Ask for help without asking in front of everyone
Founders ask privately for a hire, a lawyer or a second opinion. One founder with that skill is asked at a time, and nobody gets more than two requests a week.
Some questions are too sensitive for a group of peers
Founders rarely post these in a busy group. In a private chat with your community's number, only the matched founder sees the brief, and only after they accept do they learn who asked.
- A lawyer for a disagreement between co-founders
- A quiet second opinion on a term sheet
- Someone to replace a senior hire before it is announced
- A CA because the books have fallen behind
- Advice on letting go of an early employee
- A banker who understands a tricky cash crunch
Help without the performance of asking in public
- No audience for the ask
Only the matched founder sees the brief, and they learn who asked only after they accept.
- One founder at a time
Instead of fifteen replies saying DM, one founder who lists that skill is asked, then the next if they pass.
- Help that respects calendars
Busy founders get at most two requests a week and can pause during a launch or a fundraise.
What founders ask each other for
Skills and experience more than suppliers. Often remote, so the city matters less than the track record.
Looking for a Shopify expert to migrate our store within 2 weeks.
- Need
- Shopify developer
- City
- Any, remote is fine
- Details
- Store migration · 2 weeks
Looking for a startup lawyer to review a co-founder agreement, Chandigarh preferred.
- Need
- Startup lawyer
- City
- Chandigarh
- Details
- Co-founder agreement review
Need someone who has sold SaaS to hospitals to sanity-check our pricing.
- Need
- Healthcare sales advice
- City
- Any city
- Details
- SaaS pricing for hospitals
Making our first sales hire. Anyone who has built a B2B sales team?
- Need
- Sales hiring advice
- City
- Any city
- Details
- First B2B sales hire
Sample requests. Names are made up.
The founders who can help most are the busiest
So the limits are built in, not left to an organiser to remember.
Two a week, at most
Nobody gets more than two introduction requests in any seven days.
Only what fits
Requests go only to founders whose profile lists the skill and, when it matters, the city.
PAUSE in one word
During a launch or a raise, a founder replies PAUSE, and RESUME when they are back.
A no stays private
Declining is one tap, and nobody else learns who was asked.
A week for a founder community manager
A community of about 180 founders with one community manager.
- Monday
Share the join link in the main group with a two-line note on how to ask privately.
- Tuesday
A founder asks for a startup lawyer. Milvao asks the best-fitting lawyer in the community, and she accepts the same afternoon.
- Wednesday
A founder in the middle of a fundraise replies PAUSE. They get no offers until they send RESUME.
- Thursday
A hospital-sales request gets two declines. Milvao asks the third best match. You don't chase anyone.
- Friday
Read through the week's requests and nudge founders with those skills to finish their profiles.
What community managers ask us
Starter, after the pilot
Most founder communities fit Starter: one community, up to 300 onboarded members and two operator seats, for ₹2,999 a month.
Give your founders a private way to ask
Start with your main group. Your founders decide whether and when they can be asked.