Hi everyone, I'm one of the co-founders of Forbidden Origins, a publisher of books, comics, and graphic novels. We have been at this for about three years now, with our debut novel being 'The Old Universe'. I was wondering if anyone on here could provide me with some insight on: 1: As a publishing company that was started on publishing books, comics, and graphic novels, we have begun to branch more into becoming a Multi-Media company. We have plans for video games, board games, toys, and apparel down the line. With all that being said, are there any investors that invest in multi-media compan ..read more

Hello everyone! I'm at a crossroads with my business and would love to get some insights and advice from the community. I've been working on developing a data analysis and other services business tailored for the real estate sector for some time now. I've invested a lot of time and money into this project and am excited about its potential. I have a couple who are family members and already have experience with successful startups. He is a senior software engineer with a wealth of technical knowledge, and she excels in customer service and always has great ideas on how to execute the business ..read more

I have recently concluded my idea about my startup, created a very high-level mock-up version of how the web app will look like, put everything on a presentation and sent out many funding applications. Fast forward a couple of weeks and some VCs are reaching out asking what is my valuation and my equity share. I have no clue about valuations, etc. Like, what can be a valuation for an idea, a bunch of PDF slides and a jpg mock-up? Lol Any help on how to navigate this type of questions? submitted by /u/vgkln_86 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Im reading this article on seo where they mention creating a webpage for every keyword longtail key (eg "productivity/college/medical-students" for the "Productivity for Medical Students") relating to your product. In this case, some productivity tool that med students might use, but others might want it to, so you make "productivity/research/phds" or something.. If we were to steel man this advice to get the most out of it, one would adopt the mindset of how people search your app and then make content/features that are those keywords. This way, you focus on creating value in the ways people ..read more

Have a pretty good relationship with a VC where I think they generally like us and seemed close to termsheet- they've now asked if they can share our deck with other investors. Why would they do this if it fits their investing stage and focus? Does it mean it's a pass? submitted by /u/irojo5 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello everyone. So I have a startup idea in mind. An e-commerce and fulfilment for printables (stickers, posters, art, ....etc.). The idea is basically the platform handling the fulfilment of the orders (printing, shipping, returns, customer complaints, ...etc.). Think of this as a version of etsy where the artist only have to worry about the art and not the logistics. With the basic premise out of the way, I want to do market studies and feasibility studies for the project. I run my own web agency so that part is more or less under control but I need to figure out the rest (competition, cost ..read more

Hey everyone, I'm gearing up to launch an online business targeted towards a programmer audience. However, when searching for a suitable domain name with a .com extension, I discovered it's already taken. Given this scenario, I'm considering alternatives like .net or .dev. What do you think would be the best choice for my business? Your insights would be greatly appreciated!" submitted by /u/jon26b [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello Reddit my team of 4 including myself are currently hiring for a 5 or even 6th partner for our startup specifically for someone with skills as a ML engineer and/or a web developer If you have a skillset closely related to these fields we might also consider your application We don’t have any money yet but we have really BIG goals for the future so I hope you are willing to to wait for equity, loyalty is our best quality and will always remember yours submitted by /u/Yggdrasilforge [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

17M here, been programming all day for several years now and I'm fairly good at it. I'm fairly passionate about building things and I MUST go to a university because of some weird law in my country. I don't need the "CS fundamentals" to learn new things fast or whatever, I can pick most languages up in a day or two. I build things that ship to prod. I know what I'm doing basically and I move way, way faster than your average learner. I'm extremely good at self-learning. So perhaps it would be better to learn something that has limited availability on the internet (if such a thing exists). So ..read more

Hi! I am building a startup within tech (online platform) and as i am bootstrapping, I want to use some free/cost-effective yet useful tools for managing it. Startup will be based in US. Tools im looking for are: Accounting system - to manage expenses and incomes, and a little analytics would be good Invoicing system - to generate/send invoices to customers Credit Cards - to manage the limits, order new ones, etc. CRM - to manage my clients (info, payments, documents, etc.). Document signing - to be able to send it to customers to sign documents/contracts. Customer support - to be able to ha ..read more