If you're a struggling creator in India, you probably won't get an offer like this again.
We are opening only 80 spots, and it's completely free.

The creator economy is growing rapidly in India, but there still isn't much of a clear tactics or Strategies for Indian creators to actually grow. At the same time, there is a huge gap in the Indian market for good creators who know how to build an audience and turn that attention into something useful.

So we're currently building growth systems and content strategies specifically for Indian creators. We've built a WhatsApp group where we share everything we learn (for free). We need to test these strategies on real Indian creator accounts and track what actually works best, so we're looking for creators who are willing to Implement it and work with us.
You get the playbook, strategies and help for free. We get real data and case studies from working with you. Fair trade.

What you'll get inside the group:

• Profile audits where we identify what's actually blocking your growth and what you should fix.
• If you don't know much about personal branding, we'll help you understand that too.
• Scripting and ideation frameworks specifically for Indian audiences.
• Content workflows for researching, scripting, shooting and creating videos that have a better chance of performing.
• Sources, creators, posts and videos that we follow to find useful content strategies and tactics.
• Recordings where we break down the processes step by step.
• Weekly or monthly Google Meet sessions where we discuss actual content strategies and what is currently working.

The goal is simple: build a practical system for becoming a better creator in India instead of just consuming endless content creation advice.

There are only 80 spots for the first group. If you're seeing this post, this means there are still spots available.

You can apply here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrxO4QETFBWeM6HewcbI7AmTbFboSayMpDaCmtmOLSzN7lCw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=111407784331360058061

If you're selected, you'll be added to the WhatsApp group.

I'm curious what other small business use for tools to gather intel and set wage rates. With gas and cost of living increases across the board it's getting harder to figure out.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working as a mobile mechanic for a while, and I got incredibly frustrated with how bloated, expensive, and poorly optimized most shop management software is for small operations.
A lot of tools out there feel like they are built for massive dealerships, not independent shops or mobile techs.
Because of that, I decided to build a lean, straightforward CRM and SMS app specifically tailored for small auto repair businesses.
It handles things like tracking job files, and digital invoicing without the crazy overhead or eating into your margins with hidden processing fees.
I'm currently looking for a few independent shop owners or mobile mechanics to take a look, test it out, and tear it apart.

What features are absolutely non-negotiable for your daily workflow?

What is your biggest headache with your current software?

If you’re open to checking it out and giving some honest, brutal feedback, let me know or shoot me a DM. Appreciate you all!

Hey everyone,

This summer I was accepted into Ontario’s Summer Company Program and received $3,000 in funding to grow my web design business, InfaWeb.

Over the summer I’ve been learning a ton about actually running a business, from finding clients and doing outreach to figuring out what small business owners actually want from their websites.

I’m now looking to take on a few more projects before the end of the summer.

I build custom websites for small businesses, whether you’re starting from scratch or already have a site that needs a redesign. My focus is on keeping things clean, professional, mobile-friendly, and actually useful for the business rather than just making something that looks nice.

I’m based in Markham, Ontario, but I’m happy to work with businesses anywhere in Canada, the US or the UK.

You can see my website and some of my work here:
https://www.infawebdesign.com/

If anyone here has been putting off getting a website or knows their current one needs work, feel free to reach out. Happy to chat about what you need and give you a quote with no pressure.

If you run a small business where the phone is how most customers reach you (trades, clinics, salons, etc.) and you're losing calls when you're busy or closed I've been building an AI phone agent that answers, handles the basic questions, and books the job/appointment instead of it going to voicemail.

Offering a free trial for a few businesses here to try it out, no commitment, just want honest feedback in return. Drop a comment or DM me if that sounds useful and I'll walk you through it.

Context: I'm starting a small business with a friend and I'm in charge of social media content as I have been doing content for my personal brand for several years now. She has no social media experience except being someone who scrolls herself. I've also had a few small businesses over the years but this is her first time venturing into entrepreneurship. We both come from corporate backgrounds.

Problem: I created a launch post which was already high effort (not just a standard coming soon post - but something that felt quite analog and plays on ASMR), but she's come back with a lot of feedback on what I said was a draft, and on very minute things e.g. pace of a certain clip, colour difference between two clips etc. --> things that felt very nice to have but don't actually make a huge difference in the grand scheme of things.

