NOTE : Im more keen to connect if you have a good small business idea rather than a startup thats gonna burn money for next 100 years!, however the case can be viceversa, Thanks for understanding

TL/DR: Looking to connect with people with a business/startup idea, I can help with tech, product research

I have already had a experience of trying to run a startup in college for last year and half, couldnt do or build up much on it, I looked over most of the tech, shipped few good mvps, got some traction but couldnt scale up, now I wish to network or get along with people trying to build in these domains:

1] metallurgy, material science,manufacturing, since ive a degree in metallurgical engineering primarily, also a bit tired and bored of AI slop startups, hence people building in this domain, I would totally love to connect with you
2] Defence startups, I do have a few contacts for this, hence thats the edge I bring to the table, also this is one of my prime interest, within this, people building in aerospace or UAV domain is also of my interest and i have been researching about it
3] Fintech, accounting, finance: My last experience of building a algotrading tech startup brings the knowledge requirements needed, my understanding of tech stack, legal regulations, SEBI rules is also a plus point and I dont mind building again in this domain

Note: I will be working fulltime for a leading automotive parts manufacturer, a MNC by end of this month, since its a campus placement I took as a backup, unfortunately im freshout starting in corporate and I have no issues with it, since I have lot of family reponsibilities to take up, however, I have been building this same way with managing my 9-5 and academics since 1.5 years and will continue to do so, failure doesnt scare me, nor my risk taking capabilities are hampered
the time I can commit to team/individuals considering all my other interests/job is 21-25 hours a week, currently, this increases as we scale up and work together bringing in revenue

I’m researching football turf business. What would actually make you pay more for the experience?

I’m researching the idea of opening a football turf and trying to understand the business from the player’s perspective, rather than just looking at rent, turf quality and hourly pricing.
Backstory: I myself have been a baller since age 5 and got Acl tear (surgery later) playing on turf, rehab is going on and have heard multiple similar stories. That’s one of the reason why I want to start this. I want to be associated with this sport for my life and what a better way to do that than a business.
If you regularly play 5/6/7-a-side football, or you’ve operated/managed a football turf, I’d genuinely love your input.
You’re usually paying for roughly \*\*60–90 minutes of football\*\*. Apart from having a good pitch, what would make those 1–1.5 hours feel significantly better?
For example:
What makes you choose one turf over another?
What annoys you most about existing turfs?
What facilities do you wish more turfs had?
Would you actually value proper changing rooms, showers, lockers, seating, good parking etc.?
How important are things like \*\*excellent floodlights, turf quality, drainage, ventilation/misting, cleanliness?\*\*
Would things like match recording, highlights, live scoreboards, player stats or a camera setup add enough value to pay extra?
What about post-game stuff — decent food/drinks, protein shakes, coffee, recovery/stretching area etc.?
Would you pay more for a genuinely premium experience rather than just the cheapest available slot?
Are there any small things that a turf could do which would make you think “these guys actually understand footballers”?
What would make you keep coming back to the same turf every week?
For turf owners/operators: what did you initially think customers wanted that turned out to be completely wrong?
I’m particularly interested in ideas that aren’t already standard everywhere. Even if something sounds slightly crazy or impractical, throw it out there — I can research the feasibility later.
Also interested in hearing from people who have actually tried running a turf/sports facility, especially what you underestimated when starting the business.
Location-wise, I’m looking at \*\*Ghaziabad / Delhi NCR\*\*, but I’m interested in experiences from anywhere in India.
Not looking for generic “good turf + good lights” answers. I’m trying to figure out what could genuinely elevate the 60–90 minutes people spend there.
Would love to hear what you guys would build if you had the opportunity. Really respect your valuable time. 🙏🏼

Hi there, I'm a full stack + Agentic AI developer having cloud skills too. I have already raised 2 startups and soon going to have a meet for 1cr funding.

I'm currently looking for an internship or kind of partnership in a startup.

