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Products that do what The Trough of Sorrow Hotline does

Vent about your startup woes, anonymously

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#Startup Chat▲357
The global startup community, on Slack
2014
2
Kindly▲218
Chat with helpful strangers. Private, anonymous, & safe.
2014
3
Launchaholics▲100
Check to see if you're suffering from Launch Addiction
2015
4
Great F*cking Startup Advice▲336
Strongly worded suggestions for startup founders
2015
5
Crisis Communications Playbook▲85
What to say when your startup screws up
2015
6
Oy▲96
Misery loves community. Yo for complaints.
2014
7
Sad Tweets▲76
See your saddest, loneliest tweets
2014
8
Exitround▲79
TLDR: I'm tired of #startuplife & need to bail.
2014
9
TenTwenty▲87
Your local, anonymous message board
2014
10
Tell Me Tru▲84
Get anonymous replies on your question. No login required.
2015
11
Let's Chat▲321
Like Slack, but opensource and self-hosted.
2015
12
StartupTalks▲176
A curated collection of startup related videos and podcasts
2014
13
Chatous▲99
Meet new people and talk about what matters to you.
2014
14
Startup Troll Club▲89
Startup gear for the discerning troll.
2015
15
Slackin▲293
Create your own public Slack chat community
2015
16
Closed Club▲270
Browse shut-down start-ups & learn why they closed down
2014
17
Volume▲325
Listen to startup and tech focused Medium stories
2016
18
Insiderr▲93
Tailor made anonymous business feed
2015
19
Closing Call▲138
Hacker News for Sales
2014
20
Blind - Topics▲97
An anonymous community for tech professionals
2017
21
BetaPage 2.0▲224
Community of Hackers and Makers
2017
22
DayTweet▲92
Self-destructing tweets
2015
23
Munchee▲94
Yelp + Instagram for cravings
2017
24
WUT▲117
Anonymously chat with friends
2014

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