Startups Manic Mondays: Support To Get You Through The Week: Share What You Need Help With, Job Postings, For Hire Offers, or Resources |
- Manic Mondays: Support To Get You Through The Week: Share What You Need Help With, Job Postings, For Hire Offers, or Resources
- Advisors for a startup - who to bring on?
- How do people having water-cooler talks in remote working environment?
- Can I start a Fitness App from scratch, or I need to start with a team/co-founder?
- Need advice! Haven't paid federal taxes in 2 years - Delaware C Corp - No revenue
- Go deeper or stick with what I know?
- Industries with highest technical debt
- Competitors are using fake reviews to overtake me. What would you do here?
- Being Stubborn about an MVP. Is it ever acceptable?
- Search-friendly FAQs
- Conducting Market survey for an Innovative product with no Market
- Where do I find Early Adopters in Journalism/Blogging?
- Development Quality
- What's the best way to find customers for an online e-commerce fashion store?
- AI-powered investment app that auto invests your spare change?
- How to go about referrals for 3PL Fulfillment Services?
- Current finance options
- Wanted to get your thoughts on a college social media marketing strategy
- Thinking to start a cleaning business.
- Marketing is taking hours and hours
- Starting a CPG (food and beverages) business and freaking out with too many thoughts
- Syncing Start-up Instagram to Start-up Facebook page?
- Online Notary service-Tips and advice
- Fashion Garment Prototype: Where to start & Costs.
- Web news platforms that can tie into ecommerce
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 06:07 AM PDT Welcome to this week's Support Thread. Please refer to the below suggested formats to get the most out of this thread. Need Support?Please use the following format to seek support: SUPPORT REQUESTWhat I am working on: What I need support with: Why I need support with this: My questions to the community: Requested Resources: Relevant URL: [if applicable] Additional Comments: Please add any additional comments that may provide more context around what you need support with so others can provide the most relevant support or guidance to you. Job Provider?Please use the following format to post a job listing: HIRING Company Name and URL: Job Title/Role: Employment Type: [Intern] [Contract] [Part Time] [Full Time] [Remote] Job Description/Responsibilities: Necessary Skills and Experience: Requested, but not necessary Skills and Experience: Job Compensation: Willing to Relocate New Hire: [yes] [no] Job Listing URL: Additional Comments: Please add any additional comments that may provide more context around the job listing to make it easier for the right people to apply.Job Seeker?Please use the following format to post an offer to work : FOR HIRE Title/Role: Desired Location: Willing to Relocate: [yes] [no] Remote Availability: [yes] [no] Relevant Skills and Experience: Requested Salary/Hourly Rate: Resume/Portfolio URL: Additional Comments: Please add any additional comments that may provide more context around the job listing to make it easier for the right people to apply.Resource Provider?Please use the following format to post an offer to work : RESOURCE Organization Name and URL: Location Served: Resource Name: Resource Description: Resource URL: Resource Cost: Do not forget to explore the /r/startups discord. We have many relevant channels to seek support, post job listings, share for hire offers, and share resources. You can also find more support using instant chat on the /r/startups discord. [link] [comments]  |
| Advisors for a startup - who to bring on? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 08:34 PM PDT Hi, I am considering brining on advisors for my startup, but don't know how important it actually is and what the typical relationship looks like. How much stake in the company should you give them and what should you expect in return? Are there a minimum number of hours they have to contribute to the project? Will they vest over time? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| How do people having water-cooler talks in remote working environment? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 12:21 PM PDT Like other companies, since the pandemic began, my current company started working from home and I saw that the quality of our communication went down since then.
Sure, we have a "#random" slack channel, but the use case is normally like this: Someone shares a news (breaking news), after a while a few others comment about the content and that's it. The conversation flow is not natural, doesn't trigger more conversations. People think more before writing something down. The consequences? People feel isolated and disconnected at work, weak team bonding, lack of team culture (esp for new hires). I'm trying to create some solution for this problem, but first I would like to hear your feedback, understand how people are handling this.
Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Can I start a Fitness App from scratch, or I need to start with a team/co-founder? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 08:38 PM PDT Well, I start developing a Fitness app that has a very unique business model but I have my doubts if I can accomplish good results just by myself or I need a co-founder, business partner, or hire a team. I am currently struggling in the phase of creating an MVP because I need to build a crappy app first and see if the user likes the business model, there is no other way to test it. What should I do? [link] [comments]  |
| Need advice! Haven't paid federal taxes in 2 years - Delaware C Corp - No revenue Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:42 PM PDT Hi, Back in April 2018 I incorporated my startup as a Delaware C-Corp through Clerky. I worked on the startup for 3 months before having to put it on "pause" due to financial reasons. I was putting in 18 hour days for 3 months straight, so it wasn't for a lack of trying but rather overwhelmed and, again, finances. I've paid the 2018 & 2019 Delaware Franchise Tax but haven't paid the federal corporate tax (form 1120). The startup made $0.00 revenue in 2018 and 2019. How should I go about handling this situation regarding federal taxes? Am I in trouble, or? Thank you!! [link] [comments]  |
| Go deeper or stick with what I know? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 08:41 AM PDT Go deeper or stick with what I know? Im trying to decide what to do with my time. I've built a neat little tool as a small side project. Long story short I found it time consuming and difficult to get quotes in the corrugated box industry so I built a site where all manufacturers are listed and it's quick and easy to request a quote. I'm in my mid 20's and would love to strike out on my own soon. I've been working as a support/sales engineer in the high precision hydraulic controls Industry for the last 4 years and know it well. I'm trying to decide if I should invest more time into my side project, continue to make improvements, find the best route generate revenue. Or if I should double down on what I know and get a team together to do engineering integration. I'd love to hear people's thoughts and past experiences, any advice is greatly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Industries with highest technical debt Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:04 PM PDT I am starting to study some industries, for a particular idea. One of the areas I am considering are industries (or companies within certain industries) with high technical debt. What industries have the highest technical debt (particularly related to information technology). I know some, but probably don't know of all of them. [link] [comments]  |
| Competitors are using fake reviews to overtake me. What would you do here? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 08:50 PM PDT Hey everyone! I made a chrome extension recently and launched it on the Chrome Store So competitors to my product are using "naturally sounding" fake reviews to get a upper hand on the Chrome Extension store Now i'm not an advocate of fake reviews due to my ethics But these fake reviews are boosting them up with those clicks due to their avg rating And more clicks means, higher conversion, which is boosting them on store SEO How would you overtake these competitors? Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Being Stubborn about an MVP. Is it ever acceptable? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:53 PM PDT I'm developing a product and have received comments that the scope is a bit wide. Especially for my first release. It's a social personal finance platform. It takes elements of retirement calculators such as inputting financial goals, asset allocations, debt, and calculates a users chance of achieving their goals on their current path using a Monte-Carlo simulation. It then allows the users to share these models for discussion with the community to see what advice there might be fore them to improve their chances of success or forecasted median net worth. The idea is that the modelling tool gives quantitative backing to the advice shared and the community features allow for the crowdsourcing of solutions as well as allow for greater accountability in sticking to a good financial plan. Back to the point: I'm building out both these things for my first launch. My thinking is that each concept has been tested separately. The finance subreddits already show that people will discus personal finance and offer and solicit advice. The various modelling tools available online or used by financial planners also somewhat validate the usefulness of the product. I feel like what I'm testing is the specific combination of two of those together. Will people be willing to have personal finance traits like income, expenses, portfolio, attached to a user name and shared online? There's a small community on a site called networthshare that functions as a public finance diary. My hope is that with added functionality and a better organised discussion format I can grow it. As such, I feel like my MVP should be the entire thing of the modelling tool, the sharing and commenting, and user profiles with the finance diary. I've done little tests before, like posting detailed simulations results based on a users' comment on reddit. Sharing my spreadsheet version of the modelling tool, etc. I haven't actually tested building a community around the modelling tool though. It's a big punt as I do wonder how open people are willing to be about their personal finances. They are hidden behind a username, but my hope is that people will be willing to build up these profiles and maintain them. People on financialindependence use flairs that denote age, net worth, withdrawal rate, and income as account flair. Am I being stubborn? Am I testing the right thing? Was there an easier way to test? Am I incorrect in assuming that the separate existence of the various component functions validate the combined product? I know general advice is to have a super bare bones MVP and this thing is taking me months to make but I feel its the way I should go about it. I guess I'm second guessing myself because I'm flying in the face of conventional MVP wisdom. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:50 PM PDT In case you haven't tried creating a search engine optimised FAQs page... Try! A search engine optimised FAQs page can get you organic traffic from searches. I heard about it earlier, but didn't implement it until yesterday. A client asked me to create a list of FAQs to direct traffic to his e-commerce website. I wasn't sure how to go about it. But yeah, 2 hours later, I had a list of around 50 questions... Curated it to 30 this morning, and sent. Waiting for the review, but here's what I did -
