Hi everyone,
I am 29 and building a platform called Mongers for job seekers in India. We are still pre-launch. The site is only a mock/preview right now, payments are not live, and some profiles are demo data.

Quick personal context:

I moved back from Canada and found myself in a weird career spot. I had banking experience there, but when I started exploring roles in India, especially around tech sales, I realised most advice I was getting was either too generic or not relevant to my situation.
ChatGPT was helpful, but still gave broad answers. LinkedIn outreach was slow, vague, or silent. My own network had either moved into senior roles, different industries, or different countries. What I really wanted was simple: one practical conversation with someone currently doing the kind of job I was trying to understand.
That is where the idea came from.

What Mongers Does
The idea is simple:
You book a 1-hour video call with a vetted working professional who is currently in or close to the role/industry you want to enter. Most experts are currently employed in their fields, so the guidance is based on recent, practical industry experience, not outdated or generic advice.
Not a career coach.
Not a mentorship guru.
Not an HR person giving generic advice.
For example:
• A cabin crew member helping someone prepare for airline interviews
• A finance ops professional helping someone understand finance operations roles
• A marketing professional reviewing someone's resume for performance marketing roles
• A working sales professional helping someone understand tech sales

What We Are Trying To Do Differently

**1. Every session has a deliverable**
We do not want it to be just a motivational call.
Depending on the user's need, they should walk away with something practical, such as:
• Career direction map
• Resume feedback / targeted resume direction
• Interview answer pack
• Offer or salary negotiation script
• Learning or project recommendations
There is also a 48-hour follow-up window for one clarification or correction.

**2. Simple pricing**
We are thinking of keeping the main session price around Rs 1,620, so users do not have to compare premium mentors vs cheap mentors. The user chooses based on relevance, not price.

**3. Vetted professionals only**
Before someone can become a Jobmonger, we verify identity and work background. The idea is to keep it practical and trust-based.
Mock site: https://mongers.in
Again, important disclaimer: this is not fully live yet. We are not taking payments right now. Some profiles and flows are still demo/preview.
I am posting here because I genuinely want feedback before going live.
Would you use something like this?
What feels unclear or untrustworthy?
Does Rs 1,620 feel too high, too low, or reasonable?
What would make you hesitate before booking?
Does this feel meaningfully different from Topmate, ADPList, MentorCruise, or just asking people on LinkedIn?
Please be honest. I would rather hear the hard feedback now than build in the wrong direction.

I'm looking for a co-founder to join me in building a product startup.

A little about me: I founded a startup a few years ago, but unfortunately we had to shut it down during COVID. Since then, I've been running a traditional business, but my passion has always been building technology products. I'm now getting back into startups.

I already have the product idea, the vision is clear, and we're getting ready to start development soon.

I'm hoping to connect with someone who has experience in a venture-backed startup, has worked in venture capital, or has founded a startup before. I'm not looking for someone with every box checked, but I'd love to work with someone who understands how venture-scale companies are built.

This is an equity-only opportunity at this stage, so I'm looking for someone who's excited about building something from the ground up and is in it for the long term.

If this resonates with you, send me a DM. I'd love to hear about your background and see if we're a good fit.

Hi everyone,

Im a 2026 cs graduate. i have done 2 internships before. my previous internship ended 3 months back and i have been applying everywhere ever since. changing my resume according to the JD. cold mailing and texting HRs and employees of the companies for referrals. nothing has worked so far.

my previous experience was at a startup as well. i have experience with python, fastapi, react js, flutter, firebase, mongodb, docker.

i just need an opportunity to prove myself. if you are your organisation is hiring freshers, any help would really mean a lot to me. i want to work in startups, i love fast paced culture..i love learning new technologies. so please, your help would be really appreciated.

I'm willing to share my resume over DM. thankyou so much!

A year ago, if someone had asked me what founders do all day...

I would've said things like:

Develop products. Talk to customers. Design packaging. Maybe run some ads.

I definitely wouldn't have said...

