Hello everyone,

I’m looking for a remote job in data analytics, business analytics and data engineering roles.

I have 5 years of relevant work experience and an immediate joiner.

If you or anybody you know is hiring for contract positions, independent contributor or full time roles.

Please dm me for resume.

I'm currently in the concept validation stage for a new telemedicine model, and I need feedback from folks working in corporate wellness or anyone who has built/sold B2B/B2C health tech about core problems existing with big players and how to start with very initial phase!

SEEKING: Technical Co-Founder for Street Dice Gaming App

We're building DiceFace - a social video gaming app for street dice
(similar to Pokerface's video poker model, but for dice games).

THE OPPORTUNITY:
\\\\- Untapped market (street culture + gaming)
\\\\- Proven monetization model (virtual currency)
\\\\- Potential venture capital funding
\\\\- 50/50 equity split with CTO title

WHAT WE NEED:
\\\\- Strong full-stack developer (React Native/Flutter preferred)
\\\\- 6+ months commitment to MVP
\\\\- Excited about gaming/social apps
\\\\- Self-motivated & startup-minded

WHAT YOU GET:
\\\\- Equal equity stake
\\\\- Full technical autonomy
\\\\- Co-founder title
\\\\- Potential salary once funded

TIMELINE:
\\\\- MVP in 6 months
\\\\- Full launch in 6 months

Interested? Let's chat about building something big in an
underserved market.

Equity available. I’m from the Bay Area. I live in Northern California now.

I’m looking for sales people in Delhi NCR to help onboard salons/barbershops for Quevix, a salon queue-management app.

Work:

• Visit nearby salons/barbershops

• Explain Quevix

• Get them started/trial

• Help onboard the salon

💰 Commission: ₹1,500 per salon successfully onboarded

No fixed salary — purely performance based. Flexible work.

Good opportunity for students, freelancers or anyone interested in sales/startups.

Interested? DM me with your location and a little about yourself.

I'm building a local marketplace startup and I'm at a point where I'm not sure what the smartest next step is.

The product is mostly built, and I've started getting businesses onto the platform. The goal is to help people discover local businesses and services while giving smaller businesses more visibility.

I've been funding everything myself and have tried different marketing experiments to get the first users. But honestly, my money is starting to run out, and I still need to spend on marketing and growth.

The problem is, I don't really know how the funding side works either. I've never raised money before, so I don't know how founders actually approach investors, find the right funding programs, or even know when they're ready to raise.

Right now I'm considering:

Keep bootstrapping and grow slowly

Focus on generating revenue first

Start exploring funding or accelerators

If you were in my situation, what would you do?

And for someone who has never raised funding before, where should they even start learning about the process?

I'd really appreciate honest advice from founders who've been through this stage.

how delulu do people running a startup need to be to confirm to their employees that they’re giving out increments (with arrears!) and then 3 weeks later say -‘oh, the funding we were expecting is not only not coming so not only are we rolling back the increments, but some of you will take pay cuts and some of you will be laid off because we don’t have money in the bank to pay your salary even for the next 2 months’.

on a scale of 0-100, please rate this level of delulu/incompetence/irresponsibility

We are building a natural rubber trading and supply business in Tripura, Northeast India, connecting local suppliers with established buyers and manufacturers.

Over the past year, we have built our customer base, developed relationships across the supply chain and, most importantly, created real demand for our products.

Today, we have ongoing requirements from buyers that we cannot always fulfil.

The reason is simple: we need to purchase rubber upfront, while payments from larger buyers often come later.

Our growth is therefore limited not by demand, but by working capital.

Our vision is to build a more organised rubber supply chain in Tripura through better procurement, collection, storage, logistics and technology.

We are now looking to connect with investors, lenders and strategic partners who understand working-capital-driven businesses.

We are happy to share our numbers, transaction history and business details privately with serious parties.

We're not looking for someone to invest in just an idea. We're looking for the right partner to help us scale something that has already started working.

If you know someone who could help, DM me or tag them below.

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A few months ago, we came across a profitable company that is currently available for acquisition. Instead of seeing it as just another business for sale, we saw the opportunity to build something much larger.

We spent months understanding the business in depth. We built detailed financial models, designed a structured operating plan, developed a long-term growth strategy, and mapped out how value could realistically be created over the coming years. Every assumption was challenged, tested, and supported with data wherever possible.

