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r/startups is a subreddit with 1.9M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has crazy activity.
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Popular Themes in r/startups
#1
Advice Requests
: "How to hire for an early stage startup with limited funding [i will not promote]"
22 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "As a non-technical founder, where do you find your first devs to build MVP in 2025? (i will not promote)"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Why does every startup think they need enterprise software when they have 12 customers?I WILL NOT PROMOTE"
4 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "should i raise money? going broke but terrified VCs will completely fuck my company. bootstrap vs get rich dilemma - i will not promote"
3 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Case study: doubled conversion (2% to 4%) overnight by rewriting one line of homepage copy - prompts inside - i will not promote"
1 post
#6
Opportunities
: "Got laid off last year, wanted to start the entrepreneurship journey, did not realize how lonely and challenging it is. I will not promote"
1 post
#7
Self-Promotion
: "Just raised 5 Million to build MR tools for surgical training! AMA - I WILL NOT PROMOTE"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/startups
#1
Startup
: "It's absolute madness to found a GovTech Startup - I will not promote"
52 posts
#2
Fundraising
: "What's your biggest Fundraising challenge right now? (I will not promote)"
5 posts
#3
Tech
: "why is every successful Tech founder an Ivy League graduate? I will not promote"
5 posts
#4
Founder
: "As a non-technical Founder, where do you find your first devs to build MVP in 2025? (i will not promote)"
5 posts
#5
App
: "My first social App (I will not promote)"
4 posts
#6
Platform
: "Mechanics Platform for 2nd hand car inspections i will not promote"
4 posts
#7
Advice
: "Advice on creating my first fundraising page for a healthcare detect app- I will not promote"
3 posts
#8
Landing Page
: "(i will not promote) Do you always need a Landing Page to run a successful cold email campaign?"
3 posts
#9
Cold Email Campaign
: "(i will not promote) Do you always need a landing page to run a successful Cold Email Campaign?"
3 posts
#10
Freelancer
: "Trying to deeply understand Freelancer proposal pain: what am I missing? - I will not promote"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/startups
Yearly
+195k members(11.7%)
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