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Ask HN: How is your startup doing?
Startup founders/employees, how's it going?
I know that VC funding has been harder to come by lately, and the "macroeconomic environment" may not be helping either.
I just want to know, for founders/employees at startups, how have things been going?
Has growth kept on track? Are you worried about your next round?
- prabhatkr 3y agoHustling strong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4pkMjpNJS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4pkMjpNJS8
- mattsan 3y agoYou could have at least used a real person's voice
- pcthrowaway 3y agoCouldn't even stand to listen to that voice for long enough to tell it wasn't human, it was so off-putting
- stevefromIT 3y agoAbove water, below radar. https://menu.miami https://menu.miami
- at0mic22 3y agoYour "book a demo" link is broken pal
- stevefromIT 3y agoGreat.
- kemmishtree 3y agoThings are going great, and they're only getting better! I'm doing alright, and got interviewed on the Joe Roganoid Experiments—major exposure for our world-saving project! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYGnYjWtOSo&t=303s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYGnYjWtOSo&t=303s
- unmole 3y agoSo, you created a deep fake interview? Why?
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoI have a startup without VC funding. On track to make about $5 million profit this year. Downturn has been great for me. Could hire some great folks for cheap and I am in a few industries where downturns help me. VC is a scam in most cases apart from a select few like YC.
- abrichr 3y agoCongratulations! Which startup? How long have you been at it? How long did it take to reach revenue/profit ?
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoReached $4 million profit last year. Took about 8 years to get there with many pivots and troubles.
- hesdeadjim 3y agoSurvived and thriving, managed to keep a clean cap table despite some very close calls. Section 174 changes really, really suck.
- riveralabs 3y agoSlow but going. https://apolloweather.com/ https://apolloweather.com/
- locustmostest 3y agoGrowth is slower than we'd like, for sure. But since we're firm believers in pg's maxim, "don't die", we've become cockroaches who can't be killed off.
- MuffinFlavored 3y agodo you expect faster growth in 2024?
- jgoldfar0nil 3y agoBootstrapped founder (freelance with a startup side-hustle) here - seeing the startup side of my business continue to grow is motivating increasing investment over the next couple of quarters into the startup, so on the contrary, we are don’t presently have internal concerns. Following this thread to learn about the experiences of others; always curious to see what is out there in the marketplace
- j634674 3y agoI was just scratching my own itch with this project. Not sure if it'll become an actual startup. Monetization strategy isn't obvious, especially since its an adult site. https://nsfwseek.com https://nsfwseek.com
- jasfi 3y agoI've pivoted from an AI art site (https://inventai.xyz https://inventai.xyz) to trying to build anything with AI (not yet launched). The dev progress is going great, but it seems funding is out of reach without a co-founder. I'm starting to look around for one though. I don't feel like I gave the art site concept enough of a chance before pivoting, so perhaps I'll come back and improve it and meld the two concepts at some point.
- ijustlovemath 3y agoWe're about to close a round, and have the funding already in hand to continue our human trials. The one benefit of startups in med device is that you don't really follow the same macro cycles, since the timelines on these projects are so long and carefully orchestrated/budgeted. We hope to run a pivotal trial shortly after we can fully finance a series A
- mjoin 3y agowhat kind of device? also building a medtech start-up in France, would love to discuss
- ijustlovemath 3y agoIt's an autonomous glucose control machine for hospitals! Commonly referred to as an artificial pancreas, but it just controls sugar, not the hundreds of other things the pancreas does
- WoodEye 3y agoGrowth has dropped a lot from triple digits percent to mid double digits. We have years of VC cash at our current burn and we have about -200% EBITDA margins. Seems like we’ll need to cut a LOT of heads to find a path to breakeven if growth doesn’t pick back up in the next 6 months. We’re in the AI space.
- neerajdotname2 3y agoEvery week is a hustle. Growth is slow. We publish our growth numbers in our marketing blog on the 1st of each month. https://blog.neeto.com/p/neeto-marketing-updates-for-september https://blog.neeto.com/p/neeto-marketing-updates-for-septemb... We are optimizing for surviving till 2025 and hopefully beyond. We have not taken any VC funding but the consulting work supports the product development at neeto.com.