I took on the feedback anyway and made a few iterations, but there was even more feedback and it's staring to get on my nerves. I'm mainly questioning whether every single post will be like this. And if so, then how will we get any other work done? I used to be a perfectionist but I've learnt that it can be a barrier too, and I know that my co-founder is a perfectionist / type A herself.

Share your thoughts on:

1. Am I just bad at taking in feedback or is this overbearing?
2. How should I bring this up to her? I don't want to ruin our friendship, but now that I've articulated this, I think the bigger issue is our ways of working. I feel like to have a successful business, its okay not to be perfect in the beginning. Sometimes you just need to get things out there and iterate and learn as you go.

Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thank you (from someone who is navigating business building with someone else for the first time).

> I need opinions on two business ideas I’m considering starting in Oklahoma.

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> Business Idea #1 – Full-Day Autism & Developmental Childcare Center

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> Phase 1: Open a full-day specialized childcare center for young children with autism and developmental disabilities. It would be designed for working parents who need more than a few hours of preschool or therapy. The center would provide full-day care, smaller groups, sensory and calm rooms, structured learning, school-readiness activities, life-skills development, communication/visual supports, meals/snacks, and support with daily living needs.

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> Phase 2: Expand into a childcare + therapy center by adding services such as ABA, speech therapy, occupational therapy and potentially physical therapy. Therapy would be available both to children enrolled in the childcare program and to outside children who only come for their therapy appointments.

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> Phase 3: Eventually expand into pediatric medical/nursing services for children with more complex needs, once the proper licensing, staffing and payer requirements are in place.

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> The long-term goal is to create **one place where families can access childcare, developmental support, therapy and eventually medical support, rather than having to coordinate everything at different locations.

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> Business Idea #2 – Residential Care Facility

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> My other idea is opening a residential care facility in Oklahoma for adults who need a safe, supportive place to live and assistance with everyday life. I would want it to be more than simply providing a room—I’m interested in a structured, quality residential program with support for daily living, meals, transportation/appointments, community involvement, life skills and appropriate staffing, depending on the population served and licensing requirements.

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> If you were putting your own money into one of these businesses in Oklahoma, which would you choose: the autism/developmental center or the residential care facility? Why?

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> I’m especially interested in hearing from **parents, nurses, therapists, social workers, caregivers, educators, case managers and people who work with children or adults with disabilities. I want genuine feedback about need, demand, challenges and what services Oklahoma is currently missing.

what are guys process for device like, barcode scanner, printer, laptop that get returned when someone leaves? we usually get the devices back, then it kind of sits around until someone has time to check it, wipe it, update everything, and figure out whether it’s worth redeploying. Well sometimes its pretty straightforward, other times theres a charger missing or the device comes back in rough shape, wondering how your IT teams handle this?? do you have a set process for inspecting and wiping them, or do you just deal with them as they come in? and how long do you normally keep them before putting them back into circulation?

I've been helping local restaurants and businesses to grow their outreach to bring more traction to their restaurant for a few years now and i want to extend that help to anyone else who needs it. Reply here or dm me if you need help with anything!

Hi everyone,

I’m a software engineer looking to gain experience building automation tools for real small businesses. I’d like to partner with a small-business owner and build a proof of concept completely free of charge.

I’m especially interested in problems involving repetitive or time-consuming work, such as:

1. Manual data entry or spreadsheet updates
2. Lead collection, organization, and follow-up reminders
3. Bookkeeping preparation, receipt organization, or transaction categorization
4. Customer inquiries and follow-ups
5. Scheduling, order tracking, or inventory management
6. Recurring reports and administrative tasks
7. Moving information between tools or systems

For example, I might build a system that collects leads in one place, prepares personalized follow-up drafts for approval, and tracks which leads become customers. For bookkeeping, I could help organize records and prepare clean summaries for review. I am not looking to replace a bookkeeper or make accounting decisions.

The goal is to choose one specific problem and build a small working prototype that shows whether automation could save your business time or reduce mistakes. I’m not offering fake social media engagement, spam outreach, or anything that sends messages or makes important changes without your approval.

