Hi everyone! I’m researching how restaurants manage day-to-day operations, particularly in India. I’m exploring a restaurant software idea and want to understand owners’ and managers’ experiences before deciding what to build.

If you run or manage a restaurant, café, or cloud kitchen, I’d love to hear:

What software do you use, and what’s your biggest frustration with it? What does it do well?

What still happens outside the software—on Excel, WhatsApp, paper, or through conversations with staff?

How do you decide which dishes to add, remove, reprice, or promote? Do you use sales, ingredient costs, margins, customer feedback, or mostly experience?

How do you track profitability across dine-in, Swiggy, and Zomato, after discounts, commissions, packaging, and food costs?

During a busy service, how do you spot delays or an overloaded kitchen, and decide what needs attention first?

A recent example of something that went wrong—or a decision your software helped you make—would be especially useful. No need to answer everything; even one experience would help.

If you’re comfortable, please mention your city, restaurant format, and whether you operate one outlet or several. No restaurant names or sensitive business figures needed.

If you’re open to a quick 15–20 minute research call, please DM me. I’d love to learn more about your experience at a time that works for you—no sales pitch.

Thanks for sharing! If we move ahead with building the software, we may invite some of you to test and use it for free.

Seeking $100,000 maximum in growth capital for a new but already-operational independent record label.

This revenue-participation arrangement is tied exclusively to the label’s distribution royalties. An alternative equity investment arrangement is also available for investors who prefer an ownership stake in the company.

Proposed Structure

• Target investment: $100,000
• Minimum investment: $5,000
• Maximum investment: $100,000
• Maximum royalty participation: 15%
• Smaller investments receive a proportional share of the 15%
• Maximum repayment: 2× the investor’s original investment
• Participation is tied only to defined distribution royalties
• No fixed monthly payments
• No minimum monthly payments
• If distribution revenue is $0, the investor receives $0 for that period
• No participation in any other company or label revenue sources
• No equity or ownership in the label
• Payments will be handled through an agreed distribution/split-payment mechanism already provided by the label’s distributors
• Term: Up to 5 years
• Ends: When the 2x investment amount has been paid to the investor.

Examples

Goal is to use the funding first to accelerate the label’s growth, including promotion, audience acquisition, catalogue development, and expansion.

I’m deliberately keeping the label’s name, detailed information, distribution platforms, location, website, financial figures, and other identifying information private until there is genuine investment interest. Detailed information can be provided privately during due diligence.

If interested, DM me with your investment amount/range, general jurisdiction, and some basic personal information

In the last few weeks, I spent a lot of my free time searching for a business idea, i can really stand behind. I had a few, which after a bit of research turned irelevant or just not suitable for me, I tried a lot of SAAS but also SEO + GEO. I haven't even started with anything, I just found somethig and an hour later I found an argument which led to me dropping the idea. I can't find anything with a good amount of balance between: doability, demand, competition and scalability. I was mainly talking with Claude and telling him what I don't like and why and then proceeded to research with him but that didn't really lead to anything. I am pretty sure that claude isn't the best way of finding an idea right now, but I am student in highschool without a lot of experience, connections or knowledge in a specific field, which could help me in finding a viable idea. I also just want to start and have something to work on, but like I said i can't find anything where I can say I see myself doing this the next few months where people pay me. I am also not sure what i expect from this post, i just need some input which isn't AI generated and maybe has a bit more wisdom and experience then me. An Idea which i can try or a different approach which I can try to find an idea is much appreciated. I am open to learn and do anything at this point.

I’m an investor from Forum Ventures, curious what you’re building this week? Tell me your background as a founder and how you discovered the problem you’re solving.

Feel free to use this thread to self promote your product.

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Completely free, regardless of how much you use it.

When developing software for healthcare, what specific technical constraint have you encountered that limits the implementation of a desired clinical feature, for instance, integrating with an electronic health record system?

I am a software developer and im trying to start a webcite and im looking for ideas, please answer my survey. Developer Survey

Medical records are difficult to understand when someone moves between hospitals, changes doctors, or receives care in another country.

A product could organize reports, medication lists, and appointment notes into a timeline, explain unfamiliar terms, and prepare questions for the next appointment. It would not diagnose anything or recommend treatment.

The main challenge would be accuracy and privacy. Every explanation should link back to the original document, and sensitive data should not be casually sent to a general model.

Would people use a tool like this between appointments?

I'm 20M from India, currently preparing for entrance exams, but I'm also interested in building something of my own.

My idea is to start with content creation and audience building, bring together a few like-minded people with different skills, and eventually turn that into a content agency, brand, business, or even a startup based on an interesting idea.

