There is a next big what event year that is good. Also techsparks by your story might be good event but haven’t attended it . Check meet-up.com etc . There used to be something called startup chapter (not sure it exists anymore ) .

Software Engineer

I wanted to understand where can aspiring entrepreneur connect with similar interests on startups and business for ideation and discussion. Groups on facebook and linkedin haven't worked for me. Ca...

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I wanted to understand where can aspiring entrepreneur connect with similar interests on startups and business for ideation and discussion.
Groups on facebook and linkedin haven't worked for me. Can someone suggest a better alternative?

Medium to connect with aspiring entrepreneurs

Business Analyst

Medium to connect with aspiring entrepreneurs- Grapevine

Hey folks! Looking to network and connect with like-minded folks, entrepreneurs (especially in tech). I wanted to know which are the best communities to be a part of online. (WhatsApp groups, reddit, discord etc) Cheers!

Where is the Indian Entrepreneurial Community?

Founder

I know a few groups like The Product Folks, Slack group and The Product Coffee group.

Do you guys know any good Founders or Product WhatsApp/Discord/Slack groups to for networking and advice?

WhatsApp groups for Founders or Product Managers

Product Manager

1. LinkedIn: connection request never gets accepted
2. Email: Hard to find emails, have used various email finding tools

How to connect with founders?

Software Developer

How do u make friends in a new city? what options does Bangalore have apart from work,clubs and dating apps

Here everyone talks about job and salary. Though there isn't any meaningful useworthy discussions other than office gossip, salary etc. the engagement is good. Any apps which are exclusive for startup founders and enthusiasts?

Grapevine for Startups & Enterpreneurship

A friend of mine is working at a leading financial services company with over 100k employees. 
He feels like he'd want to be part of something smaller, create more impact and help it grow rather than be just a part of the crowd.

Where should he start? How can he find the suitable people and jobs?

How does someone get into the startup culture?

Associate

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

In the earlier days, Naukri and Monster were the best places to look for new opportunities. However, there are new mediums nowadays like LinkedIn, simply hired, indeed, pure networking, company's careers pages etc. what do you think is the best way to join a startup?

What's the best way to join a start up?

Maybe you have outgrown your friends. Maybe you want to talk to people who get what you do for a living. Maybe you just need people to play cricket with.

Is there something you need that you don't get from your current social circle?

I am a '21 graduate from a Tier 1 college (old IIT) and have had short stints as product manager at a couple of startups. About a year back, I decided to startup but after a few months, realized that startup idea wasn't worth pursuing. 

Researched around a few startup ideas and finally landed upon a good one in D2C space. But the problem is financing. I don't have much saving and friends / family network wouldn't be able to finance this. I really want to pursue this idea but finance is becoming a hindrance. 

So started looking for job opportunities about 3 months back. I have been exploring work opportunities in product / founder office / EIR roles or other generalist role. 

Job hunt process has been frustrating to say the least. Getting very few calls. In most cases, people are ghosting after couple of rounds of interview or assignment. In some cases, after getting through 2-3 rounds, I got to know that opening has been closed temporarily. Most HRs don't even have the decency to give feedback. 

I don't intend to work in job for long anyway. As soon as I have the job, I plan to start working on my business idea and quit as soon as I have enough financial leeway. 

How should I go about job hunt process? I have been trying to connect with folks on LinkedIn in whose company job openings are there. Apart from this, I have been connecting with founders from recently funded startups. Naukri / Instahyre and IIM Jobs are other portals I have been looking on. Anything I should do differently here? 

Looking forward to hearing your suggestions / experience.

How bad is the job market?

Just a advice: 
  
 Never do the assignment for any company.This company will ghost you every time after the assignment or will offer lower pay / lower position. 
  
 Companies just try to get ideas via the assignment

I am a co-founder and director at a software consulting company in Mumbai. It is bootstrapped, cash flow positive with steadily growing revenue, team strength and clientele, and doing well for 5-6 years, since we started. I need to connect to entrepreneurs in tech who have been in the industry long enough to guide me and mentor me for strategic decisions, to take it to the next level. Where do I look, and how should I reach out to them?