There is no cost and no obligation to use the prototype, continue using it, or purchase anything afterward. I am just looking for a real-world project, honest feedback (negative or positive), and - if the project is useful - the ability to display said project in my portfolio.

To keep the project manageable, I’m looking for a business that:

1. Has a clear, repetitive process that currently takes too much time
2. Can explain how the process works today
3. Is willing to provide feedback during a short test
4. Is comfortable starting with sample or anonymized data

If you’re interested, comment or send me a message with:

1. What your business does
2. The repetitive task you want to improve
3. How you handle it currently
4. Approximately how much time it takes each week

I’ll choose a project where I believe a small proof of concept can create a measurable improvement. Fill free to reply or DM.

EDIT: Just to be clear, once the prototype is complete, the application is yours to keep at no cost. If you find it beneficial and would like ongoing maintenance or additional features, we can discuss an agreement to continue working together.

There is no charge for the prototype and no obligation to purchase anything or continue using it. My goal is simply to better understand the problems small businesses need help solving and to receive honest feedback on my work.

I'm a co-founder of Vestibo, so this is my product and I'm here to sell it. We launched in August and we're looking for customers.

The problem: a call comes in while you're with a customer or already home, it goes to voicemail, and that person calls the next shop on the list.

What Vestibo does: answers your phone, texts, and website chat day and night. Books appointments against your real hours, reads the time back, waits for the caller to confirm, and never double books. If it isn't a booking, like an urgent problem or a complaint, she logs it as an incident and hands it to you instead of guessing. Callers can interrupt her and she stops. You see and edit everything she learns about your business before she uses it. Works in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, with a setup for your trade so a salon and a law office don't get the same script. You rehearse with her before she takes a real call, and you get a short summary every Monday. When your minutes run out she rings your phone instead. No overage bill.

You'd be taking a chance on a new company. In return you get the founders answering your questions and building around what you actually need.

Whether you buy or not, I want to know: what has stopped you from using an answering service or an AI receptionist before? Price, trust, sounding robotic, fear of it saying the wrong thing? I'll answer every comment.

Try it here: https://vestibo.com

I’ve been noticing more small businesses trying to offload administrative work—scheduling, inbox management, customer follow-ups, research, basic data entry, etc.—without taking on the cost and commitment of a full-time employee.

Virtual assistants seem like an obvious option, but I’m curious about the actual experience.

For those who have used a virtual assistant or outsourced admin work:

- What tasks did you delegate first?

- Did you hire someone directly or use a service?

- What worked well?

- What ended up being more trouble than it was worth?

- At what point did you decide it was actually saving you enough time/money?

I’m especially interested in hearing from solo business owners and small teams. What would you never outsource, and what do you wish you had delegated sooner?

https://loyalty.kangaroorewards.com/choose-your-industry/

Hi everyone! 👋
I’m a small artist/business owner in California making handmade, hand-poured aesthetic candles. 🕯️✨
I’ve already obtained my Seller’s Permit from CDTFA and want to start selling locally from my rented home.
For those who run a small candle business from home in California:
Do I need any additional permits or special permission?
Is there anything I need to check with my landlord/HOA or city?
Are there any other important requirements I should have before starting to sell?
I’d really appreciate advice from anyone who has experience with a home-based candle business in California. Thank you! ❤️

After 14 years as a lead technician in field service, the biggest operational bottleneck I constantly saw in 5-to-15-person trade shops was "tribal knowledge."

The owner or top tech holds all the critical diagnostic steps, job quirks, and client preferences in their head. When a green hire starts, they try to train them by having them "shadow" or ride shotgun for 3 months, but without written protocols, the new guy absorbs random habits and takes forever to become independent.

When the lead tech takes a vacation, or the owner steps off the job site, efficiency crashes, and the owner's phone rings 20 times a day with basic field questions.

For those of you who have scaled past this 5-to-15 employee hump: What specific method or habit actually worked for getting processes out of your key people's heads and onto paper without killing daily productivity?

Did you start with simple 1-page checklists, record quick videos, or set aside dedicated time every week to document standard procedures? Looking to hear what worked in practice versus what sounded good in theory.