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I got tired of checking 10 different sites for stock research, so I built Walnut Markets
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I got tired of checking 10 different sites for stock research, so I built Walnut Markets

I built Walnut Markets because most stock research still feels way too fragmented.

You can find Congress trades, insider filings, institutional data, technicals, fundamentals, contracts, and news — but usually not in one place, and rarely with a clear read on what the data is saying.

Walnut is my attempt to fix that.

It tracks:

- Congress disclosures

- Insider activity

- Government contracts

- Institutional filings

- Technicals / price-volume

- Fundamentals

- Watchlists and screeners

- Bullish and bearish monitors

- A proprietary confirmation score

The goal is not stock picks.

The goal is better research.

If $MU is moving, I want to know whether the data actually supports the move: revenue, EPS, margins, price action, institutional activity, insider/Congress disclosures, and what to watch next.

Free tools are great for alerts. I’m trying to build something more useful for actual research.

Would appreciate any feedback, especially from people who track filings, insiders, Congress trades, or earnings closely.

https://walnutmarkets.com

Research only. Not investment advice.

We build companies instead of funding them. Six months in, here is what the studio model actually costs you

I run Founder Ventures with Brian Flynn, who has built 26 companies and exited 10 of them. I do product and engineering. He does strategy.

The model is simple to describe. We pick a problem that somebody else has already proven people pay to solve. We find a founder who wants to own that company. They hold the majority of it. The studio holds a minority and runs the machinery underneath: outbound, discovery, competitive intelligence, infrastructure, hiring.

Three things I did not expect.

The idea is the cheapest part. I used to think picking was the hard bit. Picking takes a rubric and a week. Getting a founder from "I am interested" to "I am building this full time" takes months, and no rubric helps.

Shared infrastructure only pays off after company three. For the first two companies I was building pipelines for a sample size of one. Every generalisation I made was wrong. The outbound system only started earning its keep when a second founder plugged into it without me touching anything.

I was the bottleneck on everything. At one point I counted the roles I was holding: builder on two products, recruiter, infra migrator, legal sourcer, content writer, ops admin. We had a network database full of people and nobody onboarded, because onboarding went through me. That one is on me and it took an embarrassingly long time to see.

What I would keep: writing the kill criteria on day one, before anyone is emotionally invested. Ours is a revenue threshold on a fixed clock. If a company does not clear it, we stop and re-evaluate. I have watched people walk a dead idea around for years because nobody ever wrote down what dead looks like.

What I would change: I would have hired someone to own onboarding in month two.

Happy to answer anything about the model, the picking, or the parts that are still broken.

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u/romerogers — 3 days ago
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It's been a little over six months since I launched and it has been quite a journey. No exponential growth or huge user spikes but rather slow and steady growth. But in my opinion that is the best for building something actually valuable because you can react to user feedback along the way and constantly keep improving the app.

It's so crazy, just two weeks ago I was celebrating 2,000 users here and now I have hit another unreal milestone of 2,400! I can't thank everyone enough. I really mean it, so many people were offering their help along the way.

Of course I will not stop here and I am already working on the next big update for the platform which will benefit all the community. More is coming soon.

I've built IndieAppCircle, a platform where small app developers can upload their apps and other people can give them feedback in exchange for credits. I grew it by posting about it here on Reddit. It didn't explode or something but I managed to get some slow but steady growth.

For those of you who never heard about IndieAppCircle, it works like this:

  • You can earn credits by testing indie apps (fun + you help other makers)
  • You can use credits to get your own app tested by real people
  • No fake accounts -> all testers are real users
  • Test more apps -> earn more credits -> your app will rank higher -> you get more visibility and more testers/users

Since many people suggested it to me in the comments, I have also created a community for IndieAppCircle: r/IndieAppCircle (you can ask questions or just post relevant stuff there).

Currently, there are 2402 users, 1969 tests done and 587 apps uploaded!

You can check it out here (it's totally free): https://www.indieappcircle.com/

I'm glad for any feedback/suggestions/roasts in the comments.

u/luis_411 — 9 days ago
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I built Self, a tool that turns your CV into a personal website in under a minute

Hi everyone, I’m the founder of Self, a tool that turns your CV into a personal & professional website.

I started working on it because building a personal site often feels like more effort than it should. Most people already have their experience, education, projects and skills written down in a CV, but they still have to choose a website builder, copy everything over, arrange the sections and make the site look good on mobile.

With Self, you can upload your CV as a PDF, image, or text file, or even import it from LinkedIn. Self uses this information to create a responsive website that you can edit and publish. You can change the text, layout, and design, and add visual project sections if you work in a creative field where your work is best showcased through images.

I recently changed the product from a seven-day trial to a permanent free plan. The original trial felt too restrictive because people could not properly use or share their website before deciding whether they wanted to pay. The free plan now includes one published website on a self.cv subdomain, with no time limit.

There is also a Pro plan for people who want to use a custom domain, access more design options, view analytics, control SEO settings and use AI-assisted editing. My goal is to keep the basic version genuinely useful while charging for the features that are more valuable to professionals who want greater control.

Self is intentionally more focused than a general website builder. It is for people who want a professional website without having to design and build one from scratch.

I would really appreciate any feedback on the idea, the onboarding experience, the generated websites or the free and paid plans. You can try it as a guest, without creating an account 😎

Cheers!

u/XmintMusic — 6 days ago
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Seeking other Founders to be apart of my new networking site

Hi I am actively seeking other Founders who are also working on their own startups, my startup spartacus.cv aims to be an alternative to LinkedIn, our philosophy is to ditch traditional resumes, ditch the degree, and show what you have created. For those of you who are building your own projects, this is an opportunity to join early, we run solely on peer to peer review principles, no ai rankings, no paid posts. if you're interested in becoming a company on our platform please send me a message, if you would like to sign up as an individual user, please use this link to sign up!

any questions please comment or message me directly!

u/Pokemasterkendrew06 — 9 days ago