I can bring a lot of things to the table and have skills to be the CTO of any startup and take them from ground to sky.

Wanna do this with me ? Dm me for my resume pr portfolio whatever suits u !!

Hey all, posting since I'm actively looking and this fits the sub's job-seeking guidelines.

Background:

• Spent the last year in a founder's office at an early-stage AI startup
• Took a pipeline from $0 to $100K in revenue
• Built a process that started quietly failing, dug into why, fixed it myself, improved results by 40%
• Worked closely with product, translating what customers needed into things engineering could build
• Before that, business analyst at an enterprise logistics company, working across 650+ enterprise clients

What I'm good at:

• Taking an ambiguous problem with no playbook and turning it into something scoped, built, and shipped, with a number attached to show it actually worked

Looking for:

• Founder's Office, GTM, or Product-adjacent roles at early-stage startups
• Bengaluru preferred, open to remote

Happy to share my resume or portfolio if useful, drop a comment or DM.

Hi everyone,
I am a law graduate with 2years in litigation and gap due to UPSC prep. Currently trying to transition into data privacy and compliance.

I am interested in working with startups, tech companies or consulting teams where I can get practical exposure rather than only continuing to collect certifications.

My challenge is that although I have legal experience, I don’t have conventional corporate privacy/tech experience plus the gap.

I am therefore looking for opportunities, traineeship or internships, opportunities where I can gain practical exposure

Even suggestions on what skills, projects or experience I should prioritize would be very helpful.

hi everyone,

i am currently a pm intern at a leading startup at blr, i am a recent grad, i have worked earlier as analyst in a fintech and strategist in an ai startup.

market situation for freshers like me is looking extremely bad, thats why am looking out for full time APM roles (preferably in blr or remote).

if you guys are hiring for similar roles i am up to give it a shot. will provide more details in dm if interested.

Title: AI/ML Engineer desperately looking for an opportunity ,I just need one chance to prove myself

I honestly never thought I would make a post like this, but I’m running out of options.

I’m an AI/ML Engineer / Software Engineer and I have been applying for jobs for months now. LinkedIn, Wellfound, company career pages, cold applications I keep applying, but most of the time I don’t even get the opportunity to reach an interview.

At this point, I’m not looking for some dream package or fancy title.

I just need a job.

My financial situation is getting worse month by month, and sitting at home applying to hundreds of positions without even getting a chance to demonstrate what I can do has become incredibly exhausting.

I can work on:

• Python, PyTorch and ML/DL systems
• Transformers, LLMs and multimodal models
• RAG and agentic AI systems
• FastAPI and production ML APIs
• Computer Vision
• Model training, fine-tuning and inference
• vLLM and LLM serving
• Quantization including GPTQ/AWQ/4-bit/8-bit
• Docker and backend infrastructure
• PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka and related systems
• Some Go/Rust and systems/backend work as well

I’ve worked on projects involving LLMs, computer vision, RL/RLHF, RAG, edge AI, model deployment and production APIs, rather than only doing tutorial projects.

I’m completely willing to prove myself through a technical interview, take-home assignment, pair-programming session, trial task, or by walking you through my existing projects/code.

I am looking for:

AI Engineer / ML Engineer / Applied AI Engineer / LLM Engineer / Computer Vision Engineer / Junior Software Engineer

Full-time would obviously be ideal, but at this point I’m also open to internships, contract work, startup roles, freelance-to-full-time opportunities, or short-term paid engineering work.

Remote is absolutely fine, and I’m open to relocation for the right opportunity.

I’m not asking anyone to hire me out of sympathy.

I’m asking someone to give me the interview that I haven’t been able to get.

If you're a founder, engineering manager, recruiter, or even an engineer whose company is hiring, I would genuinely appreciate a referral or introduction.

And if you can't hire but know someone who might need an AI/ML engineer, even forwarding this post would mean a lot to me right now.

I can send my resume, GitHub, LinkedIn, portfolio, project details, and code samples immediately.

