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So...I myself am a product manager and a power user of AI tools. I was creating prototype applications which could handle decent traffic and work without any issues when built in a proper systematic process. Earlier i used to take workshops for working professionals which did go really well.

Recently Ive been thinking about conducting workshops for kids to see how they use ai tools and translate their ideas. I started within friends and familym Honestly even I enjoyed the process and what impressed me was that - if we properly instruct and give feedback to kids, they are prompting really well, they are not hesitant to try new things out. The kids started building games like chess, and penalty kicker sort of games.

Now they are thinking to build multi player battle ship, Pokemon sort of games which involves work building, character mapping.

If any one is interested to do such workshops along let's collaborate. In case if you live in a gated community where we can get 5-10 kids, it'll be really amazing.

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Hey guys, I am a 22 male recently completed my graduation in May 2026 from CSE Tier 1 NIT. In 3rd year I have started a B2B startup which helps businesses organise and find their perfect talent and we are making good revenue paying our employees but not able to pay ourselves and good revenue in the sense of an age 1-1.5 year old startup.

And my parents are sad that I am not doing any job and not earning anything for myself.

They are not poking me to take up a job everyday but they are just saying out of concern and I do understand their concern and I am clear about my goal if I am not able to pay myself in next 1 year we all would quit and do a job.

I know if we get some things clear we can do big but it's just that my parents are not happy seeing me struggle

Their pov is getting some experience and do whatever you want so that you will have some corporate experience

I don't know what to do

Hey Hyderabad founders & startup community

We’ve been building something for homebuyers called BUYSFT, a platform to make property discovery simpler, transparent, and less stressful.

Would genuinely love your feedback on the app experience, UI, features, and what can be improved.
It would mean a lot if you could download and try it out from the App Store / Play Store and share your thoughts

Your feedback can help us build a better product for homebuyers in Hyderabad.

Search “BUYSFT” on App Store & Play Store

A couple of months ago, FinBooks.ai was just an idea on a whiteboard.

Today, 38 organisations and 7 CA firms are actively using it.
The crazy part?

None of this started with “let’s build an AI startup.”

It started with frustration.
I come from a finance background, and I kept seeing the same problems everywhere:

•endless GST reconciliations
•manual bookkeeping
•spreadsheet chaos
•invoice mismatches
•hours wasted on repetitive accounting work

Everyone treated it as normal.
But honestly, it felt broken.

So we started building FinBooks.ai with one simple goal:
Make bookkeeping and compliance less painful for businesses.

The first few months weren’t about scaling.
They were about listening.

Every conversation with a CA firm or business owner changed something in the product.

One user asked for customizable MIS reports.
Instead of pushing it into a “future roadmap,” we built and shipped it.

That became our philosophy:
Listen closely. Ship fast. Simplify relentlessly.

Today, FinBooks.ai helps businesses with:
•Reconciles GSTR-1 and GSTR-2B against your books automatically
•Flags ITC mismatches and Rule 37A exposure
•Imports invoices directly from portal JSON into your books
•Real-time bank reconciliation
•MIS reports, payroll, and a virtual CFO assistant

Still early and improving. But seeing real businesses rely on something we built has been incredibly rewarding.

Would genuinely love feedback from founders, accountants, and finance folks here.

Website: https://finbooks.ai/

Recently did a branding exercise for a local manufacturer making tractor side dalla (tractor trolley side panels) in a sand-belt region. Business is worth crores. Owner is a third-generation guy with zero formal business education - and one of the sharpest operators I've come across.

The area has heavy sand extraction activity - tractor demand is perennial, and so is the demand for dalla. Competitors exist. Some even undercut on price.

But here's his answer when I asked about competition:

"Let them undercut. My customers come back because their dalla never breaks —and if it ever does, I fix it free. For life."

He's kept 2 full-time technicians on monthly salary to honour this promise. But here's the kicker - there's barely any repair work coming in, because the product is genuinely built to last. The warranty cost is near zero. The trust dividend? Enormous.

