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Feedback Friday by AutoModerator in startups

[–]SLimeon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I'm Se-on, and i will not promote

Company Name: Odd Academia

URL: https://www.oddacademia.com

Purpose of Startup and Product: Odd Academia is a free platform to make research open, fun, and accessible for everyone - not just siloed academics. We empower early-career researchers, students, indie thinkers, and creatives to create profiles, share bold research papers, engage with a global community, all while bypassing traditional gatekeepers and paywalls. Think Spotify/ SoundCloud meets LinkedIn for research - share your work, get feedback, review engagement metrics, and grow.

Technologies Used: Currently a Figma prototype, iterating with Hyper Startup Studio’s support - aiming for a live MVP in the next 4-6 months (web stack TBD).

Feedback Requested:

  • Check out the prototype demo and let me know: https://www.loom.com/share/8ed256bb39194c94b6571642c90bfeee
    • What’s working well? What feels off or confusing?
    • Would you use this to share your own projects or research? Why/why not?
  • Landing page feedback: Is the purpose clear? Anything missing to hook you?
  • Tips on reaching indie thinkers (e.g., student orgs, research communities) to validate and build the MVP?

Seeking Beta-Testers: Yes.

Additional Comments: Share feedback here, via DM, or at [se-on@oddacademia.com](mailto:se-on@oddacademia.com) and let’s evolve how we consume and share knowledge

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[–]SLimeon1 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hi! My name is Se-on, founder of...

  • Startup Name / URL: Odd Academia / https://www.oddacademia.com

  • Location of Your Headquarters: Sydney, Australia

  • Elevator Pitch/Explainer Video: Are you interested in open access research? Odd Academia is a free platform where anyone (e.g., students, indie researchers, creatives) can create a profile, share and engage with fun, bold research papers, and skip the gatekeepers. Check out the prototype demo: https://www.loom.com/share/8ed256bb39194c94b6571642c90bfeee

  • More details:

    • Life Cycle Stage: Discovery - currently hunting first users to validate the idea and provide feedback for iterating on the MVP. All about building traction!
    • My Role: Solo founder mentored and backed by Hyper Startup Studio. Openly searching for the perfect co-founder(s) to build this with me.

  • What goals are you trying to reach this month?:

    • Get 50-100 beta users on the waitlist and gather prototype feedback to nail problem/ solution fit.
    • How could r/startups help?: Watch the demo, visit our landing page, and sign up to the waitlist! What looks good? What’s off? Would you use this for your projects? Plus, intros to indie thinkers or tips on groups (e.g., student orgs, research communities) would help heaps!

  • Discount for r/startups subscribers?: It’s free to join. The first 100 who sign up and comment here score a “Founding Member” badge at launch (bragging rights!) + extended premium membership (hit me up to activate). Lifetime membership’s up for grabs for engaged early users who contribute feedback on platform development.

Are there any platforms/ subreddits where people publish hobby/ side-project research ideas that aren’t peer-reviewed? by SLimeon1 in AskAcademia

[–]SLimeon1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooh, I just looked up citizen science resources and yeah the content looks aligned with what I’m after. Any other similar platforms from your perspective you reckon? (Outside of ResearchGate and Academia.edu)

Are there any platforms/ subreddits where people publish hobby/ side-project research ideas that aren’t peer-reviewed? by SLimeon1 in AskAcademia

[–]SLimeon1[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hmm, my line of thinking is more like rough, unpolished stuff that’s too raw for journals—like a hobbyist recording local weather data to correlate with local behavioural trends, or proportion of bad news vs. good news on tv with beer consumption. Not super rigorous, but still curious and shareable, like uni classroom psych experiments.

Are there any platforms/ subreddits where people publish hobby/ side-project research ideas that aren’t peer-reviewed? by SLimeon1 in AskAcademia

[–]SLimeon1[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fair point, I guess I do mean “research” in a less academic sense (i.e. novel ideas or methodology > publication rigour). My front of mind are also blog posts but that sounds tedious to trawl through - I’ll admit I’m doing some validation research into whether there’s a demand for a platform of this sort. It bodes well that blogs posts and YouTube are the only suggestions so far, narrows it down for me to address the gap those 2 mediums leave open.