From researching about communities to building and taking it live, I have given my focus to every aspect, all the way from the start.<p>Yet, there's a struggle with getting it off the ground.<p>It's really hard get founders to see us, deliver the value and get them join us. After they join us it's hard to have them talk. I think we're at catch 22. We focus on building relationships over just networking and I personally want to help members 1-on-1 with their goals and struggles. For an offer as compelling as this, we're still not getting signups. I believe in this idea, but it's like I'm selling something that nobody wants.<p>It's a community of founders at join.coulf.com and I'm a founder myself, so I built something that I wish existed. But after getting harsh feedback from other founders, i.e. "who cares about relationships or your support" "we need something to sell to others, a distribution channel. Not this" among other ones, I'm thinking of pivoting to focus on networks rather than relationships, and generic community stuff rather than 1-on-1 help with projects and accountability.<p>Is it bad to pivot into this networking and generic community concept?<p>I don't believe in that, but that's what people want. I just don't want the work I've put in get wasted so I'm in a dilemma to choose networking aspect or stick to what I believe and try to grow it.
I went to <a href="http://www.join.coulf.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.join.coulf.com</a> It has some information.<p>> <i>What you do in Coulf stays in Coulf.</i><p>That's a noble goal, but it is very difficult to enforce.<p>> <i>Get up to $1000 to fund your projects.</i><p>How do you prevent scammers to get the money and run away?<p>In <a href="https://www.coulf.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.coulf.com/</a><p>it is very weird that "<i>Start here</i>" is a paid feature. I think you should copy there the info in the join page (at least for logged out users).