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24 alternatives to Mapped
Private chatrooms for startup rockstars
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mapped launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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#Startup Chat▲358The global startup community, on Slack
2014 · hashtagstartup.co · its alternatives →
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#Launch▲250The 9-year-old secret community of makers, relaunching today
2015 · launch-chat.com · its alternatives →
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Every template you'll ever need to grow your startup
2023 · its alternatives →
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Stop trying to be grandiose. Start small and go deep.
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN community! A huge number of startup founders are reading Hacker News, but it's still very hard to make new personal connections here and help each other with product building, growth, or fundraising. As an experiment to make HN founder community more connected, I've created a system of chat groups, organized by location, industry sector, and priority tasks. We were testing it out for the last couple of weeks, starting with 200+ YCombinator alum companies. Now already have 1000+ startups there, and 80+ venture investors have joined to connect with founders early. Many pitch practices…
2019 · its alternatives →
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StartupTalks▲176A curated collection of startup related videos and podcasts
2014 · startuptalks.tv · its alternatives →
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Startups.co 2.0▲208Knowledge community of over 1 million startup founders
2016 · startups.com · its alternatives →
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CoffeeHub▲233The easiest way to book time with professionals you admire
2025 · coffeehub.jp · its alternatives →
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2014 · hashtagstartup.co · its alternatives →
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Startr▲156"Like Airbnb for Uber." Inspiration for your next startup
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Bunches▲89Start and discover free or paid group chats about anything
2021 · bunches.chat · its alternatives →
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Telegram private groups for founders without noise
2019 · its alternatives →
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Listen to this before joining an accelerator program
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Unfiltered Tales of Bootstrapped Success
2024 · creators.spotify.com · its alternatives →
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