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Andreea Bunica
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4 things I learnt in 4 months of being a founder
Next week I am closing in on four months of being a founder, and it felt appropriate to write a celebratory blog post drawing up conclusions and learnings from the time. You can read it here: https://mean-bean.com/2020/10/26/4-things-i-learnt-in-4-months-of-being-a-founder/
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I am looking for mentors
Hello! I am looking for mentors and for an initial tech expert to guide me into creating a team. I would appreciate it hugely if you guys could share my LinkedIn post with your network, maybe someone would be interested in helping out:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andreea-bunica-a8b76915b_hardware-startupcommunity-ethicaltech-activity-6724647164779261952-bWND
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can someone give feedback on my landing page?
I've been iterating the landing page in the last week, as especially non-tech people have made it clear it is very difficult to understand what the upcoming product is. Could you guys look over the new version, and let me know what you make out of it?
p.s if you guys could argument in the comments why you voted for one of the other, would be helpfffuuul
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connecting with open-source makers to work on joint projects / get to know each other?
i've been looking for people myself lately to collaborate on some stuff, and I realized others might have the same needs- would you guys be interested in a product connecting you with other makers to work on open-source projects / make connections before you even invite someone to work full time with you?
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I was just thinking of this the past days- I would love to have such a platform. For example, I'm desperately looking for tech people to guide me/ help me with the development, whereas I could help anyone with marketing, graphics, animations or anything else creative. So, would 9000% use it.
Do you barter with other startups?
Ian Tyack
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How can I promote my upcoming product page?
I've just launched an upcoming page for my startup. Any advice on how to promote it? Last time I tried I got a total of 2 followers, one of which was me. Welp.
Andreea Bunica
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is it wise to build an early team if you don't have funding?
I've been a bit in between, wondering if it's wise to even try to build a team. First, I am building a hardware startup- I am a generalist, I feel like without a tech person in my team, no investor will take us seriously. But on the other hand, I have no idea how to find people that are willing to work on equity only in order for us to even be able to get to the part where we fundraise. Advice?
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I'm not a major podcast listener, but I got some pretty good book recommendations lately, so I'll share them: Disciplined Entrepreneurship, The Mum Test, The Lean Startup, Tipping Point, Venture Deals.
What are some hidden gems/little-known podcasts for founders/early-stage startup marketers?
Forster Perelsztejn
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Andreea Bunica
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struggling so hard with this! especially that I'm a solo hard-tech startup founder, it is maddening! if you guys have any cool communities suggestions or whatnot, please send them my way, the blog post I'm writing for my startups' blog this week is centred around tools/ communities to do exactly that- stay sane.
How often should you take a break when working from home?
Thomas Deneulin
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Andreea Bunica
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remote work does suck, to many many extents! but it is also a huge opportunity to democratize the way we deal with employees, build systems that are more goal based and not clocking in time and so on and so forth. i think we need to find a system that is neither remote, neither in office- something more, that that capitalize on personal freedom, on inclusion, diversity and true democracy, but...
😈 Unpopular opinion : remote work suck
Nazim @Koinju
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how do I choose all of the above? and also, how have these phrases not made it to the LinkedIn automated messages yet?
Which of these phrases do you hate the most?
Vartika Jaiswal
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pretty awesome product and so on point for the current situation! If I wanted to connect with the maker, where would I go? I was thinking this would be perfect grounds for discussion within the community I'm building.
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Andreea Bunica
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finding the right language to get people speaking?
i'll open my community up for debate here- we're basically rebranding our website, getting a first product demo video on the front page and building a community around making remote interactions human and building better futures. we've got a bunch of campaigns- one is "5 questions with", the other is getting guest content and today we've launched some form of a thought-pill editorial called...
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showing the old way of doing things and crossing it over with the new, better, improved, innovative way of your product! *rolls eyes
What's your "must-avoid" cliché when working on an explainer video?
Lucie Loubet
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I started focusing I'd say at least 50% of my time on content lately, even though our MVP is not ready. I'm running a hardware startup, so it will take time until we actually have something market-ready, and we need to go through some rounds of funding before that even happens. So it's hyper important to build a community, to get people talking, and to co-create this product with the community...
How important is content for your project?
Johan Cutych
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Hard! I try to keep a schedule- meditate in the morning, take a lunch break, go to the gym for 2 hours in the evening. But everythin gin between is nuts, as I'm working on hardware, software, community, graphics, marketing and everything else.
If you are a solo entrepreneur what is your day to day like?
Junior Owolabi
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It's a bit tough out there! I'll share my experience, maybe it helps. I was in the same position, really wanting to get to know more people I could speak to and broaden my horizons, but I really had no idea how to do it. So I first tried cold methods- posting on forums about what I'm doing and asking if anyone would be interested to speak, posting on LinkedIn, posting on the YC Startup School...
How do you find people to interview when doing early product discovery?
Laura Luttmer
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I wouldn't. And thinking of a world where 99% of the people aren't high-tech accustomed, I think there is a lot of fear and unclarity around data security and giving up personal details, which actually gets people to be a lot more paranoid when asked directly to do so, rather than when our data is subliminally processed. So I think it would be a big question mark for a lot of people.
Are you comfortable taking & uploading a picture of yourself on a webpage for authentication?
Taus Noor
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I haven't gotten there yet, as I'm running a hardware startup and just finishing up the MVP so we can start having first demo calls with people. But I'll throw the ideas in here, maybe it helps you. We're planning on doing zoom game-themed demo nights- basically organizing events/ community parties where we'll be demonstrating our product as part of the entertainment. We're really trying to...
What are some fun, alternative ways to call your customers?
Gisela Mirandilla
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well done! AR is coming.
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