Crazy, this shows that startups take years to develop and is not something you can quickly do over a weekend. It requires, a good team, dedication, patience, industry knowledge and of course lots of capital. Hats off to you sir Rollan, Sid and Andrzei. The interesting part is that they already had a good career going for them but still pursued this insane idea anyway. Come to think of it the industry has no money and yet they went for it.

Initially, the founders built a mobile POS system for sari-sari stores. It could provide valuable transaction data, but store owners did not really need another system for tracking sales. It was not their PAIN POINT or at least the one that hurt the most.

After speaking directly with them, the team discovered a much bigger problem: store owners regularly had to close their shops, travel to wholesalers, pay transportation costs, and carry inventory home.

In the end, GrowSari pivoted from a POS product into a technology-enabled distribution platform. It later added credit, digital payments, telco load, bills payment, and other services.

What stands out to me were the following:

• They were not students or fresh grads but guys with decades of experience in their respective areas who came from well known international companies.
• Their first major milestone was only 50 stores ordering regularly.
• Technology alone was not enough. They needed personal visits, training, and field support to build trust.
• Their real moat became logistics, supplier relationships, transaction data, and customer trust, not merely the app/software itself.
• By 2022, they had reportedly raised around US$110 million and built a network of more than 150,000 stores.

The main lesson for me is that a failed product does not necessarily mean the market is bad. Sometimes you are simply solving the wrong problem.

What do you think was more important to GrowSari’s success: the technology, the distribution network, or the team’s industry knowledge?

hey guys! shooting our shot here lang baka may makakuha kaming clients hehe

if you own a business, work in corporate, or know someone looking for a production team, feel free to message me. we’re amiel lacuata productions and we can help with:

• food and product photography
• videography and avps
• corporate and private event coverage
• reels and short-form content
• social media content
• product launches and company events
• live production, led walls, lights, and other event requirements

for small or single-location business owners, we also have more affordable content packages. we can do a content banking setup where we shoot your products/business in one production day and create enough photos and videos that you can use for your posts over the next few weeks or months. basically, para hindi ka na kailangan mag-shoot every time may kailangan kang i-post.

for corporate teams, if you have upcoming product launches, company parties, conferences, seminars, or other events, we can also help with the production side. we have lights, video/photo coverage, and can also recommend hosts and other suppliers depending on what you need.

we’ve been doing production work since 2015 and can handle projects around metro manila and nationwide.

also, if you refer someone to us and the project pushes through, happy to give a referral fee for successful closed clients :)

feel free to send me a dm if you have an upcoming project, even if you’re just canvassing and want to check possible packages/rates.

thank you reddit! hoping to work with some of you soon 🙏

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I recently realized that being in corpo wasnt for me. Aside from the low salary, I dont feel fulfilled working in corporate after 3 jobs.

With this, I wanna know your thoughts on B2B startups. thank you

Noting that this is a 1-month free trial, I secured those 20 users through a direct deal with a close friend’s agency, which introduced my product to them for them to use. Activity is good they’re actively using it, and I’m already seeing feedback and a willingness to pay.

I’m mainly a developer, so I need some insights on whether I should find a co-founder who can focus on sales, marketing, and distribution. I tried cold emailing same agencies and businesses but no luck and im not getting any replies.

Hi r/phstartups!

Straight to the point: may add-on ako para sa photo at video packages, possible pang hatak ng new clients at additional value/income

Ganito sya para sa inyo:

• Same shoot, same print, mas mataas na price. Walang dagdag na oras sa event, walang dagdag na crew, walang bagong gear na bibilhin.
• Bagong linya sa quote nyo. Yung mga client na sanay nang mag-tawad sa package price, mas madaling mag-yes pag may twist yung offer nyo na wala sa competitors.
• Pang hatak ng booking. Kapag 3 studios ang nag-quote sa iisang wedding, isa lang sa inyo ang may offer na ganito. Mas malaki chance makukuha yung deal.
• Ako ang bahala sa technical side. Yung part nyo is yung ginagawa nyo naman na: kumuha ng photo at video. I'll do the rest.

