Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to I'm giving away 26 hours to 26 startups I've never met
Today's my 26th birthday. One of my goals this year is to work with lots of new, interesting startups. So, in YC fashion, I'm opening up 26, one-hour "office hour" sessions to any startup who is interested.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I'm giving away 26 hours to 26 startups I've never met launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Talking about product/founder fit.
2016 · startupsfortherestofus.com · its alternatives →
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From Idea to Launch in 40 Days, without knowing how to code.
2015 · 40daystartup.com · its alternatives →
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I’m done. I’m bowing out of the startup rat race.
2017 · baremetrics.com · its alternatives →
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Panel Discussion on giving up a job and starting up!
2016 · mixcloud.com · its alternatives →
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The startup PR playbook
2016 · kruzeconsulting.com · its alternatives →
- 8MF
I quit my job a month ago and have been heads down working on my startup. It's my first time working with Ruby or web development at all. I launched on the 7th - http://www.onefatpig.com Now I'm done with the easy part (code) and working on the substantially harder part (getting users). Any advice?
2011 · onefatpig.com · its alternatives →
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No English, but a few friends & a lot of talent
2016 · its alternatives →
- 10IV
Hey my name is Ivo and I'm a developer and a startup entusiast. My girlfriend was out of the coutry for the weekend and I decided to do something cool like building a startup. I've done a few startups over the years but that's the first I actually released, I would love to hear your feedback on it.
2024 · craftlynow.com · its alternatives →
- 11IM
I am a non-hacker "idea guy" with zero discernible talent. Like most, the story starts with me doing things the hard way. I dreamt of a tool that would save me countless hours. Like most of my ideas, it was supposed to die in a couple of hours, but this one had some legs.... "If I needed this, surely others did too" kept looping in my head. Could I get this built? Could I build it myself? Nah...too lazy to learn how, but before I did anything, I had to promise myself one thing: No more ideas! If ideas were sit-ups, I would have a six pack instead of this tire. It was a constant mental…
2012 · readwriteweb.com · its alternatives →
- 12IA
Ever wanted to create a startup but couldn't think of an idea? I'm doing a test launch for part of my MVP and would really appreciate any feedback, or if you could join my discord server: https://discord.gg/s9GtVNx7hf I'm a 16 year old entrepreneur with the goal of making startups easier to make for others.
2024 · innovatize.xyz · its alternatives →
- 13MS
A little history first. Back in Jan 2011 I quit my day job after saving up my $ for a year and began my first startup, a hardware + SaaS business. It was exciting and at the end of 14 months I had a handful of customers but not enough incoming to keep me going so I went back into the workforce full time, running it on the side. Naturally my time is pretty limited. Users kept signing up and I had to constantly print and post them unique welcome forms, direct debit forms, post out monthly invoices etc, the list goes on. The paperwork alone took me hours. I'd have just coded up each form into a…
2013 · its alternatives →
- 14IM
Hey HN, I'm Aydin, a 13-year-old developer and indie maker looking to improve the world with my small startups. Recently, I built 2 micro SaaS projects. I spent days & weeks coding features, always telling myself that after coding one more feature I was for sure to get traction. This never happened. The reason: I never launched. With IndieReq, you can launch your startup fast and get real user feedback so you know exactly what features to ship and improve. All you have to do is sign up for free, create a feedback board, and share the public link with your users. It's that easy! If you've…
2025 · indiereq.com · its alternatives →
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From idea to launch in 30 days. 6 different times.
2015 · 40daystartup.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, I'm Luke. A few days ago, I published my e-book called "How I Made My First Sales in 14 Days." All the knowledge I put there comes from: - my own product, Pages.Report - many networking calls with much more experienced founders - analyzing indie hacker projects I would love to hear some feedback from you.
Nov 2025 · lukcode.com · its alternatives →
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A "starter kit" for starters.
2016 · its alternatives →
- 18MI
My goal when I first started as an Indie Hacker was to earn $100/day. Everything that I did was to achieve that goal. I reached that goal after 6 months and I increased my goal to $200/day. I reached that goal a year back, now my current goal is $300/day. This might look small sometimes and easy to achieve but it's not and when you get small wins, you move to a bigger goal all the while maintaining the momentum and enthusiasm. On the flips side, if I had set my goal to $10K/month, it would seem very big and I might have given up very early (Actually I wouldn't because I…
2020 · its alternatives →
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My friend Tycho, instead of going out for the halloween party created http://startups.org for the startup community, now that's love.
2011 · startups.org · its alternatives →
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Briefing AI▲14Hey HN, I pitched an investor for 30 minutes before realizing they'd already passed on a similar company in their portfolio. That moment broke me. I'd wasted both our time because I didn't do basic research. So I built Briefing AI: Paste any calendar invite and Get an Intelligence-style dossier on attendees in 30 seconds. THE WORKFLOW: You have a meeting in 10 minutes. You know nothing about the attendees. Before: • Open LinkedIn, search "Sarah Chen Sequoia" • Skim profile, open 5 tabs • Google her recent activity • Try to remember talking points • Show up flustered • Total time: 15-20…
2025 · getbriefing.io · its alternatives →
- 21IS
I'm tired of seeing founders building stuff for months and years that nobody would ever pay for. They just don't see it, like most other founders learn to do. Business validation = making money, and nothing else really. If you really wanna make money this year, I can help you do it.
2025 · validatedsaas.com · its alternatives →
- 22WD
Hey everyone! We spent the major part of the year preparing an idea we had for the YC application. At last minute, we decided not to go through with YC. I mean, we've had our fair shares of failed startups and this was one of those make it or break it scenarios. We took everything we've ever learned and strived to make an app that we were proud of. We spent so much effort into making this app that we couldn't bear stopping short and applying to Y Combinator. (Mind you, there's nothing wrong with YC.) We didn't want to apply to Y Combinator at the last minute because if we had really gone…
2012 · prsna.me · its alternatives →
- 23LS
We built this using investor tools. I really wanted to know which startups to work for. Are we on the right track? PS - there's a paywall but if you want to explore more, just DM me your email and I'll give you free access in our db!
2023 · usemassive.com · its alternatives →
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Let us help you launch your entrepreneurial project in 7days
2016 · dannorris.me · its alternatives →
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