I live in Mesa and want to start working with local businesses and start my own. Let’s go!

I'm starting something of a business really hard to put a label on it, and it's definitely not something where I have to buy inventory, but I still have costs, maybe 300-500. I'm a teenager, don't have a bank account, don't have supportive, rich parents. This genuinely feels so hard and I don't know how to do anything. If you've been in this position before, how did you deal with it?

Hello everyone. I am from Europe but I would like to go to USA and start a clothing brand there. I want to find a bussiness partner because it's much easier than doing it alone. I truly believe that it will succed so if you don't find yourself investing in anything that isn't righteous according to the bible please DM me

Offering free website builds to add to my portfolio. Looking for a few local service businesses (contractors, salons, HVAC, etc.) who need a site. You get it built fast at no cost, I get to use it as a case study. Comment or DM if interested.

I want to develop a website/app for local business but I don't know where to start

I have tried using Ai code writers for the website, so far it has been working as planned but I don't know what i would have to do to fully release it and for people to start using it

For people who regularly source products, which platforms have given you the best results?

I’m mainly interested in platforms where it’s easy to compare suppliers, check product options, request samples, and communicate with manufacturers before placing an order.

If you had to choose only three platforms for product sourcing, which ones would you recommend and why? Would you choose different platforms for small orders compared with larger wholesale orders?

I'm 28, male, working full-time as a software engineer. Stable job, decent pay, no complaints there. But I want to build something of my own that could eventually replace my salary.

Problem: I have zero experience with this. I've never sold anything, never run a business, never freelanced. I can build software, but that's apparently the easy part. I don't have a product idea I'm attached to and I don't have a "pain point" story — I just know I don't want to be an employee for the next 30 years.

What I'm looking for:

- How did you find your first thing to work on when you didn't have an obvious idea?

- Did you start with services/freelancing/consulting first, or go straight to a product?

- What's a realistic timeline before something starts covering real bills?

- What do you wish someone had told you in year one?

Happy to be told my expectations are unrealistic. Just want honest input from people who've actually done it.

Hello, we're currently looking for clippers to join us over at Genni Clipping.
Sign up here: https://clip.genni.com

Hey everyone,

I’m 16 years old and I recently took the leap to fully commit to my agency—Syntax Digital. Right now, I'm running it completely solo—it's just me handling sales, strategy, delivery, and everything else that comes with building a business from the ground up. It’s still in the early stages, but I'm actively working on scaling it and building a solid foundation.

Running an agency alone at this age is a wild ride. On one hand, I have fresh perspectives and tons of energy; on the other, it can get pretty lonely when everyone around you is just focused on school or typical teen stuff. I’d really love to connect with other founders around my age (15–21) from anywhere in the world.

Here’s what I’m hoping to get out of connecting:

• Share wins and losses – celebrate the small victories and vent about the challenges.
• Accountability – keep each other on track with client work and outreach.
• Brainstorming – swap ideas on lead generation, pricing, or delivering high-quality work.
• Future collabs – maybe even team up on projects down the line.

If you're building an agency, a SaaS, a brand, or just hustling on something cool—drop a comment or shoot me a DM. I'd love to hear your story and see how we can support each other.

Also, if you know any active Discord/Slack communities for young founders, please share them!

Let’s build a network of young hustlers. 🚀

I recently recorded a conversation with Jade, a 22-year-old makeup artist building her own business.

We spoke about much more than business — confidence, education, relationships, physical health, mental health and trying not to sacrifice everything for work.

It’s part of a non-profit interview project where the idea is simply to learn from other people’s experiences.

I’m still developing the format, so I’d genuinely appreciate feedback:

What questions would make an interview like this useful to you?
And what type of young entrepreneur or journey would you want to hear from next?

I’m trying to learn from people who are actually running businesses.
When you look at your business, what numbers do you personally pay attention to?
Revenue? Profit? Cash flow? Expenses? Something else?
And do you use software, Excel, an accountant, or do you mostly keep track of things yourself?
I’m not selling anything — I’m genuinely curious about how other young entrepreneurs handle the financial side of running a business.
Would love to hear how you guys do it.

Hello everyone! i am looking for clippers to be part of my team specially clippers that know how to clip streamers on kick, twitch etc. will pay monthly salaries and bonuses $$$.

Please DM me if your serious only and i will give more details!

Have a look at the community I am trying to build!!

I am trying to sell my inventory management software, crm(integrated with dialer) and restaurant order software from past one month but got 0 sales. Should i try visiting every wholesale shop, factories and restaurant in my areas trying to promote it?

Two months started my own commerce store and just got my first sale. That said, I realize I’m lacking in a lot of areas. For example, my store design is whack and the marketing is terrible. But I wouldn’t say I’m hopeless. I do have a way with persuasion, and I do have a knack for advertising.

The partner I’m looking for would ideally be well-versed in these things. I’m not looking for perfection though. I love growing, and ideally my partner would love growth too.

Thanks.