Apart from those initial steps, also did few other Google searches taking cue from the related search queries. And after I got a list of questions, picked the ones which looked search-friendly, and were relevant to the client's product too. Not sure how much traffic it will bring. But yeah, an optimised FAQs page is another way, apart from blog, to attract some eyes to your website/products. 😅 What else would you do to get as many search-friendly questions as possible? [link] [comments]  |
| Conducting Market survey for an Innovative product with no Market Posted: 31 Aug 2020 10:24 PM PDT Hello! I'm new to the whole startup thing and have only an idea. After watching a few videos online and reading a few posts, I realized the first step is to conduct a market research. I spent the past few week scouring the internet, collecting research papers, patents and designs for my product. I created a survey too, however I'm having a really hard time finding participants for the survey even though its open to all. I've posted my survey on Reddit, FB groups and many other sites, however, the response is limited. I'm aiming for a minimum of 100 responses across the world, but I doubt whether it's enough (Would love to know more about this) After another round of googling, I found that market research is super expensive as a paid service and costs around 1000$ for a basic results. Now my idea is relatively new, a technological advancement, something that hasn't been prominently established in the market or heard about. How would one conduct market research if the market for the product is relatively new? For Ex: When Steve Jobs was introducing the iPhone to the market, the whole market was oblivious to touch smartphones. "If" he had to conduct market research as a startup for smartphones (Which didn't have a market then), how would he have gone about it? [link] [comments]  |
| Where do I find Early Adopters in Journalism/Blogging? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:21 AM PDT Hello, I've recently launched the MVP of my product that allows anyone to annotate online articles (news, blogs, articles, etc), build a subscriber base, and launching soon monetize that subscriber base similar to the way Substack does it (free + premium tier content). I'm having trouble finding people who are open to participating as an early adopter. My target audience, at least to begin with, are people who share a lot of news on Twitter/FB, journalists and bloggers that want a new form content creation/distribution/monetization. Everyone I reach out to thinks the idea is cool/interesting/useful but says it probably isn't something they personally need right now. I've also signed up for sites like BetaList/etc and they all takes months for approval. ProductHunt launch didn't get me anything. Thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 07:51 PM PDT Hi Reddit, I'm currently getting some development quotes for a healthcare related application. After discussing the topic with both local and oversees groups, I am at an impasse as to who to move forward with. All groups had a medical professional present to act as a consultant and things were very well presented. Has anyone used any development shops for their projects recently from countries like India and Ukraine? How did things turn out? I had been looking for a potential co-founder CTO but time is ticking. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| What's the best way to find customers for an online e-commerce fashion store? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 07:11 PM PDT We're launching in a few weeks and are identifying opportunities to acquire a customer base. We're brand new and don't have access (or the budget, honestly) to influencer networks (and CPC advertising). We have access to microinfluencers, but we'd like to explore other opportunities. We also have a network of brands that we sell, and we should be (ideally) able to gain some access to their support network. New fashion platforms don't usually see much sales; we understand that, but we'd like to know if we're missing something. [link] [comments]  |
| AI-powered investment app that auto invests your spare change? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 07:10 PM PDT I was thinking of an application powered by various pre-existing AI investment algorithms that automatically invests a users spare change into various non-volatile ETF's or stocks. This way anyone could get into the stock market regardless of their knowledge of trading and my company would easily be able to get off the ground because I wouldn't need to hire a team of professional traders (trading is handled by algorithms). "Acorns" exists but AFAIK that's handled by an actual team of traders not via AI. [link] [comments]  |
| How to go about referrals for 3PL Fulfillment Services? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 06:51 PM PDT Disclaimer: I run a fulfillment center in Utah specializing in scaling small to mid-size businesses. I'm curious how one would go about both finding referrers and compensating for a referral service? We do our own marketing and sales, but want to find unique ways to reach potential partners. The referrals would obviously be e-commerce companies looking for order fulfillment services. Any thoughts appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2020 05:34 PM PDT Hi! I'm a founder and I'm seeking financing. The business model didn't really qualify for venture, because it's growth potential is limited. I'm seeking angels, obviously, but looking for loans is proving very difficult. Apparently the SBA is not funding startups right now. The lender with whom I was "prequalified" said that they needed 5 years of financials and a minimum of 1 million gross revenue for the most recent year. I spoke with a few community banks, and their funds are all dedicated to covid relief. Is anyone else financing a startup right now? [link] [comments]  |