"Drive to Jaipur Junction to collect protein laddoos."

So, here's what happened.

I had a small batch of samples being sent from my manufacturer. Nothing unusual. The courier collected them. Loaded them onto a train. They reached Jaipur. The last-mile delivery was supposed to be simple. Except...

The person coordinating the delivery completely stopped responding. Calls. Messages. Nothing.

Eventually I got in my car and drove to Jaipur Junction myself to collect my own products. Standing on a railway platform waiting for a carton of protein laddoos was not how I imagined entrepreneurship. But it made me realise that founders don't just build products. They solve whatever problem shows up that day. Some days you're negotiating pricing. Some days you're approving packaging. Some days you're driving around a railway station, desperately hoping to get your products in your own hands!

What's the weirdest thing your work has unexpectedly made you do? I'd love to read your stories!

Hey everyone,

We run a small creative agency where we produce ads for D2C brands, handling everything from ideation and scripting to creator management, production, and editing.

We're now trying to move beyond service work and build content IPs while setting up a proper studio production workflow.

Would love to connect with people who've done this before. Looking for advice on what to learn, mistakes to avoid, and how to approach brands for IPs. If there's an opportunity to collaborate, even better.

Just here to learn from people who've already been through this. Thanks!

Hello everyone, we are trying to develop an intelligent investment platform for passive instruments listed in Indian exchanges, if anyone from Mumbai , working in the capital market or Fintech domain please reach out for idea validation/support. Thanks in advance.

I have been studying how AI is changing software creation.

Something interesting stood out:

Building an MVP seems easier than ever.

But after getting users, founders still face problems around:

International payments

Tax compliance

Billing systems

Different customer markets

I was looking into companies solving this space and found Dodo Payments, which focuses on helping AI/SaaS builders handle global payments.

I am curious from founders here:

At what stage did payments become a real problem for you?

Was it:

Before launch?

After your first international customers?

Only after scaling?

Would love to hear real experiences.

Salve sono un ragazzo italiano che ha delle idee e vuole entrare nel mondo startup, in India come siete messi?

Around a year ago, I decided to build a healthy snack brand.

At the time, I had this very romantic idea of what entrepreneurship looked like.

Come up with an idea.

Find a manufacturer.

Build a website.

Run ads.

Sell products.

I genuinely thought that was the journey.

Fast forward to today...

I've learnt more about food manufacturing, ingredients, nutrition testing, FSSAI regulations, packaging materials, moisture barriers, shelf life, freight costs, barcode registrations, GST, payment gateways and shipping than I ever imagined.

Every time I think I'm at the finish line, another finish line appears.

First it was developing recipes.

Then sourcing ingredients.

Then making them taste good.

Then making them shelf stable.

Then packaging.

Then nutrition testing.

Then waiting for reports.

Then redesigning things because one small detail wasn't compliant.

And now...

I'm lying awake wondering if anyone will even buy them.

The funny thing is...

None of these were the problems I expected.

The biggest challenge isn't making the product.

It's believing enough people will care about it.

I'd love to hear from founders who've already launched.

What was the one thing you completely underestimated?

Rules 48 & 49 of India's Social Security Central Rules 2026 now require every gig platform to report worker exits to e-Shram in real time. Zomato, Swiggy, Rapido, Uber, Zepto all complied by June 21.

The problem: e-Shram records THAT a worker exited. Not WHY.

So a worker banned from Zomato for fraud joins Swiggy the same day. Clean record. No platform knows.

The fix is one field — exit_reason: voluntary / performance / fraud.

This transforms e-Shram into India's first cross-platform gig fraud prevention infrastructure. Exactly what CIBIL did for credit data.

I'm building Veravue — the fraud intelligence layer for this regulatory moment. veravue.dev

Would love to hear from anyone building in the gig economy space or who has faced the cold start problem for consortium models in India.

Around a year ago, I thought building a food brand would mostly be about creating a great product.

I couldn't have been more wrong.

The product is probably the easiest part.

