Hi , I'm Janhavi 👋

While living in Bangalore, I worked closely with a lot of founders. Some were great. With others, a thought kept coming back to me: "If I'd known this about the founder, I would never have taken this offer."

Every time something felt off, the only way to find out more was quietly asking colleagues: Is this founder always like this? Has nobody raised this before? Is this just how things work here? By then, I'd already joined.

I kept wishing there was a Glassdoor for founders. Somewhere I could look someone up before saying yes to their next company, instead of relying on whispers, or on asking the founder directly and hoping for an honest answer.

So I built Sibyl.

→ Look up any founder by name or company
→ See their "reading": ratings for respect, honesty, keeping promises and communication, plus how many people would work with them again
→ Read reviews from employees, cofounders, investors and candidates, tagged by behavior, so patterns stand out

The hardest part was making it fair. I didn't want Sibyl to become a place where someone's reputation gets destroyed by one angry post. So:
→ Reviews describe what a founder actually did, not labels, and a moderator checks every one before it goes live
→ Founders can reply to any review once we confirm it's them
→ Good experiences count too: you can vouch for founders who did right by you
→ Members only, never on Google, no phone numbers or addresses

This is just the beginning, and I'll keep improving it. If you've worked with a founder, good or bad, share your experience so the next person can decide with their eyes open.

See a sample profile (a made-up founder) at sibyl-three.vercel.app/sample

It's completely free, and I'd love your feedback, especially from founders: what would make this fair to you?

Sibyl

Glassdoor for founders. Know them before you sign.

Glassdoor for founders. Know them before you sign.