The math behind the moat:

• Promise -> Lifetime free repair
• Cost of promise -> 2 technicians on monthly pay
• Actual repair volume -> Near zero
• Word-of-mouth flywheel -> Entire region, for decades

In a market where the buyer - typically a farmer or transporter - has very little margin for downtime or repair costs, a lifetime warranty isn't a gimmick. It's a signal of skin in the game. Customers feel it. And they talk.

No ads. No distributor network. No digital presence. Just a product that holds up - backed by a man who stakes his name on it.

The real lesson: Customer loyalty in rural markets isn't bought - it's earned through reliability and kept through accountability. The warranty didn't create loyalty. The product did. The warranty just made the promise visible.

I’m a technical founder — I built the full stack (NestJS backend, React Native app, AWS infra). But I need someone who lives and breathes edtech growth in regional/Tier 2 India.
I’m looking for:
✅ Marketing advice — what channels actually work for selling SaaS to school principals in small towns?
✅ GTM feedback — is my pricing right? Should I go direct, through DSOs, or via WhatsApp agents?
✅ Connections — anyone who’s sold to schools in AP/Telangana?
And if we really click on vision and thinking — I’m open to bringing the right person on as a co-founder (equity, not a job).
I’m not looking for a typical marketer. I’m looking for someone who:
• Understands why a school principal in Nizamabad trusts WhatsApp over a website
• Has done field sales or channel sales in Tier 2/3 India
• Is excited about building a category in a language-first market
• Can think like an operator, not just a consultant

Happy to share more:
• Product market.myakshara.in
• Deck / financials with serious co-founder candidates
• Jump on a call if you want to nerd out on regional edtech
Drop a comment or DM me. Even one good referral or piece of feedback helps.

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Heya guys,

I have started a web agency and it's like 5-6 months

I want suggestions from you guys. As of now I'm thinking to do the developing part alone.

I need ways to approach clients and local businesses.

I have tried cold calling a lot of business, but I feel I'm not for it. I tried hiring people from reddit and real life too, but they eventually didn't consider working along this business.

I tried reddit posting, it works but to some extent. Like can't really spam you know.

How do I get clients.

Now I have built a good portfolio, good enough for a client to hand me over a project.

But struggling for clients.....

Any suggestions, any help regarding it would be much appreciated.

I am all into this agency right now to the extent that,

Working 24/7 to escape 9-5 😆

The question is how to get projects;

Em antaru mari em cheyali 😔

Emayina business unte refer cheyandi 😅🤚

The mad for ideas newsletter today said about 2/3rd of the real estate properties have some issues, like disputes or unknown history/documentation problems. Do you think there's a real business in assigning "trust scores" to real estate in India based on the property's history ?

Hey folks,
I’m a backend engineer with ~8 years of experience, currently looking to join an early-stage startup as a founding engineer.
Most of my work has been building and scaling systems from scratch — I enjoy owning problems end-to-end rather than working on isolated pieces.
Recently, I was a founding backend engineer at a crypto analytics platform where I:
* Built the backend and data systems from 0 → production
* Scaled infrastructure handling multiple terabytes datasets
* Designed event-driven systems and high-throughput APIs
* Brought API latency down significantly (sub-100ms p90) while reducing infra costs
* Owned AWS architecture, reliability, and backend direction during early growth
* Tech stack I’m strongest in:
— Python (Django, FastAPI), SQL
— PostgreSQL (partitioning, performance), Redis
— AWS (ECS, SQS/SNS, S3, RDS, Kinesis, etc.)
— Distributed systems, async workflows, data pipelines
Lately, I’ve been exploring AI infrastructure / GenAI systems, especially how they integrate with real-world data platforms.

What I’m looking for:
Early-stage startups (0→1 or early scale)
High ownership across backend, infra, and architecture
Problems involving data systems, infra, or AI
Small, strong teams that move fast
Location: Open to remote or India-based roles

If you’re building something interesting — or know someone who is — I’d love to connect.

After talking with the local business owner and explaining our tool and how we can make people interact with his Instagram content, he seemed excited but wanted to talk to his big brother. I agreed. We exchanged numbers and left his establishment.

