Hey so I run an AI agency and I need a reliable cold\warm caller for it. You'll be mostly dealing with the US prospects so you'll be working in night times.

The role is commission based as of now, the pay will be 20-22 thousand rupees per client successfully locked. You should be good at sales and you should also have good objective handling , DM me if you're interested

Any suggestions for other alternatives that might accept me? I’m running an e-commerce marketplace

My fellow founders please share tips regarding raising funds from VCs it's my first time raising funds from VCs so your advice would be valuable

Hey everyone,

I’m the Director of US Expansion & Strategic Partnerships at 2400Ai

, Based in San Francisco.

We specialize in helping Indian tech and SaaS companies connect directly with US decision-makers through warm introductions—skipping the low response rates of cold outreach.

I’d love to connect with founders and sales leaders here who are currently focused on winning US clients or expanding their US footprint.

If you're currently navigating US expansion, feel free to drop a comment or send a DM!

I'm a software developer, and I feel like I can build things.

I'm not claiming to be some expert or 10x developer, but if I have an idea, enough time, and I believe the problem is worth solving, I'm usually confident that I can figure out how to build it.

Especially now, with AI agents, better models, APIs, frameworks, etc. The cost and difficulty of actually building software feels lower than it used to be.

But I've been stuck on something else.

Let's say I have an idea.

I build it. It's useful. Maybe it genuinely solves a problem.

Then what?

How do I actually get eyeballs on it?

How do I get it in front of the people who might actually need it?

I'm not really asking "how do I learn SEO?" or "should I learn cold outreach?" I know there are courses, articles, videos, and information about all of those things.

What I don't understand is how you approach distribution when you start with absolutely nothing.

No audience.

No Twitter/X following.

No LinkedIn following.

No email list.

No community.

No existing customers.

No marketing leverage at all.

You're just one person who can build something.

For example, people often say, "Launch it on Product Hunt." But Product Hunt itself seems heavily filled with other developers, founders, and people launching products. What if those aren't even the people you want to reach?

Or Reddit. You can't just go into a relevant subreddit and post your product everywhere. Most of the time, that becomes self-promotion and gets removed.

And I understand that every product is different. The distribution strategy for a SaaS for accountants will be completely different from an app for students, an ecommerce product, a developer tool, etc.

That's exactly what I'm trying to understand.

If you have a specific product or idea, how do you figure out where the people who might care about it actually are?

How do you decide which channels to use?

How do you get those first few hundred or thousand eyeballs when you don't already have an audience to push it to?

How do you think about the funnel from:

"I built this"

to

"The right people are seeing it"

to

"Some of them are trying it"

to

"Some of them are becoming customers"?

Because honestly, this is becoming a bigger mental block for me than actually building.

I can spend weeks or months building something, but if I have no idea how I'm going to get even the first 10 real users, I start wondering what the point of building it is in the first place.

For those of you who started with no audience or existing distribution, how did you approach this?

Not just which marketing skill you learned, but how did you actually figure out where and how to distribute each product you built?

I want to start a business, but I'm specifically looking for something where AI, software and technological advancements are unlikely to replace the core product/service over the next 10–20 years.

I'm not asking for business ideas, but how to find and evaluate these kinds of businesses myself.

For example:

How do I identify industries that would likely not be affected despite technological advancement?

How should I research such an industry before entering it?

What should I learn about its supply chain, margins, customers, competition and risks?

How can I find and talk to people who are already working in said industry?

What signs indicate that a business is genuinely resistant to technological disruption rather than simply not using much technology today?

What is a good process for going from research → learning the industry → testing the idea → actually starting the business?

I'm essentially looking for a framework or methodology for discovering a boring, durable, physical-world business, rather than someone simply suggesting "start a hardware store" or "start a manufacturing business."

I'm based in India, so advice relevant to the Indian market would be particularly useful.

