We’re launching MainStreet with a campaign that pays people $10,000 to leave the Bay Area. This campaign will draw attention to our company’s mission and vision and help people realize that you don’t have to live in the Bay Area to have an amazing career.
Founders: You're owed $50K. Get it back in 20 minutes 🤝
Hey, founders – you're owed $50K by the IRS. MainStreet gets it back for you – the paperwork usually takes 40 hours, we'll do it for you in 20 minutes. It's free to qualify. 💫🤝
I am a huge fan of the team.
If you are currently struggling with your (US based) startup and you are considering to apply for government incentive programs… use MainStreet.
You simply connect your payroll software. They will look into every possible government program for you and tell you what you can receive (not only COVID funds).
If along the way they find more new programs they will ping you as well.
Hi Product Hunters, this is Doug from MainStreet, here to answer any questions you might have.
We help startups extend their runway, by effortlessly connecting them with government stimulus programs, tax credits, and hiring incentives.
Startups are usually too busy or too small to pay attention to government incentives - this is a huge mistake - every year, the average startup leaves hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table. And, during this current economic crisis, startups will lose out on even more if they aren't paying attention.
One interesting note - we had originally planned on launching in early May. However, the events of the last two weeks made us realize that we needed to launch NOW - SMBs and Startups couldn't wait to get help, they needed it immediately.
Depending on the size, stage and growth of the startup, they may be eligible to receive significant funding. Here are some rough estimates:
-Pre-Seed: Up to $200,000
-Seed: Up to $600,000
-Series A&B: Up to $1,000,000
We couldn't be happier to launch today - we think we're going to do a lot of good, for a lot of startups and their employees.
Wow. this is one of the most interesting products I've ever seen this year. This is a no-brainer for every company, startup out there. Well done @dougludlow@nickabouzeid@jamoses92
The definition of over-promise and under-deliver.
Notice how all the recent positive reviews are from 1-2 years ago? Yeah, that's because most current customers like myself are very unhappy. Don't fall for their promises. We were told we would get ~25K in 4-6 weeks after the new year, then another ~25k a few months after that. All we had to do was pay them 2k each month for the rest of the year. I didn't know about the ERC and R&D credits before so seemed like a fair deal. Well it's mid April, we've been paying them each month since the beginning of the year and we haven't received a thing. The thing that frustrates me the most is they had a cash advice option when we singed up. But we were told it would only take 4-6 weeks so we didn't go for it because based on their timeline it wasn't necessary. But then (of course) their timeline is was off, and when I said okay let's do the cash advice they said that's no longer an option. So even though their timeline estimates were completely off, we are expected to keep paying them, be quiet and wait and wait and wait. Part of me thinks this is a scam. Let's hope not.
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