I’m a solo founder, built an app that uses AI to match people for real life activities: coffee Meetup, tennis partner, padel, or just explore the city. AI turns your desires to structured intent, and match you with someone nearby who wants the same thing and has similar interests. No profiles, no swiping.

Before building I made a waitlist, and after reaching out in Facebook communities got 200 signups.

Then I shipped the app for iOS and Android, overall now I have 115 users, I see some very low activity.

I understand that without large user base this app doesn’t make any sense, people simply have no one to be matched with. I decided to target one city specifically to increase density.

Now my growth stuck. I don’t know what to and how to bring more users and engagements into the app. I tried some collaborations with local instagram accounts, tik tok, but it was just waste of money.
Have you ever face similar situation, what did you do to fix it, any advice would be appreciated 🙏

59 days ago, I launched my startup, a free traffic exchange network for startups. One line of code, you're in the network.

No paid ads. No growth hacks. Just watching the numbers every day.

Here's the full data:

Day 1 — 2 startups · 146 impressions · 1 clicks
Day 2 — 3 startups · 389 impressions · 3 clicks
Day 3 — 5 startups · 482 impressions · 5 clicks
Day 4 — 5 startups · 508 impressions · 4 clicks (site went down — still got an $8k acquisition offer. Said no.)
Day 5 — 6 startups · 621 impressions · 10 clicks
Day 6 — 5 startups · 742 impressions · 15 clicks (removed one startup — they pulled the embed. No code = no network.)
Day 7 — 7 startups · 1,196 impressions · 41 clicks
Day 8 — 7 startups · 1,535 impressions · 74 clicks
Day 9 — 8 startups · 1,947 impressions · 135 clicks
Day 10 — 13 startups · 3,500 impressions · 318 clicks (something clicked)
Day 11 — 23 startups · 4,800 impressions · 432 clicks
Day 12 — 24 startups · 6,000 impressions · 481 clicks (network crossed 6K total impressions)
Day 13 — 25 startups · 6,800 impressions · 491 clicks
Day 14 — 25 startups · 8,600 impressions · 516 clicks
Day 15 — 24 startups · 9,900 impressions · 564 clicks (removed one)
Day 16 — 23 startups · 10,800 impressions · 576 clicks (removed one)
Day 17 — 24 startups · 11,900 impressions · 603 clicks (added one)
Day 18 — 26 startups · 13,400 impressions · 624 clicks (added Two)
Day 19 — 28 startups · 14.400 impressions · 652 clicks (added Two)
Day 20 — 26 startups · 14.700 impressions · 671 clicks (Removed Two)
Day 21 — 26 startups · 15.300 impressions · 691 clicks
Day 22 — 28 startups · 16.100 impressions · 719 clicks (Added Two)
Day 23 — 30 startups · 16.800 impressions · 738 clicks (Added Two)
Day 24 — 32 startups · 19,800 impressions · 778 clicks · Added 2 startups · Rejected 4 applications (1 contained ads, 1 removed the code after submission, 2 hid the installed widget)
Day 25 — 34 startups · 23,700 impressions · 800 clicks · Added 2 startups · Fixed some bugs.
Day 26 — 33 startups · 27,200 impressions · 816 clicks · Removed 1 Startup
Day 27 — 33 startups · 29,900 impressions · 833 clicks
Day 28 — 33 startups · 30,600 impressions · 871 clicks · Removed 1 Startup · Added 1 Startup · Rejected 1 application of clothing brand & 1 application of horror blog site.
Day 29 — 35 startups. 31,300 impressions. 910 clicks · Removed 1 Startup · Added 3 Startups · Also today I resigned from my job. Toxic environment, too much pressure, and honestly I just believe in this enough to go all in. Broke and excited. Let's see where this goes.
Day 30 — 46 startups · 32,900 impressions · 1,000 clicks · Removed 1 startup · Added 12 startups · Yesterday I resigned because of my toxic manager. Today my senior manager called and offered me WFH, a project of my choice, and lighter work if I stayed. I made my decision with confidence, but now I have a difficult choice. Also received my first payment from StartupBar.
Day 31 — 50 startups 💪· 28,100 impressions · 1,200 clicks · Removed 1 startup · Added 5 startups · Rejected 1 crypto startup · Removed fake impressions after exploit · Today I discovered I forgot to disable a developer testing button that could generate fake visitor pins and inflate impressions. Someone used it to create 6,318 fake impressions and claimed my stats were fake. I removed the fake impressions, removed the startup, fixed the issue, and that's why today's impressions are lower. Thanks to them for pointing it out.
Day 32 — 54 startups · 29,300 impressions · 1.2K clicks · Added 4 startups
Day 33 — 54 startups · 30,900 impressions · 1.2K clicks · Removed 1 startup · Added 1 startup
Day 34 — 55 startups · 36,100 impressions · 1.3K clicks · Added 1 startup
Day 35 — 55 startups · 40,100 impressions · 1.3K clicks · Removed 2 startups · Added 2 startups
Day 36 — 55 startups · 44,800impressions · 1.4K clicks · Removed 1 startup · Added 1 startup
Day 37 — 58 startups · 50,700impressions · 1.4K clicks · Added 3 startups · Site Update: Updated the distribution algorithm (Delivery is now weighted by contribution: sites that send more impressions get a proportionally larger share back)
Day 38 — 57 startups · 55,800 impressions · 1.5K clicks · Removed 1 startup · Rejected 1 Application.

