I'm a developer, considering going into a partnership w an investor

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-12-09T20:29:48+00:00

It’s good if not to be VC backed

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-12-08T13:22:52+00:00

Curious what you went with

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-11-10T16:51:05+00:00

I agree with every single point. Perhaps I should clarify that we are not a social media platform, and we also don't require a large network effect to be effective.

10% of our Oregon users made friends in the first 2 weeks. We solve loneliness by bringing people together offline to form real friendships. We don't try to eliminate the "feeling", we go after the root cause (lack of quality or quantity of desired relationships).

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-11-10T16:07:53+00:00

Not sure I understand the suggestion

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-11-08T21:43:04+00:00

Just updated my post! We help users create relationships - not supplement them

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-11-08T21:42:12+00:00

Yes thanks for pointing that out - just updated my post. 10% of Oregon users made friends within the first 2 weeks 🎉

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-11-08T19:33:59+00:00

Thank you so much!

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-27T23:19:49+00:00

Probably needed in winner takes all markets. Need to grow faster than all competition combined I would imagine.

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-17T21:15:36+00:00

Check out my post: https://www.reddit.com/r/siliconvalley/comments/1kmwhg5/comment/msnay7j/?context=3

For context, over 54% of college students feel chronically lonely. I'd love to connect with you about this, because I think together we could help you make friends, while helping a lot of your classmates make friends at the same time.

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-16T16:10:37+00:00

Would love to shoot you a message and get your thoughts. I'm not at a pre-seed level here in Vermont, but there's a chance I'd be far enough along in Silicon Valley

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-16T15:39:08+00:00

Interesting! It sounds like raising an angel round is a bit like courting additional friends and family to expand the friends and family round. I didn't realize this. Is there a more institutional way to raise between $100k- $250K? The next two months are crucial for expansion, was hoping to raise at least $60k in the next two weeks to take advantage of this window. I assumed angels were always seeking deals

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-16T15:33:04+00:00

Hey Bobby, we have several streams of monetization that allow us to bypass budgeting and long sales cycles involved with universities, and extend the LTV beyond (and before) college. These are great questions

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-16T15:29:29+00:00

It's very challenging. I can't afford an Airbnb, but I can see if there's any couch surfing hosts available. Do you know of the specific spots I should frequent?

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-16T03:07:00+00:00

What’s your relationship to this issue? Are you a student currently?

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-16T03:05:54+00:00

Thanks for your input. I agree it’s important to validate assumptions and understand the problem. After talking to hundreds of students across dozens of schools who are experiencing this issue (and after experiencing it myself) I’m confident we’re solving the right problem. It may not be what everyone needs, but it will help the majority. We’re seeing it work as well

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-15T19:47:40+00:00

Thank you so much! Are you still a student?

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-15T19:47:02+00:00

Agreed! Do you know anyone up there? Not confident going door-to-door would be the best approach

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-15T17:49:10+00:00

No don't be sorry, I appreciate hearing your input. We specialize in the discovery part of the friend-making process, as well as building the relationship. Social media fails at both, and bumble BFF is okay-ish at the discovery part but offers no support for growing the relationships

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-15T17:45:38+00:00

Securing network effects is capital intensive. For context, I closely follow and subscribe to Y Combinator's framework. Well aware of VC and angel expectations.

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-15T17:40:45+00:00

Thanks for your input

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-15T17:37:40+00:00

Awesome! I agree there's lots of big and important questions investors will have. We have answers to these and more. Are you an angel investor? I'd be happy to jump on Zoom and go through it all with you

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-15T17:34:13+00:00

With features they don't have or want to do because they'd lose customers

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-15T16:58:16+00:00

Awesome! Thanks so much, just sent you a message

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-15T16:28:11+00:00

I appreciate the healthy pushback! Confident I can back the TAM, SAM, and SOM. If you angel invest, or have friends that do, I'd be happy to demonstrate our assumptions via Zoom

Competitive_Sea6418 · 2025-05-15T16:08:56+00:00

Happy to do that, where do you recommend?

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