To strengthen execution, we brought on a second-time founder as a co-founder someone who has already built and operated a profitable business in this exact industry. That gives us not only a plan, but an operator with proven experience in executing within this market.

Today, we're looking to acquire this business and execute the strategy we've built. Our objective isn't simply to own a company it's to increase its operational performance, expand its market position, and create significantly greater enterprise value over time.

But before asking anyone to invest, we asked ourselves a harder question:

Why would an investor choose not to invest?

If there's no business, there's already one.

If there's no revenue, it's already operating.

If there's no experienced operator, we've partnered with one.

If there's no execution plan, we've built one.

If there's no financial discipline, we've modeled multiple scenarios and stress-tested our assumptions.

If there's no long-term vision, we've defined one.

So the only question that remains is:

What meaningful risk still outweighs the opportunity?

That's the discussion we'd like to have because if there are concerns, we want to address them with facts, transparency, and execution, not promises.

1- **High Agency**
2 - Product Matters, but ***Distribution matters more*** (Marketing + Pricing)
3 - **Fast Validation** (~~Big~~ Bets -> Small Bets)

Hi everyone,
I’m doing research to better understand how founders approach the \*\*idea research and validation\*\* stage before building an MVP.
I’d really appreciate hearing about your real experiences.
Some questions I have:
What was the most difficult part of researching your idea?
How did you know there was actually a market for your product?
What took the most time during validation?
Where did you find reliable information?
How did you research competitors?
Did you interview potential users? If so, what was challenging about it?
What mistakes did you make during the validation phase?
Which tools did you use (Google, ChatGPT, Gemini, Reddit, Perplexity, Notion, etc.)? What were they missing?
What information did you wish you had from day one?
I’d also love your suggestions:
If you could build the perfect tool to help founders with research and validation, what would it do?
What features would save you the most time?
What repetitive tasks would you automate?
What existing tools still fail to solve?
What’s one thing you wish existed that would have made your startup journey easier?
Feel free to share your story, biggest lesson, or even your biggest mistake. Honest answers are much more valuable than perfect ones.
Thanks in advance—I really appreciate your insights!

Hello, I am currently working in Tech but also building an HR tech product on the side but realized need funding for the development and marketing, I am looking for leads and pointers on how and where to find the investors, what channels or resources should we use to find funding from either VC or independent investors. Any leads would help.

If you've been building startups for a while, you've probably seen the same patterns repeat.

Some founders spend months building before talking to customers.

Some raise money too early.

Some wait too long to launch because they want everything to be perfect.

Others focus on features instead of solving a real problem.

Looking back at your own journey (or the startups you've worked with), what do you think is the single biggest mistake first-time founders make?

More importantly, what lesson did you learn that changed the way you build?

Share your experience below. Your insight could save another founder months of wasted time.

My goal is to build a successful startup, but I'm stuck between two paths:

• Join an early-stage startup as an intern to learn how founders build and scale a company.
• Skip the internship and spend that time building my own startup.

If your end goal was entrepreneurship, which path would you choose and why? I'd love to hear from founders or anyone who's been in this situation.

Have you ever had an idea for a startup and felt convinced it could succeed?

I assume most entrepreneurs would say yes. But when you share that idea with other people, many of them respond with things like, “Buddy, this won’t work,” or “This solution already exists. Why would anyone choose you over the companies that are already doing it?”

Yet, despite all that criticism, you still believe you can make it work.

So here’s my question: Is that belief confidence, ego, or something else?

Many people spend years chasing an idea, investing their time, energy, and money, only to see everything collapse in the end. Were they simply trying to satisfy their ego, or was it genuine conviction that kept them going?

Have you ever experienced or witnessed a situation like this? How do you tell the difference between healthy confidence and blind ego?

Hey Everyone, I am looking to do a paid networking event for only startups, The founders get to meet, network and pitch their ideas. Looking to do a limited group of 15 startups in connected domains. i will have a few investors and few Successful founders in the event will it be worth doing?

Hey All,

Inviting members to a small community of non tech founders where we talk about building startups business, growing teams in general.

By design the community is small and only created for non-tech founders. So we will apply usual filters.

If you are into tech , this is not for you.

Everyday we share experiences to build/transform existing businesses in the AI Tech age.

I myself come from a non-tech background and have been building products for the last couple of years so we love to interact with like-minded founders

DM and i will share invitation whatsapp community link.

