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https://capitalreach.ai/ We’re rebuilding the core of our investor outreach tool. This month we replaced our old investor list + campaign system with an organization-based model. Instead of individual, messy contact…
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Talking to founders lately feels surreal - some with barely an MVP are raising fast, while others with actual revenue get ignored. The inconsistency is huge. It makes me wonder: Is the fundraising system actually broken…
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A lot of startup advice is vague. I’m interested in concrete stories: How did you actually get your: first 10 users first 50 users first 100 users? What channels worked? What totally failed? Any tactics that still work…
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Another multi-platform outage strikes, as Cloudflare suffers issues and triggers downtime on popular websites like X (formerly Twitter), as confirmed by the official Cloudflare Status page. It started around 6:00 AM ET,…
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I built an AI platform that helps founders automate investor outreach and follow-ups - kind of like a fundraising copilot. Curious how others here are streamlining their fundraising or growth workflows lately?
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Every founder I know (including me) spends too much time on decks and demos instead of shipping. We justify it as “raising awareness” or “community building.” But I’ve never seen a pitch deck go viral-only real…
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Always love hearing about what others in the HN community are hacking on -side projects, startups, tools, art, anything. What’s keeping you up at night (in a good way)?
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No feedback, no one to bounce ideas off, no “nice job” at the end of the day. The freedom is great, but it gets weirdly quiet. Anyone else relate?
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Hey HN, Curious to know what people here are building -side projects, startups, or even experiments. What’s your current project, what problem are you trying to solve, and what stage are you at? We Currently Built…
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Everyone talks about “hustle” and “vision,” but in your experience - what’s the one skill that actually makes or breaks a startup founder today? Could be something obvious (like storytelling or hiring) or something…
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I keep hearing that “you need warm intros” to raise, but I’ve been seeing more founders closing rounds through cold outreach, content, and data-driven targeting. Curious - for founders here, what’s actually working for…
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Most founders I talk to still manage their entire fundraising process with a mix of Sheets, Gmail, and Notion. Even with so many “AI” tools out there, the experience still feels broken - messy follow-ups, outdated…
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It feels like getting investor intros is still one of the biggest bottlenecks for early-stage founders. I’ve seen countless threads saying “you need warm intros” - but in reality, not everyone has that network on day…
- Show HN: I built a Simple tool that finds investors for your startup (capitalreach.ai)
I built a simple tool that helps founders search and discover relevant investors (by stage, geography, funding goal) and then automates outreach + follow-up. It came out of my own frustration when fundraising - spending…
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Everywhere you look in 2025, it feels like every product pitch has “AI” stamped on it. But on the ground, I’m curious: Are founders here actually seeing real ROI from AI tools? Or is it mostly marketing gloss right now?…