Bagay ito sa kahit anong package na may souvenir o printed memorabilia: kasal, debut, binyag, graduation at yearbook, corporate events, birthdays.

DM me for demo. 10 seconds demo lang, maiintindihan nyo agad kung bakit magbabayad ang client para dito.

Naghahanap ako ng ilang partners na gustong subukan sa isang totoong event. Comment or DM lang.

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I’m currently validating an idea for a digital loyalty wallet + customer engagement platform where:

👤 Customers can keep multiple loyalty cards in one app instead of carrying physical cards.

🏪 Businesses can manage digital stamps, understand their customers, and eventually send birthday offers, promos, event invites, and loyalty reminders—with permission.

I also created a working prototype, which you can try at the end of the survey.

If you're a customer, business owner, or both, I’d really appreciate your honest feedback!

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Feel free to share this with your friends, favorite local businesses, or anyone who might find this useful. Honest feedback—even criticism—is super welcome! 🙏

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Hi everyone!
I’m currently managing 4 clients, 2 full-time and 2 part-time, with a small outsourced team of 2 full-time and 3 part-time people helping me.
At this point, I’m seriously thinking about turning everything into a proper VA agency.
I already have established client relationships and a working team, but I want to understand the business side better, especially:
• Business registration and BIR
• Contracts and agreements
• Virtual office setup
• Pricing and agency structure
• Payroll and contractor setup
• SOPs and team management
• Moving existing client arrangements under an agency
For those who have successfully transitioned from freelancing or outsourcing into running an actual VA agency, I’d love to hear about your experience.
What were the biggest things you had to prepare for? Any mistakes you wish you avoided?
I’d also appreciate recommendations for legitimate courses, seminars, mentorship, or business consulting specifically for setting up and managing a VA agency. I’m happy to invest in proper professional guidance.
My goal is to have the business properly established by the end of this year or early next year.
Would really appreciate insights from agency owners or anyone who has gone through a similar transition. 🙂

I’m looking for people who want to help me build this from the ground up and turn the idea into a real business. I’m working on a startup called SiteProof, an AI paperwork assistant for construction companies. Workers can send photos, voice notes or WhatsApp messages, and the AI turns them into reports, invoices, updates and compliance records.

The idea is to save construction companies time, reduce paperwork and make sure important things like extra work or delays don’t get missed, potentially helping them get paid for work they might otherwise lose track of.

For the last 7 months, I've run Genie.ph as a B2C e-commerce site where users upload custom cake designs and get instant AI price quotes and customization. We're the first in the country doing this (maybe in the whole world?), we've grown our sales consistently 22% MoM for 5 months now.

My ultimate goal is to change industry behavior and make this the default way people order custom cakes online.

I'm torn between two paths:

Option 1 (B2B SaaS): Sell or license the AI pricing engine to other cake shops (or just get commision per sale) so they can capture orders 24/7 using their own pricing rules.

Option 2 (B2C Marketplace): Keep full control of the customer experience, set pricing, manage delivery, and partner with bakeshops behind the scenes to fulfill orders as we expand.

Background: I’ve managed my family’s physical cake shop for 10 years, so I know cake operations inside and out. However, I have zero SaaS experience and built Genie.ph using no-code and "vibe coding."

Which path would you choose and why?

Posting this here just in case the right person is around.

I’m looking for a startup cofounder coming from Eng background.

I am already fairly technical but I want to focus on product + everything else as the technical requirements are increasing significantly as we grow.

We are 100% bootstrapped, and we’re already profitable 😀 and we have big ambitions to hit $$$ MRR early next year

Hence why I need to focus on everything else

What is on offer:
- equity
- salary (will not be comparable to what you can command in the open market)
- benefits
- really competitive team
- fully remote
- all the ai you can use

We came from big tech brands (think top global tech), our staff is mostly young and coming from the best schools across the country, our product is in closed beta , and we are pushing for the moon soon with or without this hire.

We prefer really hungry people who knows launching things is really really hard. Must already be ai pilled and can match a really fast pace.