Here are a few things I wish someone had told me before I started.

1. Your first recipe almost never becomes your final recipe.

I lost count of how many iterations we went through. Every small change affects taste, texture, nutrition, shelf life and manufacturing.

One ingredient can change everything.

2. Manufacturers are partners, not vendors.

Finding someone who actually cares about quality is much harder than finding someone who can simply make your product.

The right manufacturer saved us months of work.

3. Packaging is ridiculously expensive.

Before starting, I assumed packaging would be a small expense.

Instead, it became one of the biggest line items.

Design, pouches, printing cylinders, MOQs... it adds up very quickly.

4. Nutrition testing takes time.

You don't just calculate nutrition values and print them.

Everything has to be lab tested before you can confidently put it on your packaging.

Waiting for reports while your launch timeline depends on them is stressful.

5. Minimum order quantities are brutal.

Need 200 pouches?

You might have to print 2,000.

Need a few labels?

Minimum order.

Need cartons?

Minimum order.

You end up buying inventory months before you've sold your first product.

6. Small decisions become expensive.

Changing pouch size.

Changing finish.

Changing zipper position.

Changing label dimensions.

Everything has a cost.

7. Taste beats nutrition every single time.

People say they want healthy.

What they actually want is healthy food that tastes amazing.

If it doesn't taste good, nobody buys it twice.

8. Cash flow matters more than profit.

I've realised cash flow is the biggest challenge in a product business.

Money gets tied up in packaging, inventory, testing and production long before revenue starts coming in.

9. Launching takes far longer than you expect.

Every week there seems to be one more thing.

Compliance.

Testing.

Packaging.

Photography.

Website.

Labels.

Shipping.

It never really ends.

10. Despite all of that... I'd still do it again.

Building something people will eventually eat every day is incredibly rewarding.

We're finally launching in the next few weeks, and it feels surreal after everything that's gone into it.

For founders who've built food brands before—what surprised you the most?

I'd genuinely love to learn from your experiences too.

P.S. A few people have already asked if they'll be able to try the product when we launch. If anyone's interested, I've got an early access waitlist open. Happy to share it in the comments if that's allowed.

Hey guys im a college student doing BTech from an IIT and I’ve previously interned at a couple of prestigious companies as well…I have experience mostly in SDE and ML, and I’m looking for some work in that area, not limited to just that tho coz I feel like I’m a quick learner and adaptable to new stuff. I’m still in college so I’m looking for something remote. Please lmk if there are any opportunities or openings I could apply for and I’ll send my profile!

Startup terms you should know - a big, fat list

One clause appears in SaaS agreements far more often than many founders realise, and on the surface it seems perfectly reasonable.

It gives the customer the right to withhold payment while a dispute is being resolved.

At first glance, there is nothing inherently problematic about that approach. If there is a genuine disagreement over an invoice or the services provided, both parties should have an opportunity to resolve the issue before taking further action. That feels commercially fair, and in many situations it is.

The problem is that many of these clauses stop there.

They allow payment to be withheld without explaining an equally important question.

How much of the payment can actually be withheld?

That distinction often receives very little attention during contract negotiations, yet it can have a significant impact on a SaaS company's cash flow once the relationship is underway.

Imagine your platform has been live for several months. The customer is actively using the software, your team continues providing support, infrastructure costs continue every day, and the service is delivering value exactly as intended.

Then a relatively minor issue arises. It may be a billing query, a small implementation concern, or a feature that needs adjustment.

The issue affects only a small part of the overall relationship.

Yet if the contract allows payment to be withheld broadly, that relatively minor disagreement can suddenly delay payment of the entire invoice.

Nothing changes for the SaaS provider. The platform remains operational, your team continues working, cloud costs continue to accumulate, and support obligations remain in place.

The only thing that stops is the money.

## Pricing Is Only One Part of Cash Flow

When founders negotiate SaaS agreements, most of the attention naturally goes towards commercial terms.

Subscription pricing. Annual discounts. Renewal structures. Enterprise licensing.

