Share Your Startup - May 2021 - Upvote This For Maximum Visibility!

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Tell us about your startup in a comment within this submission. Follow this template:

• Startup Name / URL
• Location of Your Headquarters
• Elevator Pitch/Explainer Video

• More details:

  • What life cycle stage is your startup at? 1
  • Your role?

• What goals are you trying to reach this month?

  • How could r/startups help?
  • Do NOT solicit funds publicly--this may be illegal for you to do so

• Discount for r/startup subscribers?

  • Share how our community can get a discount

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Startup Life Cycle Stages (Max Marmer life cycle model for startups as used by Startup Genome and Kauffman Foundation)

• 1. Discovery
  • Researching the market, the competitors, and the potential users
  • Designing the first iteration of the user experience
  • Working towards problem/solution fit (Market Validation)
  • Building MVP
• 1. Validation
     
  • Achieved problem/solution fit (Market Validation)
  • MVP launched
  • Conducting Product Validation
  • Revising/refining user experience based on results of Product Validation tests
  • Refining Product through new Versions (Ver.1+)
  • Working towards product/market fit
• 1. Efficiency
     
  • Achieved product/market fit
  • Preparing to begin scaling process
  • Optimizing the user experience to handle aggressive user growth at scale
  • Optimizing the performance of the product to handle aggressive user growth at scale
  • Optimizing the operational workflows and systems in preparation of scaling
  • Conducting validation tests of scaling strategies
• 1. Scaling
     
  • Achieved validation of scaling strategies
  • Achieved an acceptable level of optimization of the operational systems
  • Actively pushing forward with aggressive growth
  • Conducting validation tests to achieve a repeatable sales process at scale
• 1. Profit Maximization
     
  • Successfully scaled the business and can now be considered an established company
  • Expanding production and operations in order to increase revenue
  • Optimizing systems to maximize profits
• 1. Renewal
     
  • Has achieved near peak profits
  • Has achieved near peak optimization of systems
  • Actively seeking to reinvent the company and core products to stay innovative
  • Actively seeking to acquire other companies and technologies to expand market share and relevancy
  • Actively exploring horizontal and vertical expansion to increase prevent the decline of the company

If you are running a traditional business that is not designed to scale rapidly, feel free to reference a traditional business life cycle model and share what traditional business life cycle stage you are at.

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Startup Name / URL: Capsules - https://www.notion.so/capsules-d0d2a4a1592c4bcaac14d2be44479c00

Location of Your Headquarters - New Delhi, India

Elevator Pitch/Explainer Video - Crowd sourced business intelligence on Indian technology start-ups

More details: "Capsules helps you discover unique investing and business insights for Indian technology startups."Investing in startups is always a hard thing to do. It's even harder when there's so little data organized and arranged for investment analysis.To go one step further, the rumor mills are buzzing with fake news and this not only hurts the investment process but also startups.Capsules is changing that by bringing in the wisdom of the crowds and the knowledge of 200-years of public markets investment analysis and valuation intelligence to the world of startups.We're building an online platform for independent business analysts to publish investment research on private (technology) startups in India.The crowd sourced model is our USP. Here's why we believe it could be a game changer for private capital providers:

1. Manage Bias: Imagine multiple point of views on a single company. Now, you have both the positives and the negatives explained through data and combined with analyst's perspective. The dice cuts both ways and it's extremely empowering.
2. Find unique insights: The tech scene is buzzing with untapped market opportunity. The Start-up mindset is seeping into the DNA of India. According to data from STARTUP INDIA, 61% queries came from Tier 2/3 cities, and there are over 1,500+ startups registered from Tier 2 and 3. Our crowd sourced model unpacks ideas from unheard places. Unlike other media outlets, we're not driven by the idea of unipolarity in knowledge.The platform is made for VC/PE, investors (early, growth), founders (for strategy & benchmarking), and students (aspiring entre-Xers!!)

What life cycle stage is your startup at? - Discovery stage

Your role? - CEO

What goals are you trying to reach this month? - This month is all about user research. I want to know if this is a real pain point. I know as a financial analyst helping startups build models, I need industry benchmarking data to vet my model outcomes. But, that sounds like a niche use-case. I know crunchbase and Angel.co exist but both offer top level information with nothing granular like strategy, SWOT or financial insights into startups. So, this month its all about user research (through Reddit, LinkedIn) and creating more company insights.

How could r/startups help? - Investor connect, hiring, Co-founders.

Do NOT solicit funds publicly--this may be illegal for you to do so

Discount for r/startup subscribers? - Yes. Once we launch. I'll give everyone from this community 1-month free subscription.

Share how our community can get a discount - Simply sign-up for the app and share the discount code I will share with you.