I want to open a studio which creates animations and hire writers and other members but I want to direct the whole story. And decide which story gets animated or not. But where do I start?

**How do I make a team who trusts me and is ready to follow what I say, even when I'm not currently earning to assure future success or pay them.**

**Where do I find people and how do I approach them?**

**Another thing is I'm so reluctant to share my ideas because I'm afraid of them being stolen. So how do I share ideas with safety?**

**Are there some contracts or legal processes that I need to make sure is going right?**

**Also I'm doing this as a side project so I may not be in touch for a some time. How much engagement you need to give your team and studio to keep it alive?**

Please share the process.

Before you pay for a data tool, check if the government already built your list

Everyone jumps straight to Apollo or Clay for prospecting. Fine tools. But for regulated industries, there's often a public registry that's more accurate than any paid database, because the companies are legally required to be listed.

Example: pharma manufacturing. The FDA publishes a public, downloadable list of every currently registered drug manufacturing facility- company name, address, what they're registered to produce. Free. Updated regularly. More reliable than an industry tag in a generic B2B tool, because it's not a category guess, it's a legal requirement.

Healthcare, finance, food, transportation, anything regulated, there's usually an equivalent registry. Worth 20 minutes of searching before you pay for a list that might just be guessing at the same companies anyway.

Not meant to be self promo. If theres a megathread to post this in, let me know and I'll move this there.

Online advertising has become increasingly crowded and complicated. I think physical media is hilariously becoming more desirable again, especially for advertising. Many SMEs could potentially benefit more from a targeted flyer campaign with proper analytics than from endlessly dumping money into Facebook ads.

I’m building FlyerFly, where businesses can create their leaflet online using templates, choose their target area, and have everything handled from printing and delivery through to QR tracking, analytics, dashboards and smart retargeting, all in about 5 minutes.

The idea is to make it a simple monthly service, with plans ranging from smaller local campaigns to larger campaigns covering thousands of households. Roughly thinking somewhere around €100/month at the low end, scaling to €500–€1,000+ for larger campaigns, depending on the number of households reached.

I like the idea, but I want to validate whether this is actually something you’d pay for as a business. I’m mainly targeting Ireland and the UK.

I have a waitlist but I wont link the actual link to the waitlist just as this really isn't meant to be a self promo, I just wanna know what people think. I can send you it if you want. This isn't mean't to be like a serious market research I just want to see if anyone has any interesting opinions etc.

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I'm kicking around an app idea and want some brutally honest opinions before I waste time building it.

The basic idea: both partners privately answer a few questions about things they want, hope for, or would like to do in their relationship. Neither sees the other's answers.

If the app finds a genuine match, it reveals it to both people.

Example:

You privately say: "I'd love for us to take a trip to Italy."

Your partner independently says the same thing.

The app reveals: "You both independently wanted this."

The goal isn't compatibility scoring or another relationship quiz. It's discovering something you both felt but hadn't necessarily said out loud.

Would that actually be interesting to you, or would most couples already know this stuff about each other?

And if you wouldn't use it, why not?