u/PasternakIvarsson

You're fundraising cuz u need resources to either launch or scale your startup.

But those same resources you're bending over backwards for, are actually all around you already (for the most part)

You just have to ask yourself, "do u have to own the resource, or do u just need access to it?"

Many many startups have fundraised to acquire the resources you need.

What if u could just access those instead?

Through collaborations.

And it gets better.

Rev-share collaborations.

Access them, and pay only with the revenue they help you generate.

Shall we call it "resource financing"?

I wanted to share this because I have 10 of these myself.

I have a platform, I own 100% equity, paying $0 upfront, and we're growing 67% per month thanks to these collaborations.

I have help with development, I have help with operations, and a lot of help in distribution.

It's really hard to set up, so I'll be happy to help anyone interested in exploring this strategy.

It is heavily network effect driven and not very niche either.

But probably the network effect part that is why I don't have any paying users.

Anyone else been in this situation?

When unsuccessful entrepreneurs are asked "what people would you need to launch and scale your startup?"

They respond "NOTHING!".

They're living in a fantasy world where they can go rambo, SOLO.

They can use AI agents as employees, and they can vibe-code an app and then chill by the beach drinking pina coladas earning passive income.

Because "money is easy" and "entrepreneurship is easy".

"aN OnliNe gURu tOld mE thAt I caN eArn 10k/month pAsSiveLy"

And then you look at successful entrepreneurs.

You put them in a room together, and it's ALL ABOUT COLLABORATION.

"this is how I make money, how do you make money?"

"oh, that's interesting, I make money like this. Maybe if we do something together we can both earn more?"

BOOM, and the rich just got richer.

Collaborations exists on the top level, because they know you can't scale and grow without it.

Knowing how to collaborate is a superpower, it's a skillset you have to learn.

The rich are rich because they've mastered it.

And unsuccessful people will remain unsuccessful thinking "I can do it myself with AI agents".

Funny how that works.

Now that everyone CAN build a software application, many people are doing it.

People from all corners of the world are building, bringing in a massive influx of new entrepreneurs.

New skillsets, new networks, new resources.

But everything is fragmented, everyone is alone.

If we combine our efforts, pool our resources, pool our marketing efforts, startups can start moving as conglomerates.

Don’t underestimate the power of collaborations.

Now that everyone CAN build a software application, many people are doing it.

People from all corners of the world are building, bringing in a massive influx of new entrepreneurs.

New skillsets, new networks, new resources.

But everything is fragmented, everyone is alone.

If we combine our efforts, pool our resources, pool our marketing efforts, startups can start moving as conglomerates.

Don’t underestimate the power of collaborations.

I never managed to click "stream", but I have everything set up.

What are the best tips?

What widgets should I add?

I'm thinking of doing Twitch and YT at the same time.

My idea is a stream where viewers can tell me about their startup or startup idea, and on the spot I'll help connect them with the best collaborators and give some advise (even though im no expert) to help them get off the ground.

Would this be a good idea? Any tips on making this "game show" strategy better?

I recently realized that finding the right collaborations with other startups helped me scale tremendously.

I pay them rev-share, so I have 100% equity, no upfront cost, 10 collaborators and growing 67% per month.

But finding the collaborators, planning the collaboration, negotiating the collaboration, managing the payouts.

it's a fricking full-time job!

yet collaborations takes place all the time, and we all know they're beneficial. But right now it often costs MORE to collaborate than what we get out of it.

If it was cheaper to get started, way more people would collaborate. Which I think would be a really good thing for everyone.

How can we make this easier?

Let's start with an AI as an orchestration layer, matching the right collaborators together so I don't have to look for them or wait for them to show up by chance.

Then something to plan the collaboration. A nice template or something.

Then it would need automatic rev-share, because I can't continue with calculating it manually (we're a tech startup, so low ticket high volume is a PAIN IN THE A*S). It needs to manage the calculations, currency conversions and payouts automatically.

And then it can use the plan to maybe automate the contract? Because every contract I've used is basically the same (deliverables or responsibilities for a % of revenue for a set time period and with a max cap). The difference is only the deliverables or responsibilities.

I would need a way to trust the collaborators as well, researching everyone feels redundant, but I don't want to just take a blind risk, especially if i want to move quickly.

What else would this need?

I'm asking because I'm building a platform with the features above.

I want more people to collaborate so cash strapped startups can scale without needing to pay for things upfront.

Would love your thoughts and feedback on what move we can add to make it nice!

I have a 1min 20sec pitch, I have a growth strategy, I have the numbers ready.

What can I do to make him go "damn, I need to hand over $350k right now"

Should I tell him I need the money, or I don't need the money but would be nice?

The world's resources is one collaboration away from your startup.

 

Stop asking "how can I get more cash?"

 

And instead ask "what collaborators would I need?"

 

All of the sudden, everything feels doable.

 

But how do u find collaborators?

 

There's two ways to so this:

1. Find startups that are selling to a similar customer, they solve a similar problem, but they do it differently.

These are called complimentary scenario collaborations.

