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I’m Baltazar — 19, originally from Colombia, and an incoming student at Babson College, where I’ll be diving deep into entrepreneurship and business innovation. I’m currently building Probado, a platform that helps early-stage startups validate their MVPs through vetted testers and AI-powered feedback. It’s designed to make product testing smarter, faster, and more affordable for founders. The website will be launching in a week or so and I am so exited to share and get feedback! I am passionate about solving real problems, learning by doing, and collaborating with other builders. Always open to feedback, partnerships, and startup convos — let’s connect and build something great together!
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I built the MVP. Now I have no idea how to market it….
For those of you who ve been following along first off, thank you. I ve been building Probado, a platform that helps early-stage founders get structured, paid feedback on their MVPs from vetted testers. It s affordable, customizable, and enhanced with AI that helps summarize insights and recommend improvements.
We ve got now 100+ vetted testers onboarded, and the MVP is just about done.
But now I m facing the part that honestly feels the hardest so far: marketing.
I’m 19 and building my first startup — here’s what that’s actually looked like.
Hey Product Hunt
I m Baltazar, and I ve been working on Probado, a feedback platform for early-stage founders who want real, useful input on their MVPs without wasting money on bloated tools.
The idea came from a problem I was living. I needed testers for something I was building, but had no idea how to get them. So I started cold messaging strangers not just on Reddit, but in subreddits for user testing, Indie Hackers, entrepreneurs, even the most random communities. I was just trying my hardest to get someone, anyone, to try it.
At what point does AI go from an enhancement to a deterrent?
Hey all I m Baltazar, 19 and building Probado, a platform that connects startups with vetted testers to get real, structured MVP feedback but with a twist: we also use AI to synthesize and enhance those insights.
Lately I ve been thinking a lot about the balance between human and machine. Testing is deeply personal it s about trust, interpretation, and sometimes even intuition. But AI brings incredible power: pattern recognition, summarization, and scale.
So here s what I m wrestling with: