Not startups actually but tech elephants. I am not sure if my inputs can help, still taking a chance - 

1. Netflix
2. Uber

Product Manager

Corporate Strategist

Founder

Dunno about the best, but I've found some good stuff in Prisma, Railway & PlanetScale blogs.

Software Engineer

If you are building right why do you need to ship fast? 
  
 First read the mom test book, if you haven't. You will learn everyone around you will lie to you when you ask them for feedback.  Then Talk to customers, try to read between the lines what are they not saying, then build a fake product that looks like it works but hollow in the backend, ask potential customers to pay, if they pay then only build the product. 
  
 Until they pay, iterate on everything - TG, Value prop, Sales pitch, team, product.  
  
 That's it.  
  
 Team -  
 1. Make sure those who ask equity are actually sacrificing good opportunity in their life to deserve equity. This includes yourself as well. 
  
 2. Ignore sweat equity, make them convert to founder loan on the company that gets paid back on your fundraising.

Looking for practical advice only. No high level gyaan please. Just how to build right, get a team in place, mitigate risks and ship fast kind of advice

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What are the best startup blogs you’ve read?

Software Developer

What are the best startup blogs you’ve read?- Grapevine

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 Product Managers's Private Community

want to build my startup with small team of 4,5 peoples
, I am a fullstack developer 1Yoe suggestions/Guidelines please .

Want to build my startup vs job.

I plan on starting a venture, bootstrapped. It is a very small and low maintenance SaaS project that I aim to release as a passive source of income, just something on the side. With an extremely small team.

Any tips/guidance/suggestions/networks are welcome

[SERIOUS] Guidance for a passive startup

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

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!

Startup Ideas and research

Salesforce Developer

Link for actual thread and comments - 

https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/15p8qrx/my_0100m0_in_5_years_story/

Must read for startup folks today

Computer Operator

I'm a PM with 2.5+ years of experience. I have a habit of reading product management newsletters. But now I'm planning to start with good product management books. 

Suggest a book that you've read and was practically useful in your work. This can help folks like me facing this issue of choosing between an ocean of books out there.

Suggest the best PM book you've ever read

Hi All, I am thinking of starting up in a space that in very passionate about and feel I have a unique insight. I also have a cofounder who I know from a long time from college when we studied comp science

What are some common pitfalls to avoid at the early stage of an startup?

Startup pitfalls to avoid

Business Development Manager

Suggest any good videos / podcast / coaches for learning to startup from Scratch.

Suggest any Good Videos / Podcasts

Analytics Manager

Want to build a AI startup. Finding it impossible as 
1) Incumbents with distribution and data will easily build AI to their products
2) I don’t have PhD to build something truly innovative.
3) For consumer space, I don’t think it’s possible to build a new device or a OS etc (Incumbents again!)

I seriously wonder how startup founders start something! Do they just BS VCs about nice ideas and raise money? Any tips *from actual founders*  will be useful

Can’t think of good startup ideas!

I am full stack developer ( MERN ), having 6+ months of experience in the tech stack. 

I am targeting startup consciously for steep level of learning and decent amount of earning.

Those who are working in startups and founder of startups what do you suggest. Consider me as your younger self :)

P-3 Suggestions to Jr.

Team is less than 10 people still, slowly growing. Net profit could be higher, that's top priority to work on now. Total cash invested by founders was 15L over 3-4 years.

Yearly revenue :

2019 - less than 30k 
20 - 1.5L (after pivot)
22 - 50L

Getting to the first lakh and then to 10 lakhs was probably the most challenging part.

We thought of shutting down multiple times, struggled through multiple fights between founders. Glad we didn't stop working and pulled through.

This is my 4th or 5th attempt at starting up. Except for 1, other attempts didn't even get to incorporation stage.

Would love to hear from other bootstrappers and their experience.

Personal milestone: 1Cr in rev as a bootstrapper

We’re at about $400K bootstrapped with a team of 2 (me included), started in 2019. Revenue almost doubled in last 18 months. 
  
 My personal observation is that if you’re going to bootstrap, you need to go after high margin, niche markets (unless you’re doing services) because you don’t have a lot of money for marketing. 
  
 Our main growth channel is affiliates and SEO. Growth will be slow so we just have to keep at it. Also, beware of VC-funded competitors.

Generalist

Hi guys,
are there startups who help someone who like to start a small business, while working full time.
I know there are lot of startups who will provide help with marketing, accounting, legal, web development, sales 
but what I'm looking for platform which can provide me all the resources along with mentor/guide who will guide throughout the process
What I will bring to table- small capital say<10L, time resource over the weekend, problem solving mindset 
What I want from the startup- experiment with different ideas and come up with the one which will be best suited for my personality/profession/background, for example if I'm from Jaipur highly likely I would like to start something there, I might not be available physically.

Startup who help people start small business from idea to execution

Hey everyone,

I'm currently working as a SDE at a startup with about three years of experience. I'm considering making a move, and I've received an offer from an early-stage startup where I'd be joining as a founding engineer.
My main motivation for wanting to switch to some startup is the potential for high learning and growth opportunities, especially since I'm still relatively early in my career. However, I'm a bit torn between targeting multinational corporations (MNCs) like FAANG and sticking with startups.On one hand, MNCs offer more stability and potentially valuable stock options, which can be more than just paper money. 
So, my question is, should I prioritize learning and growth by staying with startups, or should I also consider the FAANG tag and potential stock benefits? Also Would there be any added advantage when I later interview at some FAANG , after working as a founding engineer for 3-4 years in some startup (given I’ll have to build multiple things from scratch and owning multiple modules). The base package for the offer I hold is roughly 
equivalent to what FAANGs pay at my level.

Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Seeking genuine advice FAANG or Startups ?

I recently was offered an internship at a startup, but their tech stack is completely new to me. I am 100% willing to learn on the job and I am not afraid of picking up new technologies, do you have any tips for me (maybe an approach that will help speed up the learning and building process or anything in general).

Suggestions on starting a new role

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What do founders and finance/strategy teams read? Yourstory, vc circle, Ken, morning context, inc42, et, mint, business standard, toi, financial express, etc

Reading & media habits - founders

Growth Manager

These would be the companies that has a great team attacking a real large problem with a vision or roadmap to also grow profitably as a business + great culture (and not necessarily chasing the valuation game and dressing up the company for investors or for eventually dumping it to common folks in IPO). Place where problem+product+people+profit have a much higher focus.

What are some startups / companies that are relatively not well known but have great potential

Director Product

I've a great idea and it's validated after talking to more than 50 founders/head of sales.

Questions -
1. What's the process of getting a domain/and checking if the domain/product name is not a brand name globally anywhere?

2. Wrt raising funding, any founders here who can throw some light on how much salaries you used to take? I am not very inclined towards bootstrapping rn.

3. What were the challenges wrt starting your website, getting it validated by running ads etc? Maybe some D2C founders can help me out here.

4. What tools did you use for your first MVP launch?

Thanks

Thinking of build my own startup. Have questions?

There is so much negativity around startups right now due to the market cycle since 1.5 years and because of a few bad names but I think overall startups have created massive opportunities in terms of wealth creation, up skilling and giving major breaks to people to learn faster. I think this is largely a founder driven issue as they simply want to be cool and startup for the sake of it but I’ve also seen founders that are committed and passionate however is getting difficult to recognize them and find companies actually building a good product that is solving good problem statement AND not get toxic culture. Can people share some examples in the last 5 years of such founders/startups so we can discuss them more and get some positivity on this platform?

Any positive startup stories?

How can one specifically target startups and succeed? While many pursue top MNCs or MAANG, getting entry can be challenging. I am keen on working with small startups. Has anyone experienced working in startups in Bengaluru or other locations where both good pay and learning opportunities are available? In terms of job search, is LinkedIn/Naukri or referrals more effective? When preparing for interviews, should one focus more on DSA rounds or development skills? What are the pors & cons or tips? Plz share your insights. Thanks

Working in a start-up

Hey everyone,

I'm currently working as a SDE at a startup with about three years of experience. I'm considering making a move, and I've received an offer from an early-stage startup where I'd be joining as a founding engineer.
My main motivation for wanting to switch to some startup is the potential for high learning and growth opportunities, especially since I'm still relatively early in my career. However, I'm a bit torn between targeting multinational corporations (MNCs) like FAANG and sticking with startups.On one hand, MNCs offer more stability and potentially valuable stock options, which can be more than just paper money. 
So, my question is, should I prioritize learning and growth by staying with startups, or should I also consider the FAANG tag and potential stock benefits? Also Would there be any added advantage when I later interview at some FAANG , after working as a founding engineer for 3-4 years in some startup (given I’ll have to build multiple things from scratch and owning multiple modules). The base package for the offer I hold is roughly equivalent to what FAANGs pay at my level.

Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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