These discussions are important because they determine how revenue is generated.

But agreeing on a price is not the same as creating a payment structure that reliably delivers that revenue.

Pricing tells you what your business is entitled to receive. Payment mechanics determine whether that money arrives when your business actually needs it.

That distinction becomes particularly important in SaaS because the cost of delivering the service does not stop simply because an invoice is being questioned.

Servers continue running. Support teams continue responding. Developers continue maintaining the platform.

Every day the product remains available, the business continues bearing operational costs, regardless of whether payment has arrived.

This is why a company can appear financially healthy on paper while still experiencing cash flow pressure if contracts allow relatively small disputes to delay large payments.

In many cases, customers are not deliberately trying to create financial pressure. The contract simply gives them more flexibility than either party intended when the agreement was signed.

## Keep the Dispute Proportionate

The objective is not to prevent customers from raising legitimate concerns.

Disputes happen in every commercial relationship, and a well-drafted contract should provide a practical process for resolving them.

The better approach is to distinguish between the disputed amount and everything else.

If a customer genuinely believes that part of an invoice is incorrect, that specific amount can be discussed through a structured dispute process. The agreement can require the customer to raise the issue within a defined timeframe, explain the reasons for the dispute in writing, and allow both parties to work towards a commercial resolution.

At the same time, the undisputed portion of the invoice should remain payable according to the agreed payment terms.

This keeps disagreements proportionate.

A relatively small issue remains exactly that instead of becoming leverage over the entire commercial relationship.

Another useful safeguard is requiring both parties to continue performing their contractual obligations while the dispute is being resolved.

Without this type of provision, relatively minor disagreements can escalate quickly. The customer stops paying.

The provider considers suspending services.

Both sides become focused on protecting their own position rather than solving the original issue, which was often far less significant than the dispute that followed.

Well-structured payment clauses help prevent that cycle by keeping disagreements contained instead of allowing them to spread across the entire relationship.

## Good Contracts Protect Business Continuity

One lesson that becomes clearer as SaaS companies grow is that predictable cash flow depends just as much on contractual structure as it does on sales.

Winning enterprise customers is important. Building a reliable product is important. Delivering excellent support is important.

But none of those things remove the need for agreements that continue working when something does not go exactly as planned.

Small disagreements are inevitable in long-term commercial relationships. The goal is not to eliminate them altogether.

The goal is to ensure they remain limited to the issue that actually caused them.

When contracts allow every dispute to affect every payment, even minor issues can create unnecessary financial pressure and disrupt an otherwise successful customer relationship.

## Final Thoughts

Dispute clauses are designed to create fairness, but fairness does not require allowing an entire invoice to remain unpaid because of a disagreement affecting only a small part of it.

For SaaS businesses, protecting cash flow is not simply about charging the right price. It is about creating payment mechanisms that continue working even when occasional disputes arise.

A well-drafted agreement allows genuine concerns to be addressed without turning every disagreement into a negotiation over the entire commercial relationship.

Because recurring revenue only creates stability when payments remain predictable.

And sometimes, that predictability depends less on the headline commercial terms and more on the few lines in a contract that determine what happens when something goes wrong.

TLDR ; Left my operations role at an IT company in late 2023 to pursue an MBA because I felt my growth had plateaued. Graduated from a Tier 1.5–2 B-school and, three months later, despite applying to 100+ roles and reaching out to 150+ professionals, I'm still trying to find my first break. Looking for opportunities in Operations, Strategy, Category Management, General Management, and Sales preferably in Kolkata or Delhi NCR.

I left my job at a large IT company in late 2023 and joined a B-school in my late twenties because I felt stuck. I wanted more growth and responsibility in my career.

During my MBA (Tier 1.5–2 B-school), I participated in multiple corporate case competitions and made it to the finals and semifinals of several of them. Somewhere along the way, I developed a strong interest in consumer businesses and FMCG. I even conducted an independent on-ground market survey around a business opportunity for a leading FMCG company because I genuinely enjoyed understanding consumers and solving business problems.