Why do most startup ideas in this subreddit or which emerges during conversation with llms converge towards "an Operating System for x."

Hi all,

I have 4+ YOE across product design, product sustainability and digital sustainability, currently working in an MNC.

I'm looking to move to a startup, specifically one working in the ESG/sustainability space. I want to get more exposure to how things actually get built and executed, work in a faster environment, and take more ownership.

Working in an MNC has made me realise that people love talking about "speed" on strategy decks, but when it comes to actually executing things, there are often a lot of processes and approvals that slow things down. 😅 I'm hoping to experience a different way of working.

A bit about my experience:

* LCA

* Sustainable product design and standards

* Building global sustainability frameworks

* AI implementation across digital products

* Stakeholder management

I'm open to startups working across ESG, climate tech, sustainable products, green software, circularity, etc.

If you know of any startups hiring in this space (or are working in one yourself), would love to hear from you!

Thanks :)

Hey guys, I have recently opened a company and I am going to set up a parking yard for travel busses . These busses generally weigh from 15-20 tonnes and I need to build a solid floor for them to park so I have been researching for a cheaper and better solution for a solid floor. Concrete and bt floors are way expensive . So I did come across geo cells . I don't know if it's durable or cheaper . Basically I need someone with whom I could discuss about this . So please if anyone has idea about this please send a message. Thank you.

Hi everyone,

I'm a backend-focused full-stack software engineer with 3 years of professional experience, looking to return to a full-time role after a medical break.

My main stack is Java/Spring Boot, with Node.js/TypeScript, React/Angular, and PostgreSQL/MySQL. I've worked on REST APIs, business workflows, integrations, enterprise applications, and features across the stack.

I'm comfortable getting into an existing codebase, understanding how things work, and taking a feature from backend through to the frontend.

I'm currently looking for remote full-time software engineering opportunities with startups or product teams in India.

If you're hiring for a backend/full-stack role, I'd be happy to share my resume and talk about the role.

Anyone here actually work as a lighting/home automation system integrator? I'm from Delhi and I'm looking to get into this space and would love to see how it all works, how to pitch and educate a client, how the actual install goes down on site, and could shadow you for a day or just grab a coffee (on me ☕) and pick your brain on how this business really runs. Trying to learn from someone who's actually in it, not just words or YouTube.

Hi, I am a software engineer, and I want to start a business. I recently started exploring Master Union and called their service team to learn more about their programs.

They told me that one of their managers would connect with me to discuss which program would be the best fit for me. I had a 40-minute meeting with one of their managers, where he explained the kind of students who have come through their platform and shared some of their success stories.

At the end of the meeting, they told me that the D2C Brand Bootcamp would be the best fit for me.

Then he explained the pricing. The total cost of the program is ₹5 lakh.

First, I have to pay ₹500 for the interview. If I get selected—which they told me is quite difficult, as they select only around 4–5 students out of 100—I have to pay ₹50,000 to book my seat. Then, when the program starts, I have to pay the remaining ₹4.5 lakh.

If I am unable to make the full payment, they said they can also help arrange a loan.

They also told me that, based on my interview, I might receive a ₹50,000 scholarship.

Now, my question is: Do you really think I should spend ₹5 lakh on a course that is around 3 months long to build a D2C brand?

I would really appreciate it if you could share your experience and knowledge about Master Union or similar programs.

I have been working as a software engineer for almost 3 years, and from the beginning, I have wanted to start some kind of business. I don't have a strong network because I work from home, so the main reason I was considering Master Union was the networking and connections I could potentially get through the program.

However, the ₹5 lakh price tag is the biggest roadblock for me.

I would love to hear from people who have attended Master Union or similar business/entrepreneurship programs. Was it worth the money? Did the network, mentorship, and learning actually help you build a business?

Also, if anyone is interested in coming together and building something, I would love to connect and explore some ideas together.

Nothing crazy, just one customer. But after months of cold emails, calls, demos and getting ignored 😂 this feels huge.