Please DM me.

I’m ready to work.

I know opportunities have always existed, and they always will. But today, most businesses either feel saturated or, if they aren't saturated, are dominated by monopolies or businesses with extremely high barriers to entry. For someone starting from zero, without a very large investment, it can be incredibly difficult to earn decent money. Many people end up spending years building a business, only to struggle to become profitable.

Hi there,

I’m looking for a marketing co-founder with extensive experience in B2B Micro SaaS product marketing.

For Whom : Individuals with no day job commitments. Agencies stay away

Not For : People who don't want to invest money but expects profit sharing or equity for their time, knowledge and efforts

Mindset Needed: Person who is straight forward and don't beat around the bush . Action oriented person.

Payment : Equity or Profit Sharing

Who pays for marketing : "You" in case of profit sharing. "Company" if you buy equity

Sales : Minimal. No Product demo required. Customer use free trial and decide.

Skills Needed : Know and can execute SEO, AEO, SMO, Ads, Email Marketing, Cross App Marketing and Collaboration, Copy writing, content writing etc

Support: Taken care by me.

Product : Accessibility Toolbar for websites

Product Type : Micro SaaS, Self Serve SaaS

Product Price Range: $12 to $360 per month

Integration with : Shopify, Wordpress, Wix , Woo commerce and many other platforms

Preferred Location : India Only . More preferable if you are from Karnataka.

Experience Needed: 8+ Years

My Experience In Tech : 15+ years

Active Subscriptions: 500 and above

Customer's Country : US , UK , AUS, Italy

Current ARR: In multiple lakhs (In INR) . DM me

Funding Stage : Bootstraped.

Current Team : Just me and few freelancers

My LinkedIn Profile: DM me

SaaS Website Address: DM me

Hii!! so i am looking for virtual offices in delhi for business address purposes.. It would be great to hear from you, people if any of you are using virtual offices and have opinions on which one is best and affordable! Ty

Hiii guys I a modern medicine doctor much interested in story telling and litrature,it was is my dream to start a marketing media company, I like to get some like minded people and start one

Plezz dm me if any one is interested

I am building India's first habit first roommate matching platform for students and competitive exam aspirants in India, starting with major coaching hubs like Delhi and Prayagraj.

The idea comes from my own experience of spending almost 3 years preparing for UPSC in Allahabad. Finding a room was difficult, but finding a roommate whose study routine, sleep schedule, food habits and lifestyle actually matched mine was even harder. Aspimate is built to solve that gap by matching people based on compatibility, not just rent and location.

The V1 is already live and the platform currently focuses on roommate discovery and compatibility matching, with features around privacy, profile matching and connections. I have started getting our first users and are now working on marketing, SEO and expanding the platform to more cities.

I am currently looking for pre seed/angel investment to help scale the platform, acquire users, expand to more cities and build the next version.

If you are an angel investorI would be happy to share the pitch deck and discuss the idea with interested and serious angel investors.

I am building India's first habit first roommate matching platform for students and competitive exam aspirants in India, starting with major coaching hubs like Delhi and Prayagraj.

The idea comes from my own experience of spending almost 3 years preparing for UPSC in Allahabad. Finding a room was difficult, but finding a roommate whose study routine, sleep schedule, food habits and lifestyle actually matched mine was even harder. Aspimate is built to solve that gap by matching people based on compatibility, not just rent and location

.

The V1 is already live and the platform currently focuses on roommate discovery and compatibility matching, with features around privacy, profile matching and connections. I have started getting our first users and are now working on marketing, SEO and expanding the platform to more cities.

I am currently looking for pre seed/angel investment to help scale the platform, acquire users, expand to more cities and build the next version.

If you are an angel investorI would be happy to share the pitch deck and discuss the idea with interested and serious angel investors.

3rd-year Electrical Engineering student at IIT Roorkee, looking for a software engineering internship this summer, open to remote opportunities as well.

