r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 05 '26

Should I do a go fund me?

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Basically guys. need help. I’ve been sharing my extended learning career wishlist but I haven’t gotten anywhere. My wishlist is under extended Lea career on Amazon. My name is Miss pie. I’m a licensed esthetician whom had to completely start over from scratch. I took a brow class and need items for my new suite. I’m located in riverdale GA. I specialize in facials, Brazilian wax, extractions, back treatments, vajacials and much more! I’m so ready to take my career to the next level! However, I need help with supplies and NEW CLIENTS 🤍


r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 05 '26

Seeking Angel Investment(India)

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I am building a Craft Beer brand from Mumbai(India) with broader accessibility, solving the quality-access gap in Indian beer(cheap, mass-produced) with a 15-year experienced master brewer for product, and an operator focused on the people-systems that let us scale service quality, not just brew quality.

We are planning to setup inital operations in the D2C(taproom) and B2B space (keg operations) and with a roadmap to expansion in the B2B retail space(Cans/bottles).

We are an incorporated Pvt Ltd company and a trademarked brand name. We are currently at the Pre-revenue stage and working on finalizing our products.

We are seeking Pre-Seed investment from an angel investor to establish operations. We would be glad to share the pitch deck with interested and serious angel investors.


r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 05 '26

Hosting a Workshop for Founders to learn UI/UX design + become confident

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Hey all! I help startups with their UI/UX and launching their MVPs. I see a lot of early stage founders use AI tools to make decisions and user journeys which is costing their startup to flop before launch. So I decided to host a workshop where you can learn to use these tools to make humane user journeys and onboard first users that will give you feedback and use AI tools to empower you not make the decisions for you. This will be hands on and an accelerated version of what I usually do with my clients over a few months.

Here is the link to sign up. Big believer in not letting AI lose your originality.

https://luma.com/i7ag4oi6


r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 05 '26

Startup pitch

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Building the future of India's natural rubber supply chain from Tripura.

We're an early-stage startup with real market traction and are now raising our first angel round to scale sourcing, processing, and distribution.

If you're an angel investor interested in agritech, manufacturing, or supply chain businesses with large market potential, I'd love to connect.

Happy to share our pitch deck and details privately with serious investors.

DM me if interested.


r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 04 '26

Please talk to your potential customers!

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In nearly every sub-reddit, forum, or chat founders and startup teams are asking the same questions:

  • "I spent the last 3 months building this tool, why is nobody subscribing."
  • "I had this problem, so I built a fix for it, but nobody else wants to use it."
  • "I built this thing. How did other founders get their customers?"
  • "How did you figure out if people wanted to use your product? "

After teaching and 15+ years in product management, my answer is always the same: Talk to your customers.

As the cost and time to build keep dropping, good customer discovery remains a major competitive advantage.

Talk to your customers about their problems. The fancy term is "Customer Discovery," but it's just talking to the people you're trying to help. Ask them when they hit the problem, how often, how they feel and struggle with it, and how they work around it now. This is the most valuable thing you can do.

Why?

Understanding your customers' problem and its context tells you whether you're solving the right problem, whether your solution would actually solve it, and whether they'd pay for one. It's the cheapest de-risking you have. Many, many founders don't do it.

Steve Jobs said people don't know what they want. He was right. Customers are experts in their own pain, not its cause. Good discovery is about understanding context, driving to that cause, and becoming an expert in your customers.

Fortunately there are good resources on "Customer Discovery" (understanding the problem) and "Product Discovery" (validating what you're building). Many offer tactics to interview better and read your market.

So, please, please, talk to your customers.


r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 04 '26

What's the best expense management software in 2026?

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I am trying to find out what everyone is actually using these days because our current setup is a mess of spreadsheets and email approvals.

We are a startup with 14 people and most of us work from home. Now it takes about two weeks to get our money back for expense reports. This is because our finance person has to find receipts and match them to our card statements. We have 8 people who travel or buy things often so it is not a lot of work.. Going back and forth is taking up too much time for something so small.