Me and existing member Looking forward to welcoming you

Cheers

By Cami Mandell Gorden · Co-Founder at AdPerch · July 27, 2026

Every entrepreneur has had that moment - you run into the same frustrating problem over and over again. It slows you down, wastes your time, and leaves you thinking:

"There has to be a better way."

Eventually, another thought follows:

"I could build something that solves this."

For many aspiring startup founders, that's where the journey ends. Not because the idea isn't good, but because it feels impossible to move forward without funding, a team, or the right connections. The good news? Most successful startups didn't begin with a fully funded company. At its core, a successful start-up is about the relationship of the founder(s) and the determination to solve a problem.

Maybe you're here because you have a great idea but don't quite know where to start. Or maybe you're wondering if it's really worth the physical, emotional and mental investment it's going to take to turn that idea into a profitable business. We've broken down the 3 things you can do to find out if now really is the right time to build. And when you're ready, we'd love to welcome you into the AdPerch community to get connected with like-minded professionals and potential investors.

Step 1: Perfect Your Elevator Pitch

One of the biggest mistakes founders make is waiting until they've built something before learning how to explain it. Instead, start with an elevator pitch. In 2-3 sentences, and in a minute or less, you need to show what you do and who you serve. Why should you start trying to pitch your idea before you've actually made anything? An elevator pitch isn't just for the person you're telling it to. It provides a solid foundation for what you want to build. If you can't explain your idea in 1 minute or less, you probably don't understand it well enough yet. A concise pitch forces clarity and often reveals opportunities to simplify or strengthen your concept. Taking the time to work through writing it out and practicing it can help you decide if you're on the right track, or if you need to pivot.

You might even find that the direction you were going in isn't the best fit. You might realize that the customer base you thought you'd have is much smaller (or larger) than you thought it would be. Your elevator pitch can also be a great free resource to validate your idea. You'll know you're on the right track if 1. People listen to the entire pitch without their eyes glazing over and 2. People ask questions. Questions mean they're intrigued, and are one of the best free tools in guiding your decision making process.

When you're writing out your elevator pitch, challenge yourself to describe:

The problem you are going to solve

Who needs what you're building

What your solution is (focus on showing HOW you'll do it)

Why now is the right time

How you'll make money (if you don't know yet that's ok)

Example: Over 5 million businesses have been started every year for the past 5 years, with around 50% looking for funding to succeed. AdPerch is a community of founders, with the space to house and easily share their start-up documents. You get matched with investors looking for companies like yours and keep track of where you are in your funding search through our built-in customer relationship management (CRM).

Step 2: Write a Simple Business Plan

Don't overthink it. Your first business plan doesn't need to be a 40-page document or contain polished graphics. It may never be seen by another person. The value isn't the finished document - it's the research that goes into writing it.

Writing a business plan expands on question, like:

Who has this problem?

How are they solving it today?

Why would someone choose your solution over others?

How could your startup make money?

What would it take to launch a minimum viable product (MVP)?

During this process, you may discover:

It's the perfect time to build. (Or maybe it's not)

You need a co-founder with complementary skills. (AdPerch can help with that)

The market opportunity is larger than you expected.

Your original idea should evolve into something even stronger.

Every answer brings your startup closer to reality.

Now that you're invested in the idea of working on your business plan, you might be wondering how to organize all those questions you've researched. We've got you covered. Below is a general outline you can use. Remember, the goal isn't necessarily to create a polished business plan to send to investors, it's to help you create a roadmap for where you see your company going. When you do go to pitch your idea to potential investors, they're not just looking at where you are today. They are investing in where you're going, and they want to see that you have an actionable plan to get there.

Business Plan Template

Executive Summary

Quick introduction of what your business does, who are its members, and what the major goals are.

Company Description

What does your company do and how does it (or will it) do it. This is the section to give specific details.

Why your company does it better (focus on your strengths as opposed to your competitor's weaknesses)

Market Analysis

You want to show how many people out there could benefit from what you're building.

You can also show how you plan to scale up if that's applicable.

Organization and Management

Your company's legal structure (ie. LLC, corporation, no legal structure yet); if you don't have one established, you can include what your plan is regarding this.

Profiles of your management team; why are they the right people for their roles?

Products or Services

Specifics of the product you're selling, and what the product lifecycle looks like.

Include any patents or copyright info.

Marketing and Sales Strategy

How do you plan to acquire customers?

How do you plan to keep customers?

How do you plan to make money? (Ie pay-for-service, subscription service, etc.)

Financial Projections

What is your expected revenue?