It's now been three months since graduation. I've applied to more than 100+ roles across FMCG, e-commerce, quick commerce, and general management programs, and reached out to more than 100+ people over emails and LinkedIn. A few conversations started, but most of them eventually led nowhere.

Honestly, some days hit harder than others. Since leaving my job, I haven't had an income, and there are moments when it feels like life has been on pause while everyone else keeps moving ahead. More than the uncertainty, what scares me is the thought that I may never get the chance to use my potential fully.

Like many MBA students, I had hoped to make it to TAS one day, but they don't recruit from our campus. Since then, I've tried to find opportunities within the Tata ecosystem, especially Tata Consumer Products, but haven't had much luck so far.

At this point, I'm looking for opportunities in Operations, Strategy, Category Management, and General Management roles, Sales, preferably in Kolkata or Delhi NCR, although I'm open to relocating for the right opportunity.

If anyone here works in these sectors, knows of any openings, or can help me connect with the right people, I'd genuinely appreciate it.

And even if you can't help, I'd love to hear from people who have gone through something similar and eventually found their way.

Thank you for reading. Hopefully, something works out soon.

I’m looking for a co founder and also exploring investment opportunities for an audio hardware startup.

The product is a high power, high fidelity audio amplifier designed mainly for outdoor sound systems, DJs, events, and professional audio use.

I’m looking for someone who understands hardware, electronics, audio systems, power electronics, manufacturing, or product development. More importantly, I need someone who is serious, dedicated, and genuinely interested in building a strong company together.

I already have hands on experience with high power Class D amplifiers and hardware development. This is not just a random idea. I want to build a reliable, powerful, and good sounding product that can compete with existing professional audio amplifiers in the market.

I’m also open to connecting with investors, mentors, manufacturers, and people working in the professional audio industry.

If you are interested in building a good Indian audio brand and want to work seriously on it, feel free to reach out.

Hey All

starting a pet food business (mainly dog biscuit non-veg to begin with) in india as I don’t have any connections who are into pet food business so adding here for advice or any feedback you would like to share.

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for freelance opportunities in DevOps, Cloud, and Infrastructure.

I have experience with:

• AWS (EC2, ECS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, S3, Route 53)
• Docker & Docker Compose
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Linux Administration
• Jenkins & CI/CD pipelines
• Nginx
• Grafana, Prometheus, and observability
• GitHub Actions

I'm available for tasks such as:

• Setting up CI/CD pipelines
• Dockerizing applications
• AWS infrastructure setup and optimization
• Terraform automation
• Server deployment and configuration
• Monitoring and logging setup
• Troubleshooting deployment and infrastructure issues

If you have a project or know of any opportunities, I'd love to connect. Feel free to comment or send me a DM.

Thank you!

Two of us built this, I am IIT grad, software developer with 4 years of experience and my cofoudner is a product manager (12 yrs), my co-founder's an engineer. NumaHaven is a mental wellness app focused on anxiety and grief, and it came out of something real: My cofounder lost his dad and struggled badly afterward, in a country where therapy is still expensive and stigmatized.

Full stack is ours — RN/Expo, Node + Postgres, subscriptions, security. Just launched on both stores, bootstrapped, no funding.

Now the hard part: getting Indians to actually use (and eventually pay for) a wellness app past week one. I'm leaning into anxiety/grief specifically rather than being another generic meditation app.

Two asks: (1) try it and tell me honestly where it feels off — link in bio; (2) anyone who's built a consumer app in India, how did you think about pricing and payments? Grateful for real talk. 🙏

Hey everyone,

Like most of you, I am absolutely done with the daily commute struggle to office. Dealing with peak-hour surge pricing on bike-taxis, endless bargaining with auto drivers, and standing at crowded bus stops for 30 minutes just to get stuck in traffic is draining my energy before the workday even starts.

I realized the issue isn’t a shortage of vehicles—thousands of office-goers drive past us every day with completely empty passenger seats heading to the exact same tech parks.