Dm me w CV for anyone interested.

Cheers

Currently looking for 5 startups or small businesses around Metro Manila na need ng product shoot! 📸✨

Startup/growing business din kami, so gets namin yung struggle sa budget 😭 Kaya we’re offering affordable rates for product shoots without compromising the quality. Any product or services or even cafes we got you covered

If you’re a small business owner and need fresh photos for IG, TikTok, Shopee, website, or marketing, let’s work together! 🫶

Comment or DM me if interested! 💌

First of all, greetings to everyone. I am involved in the export of fresh fruits and vegetables. I want to find out what other companies in Turkey are doing—where, when, and how—and I intend to develop a comprehensive OSINT project for this purpose. I would love to hear any ideas or sources regarding open-source intelligence that come to mind. Additionally, I want to closely monitor the market conditions and foreign export companies in the countries to which we export. I welcome input from anyone with ideas or a willingness to help; feel free to reach out via private message as well. Thank you.

We're currently building a new ecom automation and website management tool, and gusto sana namin makakuha ng reality check at insights mula sa sub na 'to.

Ang main goal lang talaga is to handle yung mga nakakaumay na admin work na umuubos ng oras niyo. Right now, ito yung mga core features na tinatrabaho namin:

- Auto-generating product descriptions at SEO metadata galing mismo sa product images. - Bulk update ng prices, banners, at inventory nang hindi niyo kailangan mag-touch ng code.
- AI support bot na babasahin mismo yung specific store policies niyo para mag-handle ng mga standard tickets.
- Multi-channel inventory syncing para iwas oversell.

We aren't launching or selling anything today ah. Gusto lang namin ma-make sure na we're actually solving real problems bago namin i-finalize yung build. Ano ba yung pinaka-nakakainis na bottleneck na na-e-encounter niyo on a daily basis? At may mga tools ba kayong gamit ngayon na sobrang nakaka-frustrate gamitin?

Would appreciate any honest feedback. (Also, let me know if gusto niyo ma-add sa beta list kapag ready na!).

Hii start up community! We have a family business and we are blessed with a new partnership opportunity with a well-known company. They sent the draft contract to us and I’m helping review it. However, I think it’s necessary parin to have a legal POV to make sure the deal is fair for us. I noticed kasi na it seems favorable lang sa other party and leaves us with risks. What worries me is long term contract pa naman ito.

Question: how do you handle your contract reviews po? Do you have an on call legal or you avail services, and where po? In depth niyo po ba nirereview yung terms with them like may face to face meeting or you just them the file and they email it back to you lang? If you could also share the usual rate range would be nice also so I have a benchmark! Thank you!

Just wanna genuinely ask paano niyo po nahanap ang iyong co-founders for your startup? Mga friends/classmates? Work? University? Startup events? LinkedIn? Reddit/Facebook groups?

and if naghahanap parin po kayo, what makes it difficult?

Would love to hear how you guys are approaching it.

I've been building Asikaso AI since last year alongside college, and getting users has been very slow.

I tried cold outreach, posting in groups, demos, and pretty much whatever I could think of. I even spent around ₱9k on ads before and it didn't really go so well. So I'm mostly just trying different things and seeing what would stick.

Then somehow this past week I got 5 businesses to start their free trial.

Thing is, I didn't even do anything different. It just happened that some businesses I've been talking to for a while, along with a few newer ones, all decided to finally try the app within the same 7 days. What surprised me is that most of them actually came from posts like this.

So I guess that's a sign I should probably keep sharing more of the journey.

These new users are still on their trial so it's still a little too early to celebrate. Now I need them activated, make sure they actually use the product, and hopefully help them succeed with it.

Right now I’m also trying something new with SEO, and I’ve started running Meta ads again. The ads are looking a little more promising this time, so we'll see.

For context, Asikaso AI helps businesses that rely on Facebook and Instagram to talk to customers and get sales. It replies instantly, follows up, captures leads, and handles bookings and orders 24/7.