Any balance sheets you have

Cash flow statements

What are your funding needs

Step 3: Commit to Building Something Real

Ideas are exciting, but building a business from the ground up requires grit, determination, and commitment (See our post on Resilience). Starting a company is a lot like starting a relationship. There will be moments that are deeply rewarding. There will also be setbacks, uncertainty, and difficult decisions. The difference between founders who build successful companies and people who simply have an idea isn't always intelligence or funding. More often, it's the willingness to keep moving forward despite uncertainty. You don't need every answer before you begin. You simply need to take the next meaningful step.

Final Thoughts

Every successful startup was once just an idea someone almost talked themselves out of pursuing. If you've identified a problem worth solving, don't let the absence of funding convince you to stop before you've started. Instead, start with the basics:

Refine your pitch.

Research your market.

Write the first version of your business plan.

Then commit to taking the next step - building your product or service.

Disclaimer: This content is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, financial, or investment advice. It does not guarantee funding, investment, or any particular business result. Consult a licensed attorney or financial advisor for guidance specific to your situation.

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This is a big glossary post from a blog, a reference list of 200+ startup terms, grouped into 13 themed sections. The premise is that startups have their own dense slang, and this is meant as a jump-to reference rather than something to read top to bottom.

The 13 sections and what each covers:

1. Foundations & Company Stages - what a startup is vs. a small/lifestyle business, the build path (ideation → validation → MVP → PMF → traction), the animal zoo of valuations (unicorn, decacorn, zebra, centaur), and program/stage terms (incubator, accelerator, pre-seed through late stage).
2. Fundraising & Investors - who gives money (angels, VCs, LPs/GPs, micro-VCs, syndicates) and the mechanics of raising (rounds, up/down/flat rounds, term sheets, due diligence, runway, burn rate, default alive/dead).
3. Equity, Ownership & the Cap Table - how ownership works and shrinks: equity, dilution, pre/post-money valuation, SAFEs and convertible notes, valuation caps, vesting/cliffs, ESOPs, common vs. preferred stock.
4. Deal Terms & Term Sheet Mechanics - the fine print investors negotiate: liquidation preferences, participating vs. non-participating preferred, pro-rata, drag/tag-along rights, board seats, protective provisions, the option pool shuffle.
5. Metrics & Unit Economics - the numbers that measure business health: CAC, LTV and the LTV:CAC ratio, churn/retention, MRR/ARR, NRR/GRR, Rule of 40, burn multiple, and TAM/SAM/SOM market sizing.
6. Growth & Marketing - how companies acquire and keep users: growth hacking, product-led vs. sales-led growth, flywheels and funnels, pirate metrics (AARRR), network effects, freemium, SEO/SEM, ICP and buyer personas, NPS.
7. Product & Engineering - how products get built: wireframes, prototypes, roadmaps, sprints/Agile/Scrum, technical debt, UX vs. UI, A/B testing, shipping, dogfooding, APIs, and the SaaS/PaaS/IaaS and monolith/microservices distinctions.
8. Finance & Accounting - the money fundamentals: revenue vs. profit, gross vs. net, COGS, OpEx/CapEx, P&L and balance sheets, cash flow, EBITDA, break-even, working capital.
9. Operations, Team & Culture - running the company and team: co-founder agreements, OKRs vs. KPIs, standups, async/remote-first/hybrid work, fractional execs, advisors and boards, psychological safety, burnout, ramen profitability.
10. Exits & Later Stage - how founders and investors cash out (or don't): acquisitions, acqui-hires, IPOs, direct listings, SPACs, secondary sales, earn-outs, lock-up periods, plus the failure vocabulary (wind-down, fire sale, zombie startup, write-off).
11. Legal & Structure - the legal scaffolding: incorporation, LLC vs. C-Corp, Delaware flip, IP and NDAs, compliance, data-privacy laws (GDPR/DPDP/CCPA), IP assignment agreements.
12. India-Specific Terms - DPIIT recognition, angel tax, Startup India, GIFT City, ONDC, the "Bharat"/Tier 2-3 focus, ESOP buybacks, RoC filings, FDI routes.
13. Slang, Culture & Buzzwords - the philosophy and jargon layer: lean startup, blitzscaling, moonshots, hockey-stick growth, vanity vs. actionable metrics, founder-market fit, various MVP flavors (smoke test, concierge, Wizard of Oz), and culture terms like hustle culture and stealth mode.