It was already 6:30 PM and I had to go home. I remembered a Dmart that had recently opened, so I headed there; Maps said it would take about 20 minutes. I searched for the manager. After asking the staff and wandering for 15 minutes, one employee pointed me to his office.

I quickly entered the cabin. He was a little busy, so I waited for a few minutes and then greeted him. I introduced myself and explained what we do. He listened patiently for about five minutes and then replied, “I like what you are doing, but the problem is that Dmart spends very little on marketing. Word of mouth is the real essence of our brand, and marketing decisions are handled by the head office in Mumbai. If we decide to do any marketing, I receive a call from HQ and can only make suggestions; decisions are made entirely at HQ.”

After listening to his explanation, I realized that Dmart has a very strong brand image in customers’ minds. I politely thanked the manager for the information.

By then it was already 7:45 PM, and I needed to go home and report the day’s field work to the CEO. I knew he would be pleased.

Next part :- Getting to know about educational institutions marketing techniques 📈

I keep hearing that Bangalore is the place to build but I want to go deeper than that. What are we as Hyderabad-based founders actually missing out on by not being in Bangalore?

Is it:

- Access to investors and funding networks?

- A stronger founder community and peer pressure to build like hackerhouses?

- Better talent density?

- More startup events, meetups, and serendipitous collisions?

- Intros, warm connections, and deal flow that only happen in person?

Or are some of these gaps closing? Be Honest as much as you can!. What's the thing you felt the moment you visited or moved there that Hyd just doesn't have yet?

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As far as I know, Hyderabad doesn't really have any proper hacker houses compared to Bangalore, but I feel like there might be some hidden or unofficial ones that people don't talk about much(I remember I saw something similar in hyd).

For context, a hacker house is basically a space where builders, founders, developers, and creators come together to work intensely, collaborate, and ship things, think less coworking, more focused execution with a tight-knit group.

Why I'm asking:

My team is looking for a closed, focused space we can use twice a week, something like a hacker house setup where we can get into deep work mode together without distractions.

So if you know of:

- Any hacker houses (official or underground) in Hyd

- Private spaces or communities that do something similar

- People who'd be interested in starting one

Drop it below or DM me! Would love to connect with the builder community in Hyderabad. 🙌

Hey fellow founders,

I’m building Rehab at your Doorstep, and I wanted to share our lean approach to home healthcare in West Hyderabad.

The Problem: Home care in Hyderabad is fragmented. You either get an expensive corporate hospital package or an unverified "agency" nurse who might not show up because of the Gachibowli traffic.

Our Lean Solution:

Hyper-Local Focus: We only serve a 5-7km radius around Kondapur/Gachibowli. This slashes travel time and ensures our team actually reaches the patient on time.

Clinical-First Leadership: Our chief doctor is an MBBS Gold Medalist (MD Manipal). We lead with clinical authority, not just marketing.

No-Subscription Entry: We realized people are afraid of ₹30k/month commitments. We introduced ₹499 single visits as a "hook" to build trust before upselling to monthly recovery packages.

Bootstrap Stack: Built our site on Replit, handle all leads via WhatsApp, and our "office" is our team's residential locations in West Hyderabad.

The Goal: To prove that healthcare doesn't need a massive hospital building to be high-quality.

Would love to hear from other founders here: How are you managing "physical" service logistics in Hyderabad? Also, if anyone has experience scaling a "service-heavy" model without losing quality control, let’s chat!

Check us out at https://www.rehabatyourdoorstep.com/

I have been building Pepchat for the last 1.5 years, mostly on my own, and we have now crossed 100K users.

Pepchat is not just another social media platform. It is a networking platform, and there is a big difference.

We are solving a real communication problem. People are addicted to platforms like Instagram, but they are not truly connected anymore. Many are not even talking to their own friends properly.

Pepchat is built to move people from chat to real life. We help users find nearby, like-minded people, start conversations without awkwardness, post their thoughts, create instant activities, and build real connections.

I created Pepchat to solve this problem. People are engaging well, the product is growing, and now I am focused on scaling it further.