 

2. Find startups that can do what you can't do in a client delivery. So if you know web design, find a developer that can build it professionally, and then an SEO/AEO expert to make it visible.

You want ppl to put skin in the game

The best way is through pre-purchases.

If clients pay for it before u even have the product.

But it's obviously really really hard.

But you want skin in the game, numbers are rarely helpful (like Google trends etc.)

My preferred path was trying to convince ppl knowledge in the space to collaborate w me on rev-share.

If I have someone that has built a similar app, can I have him help me build mine on rev-share?

If I have someone that has successfully marketed another app to my ICP, can I get them to market my app on rev-share?

U get both a bit of validation through collaborators putting skin the the game

And secondly, they actually bring u the resources you need to launch and scale.

2 birds. One stone.

I have 10 of these collabs now for my platform, and we're scaling 67% per month.

I have 100% equity and zero costs upfront.

It was really hard to figure out how to do this successfully, have like 30 failed attempts.

If anyone wants to explore this, I'd be happy to share my best practices!

You're a bootstrapping startup, and you're asking ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini about tips on how to scale.

You quickly see on their results that it requires money.

You know you need someone to help you with design to improve conversion rates, but you can't afford it.

You know you need an AI expert to make your AI as robust as possible.

You know you need a marketer to create and post good content for you, but you can't afford one.

You don't have budget for ads or clippers.

You're stuck with a good product and feel powerless.

You need resources, but can't afford them.

But when you scroll on X, you see someone that's great with design.

Or you see a startup with a lot of users with the same target audience as you.

You find a company where if you combine your efforts, you can scale and grow together.

You want to reach out to them, but how do you even start?

They respond, you get interested, you get hope - but then it dies in the chat.

Who makes the contract, who handles the compensation, who sets up revenue share?

And then it dies...

But, there's finally a solution for this.

It's a platform where AI understands your startup and what you need.

It then connects you to other startups you can collaborate with.

You plan and set up the collaboration through templates, and automatically get a contract you both sign.

Then you connect stripe, and the rev-share is automatically calculated and carried out.

This not only saves your existing potential collaborations, but this opens up a world where the resources you need is just one collaboration away.

And now the complexities of finding, setting up and managing a collaboration is removed.

Wish me luck as I'm trying to build this into reality!

I'm sure a lot of you guys here are in the stage where you're trying to figure out WHAT you want to build.

I'm 22 and I've started 15 business, never went to uni, sustained my self as an entrepreneur during and after high-school.

Many ideas failed, some succeed, and I think I have a pretty solid process for finding something worth doing. Which some of you might struggle with.

Here's how I did it:

I started w a contrarian thought, which is an answer to "what important truth do i believe, that most people disagree with me on?"

Then I wanted to find people to help me do it on rev-share so they put skin in the game, giving the idea some validation.

Then if the problem is hard enough, and engagement high enough from users and collaborators, you have the drive to continue.

Hope this was helpful.

There are a lot of indie devs and even startups that are building SaaS apps on app store and google play store.

But it sounds like an absolute headache.

First of all, the approval process is long, and quite hard (i've heard, never done it)

And Appel takes their juicy cut from all your sales.

I just do PWA for my websites, it's basically the same as an app.

Is there a downside to it i'm not familiar with?

Why aren't more entrepreneurs doing this? Is it because of the exposure on the App Store it's all worth it?

I'm posting on TikTok, IG Reels and YT shorts.

How important are hashtags really?

I figured they at least could help the algorithm with placing me, but I don't know how much it actually helps.

Anyone has any data on this?

Everything your startup needs to scale is one rev-share collaboration away.

Right now, you have to do everything yourself until you eventually save up enough money to pay for it.

With Ordana: you write down the same to do's on our platform, and now with an AI finding projects that has the things you need.

It also comes up with a scenario where you can bundle together and fill each others resource gaps.

We have $435,000 worth of resources on Ordana, for any startup to access through rev-share collaborations.

We have an AI finding the collaboration opportunities.

We have templates and contracts for planning and setting up the collaboration.

And a full rev-share infrastructure where calculation, conversion and payouts are all automated by our platform.

That way, you can scale your startup without needing any upfront capital.

Start collaborating on Ordana.

Everything your startup needs to scale is one rev-share collaboration away.

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Right now, you have to do everything yourself until you eventually save up enough money to pay for it.

​

With Ordana: you write down the same to do's on our platform, and now with an AI finding projects that has the things you need.

It also comes up with a scenario where you can bundle together and fill each others resource gaps.

​

We have $435,000 worth of resources on Ordana, for any startup to access through rev-share collaborations.

​

We have an AI finding the collaboration opportunities.

​

We have templates and contracts for planning and setting up the collaboration.

​

And a full rev-share infrastructure where calculation, conversion and payouts are all automated by our platform.

​

That way, you can scale your startup without needing any upfront capital.

​

Start collaborating on Ordana.