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Awesome list of communities related to creating, running and being successful at startups.
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# Awesome Startup Communities

[![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)



A curated list of awesome communities related to creating, running and being successful at startups.



## The rating system



|    Rating     |                Description.                  |

| ------------- | -------------------------------------------- |

|               | Unrated.                                     |

| 🌶️            | Good knowledge base, infrequent job postings |

| 🌶️🌶️          | Engineers / founders actively seeking advice, occassional job postings |

| 🌶️🌶️🌶️        | Frequent job postings and lively discussions |

| 💵            | Confirmed contract (me or others)            |



Have a community you want to share? Open a PR or email [email protected]



Follow me on Twitter [@pxue](https://x.com/pxue) for community tips and hacks.



## Contents

- [Awesome Startup Communities](#awesome-startup)

  - [Contents](#contents)

  - [Accelerators & VCs](#accelerators)

  - [Finding a co-founder](#finding-a-co-founder)

  - [General chat](#general-chat)

  - [Tech Help](#tech-help)

  - [No code](#no-code)

  - [Paid](#paid)

  - [Digital Nomad](#digital-nomad)

  - [Job boards](#job-boards)

  - [Curated](#curated)

  - [Show off](#show-off)

  - [Bonus](#bonus)

  - [Need description](#need-description)



## Accelerators



[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.



## Finding a co-founder



[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.



## General chat



[Rands leadership slack server 🌶️🌶️🌶️](https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/): Invite only, wide range of topics that cover leadership & tech.



[Furlough discord server](https://discord.gg/furlough): Wide topic discord

server for tech, ecommerce, general business, social-media.



[r/Agency discord server 🌶️](https://discord.gg/PTX3vzy9qa): r/Agency discord server for all agency founders.



[r/saas 💵](https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/): Place to discuss SaaS problems and solutions.



[r/EntrepreneurRideAlong](https://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/):

Solve issues, network without spamming, talk about the growth of your business



[Hacker's News](https://news.ycombinator.com): Forum like discussion board,

mostly focused on VC backed startups. Moderated by the Ycombinator team.



[Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/): Similar to Hacker's News, 100% less Ycombinator.

propaganda.



[everthing marketplaces](https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com/): Community for marketplace founders & leaders.



[Accountability whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/HkdI4sYj4HKKCQt2zTR975): Daily chats to hold new entrepreneurs accountable.



## Tech help



[Stripe discord server 💵](https://discord.gg/stripe): get 1:1 developer help from

the stripe's internal dev teams.



[OpenAI discord server 🌶️🌶️](https://discord.gg/openai): Talk about anything gpt

related topics, from general discussion to prompt-engineering examples to API

dev help.



[Retool discord server](https://discord.com/invite/aEHwpVd7yF): No-code app

builder. Get help, get news and talk to other builders.



[Dev.to](https://dev.to/): open forum for tech help



[Tailwind 💵](https://discord.com/invite/7NF8GNe): Discord server to get help on everything related to tailwind.



[Nextjs 🌶️🌶️](https://discord.com/invite/bUG2bvbtHy): Discord server for nextjs help.



[Nextjs job board 💵](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/discussions): Nextjs help + job board.



[Nuxt 🌶️](https://discord.com/invite/nuxt): Discord server for nuxtjs help.



## No code

[Adalo](https://forum.adalo.com/): Build Custom Responsive Apps & Publish Anywhere — No Coding Required



## Paid



Paid communities are all the rage right now.



[Hampton](https://www.joinhampton.com/): Private network for high-growth founders, will set you back $8,500/yr but apparently it's already full with over 3,000 applicants.



[Chief](https://chief.com/): Private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.



[Demandcurve](https://www.demandcurve.com/): Newsletter, course, and a legit community of founders/mentors.



[Operators guide](https://operators-guild.com/): One of the best community for builders, a safe space for exclusive talent to conjure, question, and create.



[Founders Cafe](https://founderscafe.io): For early stage solo(ish) founders who want to raise from top funds like YC.



[Kizuna discord 🌶️](https://twitter.com/kizunanyc): Invitation only community for discussion about business, marketing, sales, storytelling.



## Digital Nomad



Helpful local communities for the travelling founders.



[Playa del Carmen whatsapp

group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/CPrbArhQWAX0nIQyG38OWJ): Great for digital

nomad spending time in PdC. Weekly meetups socializing about variety of startup

related topics, ranging from taxes, to founder fireside chats, to deep-tech

discussions.



[Bogota, Colombia whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/K4ZmeuXfUQcJ46E4DKa6z1)



[Medellin, Colombia communities](http://mdecommunity.com/)



## Job boards



[Braintrust discord server 💵](https://discord.gg/braintrust): User-owned talent network. Find jobs, get hired.



[a.team](https://www.a.team/): Community of for-hire talents that work together

to deliver on great projects.



[The Loop slack server](https://join.slack.com/t/theloop-h2r1102/shared_invite/zt-1su97yig3-me81nKZS~F9CYfnRTigATw):

Semi-active channel that curates jobs across the industry, and connects

investors, founders and developers.



[Go slack server 💵](https://join.slack.com/t/gophers/shared_invite/zt-1t56znkog-3qC6F4~~yEIg1R0WBhwspg):

Get Go announcements, get help on dev, find contrats/full-time jobs.



[Toronto JS slack server 🌶️🌶️](https://join.slack.com/t/torontojs/shared_invite/zt-1t041oxjl-atPnwJxbCsEfmYNofCNhtQ):

Ask for help, talk about JS community in Toronto, find jobs.



[YCombinator startup job board 💵](https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs): Work at ycombinator startup job board



[Who's hiring?](https://hnhiring.com/): Posted to hacker's news every start of the month, includes both full-time and contractor roles.



## Curated



[OnDeck](https://www.beondeck.com/): curated community designed to increase the odds of building a successful venture-backed company.



[r/ExperiencedFounders](https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedFounders/): Curated

community of experienced founders who shares their experience and have in-depth

discussions.



## Show off



[Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/): Get "hunted", get "upvotes",

Brag about your "#1 on product hunt" badge on your marketing site.



## Bonus



[the hive index](https://thehiveindex.com/): curated list of top online communities.

[gummysearch](https://gummysearch.com/): search and get stats on trending subreddits.

[flyertalk](https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-technology/952359-thoughts-about-my-free-iphone-app-whatsapp.html):

Jan Koum first pitched Whatsapp back in 2007 to the community, how cool is this?



## Need description

if 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.



[toptal](https://www.toptal.com/)



[gun.io](https://gun.io/)



[js chimp](https://jschimp.com/)



[remoteok](https://remoteok.com/)



[weworkremotely](https://weworkremotely.com/)



[rails jobs](https://railsdevs.com/)



[python jobs](https://www.python.org/jobs/)



[Awesome startups](https://github.com/KrishMunot/awesome-startup): A curated list of awesome books, videos, courses and resources about making a startup.