paulwilsonn

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  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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,…

  5. 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?

  6. 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…

  7. 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)?

  8. 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?

  9. 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…

  10. 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…

  11. 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…

  12. 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…

  13. 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…

  14. 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…

  15. 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?…