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AI · October 25, 2024

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Bookface for Non-YC Founders

Excited to announce my new project, Rally! It’s a useful community for early-stage startup founders, inspired by Y Combinator’s Bookface. Site: https://rally.socap.ai/ We think many problems that founders have can be solved 10x better through other founders, but there’s no tool/place to do that well and at scale. For example, instead of googling how to launch on PH, reading blog posts, etc., you could ask for an intro to a famous hunter who’ll explain all that and hunt your product. We're building this place + software to make it work really well. What Rally is: • A…

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Excited to announce my new project, Rally! It’s a useful community for early-stage startup founders, inspired by Y Combinator’s Bookface. Site: https://rally.socap.ai/ We think many problems that founders have can be solved 10x better through other founders, but there’s no tool/place to do that well and at scale. For example, instead of googling how to launch on PH, reading blog posts, etc., you could ask for an intro to a famous hunter who’ll explain all that and hunt your product. We're building this place + software to make it work really well. What Rally is: • A network of highly-vetted founders; many are YC alums • Bookface-like forum for structured discussion • Chat for quick qs / asks • Searchable forum archives • Searchable and detailed founder profiles What you can use it for: 1. Getting warm intros for fundraising, sales, hiring, etc. 2. Getting individualized, comprehensive advice on all things startups, from cloud providers to burnout to PMF 3. Solving problems of all kinds, from your app being banned at the app store to getting a $XXk cloud provider bill 4. (Optional) Talking to other early-stage founders once a week during our office hours We think it’ll work because of highly-vetted members, self-selection by our thesis, and thorough moderation. Like YC, we’re also looking for ambitious founders working on interesting things that grow very fast. But, in addition to that, we only recruit founders who believe what we believe: that many problems they face daily can in fact be solved through other founders, that there’s no great tools that help with this, and that it’d be cool to have one. If you’re interested, you should try it out! Rally costs $49/month with a refund if you don’t find it useful. Apply here: https://ywreftjvygn.typeform.com/to/vpekITsX Our process consists of an application and a Zoom interview. We’re planning to accept 30 founders in Oct-Nov to get things going, and then open up for more applications. Join the Rally!

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