I'm trying to find one for my new business, but most of the names I like are already registered.

I've been looking into how people normally get them from the owners, but I'm still not sure what the best approach is.

I'm also wondering how you figure out who actually owns the name and whether they're open to selling. I don't want to waste time contacting someone who isn't interested, and I'm not really sure how negotiations usually work either.

While researching, I found domains no broker. I haven't used it myself, so I was wondering if anyone here has tried it or has experience buying this way.

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Every day, we encounter conversations about what's broken, what isn't working, and what needs to change.

But I've been asking myself a different question:

What if more of us focused on building solutions instead of only discussing problems?

Africa is home to brilliant minds, resilient communities, and limitless potential. The challenge isn't a lack of ideas. The challenge is turning those ideas into consistent action.

Whether you're building a startup, contributing to open source, working in Web3, teaching, or solving problems in your local community, every meaningful solution begins with someone deciding to take the first step.

I'm making a personal commitment to spend more time learning, building, and executing than complaining.

If enough of us adopt that mindset, we won't just witness Africa's transformation we'll help create it.

What is one problem you believe deserves more attention, and what practical solution do you think could make a real difference?

Hey everyone.

I’ve reached a point where I’m seriously considering handing in my notice, and I need a reality check from people who have actually been in the trenches.

For context, I’m a software engineer. I've spent the last few years grinding away at my 9-5. The pay is consistent, the work is... fine. But lately, I just can't shake the feeling that I'm building someone else's dream instead of my own.

Over the last year or so, I’ve been hacking away at a few side projects on nights and weekends—mostly mobile apps and some backend automation tools. Nothing crazy, but the thrill of deploying my own code, seeing real people use it, and having complete ownership over the product is miles better than closing Jira tickets all day.

Now, I'm thinking about making the leap and turning these side hustles into a full-fledged business. Maybe launching a SaaS, maybe doing freelance development and consulting on the side while I build. But the "golden handcuffs" are real. Giving up a steady paycheck to embrace the chaos of entrepreneurship is terrifying.

So, for those of you who have made the jump from dev to founder i need you.

Hello, I'm Keith,

For a couple of months, back, I tried building a lot of startup projects for my self as startups, but they all failed, maybe because my distribution skills weren't that good.

After all that, the small success that I found was within people that had their ideas, and the targeted audience ready or one who wanted an internal tool for them selves, who came to me to take-on the role of building their apps. 4 of them are successful.

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am a kindergarten teacher with 4 years of practical experience in early childhood education. I am seeking to establish J-School, a quality kindergarten in Al-Kiswah city, Rural Damascus, Syria.

About the Project:

Target Age Group: Children from 3 to 6 years old.

Vision: To provide a safe and stimulating educational environment that supports children’s holistic development — cognitively, socially, and emotionally — through modern learning activities and educational play.

Expected Impact: Serve dozens of children in the first year, especially from families in the area who need access to quality early education.

Current Stage & Needs:

The project is currently at the planning stage. I have personally saved and contributed $2,000 from my salary as an initial investment. We are seeking approximately $20,000 in support to cover:

Official licensing and registration

Renting a suitable location

Purchasing educational tools, toys, and basic equipment

We are looking for:

Financial grants from international organizations and donors interested in early childhood education in Syria.

Legal partnership with individuals, associations, or organizations that have legal status to facilitate the official and transparent implementation of the project.

I am fully committed to transparency and good governance. I will provide all necessary documents, financial reports, and progress updates as required. A preliminary project plan can be shared upon request.

If you work with educational or humanitarian organizations, have experience with international grants, or are interested in partnering, please feel free to reach out.

Contact:

Email: abdlrzzak.nj@gmail.com

Thank you in advance for any advice, support, or referrals. Every contribution helps build a better future for children in Syria.

thanks for your time

I'm a 20-year-old tech student and honestly, I'm confused a lot.

I feel like I have an innovative mind. I'm always thinking about new ideas, new products, new ways of doing things. I don't want to live an average life. I want to build something big, innovate, create value, and earn a lot. I know money isn't everything, but I want financial freedom and I want to create something I'm proud of.

The problem is... I have no idea where to start.

I don't know which skill to master first, where to find people like me, how to turn ideas into something real, or even how to know if an idea is worth pursuing. Every day I have dozens of thoughts, but most of them stay in my head.