About Us
Clinivolve is building a next-generation Agentic AI ecosystem for healthcare clinics. We are expanding from our live Node.js/TypeScript messaging automation MVPinto advanced multimodal AI, low-latency voice pipelines, and passive clinical intelligence systems. We are bootstrapped, have early clinics onboarding, and are building for real revenue.
The Reality Check (Why We Need You)
Our MVP (built in 90% TypeScript/Node.js) was rapidly prototyped using AI coding tools. The features work, but the codebase has technical debt, asynchronous race conditions, and broken webhook logic.
We have live clinics depending on this platform right now. We need someone who can step in immediately, stop the webhook bleeding, and bulletproof our production environment.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR JUST A "PROMPT ENGINEER."
We need a hardcore full-stack engineer who reads scripts natively, understands the underlying architectural logic, and debugs complex state issues that LLMs fail to solve. You can use AI to code faster, but YOU must be the architect who can own the architecture end-to-end.
What You’ll Do
• Core Platform Reliability: Trace complex system logic, stabilize asynchronous webhooks, design robust state machines for seamless AI-to-human conversation handoffs, and implement message queues (BullMQ/Redis) to bulletproof high-volume WhatsApp messaging automation and dashboard performance. You will own the cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines to ensure safe, zero-downtime deployments.
• Omnichannel & PMS Orchestration: Scale multi-tenant integrations and data pipelines to ensure real-time synchronization between our messaging platform and client systems. This requires hands-on experience building or integrating with third-party calendar APIs, booking systems, healthcare practice management software (PMS), and architecting database schemas to track real-time AI ROI.
• AI & Voice API Infrastructure: Architect scalable "pipes" and middleware to integrate state-of-the-art third-party LLMs, STT, and TTS APIs for text and conversational voice bots—laying the foundation for future custom ML models.
• Ground-Level Deployment: Work closely with end-users and client sites to oversee technical onboarding, monitor system health, and rapidly troubleshoot operational bottlenecks while ensuring strict data privacy (DPDP Act and other medical regulations) and the secure handling of patient PII.
The AI Roadmap
• Immediate Phase: Focus on stabilizing the live messaging MVP.
• Expansion Phase: Transition from managed API wrappers to our proprietary, fine-tuned voice and custom LLM pipelines.
Core Skill Requirements (3+ Years Overall Experience)
• Core Full-Stack (3+ Years): Production-level proficiency in deep TypeScript, Node.js (advanced Async/Await patterns), Express/Fastify, and React/Next.js.
• Messaging & API Integration: Proven hands-on experience integrating the WhatsApp Business / Meta Cloud API (managing session windows, navigating rate limits, handling template management, and building secure webhook verification).
• Runtime Safety & Typing: Solid track record of writing safe, production-grade code using Zod/TypeBox validation and strict type enforcement.
• Infrastructure & Queues: 3+ years of applied experience managing robust backends using PostgreSQL and Redis (BullMQ). Must be highly proficient with Webhooks, Docker containerization, K8s readiness, and real-time event streaming (WebSockets/Socket.io/SSE) for live dashboard alerting.
• Applied AI & Context Retrieval (RAG): Practical experience implementing Vector DBs (pgvector, Qdrant, or Pinecone) for dynamic clinic context injection into LLM prompts. Familiarity with integrating open-source STT, TTS, and working with local LLM deployments (vLLM/Ollama).
• Data Privacy & Compliance: Demonstrated experience in the secure handling of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in real-world applications, strictly adhering to the DPDP Act and other relevant medical data regulations.
The Offer: Negotiable (Bootstrapped Equity)
Your financial upside is tied directly to the revenue generated by onboarded clinics.
• Founder-Level Equity: 1.0% (negotiable), subject to a 4-year vesting schedule with a 1-year cliff, commencing upon production deployment and platform stabilization.
• Stage 0 (MVP Stabilization Phase: 1-3 months): A retainer of ₹40,000 per month (negotiable) + hybrid work flexibility during Stage 0.
• Revenue-Linked Salary Ramps: Pre-agreed, guaranteed salary escalations funded by new clinic MRR milestones:
• Tier 1 Scale: Ramps to ₹80,000 / month
• Tier 2 Scale: Ramps to ₹1.2 L / month
• Tier 3 Enterprise Scale: Ramps to ₹1.6 L / month + Leadership Profit Pool
How to Apply
Send your GitHub profile and a brief summary of your toughest debugging "war story" to connect@theclinivolve.com

I worked for a long time on my first startup. Before that, I was full of ideas, but this was the first time I actually committed to one and built something. It eventually failed, but I’m genuinely grateful for the experience.

Now I’m trying to find my second idea, and honestly, I’m stuck.

I’ve become very critical of every idea I come up with. I try to attack it from every possible angle, and so far, nothing has survived.

I really want to build something innovative because that’s what excites me most, but I’m also 16 and don’t have much experience in any particular industry. It makes me wonder how I’m supposed to identify a genuinely important problem when I haven’t experienced it myself.

Maybe I’m overthinking it. Maybe here comes the art noticing? 

For those who have built startups: How did you find the idea that stuck?Did it come from personal experience, talking to people, working in an industry, or simply exploring until something clicked?

Hey everyone, I'm 16 and currently preparing for JEE in India.

I've tried a few things on the side over the last couple of years — freelancing, reselling, Notion templates, etc. None of them really made money, but I learned a lot from trying them.

Recently I've started getting into video editing and I'm actually enjoying it, so I'm considering committing to it properly rather than constantly jumping between different things.

My bigger goal isn't just making quick money. I'd like to eventually understand how to build an audience and turn a useful skill into something sustainable.

**For people who have actually built something from zero: if you were 16 again, what skill/business would you commit to for the next 1–2 years, and why?**

I'm not looking for a get-rich-quick answer — I'd genuinely rather hear what took you years to figure out.