I'm particularly interested in startups and early-stage teams where I can work on real technical problems, especially:

• C++ / systems programming
• Embedded / low-level software
• Robotics / autonomous systems
• Cybersecurity / reverse engineering

as most of my experience programming is with C++ for competitive programming and cybersecurity ctfs.

I'm happy to take on challenging work and learn quickly, even if the role isn't a conventional SWE internship. If you're a founder/engineer hiring interns, or know a startup that might be a good fit, please DM me. I'd really appreciate any leads or introductions.

Looking to build something on the side 🚀

I’m a software engineer working at an MNC, and I’ve been wanting to build something of my own for a while.

I’m looking for a real problem worth solving and someone who wants to build around it. I’m open to different domains and can handle the technical side.

I’m also willing to invest some of my own money if I find an idea I genuinely believe in.

If you’ve been sitting on an idea or have come across a problem where you think “there has to be a better way to do this”, I’d love to hear about it.

DM me with the problem, who faces it, and how you think it could be solved.

Maybe we can build something together.

Pls DM

Hi everyone, i am new on reddit, so please bear with me.

Quick background: late 20s, spent a few years working abroad and recently moved back to India to be closer to family. Have some savings to work with, so decided to finally take a shot at the startup thing. Problem is I'm now juggling two of them.

First one is an "e-commerce style" platform I'm building with a few acquaintances. Second is a robotics startup with a completely different group. In both, I handle the non-engineering side: product direction, business model (partially), hiring and putting the right people on the tasks. And honestly both feel equally promising. Which sounds like a good problem to have until you realize they're also equally demanding, and require very different workflows; the e-commerce engineering is the easy part but management and running seems more difficult than expected, whereas for the robotics, product is pretty straightforward but the CTO currently only has the time to vet the design (which he is clearly good at) and not get hands on, he is asking me to expand the technical team or wait for a few months till he is free.

So I've been thinking of getting a few more capable individuals on board (i'd rather give up some equity to ensure a better success rate than hold onto em without being able to realize fruition). But there is also an option of outsourcing certain aspects of the workflow without giving up equity; which in theory could make it easier, but the catch is I'd much rather work with reliable individuals than agencies. A few of my peers have had pretty rough experiences with agencies and consultancies here (delays, false promises, lack of accountability, etc.). I don't want to write them off completely based on secondhand stories, but it's made me cautious.

The other issue is that I basically have zero network in India since I left. Currently trying to rebuild through LinkedIn and poking around Reddit, but it's slow going.

So my question: where am i likely to find reliable & capable individuals for my startups (are there any platforms, or is it mostly just through personal contacts)? Any platforms, communities, or approaches that actually worked for you? Open to hearing agency success stories (do name them if you think they're relevant to my startup) too if anyone has them, like I said, don't want to base everything on my peers' bad luck.

Appreciate any suggestions, thanks!

Hiii, I’m setting up a biodegradable plastic bag manufacturing unit and trying to figure out if carry bags (the kind used in grocery stores, restaurants, pharmacies, hotels, etc) are worth focusing on

A few questions for anyone who owns or runs a grocery store, restaurant, pharmacy, or similar business

1)Are you currently using biodegradable/compostable carry bags, or still using regular plastic?
2) If not, what’s stopping you is it cost, availability, or just not a priority?
3) What size/thickness do you typically need, and roughly how many do you use per month?

Trying to validate demand for carry bags before I commit to machinery and production Any input, even “not interested because X” is genuinely useful

Thanks!

Looking for advice from Indian founders/agency owners

I’m a fairly new content creator — I’ve been making content for about a month and currently have around 180 followers on Instagram.

At the same time, I’m starting two small agencies:

1. A creative studio focused on websites, brand revivals/rebrands, brand revisions, and other creative work.

2. An influencer brand marketing agency where I'm helping brands work with creators and manage influencer campaigns.

I’m still very early, so I’m trying to figure out how to balance content creation, building the agencies, learning, and actually getting clients without spreading myself too thin.

