I'd suggest investing your time in the product first and converting the waitlist to real users before trying to take on external investment. It will either make it much easier or you won't need to raise depending on what happens when your product goes out to the 1000 user list.

• ttsemih

  last Wednesday at 9:12 PM

  We’ve converted some of them, but I want to provide a better user experience.

Plenty of angels on HN. Whats the startup?

Make friends with other entrepreneurs. Impress them and ask them for intros to their investors. If you're good, and your product is good, they'll want to introduce you as it looks good for them.

• ttsemih

  last Wednesday at 9:15 PM

  I have so many founder friends in SF, but their investors expect them to focus and work solely on their own thing.

  • pbiggar

    yesterday at 4:13 AM

    I think you might misunderstand what I'm saying. An introduction is an email. If you already knew that, then you either misunderstand how the game is played, or your friends won't introduce you because they don't believe in what you're building.

Hey, happy to take a look - shoot me an email at levensti@gmail.com?

• jasfi

  last Wednesday at 9:09 AM

  I'm not OP, but I'm working on an AI powered NoCode platform. Could I contact you once I have a prototype going?

  • bansheeps

    yesterday at 1:02 AM

    Ask for forgiveness rather than permission.

    • jasfi

      yesterday at 4:30 AM

      I'll probably take a chance when I'm ready.

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