FirstLook

15 seconds to be found

4 followers

15 seconds to be found

4 followers

FirstLook is a video first startup ecosystem where founders pitch in 15 seconds and get discovered by investors and early adopters. No decks, no cold emails, no warm intros. Founders record a quick pitch, investors scroll to find them, and product hunters discover what's next before anyone else. The feed is open, access is equal, and the best pitches rise. Currently in beta.

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Launch tags:Crowdfunding•Artificial Intelligence•Social Impact

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I kept watching founders with great ideas get ignored because they didn't have the right connections. The startup world runs on warm intros and who you know, not what you're building. I wanted to change that. The problem is simple: getting discovered as an early founder is broken. You either need a network, a following, or money to buy attention. Most founders have none of those. They're just building something they believe in and hoping someone notices. I started with a basic prototype on Base44, realized I needed more control, and migrated everything to a custom stack with React, Supabase, and Vercel. The 15 second constraint came from watching how people actually consume content now. Nobody reads cold emails. Nobody scrolls through long pitch decks. But everyone watches short videos. The approach evolved from "let founders upload pitches" to building a full ecosystem where investors browse without friction, product hunters discover early, and founders finally get a fair shot at visibility.

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19d ago

@denzalec the warm intro problem is real. good ideas get ignored because founders dont know the right people.

15 second video pitch makes sense. nobody reads cold emails anymore but everyone watches short clips.

how do you keep the feed quality high? any curation or is it purely algorithmic based on engagement?

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18d ago

Maker

@topfuelauto
You nailed it. The warm intro gatekeeping kills so many great ideas before they even get a chance.

For feed quality, it's a mix of both. Right now I'm manually curating to keep the bar high while the community is small. As it scales, the plan is to layer in engagement signals (watch time, saves, comments) but still keep human review in the loop. The goal is discovery based on the idea, not the founder's follower count or network.

Curious, what would make you trust a feed like this to surface legit startups?

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17d ago