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Open a PR or email paul@spacestationlabs.ltd\n\nFollow me on Twitter [@pxue](https://x.com/pxue) for community tips and hacks.\n\n## Contents\n- [Awesome Startup Communities](#awesome-startup)\n  - [Contents](#contents)\n  - [Accelerators \u0026 VCs](#accelerators)\n  - [Finding a co-founder](#finding-a-co-founder)\n  - [General chat](#general-chat)\n  - [Tech Help](#tech-help)\n  - [No code](#no-code)\n  - [Paid](#paid)\n  - [Digital Nomad](#digital-nomad)\n  - [Job boards](#job-boards)\n  - [Curated](#curated)\n  - [Show off](#show-off)\n  - [Bonus](#bonus)\n  - [Need description](#need-description)\n\n## Accelerators\n\n[Gen Z VCs slack community](https://www.genzvcs.com/join-us): A global collective of 22,000+ Gen Z VCs, founders, angel investors, operators and aspiring VCs… the future of innovation.\n\n## Finding a co-founder\n\n[YC co-founder matching 🌶️](https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching): Match with co-founders based on your preferences for interests, skills, location, and more, and start building your company.\n\n## General chat\n\n[Rands leadership slack server 🌶️🌶️🌶️](https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/): Invite only, wide range of topics that cover leadership \u0026 tech.\n\n[Furlough discord server](https://discord.gg/furlough): Wide topic discord\nserver for tech, ecommerce, general business, social-media.\n\n[r/Agency discord server 🌶️](https://discord.gg/PTX3vzy9qa): r/Agency discord server for all agency founders.\n\n[r/saas 💵](https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/): Place to discuss SaaS problems and solutions.\n\n[r/EntrepreneurRideAlong](https://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/):\nSolve issues, network without spamming, talk about the growth of your business\n\n[Hacker's News](https://news.ycombinator.com): Forum like discussion board,\nmostly focused on VC backed startups. Moderated by the Ycombinator team.\n\n[Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/): Similar to Hacker's News, 100% less Ycombinator.\npropaganda.\n\n[everthing marketplaces](https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com/): Community for marketplace founders \u0026 leaders.\n\n[Accountability whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/HkdI4sYj4HKKCQt2zTR975): Daily chats to hold new entrepreneurs accountable.\n\n## Tech help\n\n[Stripe discord server 💵](https://discord.gg/stripe): get 1:1 developer help from\nthe stripe's internal dev teams.\n\n[OpenAI discord server 🌶️🌶️](https://discord.gg/openai): Talk about anything gpt\nrelated topics, from general discussion to prompt-engineering examples to API\ndev help.\n\n[Retool discord server](https://discord.com/invite/aEHwpVd7yF): No-code app\nbuilder. Get help, get news and talk to other builders.\n\n[Dev.to](https://dev.to/): open forum for tech help\n\n[Tailwind 💵](https://discord.com/invite/7NF8GNe): Discord server to get help on everything related to tailwind.\n\n[Nextjs 🌶️🌶️](https://discord.com/invite/bUG2bvbtHy): Discord server for nextjs help.\n\n[Nextjs job board 💵](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/discussions): Nextjs help + job board.\n\n[Nuxt 🌶️](https://discord.com/invite/nuxt): Discord server for nuxtjs help.\n\n## No code\n[Adalo](https://forum.adalo.com/): Build Custom Responsive Apps \u0026 Publish Anywhere — No Coding Required\n\n## Paid\n\nPaid communities are all the rage right now.\n\n[Tribe 💵](https://tribehq.co/): $200/month cost, imho one of the best community for SMB/agency/PE buyers. I've landed multiple projects from the members here from referrals.\n\n[Kizuna discord 🌶️](https://twitter.com/kizunanyc): Invitation only community for discussion about business, marketing, sales, storytelling.\n\n## Digital Nomad\n\nHelpful local communities for the travelling founders.\n\n[Playa del Carmen whatsapp\ngroup](https://chat.whatsapp.com/CPrbArhQWAX0nIQyG38OWJ): Great for digital\nnomad spending time in PdC. Weekly meetups socializing about variety of startup\nrelated topics, ranging from taxes, to founder fireside chats, to deep-tech\ndiscussions.\n\n[Bogota, Colombia whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZmeuXfUQcJ46E4DKa6z1)\n\n[Medellin, Colombia communities](http://mdecommunity.com/)\n\n## Job boards\n\n[Braintrust discord server 💵](https://discord.gg/braintrust): User-owned talent network. Find jobs, get hired.\n\n[a.team](https://www.a.team/): Community of for-hire talents that work together\nto deliver on great projects.\n\n[The Loop slack server](https://join.slack.com/t/theloop-h2r1102/shared_invite/zt-1su97yig3-me81nKZS~F9CYfnRTigATw):\nSemi-active channel that curates jobs across the industry, and connects\ninvestors, founders and developers.\n\n[Go slack server 💵](https://join.slack.com/t/gophers/shared_invite/zt-1t56znkog-3qC6F4~~yEIg1R0WBhwspg):\nGet Go announcements, get help on dev, find contrats/full-time jobs.\n\n[Toronto JS slack server 🌶️🌶️](https://join.slack.com/t/torontojs/shared_invite/zt-1t041oxjl-atPnwJxbCsEfmYNofCNhtQ):\nAsk for help, talk about JS community in Toronto, find jobs.\n\n[YCombinator startup job board 💵](https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs): Work at ycombinator startup job board\n\n[Who's hiring?](https://hnhiring.com/): Posted to hacker's news every start of the month, includes both full-time and contractor roles.\n\n## Curated\n\n[OnDeck](https://www.beondeck.com/): curated community designed to increase the odds of building a successful venture-backed company.\n\n[r/ExperiencedFounders](https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedFounders/): Curated\ncommunity of experienced founders who shares their experience and have in-depth\ndiscussions.\n\n## Show off\n\n[Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/): Get \"hunted\", get \"upvotes\",\nBrag about your \"#1 on product hunt\" badge on your marketing site.\n\n[VibeHacker](https://vibehacker.com/): Product discovery community for AI builders and vibe coders — directory, reviews, discussions, and launches.\n\n## Bonus\n\n[the hive index](https://thehiveindex.com/): curated list of top online communities.\n[gummysearch](https://gummysearch.com/): search and get stats on trending subreddits.\n[flyertalk](https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-technology/952359-thoughts-about-my-free-iphone-app-whatsapp.html):\nJan Koum first pitched Whatsapp back in 2007 to the community, how cool is this?\n\n## Need description\nif anyone have experience with the following list of job boards, please help me add a description and honest review, there are a lot of these things around and I don't want to be recommending bad ones.\n\n[toptal](https://www.toptal.com/)\n\n[gun.io](https://gun.io/)\n\n[js chimp](https://jschimp.com/)\n\n[remoteok](https://remoteok.com/)\n\n[weworkremotely](https://weworkremotely.com/)\n\n[rails jobs](https://railsdevs.com/)\n\n[python jobs](https://www.python.org/jobs/)\n\n[Awesome startups](https://github.com/KrishMunot/awesome-startup): A curated list of awesome books, videos, courses and resources about making a startup.\n","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists/pxue%2Fawesome-startup-communities/projects"}