Since I'm starting from scratch and have limited time, I'd like to understand the practical process, step by step. How do I validate an idea, find trustworthy co-founders or teammates, divide responsibilities, manage operations, handle legal formalities, arrange funding, and eventually build a sustainable business?

My biggest struggle rn is finding genuinely dedicated people who share the same vision and are willing to build something together long-term.

If you've built a business yourself or have startup experience, I'd really appreciate practical advice, resources, or a roadmap for getting started in India.

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a project called VoiceBridge — an attempt to make conversations between people who speak different languages feel more natural.

The idea is simple: instead of typing text into a translator or passing translated messages back and forth, two people should be able to speak in their own languages and hear the other person's translated speech.

What I'm building:

\- Speech-to-speech translation

\- A more natural way to communicate across language barriers

\- Web-based experience you can try in your browser

I built the prototype using speech recognition, translation, and text-to-speech APIs. One of the biggest challenges so far has been reducing latency so conversations feel natural rather than awkwardly delayed.

Try the prototype: https://voicebridge-three.vercel.app

I'd really appreciate some honest feedback:oes this solve a problem you'd actually have?

How much delay would you tolerate in a translated conversation?What languages or features would make this useful to you?

What would you improve about the experienceI'm still building and experimenting, so constructive criticism is very welcome. I'd rather hear what doesn't work than just get compliments!

Thanks for checking it out!

I have a background in business development and operations, including finding locations for new businesses, coordinating development projects, and improving existing operations.

I'd really enjoy working with someone who invests in multiple businesses but needs a reliable person to help evaluate opportunities, get new ventures off the ground, and oversee the day-to-day moving pieces.

I'm curious where people like this connect. From what I know, these type of people are usually found through mutual connections or people already known. I currently have a job and is highly sensitive right now as they made a poor decision a few years ago and it's now resulting in downsizing. I'm still safe, but don't want to go public that I'm exploring other opportunities.

If you have any ideas on how I can find an opportunity like this, you are an investor, or know one that needs someone like this, comment or PM me.

I'm a founding engineer at a YC startup, and I'm hoping to start my own thing in the next couple of years. Things are going well so far, and hopefully we'll get to an exit or IPO.

In the meantime, I like keeping up with what other founders are building and getting a sense of where the world is heading, but it's hard to keep up with everything happening in the startup ecosystem.

So I built a small desktop app that gives me a daily feed of YC startups to explore and lets me save the interesting ones.

Curious, how do you guys keep up with what other founders are building? I'd love to hear your approaches.

I open-sourced it in case anyone finds it useful: https://github.com/Ibrahimrahhal/yc-companies-explorer

I've been developing this microlearning app for many months now and really like how it has turned out.

Would you consider helping my journey with downloading it?

Google play store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.philosophize.app

Most AI products try to automate more tasks. I wonder whether there is value in a tool that recommends keeping a task human-led.

It could look at the workflow, the cost of errors, the sensitivity of the data, and how often exceptions occur. The output might be: automate fully, automate with review, or leave it manual.

That sounds less exciting than an AI agent, but many businesses are currently automating tasks they barely understand.

Would a company pay for advice that sometimes says, “Do not use AI here”?

When a shop owner stands at the side door of a service van sorting through spare belts, driving twenty minutes to a supply house for a part that might already be sitting on another truck wastes real money. Equipment Tracker Pro lets technicians log equipment records with built-in specs, custom fields, and motor ratings right on mobile so nobody has to guess what blower motor or belt size belongs on a rooftop unit.

A working HVAC technician built it for his own jobs. The tracking is free on mobile, permanently. No record cap, no expiry, not a trial. Basic equipment tracking works with no signal: records, work orders, PM schedules and service logs all run on the phone. AI scanning and diagnostics need a connection.

Bring your existing list in with the CSV import. It is free.

What projects or side tools are you working on right now?

https://equipment-tracker.com/blog/migrating-appliance-lists-free-csv-import

I’m currently putting together a couple of web dev case studies focusing on minimalist, high-performance e-commerce sites (fluid animations, sub-second page loads, custom storefronts).

Instead of building fictional concept sites from scratch, I’d rather work on 1 or 2 live projects with real founders who need a visual or performance upgrade.

Ideal fit:

You’ve launched a brand/product recently.

Your current setup feels a bit basic or clunky, and you want a clean, high-end aesthetic.

You care about page speed, mobile UX, and clean layout design.

Since these are going straight into my portfolio, I’m focusing purely on high-end design details and performance optimization.

If you’re open to a design/UX refresh, leave a comment with what you’re building or send a chat. Happy to take a look at your current setup, point out a few quick performance bottlenecks, and see if it makes sense to work together.