New to StartCoLink? Learn the basics here.
StartCoLink is a community for founders to share ideas on the Feed, discover people in Network, join Events, announce Launches, and message each other. AI-powered matching and Signal Search help you find collaborators based on what people actually do — not just what's on their profile.
Sign up with your email and password or continue with Google from the sign-up page. After you verify your account, complete the short onboarding flow to add your photo, name, location, role, and industry before entering the app.
Finish onboarding first, then open your profile and choose "Edit profile" (or go to /profile/edit). Add basics, contact details, social links, about text, experience, working style, and match criteria. A complete profile improves Network recommendations and how others find you.
Use the search bar in the header or press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) to open quick search. Jump to Feed, Network, Events, Messages, Launch, Settings, or Signal Search. For full results across people, feed posts, events, and launches, open Search from the results page.
Share updates and discover what founders are building.
Open Feed (/ideas), tap "Share your thoughts..." in the composer, or choose Photo to open the create page. Write your update, optionally add images, video, or links, then click Post.
Tap the bookmark icon on any post to save it. Saved posts live under Feed library → Saved (/ideas/saved). Your published posts appear under Feed library → My blog (/ideas/my-blog).
Tap Comments on a post to expand the thread and reply inline. Like and share actions are available on each post as well.
Discover founders and manage your connections.
Network recommends founders based on your profile, match criteria, and activity. Use the For you and Local tabs to explore suggestions, and switch between card and list views on desktop. Update match criteria in Edit profile → Match criteria for better results.
Open a founder profile to follow them, send a message, or open the menu (⋯) to bookmark them or turn on Notify online. Network lists → Following and Bookmark keep track of people you care about.
Click Message on a profile or network card to open a conversation in Messages. You can also message someone after finding them in Search or Signal Search.
Discover meetups and host your own events.
Open Events from the sidebar. Browse tabs like Top, Local, This week, Online, My events, and Following. Switch between card and list views, and filter by format when available.
Go to Events and click "Create event" (/events/create). Add the title, schedule, location or virtual link, capacity, and description, then publish when you are ready.
Open an event page to see details and RSVP. Your response helps the host plan attendance. Event updates and invitations can appear in Notifications.
Share what you are shipping with the community.
Open Launch from the sidebar and click "Create launch". Add your product name, description, industries, images, and launch date, then save or publish.
Drafts stay private until you publish them. Scheduled launches have a future launch date and appear under the Scheduled tab. Published launches are visible in your Launch hub and on the public launches page.
Yes. Pick a future launch date when creating or editing a launch. It will appear under Scheduled until that date, then move to Published when it goes live.
Chat with founders and manage your conversations.
Message someone from their profile, a network card, or search results. Your inbox groups threads under All, Unread, and Requests tabs.
On a profile, open the menu (⋯) and choose "Notify online" to watch someone. They appear under Network → Watchlist, and Notifications shows when they are active. Manage up to 5 people in Settings → VIP watchlist.
Yes. Use the search field at the top of Messages to find conversations by participant name or words inside past messages.
Manage your public profile and account preferences.
Open your profile and click "Edit profile", or go to /profile/edit. Update basic info, contact details, social links, about, experience, working style, and match criteria from the section menu.
Go to Settings → Privacy to control Public profile, Public contact information, and Online status visibility.
Go to Settings → Notifications to control browser message alerts, email notifications, profile views, comments, connections, feed updates, and VIP online alerts.
Personalization and AI-powered tools across StartCoLink.
StartCoLink uses AI for Network recommendations, daily recommendations, activity insights, AI people search on the Search page, and Signal Search for interest-based discovery. Availability may depend on your account and settings.
Signal Search finds people based on inferred interests and activity — industries, roles, skills, and topics they engage with — rather than only profile keywords. Open it from quick search (⌘K / Ctrl+K) or go to /signal-search.
Choose one or more interest filters such as industries, roles, skills, or feed topics. Optionally narrow results with profile filters like location, work mode, languages, or working style preferences. Results rank by how closely someone's activity signals match your selections.
Go to Settings → AI & personalization and toggle "AI tracking". When enabled, StartCoLink uses activity signals to improve recommendations, Signal Search, daily recommendations, and activity insights. Turning it off also disables dependent personalization options.
AI features use aggregated in-app activity to improve matching and recommendations. Other members do not see your raw activity. Review Settings → Privacy and Settings → AI & personalization for visibility and tracking controls.
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New to StartCoLink? Learn the basics here.
StartCoLink is a community for founders to share ideas on the Feed, discover people in Network, join Events, announce Launches, and message each other. AI-powered matching and Signal Search help you find collaborators based on what people actually do — not just what's on their profile.
Sign up with your email and password or continue with Google from the sign-up page. After you verify your account, complete the short onboarding flow to add your photo, name, location, role, and industry before entering the app.
Finish onboarding first, then open your profile and choose "Edit profile" (or go to /profile/edit). Add basics, contact details, social links, about text, experience, working style, and match criteria. A complete profile improves Network recommendations and how others find you.
Use the search bar in the header or press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) to open quick search. Jump to Feed, Network, Events, Messages, Launch, Settings, or Signal Search. For full results across people, feed posts, events, and launches, open Search from the results page.
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