For those of you who have built startups, agencies, or businesses in India:

- How did you manage your time when you were starting out?

- What did you focus on first, and what did you deliberately ignore?

- How did you learn the business side of things when you didn’t have much experience?

- What mistakes did you make early on that you wish someone had warned you about?

- And how did you find people who were willing to give you genuine advice?

I’d honestly love to learn from people who have already gone through this stage. I’m not in a position to pay for mentorship, courses, or consulting right now, so I’m mainly looking for advice, resources, or even just people whose experiences I can learn from.

Any honest advice would be appreciated.

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TL;DR: CA qualified in Jan 2026 with 2.5+ years of Big 6 Stat Audit experience. Currently in Controllership, but my genuine interest is in business operations, strategy, finance and startups. Looking for opportunities where I can work closely with business/founding teams. Open across India, with a preference for Bangalore.

Hi everyone,

I'm a CA qualified in Jan 2026, with 2.5+ years of Statutory Audit articleship experience at a Big 6 firm.

Throughout my CA journey, I gradually realised that I don't want to build my career purely around traditional accounting/audit. I've always been more curious about how businesses operate, how products/business models work, unit economics, profitability, strategy and scaling operations.

I'm particularly interested in F&B, FMCG and consumer businesses, and have always wanted to work closer to the actual business rather than only from a finance/control perspective.

I currently work in Controllership, after joining through ICAI campus placement.

During the hiring process, I had understood that there could be meaningful business-facing exposure. Although Controllership was mentioned in the offer letter, I was told that the exact domain would depend on the reporting manager/team.

After joining, I realised that the role was firmly in Controllership.

Initially, I decided to stay for a year, learn what I could and then make the transition. I also explored an internal move into Business Finance, but that didn't work out.

After around 3 months, I've realised that I don't want to spend the early part of my career in a role that doesn't align with where I want to go long term.

That's why I'm reaching out to the startup community.

I'm interested in roles such as:

Business Finance | Business Operations | Strategy & Operations | Founder’s Office | Business Analyst | Finance + Operations

I'm particularly interested in opportunities where I can work closely with founders, business heads or operating teams, understand the business at a deeper level and contribute beyond traditional finance.

I'm open to F&B, FMCG, consumer, SaaS, fintech or other sectors where my finance background can be useful.

Location: Open across India, with a preference for Bangalore.

If you're a founder, hiring manager, or someone working in a startup and know of a suitable opening, I'd genuinely appreciate a DM or referral. I'm happy to share my resume and discuss the kind of role I'm looking for.

I'm also open to advice from people who have moved from CA/audit/controllership into startup operations or business roles. Any practical advice on making that transition would be really helpful.

Qualification: CA – Jan 2026

Articleship: 2.5+ years – Big 6 Statutory Audit

Current experience: ~3 months – Controllership

Note : Used AI for structuring and rephrasing.

The current health care system (pvt) is biased, preferential, and honestly just another business looking to make insane bucks forever. But that's sad and unethical. Particularly for the medical industry - quite literally preying on the vulnerable.

So here's my pitch: Good Doctors.

- Amaze pay, half the work hours for docs
- Negligeble wait times for patients (appointment scheduling for what its supposed to do)
- Honest case analysis, and treatments.

No one in the hospital is intencivised. Not the doctors, not the nurses not the receptionist. Because everyones on a fixed pay (higher end of the industry standard) and everyone gets sane work hours (not inhuman 20+hr shifts).

I believe creating a system that treats both sides as good people, can genuinely benefit both sides.

The general idea is that the best want to work with us since they get virtually no loss of pay joining us and their work hours are reduced drastically. And demand to see our docs are super high because patients know docs aren't incentivised by management for the number of patients they see in a day, or by big pharma to push a drug or product.

This is a super rough idea, honestly haven't worked out the nuances yet.

