Demand board · computed August 31
What r/startups keeps asking for
Recurring demands mined from the community's top posts this week, with the threads as receipts. Not invented: if it's listed, people are actually asking.
Clear, repeatable investor pitches / pitch templates and feedback
Multiple posts ask for examples and critiques of what actually works when founders pitch VCs or managing partners—people want templates, dos/don’ts, and real feedback, not vague advice.
Practical ways to find customers, get better at sales, and reduce churn
Founders repeatedly ask for tactics to get initial leads, improve sales skills or find sales partners, make technical projects visible, sell to enterprise/banks, and stop same-day trial churn.
How to structure hiring, cofounder/advisor equity, IP and agreements to avoid being burned
Several posts describe being exploited or confused by informal agreements (NDA/LOI), last-minute advisor terms, unclear equity for CTOs/CPOs, and trouble hiring—founders want concrete contract templates, negotiation play
Joining or building startups without burning out — work-life balance, loneliness, and moon
Users ask whether they can join startups without 60–80 hour weeks, how to avoid burnout and loneliness, and how to moonlight safely given employer policies.
Early-stage ops, tooling and checklist needs (banking, website ownership, feedback, and on
Founders are asking for practical operational templates and recommendations: what banking/finance stack to set up, who owns the company website as headcount grows, where to get product/landing-page feedback, and ways to诊
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