Entrepreneur Mentorship

Hi everyone, 
Glad to be here! 
I know there are generic platforms like Linkedin and Naukri for Job search. I was wondering if there are any platforms that are more suited to searching jobs only in startups? Please advise.

Platform for Open Positions

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Have tried a few apps but there’s too much clutter. 
- Discord: Too many channels, unorganized & cluttered
- Reddit: Used it long time back but not so good for productive discussions
- Twitter: Frontend folks discussing same stuff over and over.
- Slack: Haven’t tried yet. Do have have public communities there?
- LinkedIn: Not interested in illusions created by fancy tech jargons to outscore other professionals.
- Grapevine: Not ideal for my use-case.

Is there any genuine app you know that can enable me to discuss tech stuff in software engineering?

Suggest me a community app to discuss software tech stuff.

Software Architect

I know this will sound like a very biased opinion but just sharing my 2 cents of today’s market.

The way with highest probability of success, money and ensuring a better future for your future generations is to startup.

It has the highest risk, highest reward. But in today’s landscape: where inflation is always higher than your hike, there’s no guarantee of employment even in next 1 years, the effort to remain in top 1% is humongous and many other reasons like that, really make me feel that if you’re able to start a company and even capture 0.1% of market who’s willing to pay something for your service/product, that’s all you need. Of course the struggle doesn’t end there and you have to keep working for as long as possible? But your capacity to earn and provide for generations to come is much higher than working for someone else.

All disagreement is welcome :)
Just tired of running this race for years now and still never feeling financially secure.

The guaranteed way to success (if there’s one)

It depends, founding a startup is a 24/7. For me, I need the time that 9-5 jobs provide after work for my health issues. Also my current company is doing a lot of layoffs so everyday I start with uncertainty and anxiety, but cannot quit cos I need the income. We are definitely moving backwards in growth in this corporate slavery, expensive education and inflation. In India, Our entire identities is based on our jobs as though your life is useless if you don’t have one!!

Senior Designer

I am keen on working with an early-age (Series-A/ seed) startup. Dont even know where to start looking. Dont want to advertise on Linkedin. Any suggestions?

Job Search

Consultant

Hi everyone,
I'm working in a pre-sales role at IBM. I completed MBA in 2023 and I feel that IBM is bit slow and bureacratic. I was hoping I would be able to switch to a startup. But I have a few questions -

1. Do startups pay well for MBA based roles too or is it only the dev team that get paid well? My comp at IBM is 25 LPA and I would like to be within similar range.

2. How do you find primarily about jobs in startups? Is LinkedIn the best source or are there other more effective methods to know about openings?

3. Do startups hire MBA folks with ~1 years of experience in MNCs or do they primarily look for fresh out of college people only? Is profile switch possible (i.e. from sales to finance/operations/supply chain etc)

Jobs for MBA freshers in startups

Sales

I want to start my own startup . Want to connect with same mindset people

Where can I find early stage founders looking to find their first employees or hire. Apart from the likes of LinkedIn, Wellfound, Twitter ... etc. 

Any closed/invite only slack/discord communities ? 
Any specific social network app focusing on early stage founders collab ? 

I've previously had chances to work with startups and hands down it had turned out for me memorable experiences working for a  thriving idea with amazing people moving very fast. Hence asking.

MVP/Seed stage founders

Product Designer

i am looking to give entrepreneurship a shot. best way to find a Co-founder??

best place to find a Co-founder

I'm planning a very normal app that would probably not grow very much like other big apps but I'm planning to keep it small and enough for me to work on? Is that all ok to do or there are other things that happen too that we don't get to hear about in public?

Kya startup krna safe h?

Software Analyst

Hi everyone,

I've recently become fascinated by startup culture and am eager to build something meaningful and inspiring. 

Can you recommend resources or communities where I can learn about tech startups, discover new and emerging startups, and understand what makes them successful? I'm looking to immerse myself in a community that lives and breathes startups.

Thanks!

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