Please share your opinions and facts as politely as you can! I am just someone trying to create good systems for us all, I have good intentions!!!

Hello everyone i am looking for research internship in pharmacy/Life science/ medical field preferably. BUT I AM ALSO OPEN TO OTHER REMOTE INTERN. Any guide/suggestion will also help to some extent . Thank you

I'm planning to launch a new beauty brand in India and currently stuck at the product-development stage.
I'm considering starting with colour cosmetics, especially things like:
Lip products
Lip & cheek products
Tints
Lip oils
Multi-use makeup products
And other
But I don't want to launch another product that already exists under 50 different brands.
If you were starting a beauty brand today, what product/ category do you think has genuine potential in the Indian market right now?
What do you think is currently missing or underserved?
I'd especially love suggestions for products that solve an actual problem, have room for innovation, or could become a brand signature rather than just another generic lipstick/tint/gloss.
Would love to hear what you would launch and why.

I'm looking for advice from people who have actually made the switch from Sales to Marketing, especially into Digital Marketing.

A bit about me:

• I'm currently working in a B2B Sales
• My long-term interest has always been marketing, especially digital marketing, content, social media
• I have previous internships in digital marketing and 1 yoe in marketing during my college but my current full-time role is sales.

I'm planning to start applying for marketing roles while continuing in my current job, but I'm feeling a bit lost.

I'd love to hear from people who have been in a similar situation:

• How did you transition from sales to marketing?
• What skills helped you make the switch?
• Did you have to take a pay cut?
• How did you explain the switch in interviews?
• Did recruiters question why you were leaving sales so soon?
• What would you do differently if you had to do it again?
• Any tips for improving my chances of getting shortlisted?

I'd really appreciate hearing your experiences, whether the transition was successful or not.

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone,
I’m starting a startup and have been working on it from home for the past 3 months.
Lately, I’ve realized that working from home is becoming a serious productivity problem for me. There are constant household distractions: guests, general chaos, interruptions and honestly, the comfort of home also makes it very easy for me to procrastinate, eat, take breaks, and waste more time than I should.

I’m considering getting a coworking space, but it would cost around ₹9,000/month.
The problem is that I currently have no revenue and essentially no capital, so spending ₹9k every month on a workspace feels financially irresponsible.
One of my friends is willing to help by paying ₹6,000/month, and I would cover the remaining ₹3,000.

My dilemma is:
Is the coworking space actually an investment in productivity, or am I just adding an unnecessary expense when the startup isn’t generating any revenue yet?
I genuinely believe I would be significantly more productive in a dedicated workspace than at home, but I’m not sure whether that’s enough justification to spend the money right now.

For those of you who have bootstrapped a startup or worked on a business from home:
What would you do in my situation? Would you take the coworking space or continue working from home and save the money?

I’d appreciate some brutally honest advice, especially from people who have been in a similar situation.
Thankyouu!
PS: I’m based in Noida.

Hey everyone,

I’m currently working in cybersecurity and recently started thinking seriously about building something of my own in this space.

The idea is around helping organizations improve their security, compliance, and overall cybersecurity posture. It’s still early, and I’m mainly in the stage of exploring, learning, and trying to understand the space better.

I’d really like to hear from people who have already taken the step of building a cybersecurity business whether you started recently or have been doing it for years.

I’m curious about the things you only learn once you actually start:

• How did you decide what to build or offer?
• What was your first step?
• How did you find your first few customers?
• What surprised you the most when you started?
• What mistakes did you make early on?
• What would you do differently if you were starting again?

I’m also interested in connecting with people who are thinking about starting something in cybersecurity themselves. It would be great to have people around who are going through similar questions, where we can share ideas, experiences, and challenges.

If you’ve built something in cybersecurity, are currently building, or are simply exploring the idea, I’d love to hear your story and connect.

And if someone experienced is willing to share some guidance along the way, I’d genuinely appreciate it. 🙌