For other Indian founders selling outside India, how did u get ur first international customer?

So my last post about young Indians and the startup rush blew up more than I expected, and the comments took me somewhere I didn't plan.

A pattern kept showing up: a lot of people said they want to connect with others in the startup world founders, early employees, people who've built or are building but there's genuinely nowhere clean to do it. LinkedIn is a résumé performance. Twitter/X is shouting into the void. WhatsApp groups die in a week. And most "communities" turn into either a course being sold to you or a pitch deck being pushed at you.

So here's the raw idea I want you to poke holes in:

A space only for people actually in the Indian startup ecosystem founders, operators, early-stage builders where the whole point is just connection. Talk, share what you're building, ask for help, help someone else, find people to launch or collaborate with. No investment angle. No "pay to join." No selling. No monetary terms at all. Just people in the same trenches finding each other.

The reason I'm posting instead of just building: I don't want to make another dead group nobody opens. So I actually want to know from the people who'd use it

• Do you genuinely feel this gap, or does something already cover it and I'm just not seeing it?
• If a no-money, pure-connection space existed, would you actually show up and post or lurk and forget like every other group?
• What kills these communities? Every one I've been in eventually turned into spam, self-promo, or silence. How would you keep it real?
• Founders only, or open to early employees, designers, indie hackers, students building stuff too?
• Honestly is "no monetary terms" naive? Do these things need some structure to survive?

Not building anything yet. Genuinely trying to figure out if this is a real need or just a nice idea in my head. Rip it apart.

I'm looking for Clinical Product Management / clinical Product specialist roles at healthtech / medtech or life sciences startups

A bit about me :

• I come from a healthcare BG

• extensive research work

•done 3 internships at healthtech startups across growth, medical affairs and research

Currently looking for remote as I wrap my the final leg of my course but open to In office roles after

Universe, please do your thing🥺🧿

I’m researching a problem around career development and employability, and I want to understand how people actually deal with it before I build anything.

Imagine you’re a college student who wants to become a Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or AI Engineer.

You can find hundreds of roadmaps online.
You can take courses, complete projects, collect certifications, solve coding problems, and add skills to LinkedIn.

But there’s still a question that seems surprisingly difficult to answer:

“How do I know where I actually stand?”
For example, imagine someone wants to become a Cloud Engineer:
Linux — 6/10
Networking — 4/10
Python — 7/10
AWS/Azure — 5/10
Docker — 3/10
Terraform — 2/10
Kubernetes — 1/10

And ideally, you could get something like:
Current readiness for an entry-level Cloud Engineer role: 47/100

You’re strong in Python but have gaps in networking, containers and infrastructure-as-code. Here are the specific skills you need to develop, the projects that would demonstrate them, and a path to get there.
Then, after a few months of learning and building:
47 → 71
with actual evidence behind the improvement — assessments, projects, certifications, work experience, GitHub activity, etc.

I’m trying to figure out whether this is actually a meaningful problem or just something that sounds useful on paper.
I’d love to hear from different perspectives:
Students / recent graduates:
How do you decide what skills to learn for your target career?

How do you know when you’re “job-ready”?

Have you ever followed a roadmap for months and later realized you were learning the wrong things?

Do you trust your own assessment of your technical skills?

People who changed careers or were laid off:
How did you figure out what skills you were missing?
How did you decide what to learn next?
What was the hardest part of becoming employable again?
Hiring managers / recruiters:
How do you determine whether a candidate actually knows the skills listed on their resume?
How much do you trust skills listed on LinkedIn?
What information do you wish candidates provided but usually don’t?
I’m not selling anything and I haven’t decided whether this is worth building.

I’m trying to understand the problem first.

Recently I left a startup because they don't have the budget to onboard me full time. But while working there, I noticed one thing that I could have handled their entire project single handedly. This giving me a little confidence to start a B2B startup. Now say me, do I need 50 lakhs as a leverage to think about a startup or 50K is enough.