| Wanted to get your thoughts on a college social media marketing strategy Posted: 31 Aug 2020 10:58 AM PDT Hey guys, I'm a sophomore building a platform in the finance field for college students. The idea's been validated both by users (who say they would pay for it) and by professionals (who say the idea is legal and has merit), but I have had to talk to each of them and explain what it is, and answer questions about it. Not great news for scalability, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there. Regarding the social media strat, I plan on starting small, just my university, so I want to go a path that focuses on trusting me as a fellow student, and also soundbites of info about the platform. I'm thinking of starting off by doing informal little 30-second videos (like just of me, very little extra graphics) describing each part of the platform and the problems it solves, rather than going the route of pretty infographics/animation. What do you guys think (would love to hear the thoughts of fellow college students especially)? Any merit here? Or should I pick up a book on effective social media marketing and go that way instead? [link] [comments]  |
| Thinking to start a cleaning business. Posted: 31 Aug 2020 04:50 PM PDT Thinking of building and creating a cleaning company. Getting the structure and systems organised and getting the first few clients in (focusing for commercial use rather than domestic). Once it is more or less break even, I would want to hire someone to run the company, not as a director but more a manager/exec. Anyone know any ideas on budget proposals and or tips and advice? [link] [comments]  |
| Marketing is taking hours and hours Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:04 AM PDT As my programmer is doing all the program things im connecting with the important people on linkedin shooting out content and so on. But its taking hours every day! We can not afford any marketing agency so im dping everything by my own. But even with my usually good content i only get like 1 or 2 reactions from my 1400 Contacts. The content i post is also related to them (all about digitalization, change management, communcication). Do you know how i can give it a boost? Or maybe an agency which has startup friendly prices.... [link] [comments]  |
| Starting a CPG (food and beverages) business and freaking out with too many thoughts Posted: 31 Aug 2020 02:41 PM PDT During the pandemic I was transferring to another country when a friend from the business school we went to invited me to join her in this CPG business. My background is in finance and I have a slight interest in operations. But, above everything, I've been wanting the courage to start a business for some time now. Now that we're about 2 months in, my head is full of thoughts about all the connections between brand strategy, marketing strategies, sales channels, logistics, the co-packer we're working with, the product, the consumer, growth rate, how much we need to raise to launch the product, our margins, our valuation, all case scenarios etc etc etc. this industry is a very tough one to get into and the layers of complexity increase the more we learn about it. I'm not thinking of quitting but I am intimidated by the challenges. In my head there's this large box with all business pieces scattered around and I can't seem to be able to structure them in a cohesive manner that allows me to turn these thoughts into actions. Any recommendations of books and materials? Anyone who's gone through this? [link] [comments]  |
| Syncing Start-up Instagram to Start-up Facebook page? Posted: 31 Aug 2020 10:35 AM PDT Hi everyone! Quick question for those who may have experienced this before or found a workaround. I am attempting to sync a new instagram for my startup with its counterpart facebook page. However, Instagram does this nasty little thing where once you sync the FB page, it says "Your Facebook friend ____ has just joined Instagram as ________". Have you found any way to avoid this as I don't want everyone to spontaneously get pinged and notified of this connection? I am handling 3 new accounts of various calibers, and I don't want my existing facebook friends neither notified nor spammed. Is there a way around this? [link] [comments]  |
| Online Notary service-Tips and advice Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:27 PM PDT Hi everyone! As the title says, I want to begin an online notary service in Florida. I will also offer in-person services if needed. Traditionally, notarizations have always had to be legally done in person. In 2019, Florida passed a law allowing notarizations to be done online and with social distancing in full swing, the timing couldn't be better. There are not a lot of online services out there at the moment. It seems like I have all the resources to begin. Many of my family members are not only notaries themselves but they are also in the legal field, including my father who is an attorney so I will have a lot of guidance as well as a plethora of docs to notarize for people, hopefully. Secondly, I have an office space that has been made available for me if and when I need it. Unlike other services, this will not require much marketing as business will mostly come from creating relationships with other legal firms and escrow services. With my extensive experience in sales, I will gladly reach out to them F2F and offer my services. I may also have an email campaign. My first steps to starting this up are getting certified as a notary public, taking a look at what other online services are doing, seeing how I can compete with them, and building a website. Apart from getting certified, I don't even know where to start! It is my first time starting my own venture and although it is exciting, it is also very daunting. I am asking for some advice, tips, anything I can absorb to put me in the right direction. Thank you all in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Fashion Garment Prototype: Where to start & Costs. Posted: 31 Aug 2020 09:38 AM PDT Hello everyone, Just to add some context, my 'startup' is just an idea at this stage. I'm currently researching to get a handle on how much $ I need to get it off the ground. In short, my question is, what's the most cost-effective way to have a garment prototype produced? I'm talking full service, including technical drawings and such. Any idea what I should expect to pay for this? Quality is paramount. Thanks in advance, Gem [link] [comments]  |
| Web news platforms that can tie into ecommerce Posted: 31 Aug 2020 12:03 PM PDT I am looking at different platform options for news/blog website and need it to be able to handle a very large number of existing articles, and would like be able to have an integration for e-commerce /drop-shipping in the same platform (or an integrated platform). Does anyone have any experience with this or recommendations on what platforms to look at or avoid? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
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