A friend and I started building a simple mobile utility to fix this, and I want to see if the logic makes sense to you guys.

The Core Concept:

• Virtual Hand Raise: When you're ready to leave, you stand on a street corner, enter your destination, and virtually "raise your hand" on your phone.
• Zero Detours: The app instantly matches you with a verified working professional who is already driving past your exact location on their daily commute. They pick you up along the way and drop you off without making any structural detours.
• Bus-Level Pricing: Because the driver is already heading that way and just looking to offset their personal fuel expenses, it isn't an expensive commercial taxi ride. The fare is fixed at flat, zone-based slab rates—making it significantly cheaper than standard cabs or autos with zero surge pricing.
• Strict Verification: To keep the community completely safe, there is absolute zero anonymity. Nobody can log in or use the tool without a verified corporate email ID and a national government ID check.

We are trying to understand the community's mindset before wrapping up the final prototype.

1. If you're a rider, would you use this instead of an auto, bus, or metro to get to work?
2. If you drive/ride a personal vehicle to work, would you let a verified peer hop in if it easily covered your daily fuel expenses?
3. What are the biggest flaws, hesitations, or safety features you'd want to see before downloading something like this?

Let me know your honest, brutal thoughts in the comments. If you're down to test it out early or want to share your worst commute stories, drop them below or shoot me a DM!

I've been going deep on a problem that genuinely bothers me.

In India, **546 people die every single day** in road accidents. WHO estimates 50% of those deaths are preventable — if the right care arrives within the golden hour.

The average ambulance response time in India is **25–35 minutes**. In the UK it's 7. In the US it's 8.

The reasons aren't mysterious:

- Traffic gridlock means ambulances can't move even when they're called

- 90% of ambulances lack essential equipment

- 95% are operated by untrained staff

- When an ambulance does arrive, it often takes the patient to the *nearest* hospital, not the *right* one — no available bed, no trauma OT, patient bounces again

- Hospitals have zero coordination with each other — no shared bed data, no transfer protocols, nothing

I've spent time mapping the competitive landscape. There are 44+ startups in Indian EMS. Most are building "a faster ambulance." Nobody is solving the full chain.

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**What I'm thinking about building:**

**1. AI dispatch + hospital routing** — triages the call, identifies injury type, and routes to the optimal hospital based on real-time capacity, trauma capability, AND traffic. Not just proximity.

**2. Bike first responder network** — trained paramedic on a motorcycle reaches the scene in 5–8 minutes. Stabilises the patient (stops bleeding, manages airway). Live helmet-cam video streams to a remote doctor. This is already proven — Max Healthcare Delhi did this and saved 206 lives. It's just not scaled.

**3. Clinic stabilisation network** — 8 lakh+ small clinics exist across Indian cities, completely untapped. Train and certify them as "First Aid Points" — equipped to stabilise a patient for 15 minutes while the ambulance routes. Franchise model with certification.

**4. Hospital ecosystem hub** — real-time ICU bed, OT slot, and blood bank data shared across hospitals. Trauma team pre-alerted with patient vitals before arrival. Eliminates the "wrong hospital" failure entirely.

The bike solves traffic. The AI solves routing. The clinics solve distance. The hub solves coordination. Together they cover the whole failure chain.

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**Where I'm at:**

- Ideation stage. No product built yet.

- Have done extensive research (market, competition, academic papers on bike ambulance efficacy in India)

- Have a pitch deck I can share

- Based in Delhi — planning to MVP in one high-accident zone first

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**What I'm looking for:**

Honestly? People who find this problem as interesting as I do.

- **Medical / clinical background** — EM physicians, paramedics, public health folks who've seen this system fail up close

- **Tech / product** — if you've worked on logistics, routing, or health infrastructure, this has interesting engineering problems

- **Ops / field** — people who've run fleet, logistics, or on-ground health programs in India

- **Policy / health systems** — someone who understands PPP structures, NHM, MoHFW, NHAI corridors

You don't need to be all of these. You just need to give a damn about the problem.