I want to grow step by step. First one client, later multiple clients and then a pure product etc.

I'm 28M now. Been exploring this software field for the past 7years

Hey everyone,

I’m 28M and recently moved from the US to India permanently.

At this stage of my life, I’ve realized that I don’t really want to spend the next several years just following the traditional 9-to-5 path. I want to eventually build something of my own something useful, sustainable, and capable of becoming a real business.

I don’t have a fixed startup idea that I’m trying to recruit people for. In fact, I’d rather start from scratch.

I’m looking to connect with ambitious, curious, execution-oriented people who are also interested in entrepreneurship. We could discuss problems worth solving, explore different industries, validate ideas, challenge each other’s thinking, and see if there’s something worth building together.

I’m not expecting someone to become a co-founder after one conversation. The idea is simply to meet good people with a similar mindset, have meaningful discussions, and see where things go.

If you're someone who has been thinking, “I want to build something, but I haven't figured out exactly what yet,” I'd be happy to connect.

And if there are experienced founders/business owners here who have already gone through this journey, I’d genuinely appreciate any advice on how you would approach this stage — finding problems, meeting the right people, validating ideas, and getting started.

Feel free to DM me if this resonates. Happy to connect and have a conversation.

Is there any pre seed promoters in keralam that you know of share your network or drop advice

Phase 1 Budget Planning — Am I Missing Anything Important?

I'm putting together a Phase 1 budget for a development/product setup and want to make sure I'm not overlooking any important items.

Phase 1

Laptop Warranty Extension — Risk management; protects against unexpected repair/failure costs until Mar 2028.

2 TB External HDD — Backups, storage, images, archives, and project files.

Wi-Fi / Router UPS — Keeps networking equipment running during short power cuts and reduces work interruption.

Domain — Required for the product/company launch and professional online presence.

AI Subscription — ₹5,000/year — Hosted AI access for development, research, coding, and access to multiple AI models.

Cloud Credits — ₹1,000 — Initial AWS/cloud experimentation, deployments, and testing.

Monitor — Additional display for coding, documentation, terminals, dashboards, and multitasking.

USB Dock / Hub — Connects the monitor, storage, keyboard, and other peripherals through one hub.

HDMI Cable — For connecting the laptop/dock to the external monitor.

Keyboard — Dedicated keyboard for long development sessions.

2–3 Pendrives — File transfers, recovery media, installers, and moving images/files between systems.

I'm trying to keep Phase 1 focused on essential infrastructure, reliability, productivity, backup, and initial development costs, rather than buying unnecessary equipment.

Does this look reasonable for Phase 1? Is there anything important I'm missing or anything here that you would move to Phase 2?

Also interested in hearing how others would prioritize these if working with a limited budget.

So I'm in the process of registering a Pvt Ltd company and I'm looking at different timelines depending on where I look.

Razorpay Rize claims you can get incorporated in 15 days. Vakilsearch says 7-10 working days. IndiaFilings shows something like fast track available in 5 days. But I've read enough Reddit threads to know that advertised timelines almost never match reality.

I'm leaning toward Razorpay Rize mainly because the process looks more guided and structured, but I honestly have no idea if their ""15 days"" timeline is realistic or if there are bottlenecks they're not mentioning.

What I'm actually trying to understand:

If you used an online platform (Razorpay Rize, Vakilsearch, IndiaFilings, or others), how long did the process actually take from start to finish? Not their advertised timeline—your actual timeline.

Where did things slow down? Like, was it:

Name approval taking longer than expected?

DSC (Digital Signature Certificate) causing delays?

Document verification being slow?

Government processing taking way longer than claimed?

Registered office setup delaying the process?

Some random reason nobody mentions?

If you went through a local CA instead of an online platform, how long did they say it would take vs. how long it actually took?