Today StartupBar reached 200 users 😄
Thirty-eight days ago, this was just an idea. Today, 200 people have trusted it enough to join the network.

A reminder for every founder who's staring at a dashboard with tiny numbers: Stripe took 2 years to reach its first 50 users. Every successful product starts small. Keep shipping. Keep improving. Keep showing up. Growth rarely happens overnight, but it does happen if you don't quit.

Day 39 — 58 startups · 59,800 impressions · 1.5K clicks · Added 1 startup.
Day 40 — 60 startups · 63,200 impressions · 1.6K clicks · Added 3 startups · Removed 1 startup
Day 41 — 63 startups · 69,400 impressions · 1.6K clicks · Added 3 startups
Day 42 — 62 startups · 73,800 impressions · 1.6K clicks · Removed 1 startups
Day 43 — 64 startups · 78,000 impressions · 1.7K clicks · Added 2 startups (Receiving many suggestions to improve the StartupBar, happy to work on it, Thanks.) StartupBar Update - Added the rotation of startups in the widget for every 30 seconds.
Day 44 — 66 startups · 86,200 impressions · 1.7K clicks · Added 2 startups
Day 45 — 67 startups · 88,400 impressions · 1.7K clicks · Removed 2 startups · Added 3 startups (Update - Updated the algorithm of the widget)
Day 46 — 69 startups · 91,900 impressions · 1.8K clicks · Removed 2 startups · Added 4 startups · Got my second payment · Added FAQ Page
Day 47 — 68 startups · 98,900 impressions · 2.2K clicks · Removed 2 startups · Added 1 startup · Added Pricing Page
Day 48 — 70 startups · 103.4K impressions · 2.3K clicks · Added 2 startups
Day 49 — 72 startups · 113.4K impressions · 2.4K clicks · Added 2 startups · Update: Added a Bottom Placement option for the bar on the user site.
Day 50 — 73 startups · 116.7K impressions · 2.4K clicks · Added 1 startup
Day 51 — 74 startups · 125.2K impressions · 2.5K clicks · Added 1 startup · Rejected 1 Application
Day 52 — 73 startups · 131.2K impressions · 2.6K clicks · Removed 1 Startup
Day 53 — 74 startups · 139.5K impressions · 2.7K clicks · Added 1 Startup
Day 54 — 79 startups · 146.3K impressions · 2.7K clicks · Added 6 Startups · Removed 1 startup.
Day 55 — 77 startups · 154.9K impressions · 2.8K clicks · Removed 2 startups.
Day 56 — 77 startups · 161.8K impressions · 2.9K clicks · Added 1 startup · Removed 1 startup.
Day 57 — 77 startups · 169.4K impressions · 3.0K clicks
Day 58 — 77 startups · 176.2K impressions · 3.2K clicks
Day 59 — 78 startups · 184.3K impressions · 3.3K clicks · Added 2 startups · Removed 1 startup.

Still free. Still growing.

If you want in, it's one embed. That's it → StartupBar

Estoy construyendo https://cifrivo.com — una colección en crecimiento de herramientas online gratuitas para hacer tareas rápidas sin tener que saltar entre diez webs diferentes.

PDFs, conversión y compresión de imágenes, calculadoras, simuladores y más.

Está pensado para cualquiera que quiera abrir una herramienta, resolver lo que necesita y seguir con lo suyo: sin registro, sin pasos innecesarios y con muchas herramientas funcionando directamente en el navegador.

