Hey Product Hunt
This is from Shivam Pal, one of the co-founders of First500days, and I’m really excited to finally share ECOSYSTEM with you all.
We built ECOSYSTEM because we know, firsthand, how overwhelming the early days of building a startup can be.
It’s chaotic. You’re juggling 10 things, trying to make progress, raise money, find users... and mostly just hoping you’re not messing it all up.
So we asked: What if founders didn’t have to do it alone?
What if there was a space built just for the messy, early stage—a mix of mentorship, tools, and community, all in one place?
That’s what ECOSYSTEM is.
-> Playbooks & templates from people who’ve been there
-> 1:1 mentor calls when you hit a wall
-> A community of founders who get what you’re going through
-> And structure—so you don’t feel like you're just winging it every day
It’s still early, and we’re learning fast. But if you’re a founder (or thinking about becoming one), I’d love for you to check it out and tell us what’s working, and what’s not.
Seriously, your feedback means the world to us.
And if ECOSYSTEM helps even one founder feel a little less lost—we’ll count that as a win.
Thanks so much for the support ❤️
Shivam Pal & the First500days team
Membership is costly, the founder lacks 'Growth Strategies', it's not YC, it's just a new, unknown platform. Why would any startup founder who is serious about spending money in the right places buy such an expensive platform membership? There is an ocean of communities and membership circles for Entrepreneurs & Startup owners. Why is this special??
Another blunder by the Product team, when you enter the market, you should make your product free or partially free. Even the resources such as blogs, docs, etc, etc are locked !!
Giving free useful resources or some of them brings back the customer as he tries to estimate the quality of work executed by the team .
The founder & their product team should study the case study of GrowthX, maybe they will learn something.
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Membership is costly, the founder lacks 'Growth Strategies', it's not YC, it's just a new, unknown platform. Why would any startup founder who is serious about spending money in the right places buy such an expensive platform membership?
There is an ocean of communities and membership circles for Entrepreneurs & Startup owners. Why is this special??
Another blunder by the Product team, when you enter the market, you should make your product free or partially free. Even the resources such as blogs, docs, etc, etc are locked !!
Giving free useful resources or some of them brings back the customer as he tries to estimate the quality of work executed by the team .
The founder & their product team should study the case study of GrowthX, maybe they will learn something.
Great ecosystem to be part of if you are a founder.