- peter_starion 3y ago[dead]
- maxisaurus 3y agoWas the employee #1 at a B2B SaaS providing supplier invoice payments. 2 things got us really started in the early days: - design partnerships (great read of A16Z here -> https://a16z.com/a-framework-for-finding-a-design-partner/ https://a16z.com/a-framework-for-finding-a-design-partner/) - indirect distribution (for us it was accountants) Hope this helps, good luck!
- thewizardofaus 3y agoBootstrap,solo founder. Everyday is tough but I'm making it work. Had to pick up some side consulting work to make ends meet.
- kebsup 3y agoAlmost ramen profitable with my my language learning app https://vokebeln.io https://vokebeln.io
- emptysongglass 3y agoDid you make a typo? Not reachable here.
- maxisaurus 3y agoCo-founded a startup this summer, growth slower than what we want for now (isn't it always the case?). Every users feedback and business angel calls is an energy-giver. Every VC call has been a drainer.
- wilbertliu 3y agoI'm a solo founder bootstrapping https://www.browserhub.io/ https://www.browserhub.io/ It's definitely not easy to grow these days. But I'm still grateful that at least the needle is moving. So far I only launched on Twitter (not a bunch of audience). And I hope I can launch on more sites like Product Hunt next month. And yeah, I'm worried about the future. But the best thing I can do is to be present. I'll do what I can to grow the business. Wish me luck :)
- yu3zhou4 3y agoOh man, glad you asked. Still trying to figure out all this business stuff for poss market, a marketplace for software I’m just about to launch https://poss.market https://poss.market Basically it’s a place on which you can charge for using your software (and keep it free of charge for non-commercial usage if you want to) I had some cofounder matching rounds to find business-oriented and people-oriented cofounder, but none of them worked in a long run for me (it might be on me ofc) Startups are hard and respect to anyone who’s trying to make their way in the business Best wishes to all founders here!
- report-to-trees 3y agoCool! I was looking into monetizing my OSS idea just the other day and it seems much more complicated than it needs to be. Is your idea to build a marketplace and all the behind-the-scenes license / billing tools, or just the marketplace?
- yu3zhou4 3y agoThanks! It starts as a marketplace that provides you payments and invoicing infrastructure as well as a license, but I'm sure it might be further improved
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- tooltitude 3y agoWe work on a GoLang productivity extension for Visual Studio Code (https://www.tooltitude.com/ https://www.tooltitude.com/). We are growing, but not as fast as we wish we did.
- didgetmaster 3y agoI have a self-funded startup with the product currently in beta. It is a new kind of general-purpose data management system that handles all kinds of data (unstructured, highly structured, semi-structured). https://www.Didgets.com https://www.Didgets.com Looking for people to try it out on their own data sets. Load in millions of files. Create DB tables with millions of rows and hundreds or thousands of columns and do analytics on them. Give us feedback on missing features.
- chronicler 3y agoI had a look at what you're doing but I'm trying to understand the business use case, could you give me a few practical examples?
- didgetmaster 3y agoSince it is a general-purpose data manager, it doesn't solve a very specific problem like most apps do. It is similar to file systems, databases, or NoSQL solutions. You can use their data manipulation and analysis features to perform a wide variety of business use cases. The demo videos on https://youtube.com/@didgetsdemos https://youtube.com/@didgetsdemos will show you some of the things it will do and just how fast it will do them, even with large data sets.
- mortallywounded 3y agoGrowth has slowed over the last year. I am experimenting with a second product idea to see if there's potential there while the industry recovers.
- artur_makly 3y agoIn our 5th year. Have had steady growth YoY.. Just picked up IBM as a new customer. Although we just had the worst month to date -20% growth ( attributing to the new war .. as no other variables changed ) https://VisualSitemaps.com https://VisualSitemaps.com || https://VisualFlows.io https://VisualFlows.io
- ezedv 3y agoIt's undoubtedly a challenging time for startups, with VC funding becoming more elusive and the broader economic landscape uncertain. As a founder, staying agile and adaptable is key. Keeping growth on track might require creative strategies. It's also an opportunity to build resilience. If you're navigating these challenges and exploring innovative tech solutions, you might find Rather Labs at https://www.ratherlabs.com https://www.ratherlabs.com valuable. They specialize in AI, GPT, and blockchain development and could offer insights to help steer your startup in the right direction during these turbulent times.