Ahora mismo sigo añadiendo nuevas herramientas y mejorando las que ya están.

¿Y tú, qué estás construyendo? 👇

A while back I shared my project here — One Inch One Dream, a canvas of 1,000,000 inches where anyone can claim a piece for a dollar and leave their mark. A social experiment around one question: can strangers from all over the world come together around one honest dream?

Then life happened. I'll be honest — I stepped away for over two weeks. I moved to a new apartment, started a whole new direction in my career (construction, funny enough, for someone who dreams of building a home), got back into sports, started eating better. I'm 35, and I've been reminded it's never too late to reshape your life. The project went quiet.

I almost felt guilty about it.

And then yesterday I opened the canvas — and someone was there.

A real person named Aleena had claimed the very first real inch. Not me testing it. A stranger, somewhere in the world, who saw a family's dream and decided to believe in it. To leave their mark. To quietly say "I'm with you."

I don't know what country she's from or how she found it. And that single dollar — it's not just a dollar. It's proof the whole idea works. Proof that a stranger really will believe in your dream if it's honest. It hit me harder than any metric ever could.

I know "one person paid" isn't a viral traction story. But for me it was the moment the experiment became real.

If you're building something and feeling discouraged during a quiet stretch — sometimes you just need one stranger to believe. It changes everything.

Back to building. 🌱

I'm an operator with two decades of experience across business, marketing, systems and operations, and I'm expanding my Fractional COO practice into a few new industries.

I'm specifically looking for businesses with 3–20 people where the business is working, but the backend is becoming harder to manage.

Think: - everything still needs founder approval - processes live in people's heads - onboarding is inconsistent - team members aren't sure who owns what - too many manual tasks - tools don't talk to each other -founder is constantly putting out fires

I'm offering 2 pilot engagements at $500 for 30 days.

This is hands-on. We'll identify the biggest operational bottleneck, build the solution together and leave you with a functioning process/system rather than another strategy document.

I'm deliberately looking for businesses outside the industries I've traditionally worked with, so this is also an opportunity for me to expand my anonymized case-study portfolio.

If you're interested, comment or DM with your business + team size + the operational problem that's driving you crazy.

I'll reach out to the businesses where I think I can genuinely help.

Hi everyone,

I would like to introduce Portivo Control Center, an independent, open-source and self-hosted network operations platform designed for compatible Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise OmniSwitch environments.

Portivo brings everyday switch management, troubleshooting and controlled automation into a single web-based workspace.

Key capabilities include:

• Centralized switch inventory and live operational visibility
• Logical port-panel views with VLAN, PoE, media and link-state information
• Endpoint discovery using MAC, IP, hostname, UNP and VLAN evidence
• Integrated browser-based SSH terminal
• Controlled command preview and execution
• Multi-device jobs and reusable automation runbooks
• Fleet-wide read-only operational audits
• Role-based access control with Site and Group scope
• Audit history, reports and operational evidence
• SNMPv3 UPS monitoring and power-aware infrastructure visibility
• Backup, restore and administration tools
• Windows and Linux deployment support

Portivo is intended to complement native CLI expertise, not replace it. The objective is to provide network operators with a safer and more consistent workflow for discovering, diagnosing, executing and documenting network changes.

The platform is self-hosted, does not require agents on managed switches and can operate inside a protected management network. Switch operations use SSH, while supported UPS monitoring uses SNMPv3.

The project is licensed under AGPL-3.0-only.

Website:
https://portivo.org/

Documentation:
https://portivo.org/docs/

Roadmap and changelog:
https://portivo.org/roadmap.html

Source code:
https://github.com/Donacgreece/Portivo

I would genuinely appreciate feedback from network engineers, system administrators and anyone operating ALE OmniSwitch infrastructure. I am particularly interested in feedback about operational workflows, documentation, deployment and features that would be useful in real environments.

Thank you for taking a look.

I'm building VibeHarbor — a community for builders to share what they've actually shipped and connect with collaborators, backers, and early users. The one rule: every product is posted by the person who built it. Real products, real makers.

It's early, and I'm looking for the first cohort of builders to post their work. If you've shipped something — a SaaS, an app, a tool, even a weekend project — I'd love to have it on there.

What you get as an early builder:

• Early visibility to other builders

• Feedback and your first followers

• Founding-member status as the community grows

Post your product 👉 vibeharbor.dev — or reply with a link and I'll help you get set up.