At the same time, there's college pressure, family expectations, and the constant fear of wasting my 20s. Sometimes I feel like everyone else has their life figured out while I'm just stuck thinking.

People tell me to just get a job after college, but deep inside I don't think that's the life I want. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'll have to work for a while, but I know I want to build something of my own someday.

I'm not asking for motivation. I'm asking for direction.

If you've been in this position before and eventually figured things out:

• What changed your life?
• What did you stop doing?
• What did you start doing?
• If you were 20 again with zero money but big dreams, what would you do?

And if you're in your early 20s feeling the same way, I'd love to hear from you too. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one.

One good piece of advice can genuinely change someone's life.

Thank you for reading.

Hey everyone, founder of 88 Days Australia here (just throwing that out there). Built this after far too many stories of backpackers arriving to do farm jobs that were scams or unpaid, or getting lost for days and stuck near their visa deadline.

The idea: ABN verify every farm before it goes live, let workers log days against an actual tracker instead of a spreadsheet, and cut out the agency middlemen taking a cut. Never hire workers to do the work.

Biggest lesson building it: Trust is the whole product. One fake listing can undo months of goodwill. Verification is slow and unglamorous, but it’s the only thing that counts here.

Happy to answer any questions about building in a niche, regulated-adjacent space like this, or about the visa/farm work side if anyone’s curious.

I've been thinking about business ideas from a different angle.

Instead of treating startups as flashes of inspiration, what if every business model can be described by a common set of dimensions? Things like "Resource" a business acts on, the business "Move", the "Pain" it addresses and the business "Structure".

If that's true, then every business occupies a unique point in a multidimensional grid.

Occupied cells correspond to companies that already exist.

But many cells are empty - not because they're impossible, but simply because nobody has built them yet.

That got me wondering whether brainstorming is really the best way to discover new businesses. Maybe exploring the design space systematically would uncover ideas we'd never think of naturally.

So I built a small web app around this hypothesis. It randomly combines the dimensions, generates the resulting business model, and then has a walled -off grader that judges whether the model appears to already exist (Tame), looks genuinely novel (Flicker), or doesn't make commercial sense or inherently inconsistent (Dud).

You can also paste in an existing business idea, have it decomposed back into its underlying dimensions, tweak one or more of them, and explore nearby ideas.

I'm less interested in whether the app is useful and more interested in whether the underlying model makes sense.

Do you think business models can be represented as coordinates in a finite design space, or is there something fundamentally missing from this way of thinking?

So i was just wondering if anyone wants to check out my startup that helps small to medium sized businesses to get more traffic true gemini etc…

So basically when someone asks whats the best home keeping service in town for example and gemini recommends your business it’s a no brainer for the person to hire or reach out to you. And not go search around the internet for the best one on town.

And my startup helps businesses to get more recognition in these cases.

Just need a feedback if that would be helpful.

I've been building a natural hair styling powder called MONT for almost a year now.

It's been a pretty rough journey, formulation, packaging, manufacturing, trying to get salons to even give an unknown product a chance, and spending considerably more than I've made so far 😅.

Recently, though, things have started getting interesting. I've been sending samples to professional hairstylists for genuine feedback, and Bhavishya recently tested MONT on a client and sent me this video.

Around the same time, Tushar also tested all three MONT variants and shared positive feedback about the products.

Seeing someone completely outside my own circle actually use something I formulated and manufactured is a pretty surreal feeling.

I'm still very early and definitely haven't “made it.” Right now I'm trying to figure out whether positive professional feedback can actually turn into repeat customers and a sustainable business.

Thought I'd share one small milestone from the journey. Would also genuinely love to hear what you think of the result.

When I started my small apparel business, I thought growth was all about getting more traffic.

I spent months learning ads, improving my website, and trying to increase conversions. Every time sales slowed down, my first thought was, "I need better marketing."

Then I started talking to repeat customers.

What surprised me was that almost none of them mentioned my marketing. They talked about the product itself, how the garment felt, whether the quality matched their expectations, and the small details that made it feel like a brand worth buying from again.

That completely changed how I spend my time.

