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A while ago, I posted Finaxa here and asked founders for brutally honest feedback. Some of the responses really stuck with me. One criticism was that there were too many things competing for attention, and it wasn't clear what the main use case was. Another person visited the site and basically said: “What is Finaxa? When I visited, I only saw a blog full of ads.” That second criticism was especially useful. Even if I disagreed with the conclusion, I couldn't ignore the fact that someone had visited the ecosystem and didn't understand what I thought was obvious. So I changed it. I redesigned how the site presents itself to make it clearer: * what each tool does; * who it's for; * what problem it solves; * where the products are; * what's free; * and how the different parts of the ecosystem connect. Now I want to run a different test with you. I'm not asking whether you “like” the new design. I want to know whether your perception has changed. If you've never seen Finaxa before and visited it today: Can you explain in one sentence what Finaxa is? And after exploring it for a few minutes: Can you identify which part could potentially become a really big business? If the answer is “no,” that's exactly the kind of feedback I want. If you saw the previous version, even better: What changed in your perception between the old and current version? I'm not looking for approval. In the first discussion, you gave me some uncomfortable feedback — and that feedback is exactly what pushed me to change the product. Now I want to find out whether I actually fixed the problem, or just built a prettier version of the same problem. finaxa.me

I’ve been building this ecosystem for a while, and I’m at the point where I want some brutally honest feedback from experienced founders.[https://finaxa.me) Instead of asking “do you like it?”, I want to ask something much more useful: If you had to buy this business today, how much would you actually pay for it? Not the code. Not the domain. I mean the whole ecosystem: the website, tools, financial products, calculators, content, existing infrastructure, branding and the possibility of turning it into a real business. I’m not looking for compliments. If you were evaluating this as an acquisition, I’d really like to know: * What would you remove? * What would you rebuild? * What would you add? * What would stop you from buying it? * What would make it worth 2x more? * And most importantly: what would you personally pay for it today? You can assume you were buying it as a founder looking for a base to build on, rather than starting from zero. I’m especially interested in answers from people who have actually built, bought, sold or acquired online businesses. Feel free to be brutal. I’d rather hear that the business is worth $500 than get a polite “looks great”.

While building and researching tools for startups, I noticed that customer support software can become a difficult decision for early-stage teams. Many founders start with popular platforms like Intercom, but as the team grows, pricing, flexibility, and control become important factors to consider. I have been exploring open-source customer support options because they give startups more control over their data, customisation, and workflows. I would love to learn from other founders here: What customer support tool are you currently using? Have you tried any open-source alternatives to Intercom? What is the biggest factor you consider when choosing support software: cost, integrations, AI features, or flexibility? Would appreciate hearing your experiences and recommendations.

From the very beginning, Founders Today had one simple idea behind it: create a place where founders could launch their products and get feedback, support and visibility from other founders and builders. That was the culture we wanted to build. But as Founders Today continued to grow, we started seeing something change. Every Monday, new products launch and compete for Product of the Day. Naturally, founders began sharing their launches with their external audiences to get support. The problem was that many of those audiences were not founders. People were joining Founders Today simply because they wanted to support a friend, colleague or product they believed in. They didn't necessarily understand the founder ecosystem, and in many cases, they had no reason to complete a founder-focused onboarding experience or participate in founder activities. This created a difficult question for us: How do we allow founders to bring their audience without changing the founder-first culture we have been building? Today, we believe we have solved that. Introducing Network Lists and Network Mode A Network List gives founders a new way to invite people who are not founders to Founders Today. Instead of sharing your product directly with a broad audience and expecting everyone to enter as a founder, you can now create a Network List specifically for your product. The process is simple: Head to the Network List page in your account. Create a Network List and select the product you want your audience to support. Create your Network and copy your unique Network URL. That's it. You can now share that link across your social media, community, newsletter, customers, friends and wider audience. When someone opens your Network List, they'll see the product connected to it and can engage with it. If they join Founders Today through your Network, they will participate through Network Mode rather than Founder Mode.They will still use the same Founders Today platform, but their experience is designed around discovering, supporting and engaging. They can support products, upvote, comment, bookmark and participate. Want to communicate with your Network? Head over to Create a Post and select the Update category. Updates allow you to share news, progress and important announcements with people in your Network. Network members can leave at any time. When should you use a Network List? Use a Network List when sharing your launch with a broad audience that may include people who are not founders. If you're sharing with founders, builders, founder friends or your professional founder network, you can safely share your direct product link. The simple idea is: Share the right link with the right audience. Direct Product Link for founder audiences. Network List for broader audiences. Founders no longer have to limit who they invite. Bring your audience. We now have room for everyone.