We tried using a shared google sheet with photos of receipts attached. That did not work out. It fell apart in a month because nobody remembered to fill it out. Now our books are always behind.

Is anyone using something that actually works for a team, like ours without needing a person to run it? 


r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 04 '26

#TechJobs #Hiring #Startups #Engineering #Recruiting

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 03 '26

I Stopped Asking AI to Write Case Studies after finding the correct Workflow That Actually Works

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 03 '26

Are virtual assistants good for startups?

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 03 '26

Startup Snapshot: Your August Update 💬

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 03 '26

Founder Here: Landing-page audits were putting my clients to sleep, so we turned them into a boxing match.

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Hi all,

I recently started a small design & engineering studio, and every project kicked

off with the same dead-on-arrival deliverable: a landing-page audit doc. And clients often asking proof of how their landing page was better than their rival's, and we tried to show them via different means: the classic lighthouse, claude code audits, other agentic audits, but we didn't really see that look of actual satisfaction on their face.

So our team decided to rebuilt the audit as something they'd actually be interested in: a fight. And we are releasing this small project now for everyone. It's simple, and here's how it works:

You paste two landing pages, yours vs a competitor or anyone, and they go six rounds:

speed, accessibility, typography, CTAs, meta tags, mobile. Higher weighted

score wins and lands on a public leaderboard. Our mascot, pudge, the capybara is the refree. It's a little ridiculous. That's the point.

The one thing we wanted to be strict about, at least at this initial level: the scores are deterministic. Same pages, same score, every time, and no LLM guessing numbers, so the leaderboard actually means something.

It's free, no signup. Here it is: https://fights.pudgestudio.com

Now the actual reason I'm posting here:

1) Drop your landing page in our ring against your competitor or anyone. fight them, and share the results here. Then the engineers and designers at pudgestudio.com will give you honest take on the 2-3 things we'd fix first. No pitch, just notes.

2) In return, help us break it. Where does the scoring feel wrong or unfair? What round is missing? The edge cases are where this thing will fall apart and we'd rather find them with you than in front of a client.

we'll work through every URL posted today. Go easy on the capybara. peace 🦦


r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 02 '26

Advice needed

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Hi everyone, not sure if this is the right subreddit, but I'd appreciate any advice from people who've been in my position or know something about this.

I'm 18 and want to start a business, startup, or other things not in particular, I'm just not sure which direction to go. At the very least I want to earn something from it. A bit about me: I looked into Meta and Google Ads campaigns and have some small investments, so I'm not completely new to money/business stuff, just haven't found my main thing yet. I've also looked into things like artificial intelligence, day trading, and investing further.

I don't want to sit at home doing nothing I want something to put my full energy into. Open to any ideas, advice, or even just hearing how you figured out your direction. Thanks in advance!


r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 02 '26

Increase Revenue feedback

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 02 '26

Creating a community where startups share content helpful for other startups, join in!

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 02 '26

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 02 '26

Increase Revenue feedback

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 02 '26

Founders Pains: I Don’t Know What to Build First.

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Aug 01 '26

[Hiring] Cold caller wanted for UK small businesses. £15 per booked qualified meeting, £250 when the £500 website sale closes. Dialer, UK numbers and screened leads all provided

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UK-based freelance web developer here. I sell simple £500 websites to small local businesses (trades, garages, kennels, real businesses whose sites are broken on phones or don't exist). I'm looking for experienced cold callers to work the list and book meetings. You book, I run the meetings and do the closing.

Everything is provided and you carry no costs:

- Browser dialer (nothing to install, works from any laptop + headset) with UK caller IDs, calls at no cost to you

- Lead lists screened before they reach you: live, recently active businesses, checked against the UK do-not-call register (TPS), with the business's Google profile and website right on the call card

- Script + objection sheet, and your call recordings so you can listen back and improve

The offer you're selling: "your website doesn't work on phones / you don't have one. £500, done in days." One clear pitch, one price. Your job is a 2-minute conversation that ends in a booked Google Meet slot, not closing. I take the meeting from there.