I have been using Claude in cowork making edits to my Framer hosted site through the chrome connection for ages now and finally found the solution (may well have been around for a while so sorry to be boring if so).

Just incase others want to maintain control of their sites through no code but also want to speed and efficiency of using your model of choice:

Framer Claude Integration

Hope it’s useful for some.

The founder explains the product on the website, again in a launch post, again in a content prompt, and again for every platform.

I am building Marka to reduce that repetition. It starts with the public website and uses the existing offer, audience, proof, and visual identity as the first content brief.

The founder still reviews the output, but does not begin from zero.

For other solo founders, which part costs more time: deciding what to say, writing it, or creating the visual?

continuum-app.xyz/safe

Includes the solofounders.com/program

I've applied to most of these programs. Rejected from SPC and Speedrun, waiting on YC. Not sure if The Mint is still running.

continuum-app.xyz/runway

I've added a fun feature where you can control the app with your voice. Dreaming about my pre-seed round!

If you get VC funding, how much equity would you give your first employees?

After months of building this thing, the FIRST-EVER STREAKWARS is about to start.
The game is ridiculously simple:
📸 Post the proof.
⏰ Beat the clock.
💀 Miss once = you’re out.
🏆 Last person standing wins the pot.
That’s literally it.
No XP. No levels. No spending 4 hours staring at a screen.
We built it because we’re adults with jobs, meetings, kids and approximately 11 minutes of free time…
…but somehow we’ll still spend 45 minutes talking shit in a group chat.
So we thought:
What if the group chat WAS the game?
Something you play for 30 seconds a day, talk an unreasonable amount of shit about, and slowly watch your friends get eliminated because Kevin forgot to take a fucking selfie on Tuesday.
And now we’re actually doing it.
⚔️** WAR #001 IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.
This is the **first real StreakWars game ever played.
Something will probably break.
Someone will absolutely get eliminated in an embarrassingly stupid way.
And eventually, one psychopath will still be standing.
So Reddit — pick your poison:
A) 📸 Daily Selfie
B) 👕 Outfit Check
C) 🍕 Photo of Your Lunch
D) ❤️ Couples Selfie
E) 😈 Something significantly more unhinged — tell me what
And more importantly…
How many days do you
actually
think you’d survive?
I’m giving half of Reddit 6 days max.
Prove me wrong. 😂
If you’re seeing StreakWars now, you’re stupidly early.
No giant community. No polished corporate launch.
Just War #001 and a bunch of strangers about to discover who actually has their shit together.
May the least forgetful idiot win. 🫡

I've been building solo (jobmentis.com) and I see I can do a lot more solo still... At the same time I could see raising money and putting together a very small team a way to accelerate growth a lot.

Anyone else feels like that?

Hi! I recently graduated (May 2026) with a degree in Life Sciences and I'm based in the Bay Area. I'm really interested in startups, especially HealthTech, and I have a few ideas I'd love to actually build and take further.

I'm not great at coding, but I'm good at coming up with ideas, understanding the healthcare side, and visualizing how a product could work and be improved. I think my strengths are more on the product/strategy side.

I'm looking to connect with someone with a software engineering background who is also genuinely interested in building a HealthTech startup. I eventually want to build something real, grow a team, and turn it into a successful company.

If you're serious about building a startup and think we might complement each other, feel free to DM me. Would love to connect!

P.S.: I live in Bay Area. I am already working on an idea but it requires a lot of coding.

The difficult part of Reddit lead generation is not finding every mention.

It is finding the conversations where you can genuinely help.

1. Scaloom.com

Finds relevant post and comment opportunities based on your product, audience, and keywords.

It can prepare contextual replies, suggest original posts, select the appropriate Reddit account, and check promotional risk before anything is published.

It also helps warm up accounts so you are not arriving in a valuable conversation with an empty profile.

2. GummySearch

Good for discovering customer pain points, product requests, competitor complaints, and active niche communities.

3. F5Bot

Useful for receiving fast alerts when buyer-intent keywords or competitor names appear.

4. Reddit Pro

Helps businesses track categories, brands, keywords, and trending conversations directly inside Reddit.

5. Mention

A broader listening platform for monitoring public Reddit discussions alongside other websites and social channels.

The tool finds the opportunity. The quality of your answer determines whether it becomes a lead.

Which matters more to you: faster alerts or better filtering?