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If you could change one thing about the current startup ecosystem, what would it be?

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Hey Product Hunters, happy Monday! Share what would you change about the current startup ecosystem?
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Celebrating profitability rather than valuations 🤷‍♂️
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What would you change Sam?
Heyy 👋 we just launched Insight7 and would appreciate your support () Thanks!!
So true!!
I'd infuse more resources and support for mental health, acknowledging the immense pressures and challenges faced by founders, which can often lead to burnout and impede creative problem-solving, thereby enhancing resilience, innovation, and overall well-being in our startup ecosystem.
great point Brian! We just launched and would appreciate your help. Could you please throw in some support here Thanks!
absolutely agree! burnouts are bad things, there is a real need to understand that these are serious things and need to be given time.
Yeah burnout can be a big deal. There are so many emotions running so high when you are running a startup
Incentivize startups to consider ethics. Startups are often laser-focused on growth. I'd like to see more incentives or regulations that encourage startups to think deeply about the ethical implications of their technologies early on.
Great point Elena! I think in addition to ethics, if startups designed for humans rather than "users" this would help them be more ethical...
could not have said better! 100% agree!
Better communications and cooperation between producers. When you help someone, 2 people get ahead. Them and you
Hi Cyril, we just launched Insight7 and would really appreciate your support here ()
Already gave you my support
thanks a lot!
acquainted with the RedwoodJS community? You'd appreciate their take on shared success.
More really useful startups (medicine, education, science, and so on).
Hi Iren, we just launched Insight7 and would appreciate your support here () Thanks
I would like to see less investment received by strange people with inflated egos and idiotic ideas. If you have a profitable startup with high growth rates but the most common, but for such a startup, it is much more difficult to raise funding than a startup on steroids with a crazy team that does not even understand how to make money.
More publications from the boostrapping startups about their journey versus VC-backed ones. Startup isn’t always all fairytales
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To make it easier to attract investors at an early stage, rather than when the company is already profitable.
To let every founder know from Day 1 that raising money from VCs isn't something straight up more glamorous than bootstrapping. I heard about it earlier but only deeply understand it after 5 years of being a founder. Sure, VC money can possibly bring success faster, but if you don't have the experience to pick an investor wisely and got a toxic one in your company, if not your board member, it can be the reason leading to failure for your company. Investor-founder matching is like a marriage (I mean, literally), having a toxic partner can screw you in many big ways - especially product flexibility. They can also drain your mental health. Think twice before getting into the route of being venture-backed. what's yours!
I've done both too and the experience is quite different. I'm glad that my investors gave me much more freedom. I have got a founder friend whose product idea got stuck for PMF, while their investor is not keen on allowing them to pivot and put so much pressure on them to follow the money instead of their passion. Despite me being seemingly negative about VC money, my personal preference would be 👉🏻 Good VC > Bootstrap > Bad VC - I just find myself intrigued with the excitement of the VC-backed route. I'd love to hear more of your stories from your past experience. Please make a post about it next time!🫡 I've shared mine here if anyone's interested -
Less bloated startup rounds and evaluations. It doesn't benefit others.
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