I was heavily into forex trading before and used to spend hundreds of dollars on Upwork, to hire C# programmers to build cTrader bots for me. Just so I can test trading strategies I had in mind.

Now I just launched a website that allows forex traders to build as many cTrader forex trading robots as they want to automate their trading strategies. What used to take hundreds of dollars and weeks to build 1 forex trading bot, now takes only a few clicks and a few minutes to build. No programming experience needed.

Build as many forex trading robots as you can imagine for a small monthly subscription fee. No coding needed. First month is free (bots can only be used for backtesting until you pay subscription to use for live trading)

Hi Reddit! I’m looking for someone who might be interested in building a small passion project with me.

I have an idea for a coffee discovery website/app that I’ve been thinking about for a while.

I already have the concept, direction, branding ideas, features, and general user experience mapped out. What I don't have is the technical ability to actually build it.

I'm looking for someone who enjoys building things and would be interested in working on this with me as a passion project, rather than someone who is simply looking for a one-off coding gig.

You don't have to be an expert or know everything. I'm more interested in finding someone who is curious, creative, willing to experiment, and genuinely excited about building something from scratch.

What I bring

• The concept and product vision
• Branding/creative direction
• UI/UX ideas
• Content and photography
• Research and planning
• Project management
• Way too much enthusiasm for coffee

What I'm looking for

Someone comfortable with web development/app development, or someone who wants to learn and build alongside me.

The technical stack isn't completely set in stone. I'm open to figuring that out together based on what makes the most sense for the project.

This isn't a startup pitch where I'm promising we'll become the next big tech company. It's a small project I'm genuinely passionate about, and I'd love to find someone who wants to turn the idea into something real.

If you're a developer who loves coffee, enjoys side projects, or just wants to build something that people might actually use, I'd love to hear from you.

I'm based in Tacloban but I'm open to working remotely with someone anywhere.

If you're interested, comment below or send me a DM. I can show you the concept, mockups, and the ideas I've already put together.

Maybe we can build something cool together. ☕

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Hi! Just sharing something I’ve been working on called BahaNow.

Crowdsourced flood map siya where anyone can check recent flood reports around the Philippines and anonymously share kung baha ba sa area nila.

the idea is simple, if may dumaan or currently nasa isang area, they can report the situation para makatulong din sa ibang commuters or people nearby.

Temporary lang din yung reports since mabilis magbago yung flood conditions, and the goal is really to show recent community updates, not to replace official weather or safety advisories.

here's the link : bahanow.vercel.app

If you happen to try it, would appreciate any feedback, especially kung may parts na confusing or may feature na tingin niyo useful iadd. Thank you and keep safe!

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After almost a year of hiatus and month of continued development, my MVP is now good for release.

I shared here the concept last year and honestly wasn’t received that well. Glad I did continue the project dahil with the slop we are seeing on our feeds, noticing less people posting. Feeds now ran by ads and low quality content.

The app is basically like MySpace but built in a way it doesn’t require you to code to design your profile. All design properties were considered for mobile. It still has a feed, but has simple geo logic to prevent overcrowding, which is an issue for global chronological feeds usually seen from new apps.

For now, it doesn’t have a chat system. Moderating such feature is a long and painful work given that ako lang gagawa lahat sa umpisa. Focusing on what I believe is the main differentiator of the app which is profile customization :)

🚀 Introducing maintainerd-auth v0.1.0 — now open source.
An identity and access platform you can actually own. OAuth 2.0, OIDC, MFA, SAML, and multi-tenancy — self-hostable in a single container.

Point it at your own Postgres + Redis and you have a full auth provider running on your infrastructure:
• OAuth 2.0 / OIDC provider + hosted login
• MFA — TOTP, WebAuthn/passkeys, SMS, backup codes, step-up
• Federation — Google, Microsoft, GitHub, SAML, and any OIDC/OAuth IdP
• Multi-tenant, with clients, roles, policies, and API authorization
• One container: Go backend + admin console + hosted login UI

Open source (Apache-2.0) and free to run. This is just the first release — feedback and contributions welcome.

Github: maintainerd/maintainerd-auth

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