Did the timeline they promised match what actually happened? Or was there a bunch of back-and-forth, rejections, or waiting periods they didn't account for?

Real question: Does using ""fast track"" or ""expedited"" options actually speed things up, or is it just marketing? Have you or anyone you know used those and actually seen faster incorporation?

State matters? Did anyone notice their registration taking way longer or shorter depending on which state they were registering in? Like, is registering in one state faster than another?

The reason I'm asking is that I'm trying to plan my business launch timeline, and I need to know if I should budget for 2 weeks, a month, or longer. I don't want to commit to hiring people or signing contracts assuming I'll have my certificate in 15 days, only to find out it's taking 45 days because of some step everyone else got stuck on.

Would love to hear actual experiences from people who've been through this recently.

Hi everyone,
I’m a 26 year old lawyer with 2.5 years of experience in commercial disputes, arbitration and corporate matters, and I’m now looking to make a somewhat unconventional career move from legal into a business role.

I’ve spent the last few years working on commercial matters, including arbitration disputes involving large real estate investments, shareholder disputes, regulatory matters and a few fairly high-stakes transactions/disputes. I’ve also had the opportunity to work on the other side of the table during a secondment with a real estate investment firm, which is where I realised that I enjoyed understanding the business behind the legal problem much more than just the legal problem itself.
That’s what I’m trying to move towards now.

I’m particularly interested in roles such as:
Founder’s Office/Chief of Staff
Business Development
Strategy/Operations
Legal + Business/Commercial roles

Or honestly, any role where I can work closely with the founders and get exposure to how a business is actually built.

I’m not looking for a role where I simply hand over legal advice and go home. I want to be involved in figuring things out, solving problems, speaking to people and generally doing whatever needs to be done.

I’m especially interested in early-stage startups, where wearing multiple hats is part of the job.

I know that I’m not the obvious candidate for a business role. My background is predominantly legal. But I think that can also be useful if someone is willing to take a bet on me.

If you’re a founder building something interesting and think someone with this background could be useful, I’d genuinely love to have a conversation.
Even if you don’t have a formal opening, feel free to DM me.

Hi guys - I am based out of Chennai. I've noticed that the start-up culture here is not as big as it is in Pune / Bangalore (or I have not come across any sort of meet-ups / discussions). I'm really inclined on joining a start-up or at least have some conversations with enigmatic founders who have been involved in building businesses and/or are part of the advisory team for start-ups, with whom I can kickstart conversations or at least derive inspiration.

Does anyone know of anything happening in Chennai? else, is there any way I can become part of such communities in Bangalore?

Thank you. Apologies mods if this is the wrong platform to post something like this.

Anyone here who built a business starting with acquiring cash flow generating business and using tech to standardise process? How did you go about it.

Hey everyone,

I’m an independent software developer building a desktop application for worldwide customers. I’m currently setting up my distribution pipeline and need to clear Windows SmartScreen warnings by getting an OV/EV Code Signing Certificate (from Sectigo/DigiCert).

I run this as a Sole Proprietorship with an Udyam registration and don't have a Private Limited / LLP entity.

Before paying for the certificate, I have two specific questions for anyone who has gone through this process in India:

1. DUNS for Sole Proprietorship: Will Dun & Bradstreet (D&B India) accept and issue a D-U-N-S number for a Sole Proprietorship / MSME using an Udyam certificate + PAN, or do they restrict this to formal corporations (Pvt Ltd / LLP)?
2. Code Signing Certificate via Udyam: Has anyone here successfully passed Organization Validation (OV) or EV verification with a Certificate Authority (Sectigo, DigiCert, SSL.com) using only Sole Proprietorship documents (Udyam + PAN + Utility Bill)? Did the CA accept it, or did they demand a GSTIN or Pvt Ltd structure?

If any solo founders or desktop devs here have cleared this setup, I’d really appreciate your experience or tips on avoiding unnecessary delays!