Ask HN: How to get pitched by startups

3 pointsbrianjolney15y ago4 comments

So I work for a pretty awesome consumer products company, and we like to try new things that aren't proven by the big guys yet. Any tips on a place to get pitched by startups?

I track HN/TC/etc daily, but I have this feeling that theres probably a lot of startups that could help our business, and likewise we could help validate/grow. I might not be thinking about what they're offering, or frankly understand the proposition.

Any ideas?

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g0atbutt15y ago· 2 in thread

I see a lot of startups on a day to day basis (I run The Startup Foundry) and would be happy to pass along some info your way.

What are you looking for specifically?

brianjolneyOP15y ago

I suppose thats the problem, I'm not quite sure.

Our company is Vita Coco (http://vitacoco.com), and we're always looking for ways to increase our social media fans, analyze where and what our fans are doing, optimize our web/fb pages, etc.

I guess what I'm looking for is a way to opt-in as a person willing (and looking) to be pitched ideas by fresh companies.

nantes15y ago

I would suggest AlphaList except that I just realized I haven't seen anything from them in a couple weeks.

Still, worth a shot.

http://alphalist.co/

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