u/AleCavaz

Built something for first time founders who have no idea what they're doing (like me). Roast it.

So my dad ran a startup a few years back, got incubator funding, the whole thing. I grew up watching him figure it out mostly alone, no real structure, just vibes and stress.

That stuck with me.

Because when I started getting my own ideas I realized there's no actual system for people like me. You watch YouTube, read tweets, maybe buy a course, and then just... sit there. You know you should be doing something but nobody's telling you what, in what order, by when.

So I built Grillr.

You tell it your business idea. It asks you questions about it. Then it builds you a week by week action plan, broken down into daily tasks with actual deadlines. When you finish a task you submit your output and the AI grades it and decides if you move on or do it again. Miss a deadline and it starts blowing up your phone.

Think of it like a notion for founders but it actually tells you what to put in it and holds you accountable like a person would.

I'm not sure if this is a real problem or just something I personally needed. That's genuinely why I'm posting. First time founders, people with side hustle ideas, students sitting on something they haven't started, is this something you'd use or is it too much hand holding?

Not promoting, if you actually want to try it DM me and I'll send you an access code.

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u/AleCavaz — 3 days ago

Built something for first time founders who have no idea what they're doing (like me). Roast it.

So my dad ran a startup a few years back, got incubator funding, the whole thing. I grew up watching him figure it out mostly alone, no real structure, just vibes and stress.

That stuck with me.

Because when I started getting my own ideas I realized there's no actual system for people like me. You watch YouTube, read tweets, maybe buy a course, and then just... sit there. You know you should be doing something but nobody's telling you what, in what order, by when.

So I built Grillr.

You tell it your business idea. It asks you questions about it. Then it builds you a week by week action plan, broken down into daily tasks with actual deadlines. When you finish a task you submit your output and the AI grades it and decides if you move on or do it again. Miss a deadline and it starts blowing up your phone.

Think of it like a notion for founders but it actually tells you what to put in it and holds you accountable like a person would.

I'm not sure if this is a real problem or just something I personally needed. That's genuinely why I'm posting. First time founders, people with side hustle ideas, students sitting on something they haven't started, is this something you'd use or is it too much hand holding?

if you do want to poke around the actual app just DM me and I'll send you an access code.

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u/AleCavaz — 3 days ago

Does this idea actually solve something or did I just build what I personally needed?

My dad ran a startup a few years back, got incubator funding, went through the whole thing. I watched him figure it out mostly alone, no structure, just stress and gut instinct.

When I started having my own ideas I realized nothing really exists for people who are completely new to this. You watch YouTube, read tweets, maybe buy a course, and then just sit there. You know you should be doing something but nobody tells you what, in what order, or by when.

So I built something. The idea is simple. You put in your business idea, it asks you questions about it, then generates a week by week action plan broken into daily tasks with deadlines. You submit your work when you're done, an AI grades it and decides if you move on or redo it. Miss a deadline and it starts sending you notifications until you do something about it.

Basically accountability infrastructure for people who have an idea but keep getting stuck or doing nothing.

I genuinely don't know if this is a real problem or just something I needed. Maybe most people just want the plan and don't care about the accountability part. Maybe the whole thing is too much hand holding and people would drop off.

That's why I'm posting. If you've ever had a business idea and done nothing with it, what actually stopped you? And does something like this sound useful or does it sound annoying?

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u/AleCavaz — 3 days ago

Built something for first time founders who have no idea what they're doing (like me). Roast it.

So my dad ran a startup a few years back, got incubator funding, the whole thing. I grew up watching him figure it out mostly alone, no real structure, just vibes and stress.

That stuck with me.

Because when I started getting my own ideas I realized there's no actual system for people like me. You watch YouTube, read tweets, maybe buy a course, and then just... sit there. You know you should be doing something but nobody's telling you what, in what order, by when.

So I built Grillr.

You tell it your business idea. It asks you questions about it. Then it builds you a week by week action plan, broken down into daily tasks with actual deadlines. When you finish a task you submit your output and the AI grades it and decides if you move on or do it again. Miss a deadline and it starts blowing up your phone.

Think of it like a notion for founders but it actually tells you what to put in it and holds you accountable like a person would.

I'm not sure if this is a real problem or just something I personally needed. That's genuinely why I'm posting. First time founders, people with side hustle ideas, students sitting on something they haven't started, is this something you'd use or is it too much hand holding?

Not promoting, if you actually want to try it DM me and I'll send you an access code.

reddit.com
u/AleCavaz — 3 days ago

I think I built something first time founders actually need. Not sure though, that's why I'm here.

My dad went through the whole startup thing a few years back. Incubator funding, the works. I watched him do it mostly alone with no real playbook, just figuring it out as he went.

That always stayed with me.

When I started taking my own ideas seriously I realized there's genuinely nothing out there that just tells you what to do. Not in a course way, not in a tweet thread way. Like an actual system. You have an idea, cool, now what? Most people just sit on it forever because there's no next step that feels real.

So I built Grillr around that problem. You describe your idea, it interviews you about it, then spits out a full action plan broken into weeks and then days with actual deadlines. You do the work, submit it, the AI grades it and either moves you forward or sends you back. If you miss a deadline it starts blowing up your phone until you actually do something.

Kind of like if Y Combinator was a website and didn't require you to already be impressive to get in.

I genuinely don't know if people want this or if I just built something I personally needed. That's the honest reason I'm posting.

Even if you don't want to try it, just dropping your email at grillr.io takes 10 seconds and helps me figure out if there's real interest here. And if you want to actually poke around the app DM me and I'll send you an access code.

u/AleCavaz — 3 days ago