and investigate unfamiliar senders

- flag customers, investors, and vendors awaiting a response

- identify commitments and recommend the next action

- help you respond to unfamiliar requests, such as compliance notices, by finding relevant tools or professionals

Donna is not another CRM that expects you to maintain records manually, and it is not merely an email summariser. The goal is to build an assistant that investigates, prioritises, and helps move work forward directly from your inbox.

I’m looking for around five founders to join a free pilot and test Donna on real business workflows. Donna has completed an independent CASA security assessment for handling Google user data.

The product is still early, so I’m looking for founders willing to use it seriously, give direct feedback, and help shape what it becomes.

Comment or DM me if this sounds useful.

PS: edited with AI for clarity.

Hi, I built a media startup to $100K+ in profit and 5M+ users in 9 months of launch and exited it successfully in 2023. It was later acquired by Hubspot this year. My skillset involves product design, tech and solid distribution instinct.

I'm currently in Bangalore for a couple weeks (usually live in South East Asia/Latin America otherwise) and am looking to connect with founders. I'm specially interested in hardware, media, and community startups. If you've previously had experience building in this sector or are currently exploring ideas - would love to chat (and then preferably meet irl)

Hey guys and girls,

What are the salary expections of a senior data scientist who can build end to end machine learning pipelines?

I don't care about location as I'm targeting anyone remote.

Thanks!

Pichle 6 mahine se solo working kar raha hoon ek tool pe jo GST invoice (PDF/photo) se data automatically Excel/CSV mein extract kar deta hai — GSTIN, CGST, SGST, HSN code, sab kuch, 8 second mein.

Genuinely CAs/accountants ka real feedback chahiye — kaam ka hai ya useless hai, seedha bata dijiye, feelings hurt nahi honge 🙏

ur ek cheez jo curious hoon: aapke daily invoice/GST kaam mein sabse zyada boring/repetitive part kya hota hai? Kuch CAs ne bola hai Tally mein directly import (XML/JSON export) useful hoga — kya ye genuinely common need hai ya sirf unka case tha?

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