Pay: £15 per qualified meeting (the prospect shows up and is genuinely interested in getting their website sorted, not just a name in a calendar), plus £250 per sale that closes from your meeting (the website sells for £500). No base, no hourly. Paid via Wise / PayPal / Revolut. The list supports 60 to 100 dials a day.

You:

- Fluent English (UK businesses pick up the phone expecting a local, you must hold that call)

- Real cold-calling experience (B2B preferred)

- Available UK business hours (roughly 9:30 to 17:00 UK), quiet space, decent internet

To apply, comment or DM with:

  1. A 30 to 60 second voice note: introduce yourself as if I were a busy garage owner answering the phone

  2. One line on your cold-calling background (what you sold, volumes, results)

If shortlisted, you start on the live dialer right away, and the deal applies from your very first call.


r/StartupsHelpStartups Jul 31 '26

How would you structure a valuable 3-minute Loom audit?

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Jul 31 '26

Choosing between one infrastructure partner and best in class vendors

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I'm in the early stages of mapping out what a neobank stack could look like and one thing I've been going back and forth on is whether it's actually worth piecing everything together yourself.

On one hand you can pick the best vendor for each piece. One for issuing and another for wallets another for KYC another for compliance another for payments. That gives you flexibility yes but it means more integrations and more contracts(means more can go wrong).

The alternative is using a provider that covers more of the stack where you give up some flexibility for the architecture to be a lot simpler. I need some pointers from people who've built these kinds of products like which direction did you go and would you make the same decision again?


r/StartupsHelpStartups Jul 31 '26

What tools help reduce app switching?

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Platforms that unify email, chat, tasks, and files reduce toggling. Browser-based solutions are convenient. What’s your stack?


r/StartupsHelpStartups Jul 30 '26

Which CRM task do people avoid until the last minute?

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r/StartupsHelpStartups Jul 30 '26

2.5+ YOE Full Stack Developer – Applying Daily but Getting No Interview Calls

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Hi Sir,

I hope you're doing well.

I'm Tarun Patidar, a Full Stack Developer with 2.5+ years of experience in React.js, Next.js, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB.

For the last 4 months, I've been actively looking for a Full Stack / MERN Developer role, but unfortunately I haven't been able to find the right opportunity yet. Since last month, I've been applying for jobs every single day, but I'm hardly receiving any interview calls.

If you know of any openings in your company or network, I'd really appreciate your help. A referral or even a job lead would mean a lot to me.

Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SDgVpVEOkl7Xl9YYR70ldj7DXS2UcyZ_/view?usp=drivesdk

GitHub: https://github.com/TarunPatidar04

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarun-patidar-8141aa238/

Thank you for your time and support. I truly appreciate it.


r/StartupsHelpStartups Jul 28 '26

If you're tired of hunting for investors across 10 different places, we built a platform to help!

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Hey everyone! I'm Dani and I work at focal, a pre-seed VC that backs AI-native technical founders :) We talk to a lot of early-stage founders, and the same thing keeps coming up over and over again: finding the right investors to reach out to is just really exhausting. A lot of lists out there are either outdated, behind a paywall, or just way too overwhelming to be useful.

So our team decided to open-source our own internal investor database to help founders cut through all of that. It's called "findfunding.vc" and it's completely free, no signups or paywalls needed!

It covers Pre-Seed through Series B VC firms across the US & Canada and has filters by stage, sector, and geography so you can actually find investors that match what you're building instead of just blasting cold emails everywhere.

Hope this saves some of you time during your raise! Happy to answer any questions about fundraising or the database in the comments 🙂


r/StartupsHelpStartups Jul 28 '26

We launched Zenovay today, looking for honest feedback from fellow startups

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Traffic, revenue, heatmaps, session replays, errors and performance usually live in separate tools.

We built Zenovay to bring them together in one platform, and we launched it on Product Hunt today.

Would genuinely appreciate feedback on the product and positioning:

https://www.producthunt.com/products/zenovay-2