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**Happy to share the deck, the research, or just have a conversation.**

Drop a comment or DM me. Brutal feedback also welcome — I'd rather find the holes now than later.

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*Edit: To answer the obvious question — yes, I've looked at RED.Health, Medulance, GVK EMRI, Ziqitza, Blinkit's pilot. None of them are doing what I've described above as a combined system. Happy to go deeper on the competitive landscape in comments.*

Hey everyone,

I'm launching an RTD (ready-to-drink) beverage brand and looking for a contract manufacturer / co-packer in North India – primarily:

📍 Delhi NCR
📍 Haryana
📍 Punjab

What I'm looking for:

✅ Low MOQ – I'm a startup and can't commit to 10,000+ units right away. Looking for someone who works with small brands/startups.

✅ Trial run / pilot batch – Need to test the product before going all in. Ideally someone who allows small test batches (even 500-1000 units).

✅ RTD experience – Non-carbonated / carbonated both work. Looking at functional drinks, juices, or wellness beverages.

✅ FSSAI compliant – Must have proper certifications.

✅ End-to-end support – Formulation, prototyping, packaging, private label would be a huge plus.

Questions for the community:

1. Any manufacturers you've worked with personally in these regions that fit the above?
2. What's the typical MOQ range you've seen for small-batch RTD production in North India?
3. Any red flags I should watch out for when negotiating with contract manufacturers? (I've heard about hidden charges for labels, testing, molds, etc.)

Not pitching anything.

Tell me your niche or a competitor you want to understand.

I'll go through Reddit and Google reviews and tell you the real problems people are complaining about in that space.

You get actual quotes.

Not my opinion.

30 mins of my time.

Completely free.

Comment below or DM me 🙏

— Dinesh

The first post I got removed had the best copy I'd ever written for anything. Tight, value-first, no links, no pitch. Gone in four hours. Meanwhile a rougher post I almost didn't publish survived for days and got three inbound DMs from it. That mismatch bothered me enough that I started tracking everything.

Five weeks, 22 subreddits, 31 submissions. I went in thinking larger communities would be more forgiving because the volume of incoming posts would dilute moderator attention. The opposite was true. The communities under 8k subscribers that had been active for more than two years kept posts up at nearly double the rate of anything above 50k. And the metric I'd been ignoring entirely was how frequently the subreddit itself removed posts, not the rules page, the actual visible post-to-removal ratio you can estimate just by scrolling. That number predicted survival better than anything else I looked at. I was so focused on finding the right audience size that I never asked whether a given community was structurally hostile to outside content by default.

The other thing I underestimated was how much account history within a specific subreddit mattered versus overall karma. Two accounts with identical karma scores performed totally differently when one had comment history in the target sub and one didn't. Mods in smaller communities clearly do manual checks. Once I started using reoogle.com to pull the community-level data before posting instead of after getting removed, my survival rate over the last two weeks jumped from around 40% to closer to 70%.

I don't know how much of this generalises across different product categories. My sample is one B2B SaaS and one consumer tool, which isn't exactly a controlled experiment. But the subscriber count thing I'm fairly confident about at this point. Every guide I read said go for reach. The data I collected says go for tolerance first, reach second.

I'm building a startup focused on transforming the walk-in experience for high-footfall men's salons. We've already built a working product and are preparing for pilot deployments.

I'm looking for someone from Delhi NCR who genuinely enjoys sales, meeting business owners, and building something from the ground up.

I'm not looking for an employee. I'm looking for someone who wants to become a co-founder and help shape the company from the early days.

About you:

Based in Delhi NCR

Comfortable with field sales and talking to salon owners

Strong communication skills

Startup mindset

Ready to experiment, learn, and grow

What we're building:

Smart queue management

Customer experience platform

Long-term vision of becoming a Revenue Intelligence platform for salons

If you've always wanted to build a startup instead of just working at one, let's connect and see if we're a good fit.

DM me if interested.