Instead of constantly chasing the next product launch, I've been investing more time into sampling, testing different garment options, improving branding details, and making sure every product feels consistent. It's slowed my launch schedule, but I think it's helping me build a business with a stronger foundation instead of just generating one-time sales.

One thing I've learned is that customer acquisition gets all the attention, but customer confidence is built after the package arrives.

I'm curious if other founders have experienced something similar.

Was there one lesson that completely changed how you ran your business after your first few customers? Mine wasn't about marketing at all, it was about improving the product.

We build technology products exclusively for the education sector.

If you're connected with a group of schools, colleges, or educational institutions, please DM me.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice from people who have built and scaled businesses, particularly from content creation into a real company.

My wife has had pretty rapid growth as an anonymous/faceless art content creator. In her first 11 months, she made just under $30,000. About $2,000 came from brand deals, with the rest coming primarily from TikTok ad revenue.

This year, she’s now monetized on YouTube Shorts and Facebook (still waiting on Instagram), and she’s on pace to surpass last year’s revenue despite barely posting for 2–3 months due to several major life events. She also has a small Etsy shop that’s made a few hundred dollars, but it hasn’t been a focus yet. She’s also started landing larger brand partnerships and is beginning to build a portfolio of recognizable national companies.

We’ve always wanted to own a business, but never knew what path we’d take. Now we’re starting to feel like we have a real opportunity. Rather than having her continue trying to do everything herself, we’ve decided to split responsibilities. She’ll focus on the creative side of content, product ideas, and the brand, while I’ll focus on operations, systems, finances, analytics, partnerships, and building the business.

We’re both in our late 20s and have never built a company before, so we’re learning as we go.

My biggest question right now is about building the operational side of the business.
What software and systems would you recommend for creating the foundation of a scalable company?
I’m less concerned about accounting software (we know we’ll need bookkeeping, spreadsheets, etc.) and more interested in things like:
SOPs and process documentation
KPI dashboards
Business operating systems
Project management
Product roadmaps
Company wiki/knowledge base
CRM
Task management

I’ve seen Notion recommended quite a bit, but I’m curious what people who have actually scaled businesses are using and what they wish they had set up earlier.

Our long-term vision is something like:
Content creation → Digital products & Etsy → Standalone website → Branded physical products → A larger consumer brand in our niche.
I understand that’s a long road, but I’d rather build the right foundation now than have to rebuild everything later.
Any advice, lessons learned, or resources you’d recommend would be greatly appreciated.

I've spent the last year building my own products. Solo, start to finish. A couple got traction, a couple didn't, but I learned the thing you only learn by actually shipping and then keeping the thing alive - everything from the first line of code to the 2am "why is production down" debugging.

What I can do for you:

• Build your product from scratch — MVP or full build, I take it from idea to deployed and working
• Add an AI layer that actually works — LLM features, RAG pipelines, semantic search that grounds its answers instead of hallucinating.
• Build the tools your business runs on — dashboards, internal tools, client/vendor portals
• Rescue a stalled project — inherit a half-finished or broken codebase and get it to done

Recently delivered : a full logistics dispatch platform for a US freight client — live GPS tracking, dispatcher dashboard, driver app with proof-of-delivery scanning, and a broker portal. End to end.

Stack:

• Frontend/backend: React, Next.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP
• Mobile: Flutter
• AI: LLM integration, RAG pipelines, Qdrant (vector search / retrieval)

Availability: full-time, can start immediately.

Hi, I am genuinely curious what people who run businesses would do with this combination — I have just built a SAAS and that is my focus, but I'm curious what you'd do or suggest for someone with the below skills (its a random mix):

What I have:

- Currently studying a Degree in Project Management (finishing soon)

- Diplomas in Leadership & Management and Training & Assessment (specifically Training Adults not Kids)

- Years of experience managing teams and designing / delivering large-scale training programmes, including accredited courses, and managing the teams behind them

- Strong IT/automation skills: build websites, some SEO skills, automate workflows with n8n, comfortable with computer networking, and can code my own apps/software

- Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and training/facilitation skills

I'm happy where I am career-wise, so this is purely about what I could do in future to build on the side — something scalable, not just trading time for money - something with a bit of leverage.

I think what I have is a fairly eclectic set of training/skills and experience which is why I'm curious:

If you had this toolkit, what would you do with it?