Raiseway

Zey Erol and I are in consensus: Raiseway needs a co-founder CTO. We can raise money and hire a CTO, but that's not even close to a no-salary equity-based bootstrapping CTO co-founder trauma-bond with us (that's how Zey and I live as COO and CEO). Also, not having even a part-time CTO hurts our ability to raise money. So we are looking for one. We'd love to work with someone who can dedicate ~10 hours per week to the project for 10% of totally authorized equity, vested over 4 years. A co-founder CTO, who is also an investor, would be amazing. We are open to middle engineers with a lot of exposure. Ideally, though, we'd prefer someone senior, with the experience of building web-apps with many interconnected features such as CRM systems, calculators, AI integrations, marketplaces. We are sincerely grateful to Siarhei Aliaksiayuk, who has been working on Raiseway when possible and continues receiving substantial equity for his work, but, unfortunately, he can't bootstrap like that at the moment. We work approximately 10-15 hours per week on Raiseway right now. Sometimes more, sometimes less - both Zey and I have other jobs. We share the costs for the software. Up to this point, we have been building on Bubble. We are open to switching to other platforms & coding languages. I am thinking that Retool might be a good platform for us to build on, but I'm open to everything. #cto #software #developer #react #bubble

We are recruiting a Co-Founder Chief Technical Officer/Co-Founder + Investor CTO. If you know someone who might be interested, please let them know. In terms of hard skills, we are looking for someone who can build on the front end and back end, manage a development team (eventually), communicate with end users. On a personal level, we are looking for someone to grow and build a close relationship with, while advancing our mission: improving local economies by lowering the entry bar for small businesses raising community capital. We are currently built on Bubble but are open to working on other platforms. #hiring #cto #cofounder #software #developer #engineer

We are making our Raiseway's knowledge platform free. Fully free, the entire database of content. Removing all the paywalls, you just need to sign in. We will make money in other ways: - comprehensive campaign management for $1500 / m - partner referral fees - offering Raiseway users 30 min/1 hr private workshopping sessions across subtasks at $1 per minute (we'll just put a button on the platform to schedule the call) Maybe we'll put a donation button somewhere. Later, we will charge extra for complex modules like CRM system, certain AI integrations, Social Media Posting, Email Campaign modules. $15 for this module, $10 for that. But the knowledge base will be broadly available. Policy subject to change, we are experimenting. This speaks very closely to what we believe - knowledge should be free.

Slack was earlier to market with its product, but Microsoft had already a huge proprietary distribution channel which allowed it to scale teams at an insane speed. Super valuable framework by Hemant Mohapatra, from Lightspeed: 1. When distribution is proprietary, distribution wins (Comcast vs Netflix) 2. When distribution is commoditized, best product wins (chrome vs IE). 3. When product is commoditized, best service wins (Amazon vs others), 4 When service is commoditized, best network wins. More about Startups & Growth on my newsletter: https://lnkd.in/d3_YF4nU

I turned 29 today - thank you all for the kind wishes! The greatest gift I can ask for is this: please consider speaking to me about investing in Raiseway's Testing the Waters campaign on Wefunder. This is not a donation, we intend to be a source of considerable wealth for our investors. Link to our Wefunder page: https://lnkd.in/diE2wShf Link to a meeting with me: https://lnkd.in/dcmMmyUq Disclosure: We are 'testing the waters' to gauge investor interest in an offering under Regulation Crowdfunding. No money or other consideration is being solicited. If sent, it will not be accepted. No offer to buy securities will be accepted. No part of the purchase price will be received until a Form C is filed and only through Wefunder’s platform. Any indication of interest involves no obligation or commitment of any kind.

Demo: investment crowdfunding support platform for small businesses Discover how our tool revolutionizes the investment crowdfunding process for small businesses. From task management to collaboration, we provide the resources and guidance needed to find the right crowdfunding approach, raise funds, and achieve success. #crowdfunding #smallbusiness #smallbiz #loans #vcs #fundraising #regcf #investment #investmentcrowdfunding

Automations & AI-powered Solutions for Investment Crowdfunding. To access our campaign, go to the QR code or to wefunder*DOT*com*SLASH*raiseway.app Disclosure: We are 'testing the waters' to gauge investor interest in an offering under Regulation Crowdfunding. No money or other consideration is being solicited. If sent, it will not be accepted. No offer to buy securities will be accepted. No part of the purchase price will be received until a Form C is filed and only through Wefunder’s platform. Any indication of interest involves no obligation or commitment of any kind. #Crowdfunding #Fundraising #VC #Loans #SMB #SME #automation #smallbusiness #communitycapital #AI #LLM #compliance #SEC #marketing #community #gofundme #kickstarter #indiegogo #investor #investment #seed #venturecapital

Investment Crowdfunding CRM System: affordable solution for small businesses See the mock-ups of our investment crowdfunding CRM system. The CRM is being built to help small business owners to manage their contacts and fundraising efforts. From importing contacts to personalized outreach, our system streamlines the crowdfunding process. If you think that this could help people, please "like" this post & feel free to ask us any questions in the comments. #CRMSystem #SmallBusinessOwners #Crowdfunding #BusinessManagement #ContactManagement #Fundraising #Innovation #Integration #Efficiency #CustomizedSolution

Empowering Black Women Entrepreneurs with Crowdfunding Discover the shocking disparity in venture capital funding for black women founders and African-American businesses. Explore the limited allocation to women and minorities, and the concentration of capital in certain geographic and university-driven areas. Learn why crowdfunding and regulations are crucial for leveling the playing field. #AccessToCapital #BlackWomenFounders #VentureCapitalDisparity #EqualityInFunding #Crowdfunding #MinorityEntrepreneurs #CapitalAllocation #UniversityDrivenFunding #GeographicDisparity #LevelingThePlayingField

Bill tells the story of a restaurant that survived the pandemic by reorganizing their operations towards the takeout model & using crowdfunding to stay open. In the process of preparing their crowdfunding campaign, they discovered that it was their food that drew the customers, rather than the ambiance. Learn how they leveraged takeout orders and a crowdfunding campaign to secure the capital they needed to keep going. #COVIDSurvival #TakeoutSuccess #Crowdfunding #SMBs #Lending #Community #Capital #Loan #Credit #CreditScore #BusinessResilience #FoodBusiness #COVID19 #SupportLocalBusinesses #SuccessfulEntrepreneurship #AdaptingToChange #CommunitySupport