Tyk ran a fund back in March where they would give micro-grants to people working on side projects. They've decided to do it again and applications are open until December 20th
Here's a direct link to the application if anyone's interested: https://tyk.io/fund/
Retro brings back the magic of having full control over your music––inspired by the design of the iPod. Why would we want that? I don’t know, but nostalgia hits us hard at the weirdest of times and sometimes there’s harmony in it.
We’ve been spoiled with Spotify/Apple Music. Being able to have all your songs in one place is a godsend and is something we take for granted every day. I don’t want to take that away and currently you can control/sync Apple Music with Retro.
You can theme the app to really make it yours. Right now I’ve made a few skins that you can select within the app (as seen in the video). You can also change the wheel color.
We run a website for sharing and receiving feedback on side projects and given how times have changed drastically, we wanted to try something different and host a virtual hackathon in an effort to hopefully continue driving creativity and problem solving. :)
If you’re interested in participating, feel free to sign up!
I actually really appreciated the honesty, rather than hiding and pretending that you had a bunch of users. Refreshing!
It also makes me think of Michael Sebel's comment (paraphrasing) about how if you have $0 revenue or other metric" if it's zero, that should fk you in the face"
Thank you! I never really understood why some sites fudge their numbers (other than for boosting one's ego)––makes it even more embarrassing when they get caught!
Dude, it isn't just fudging their numbers on their site. I've heard pitches (mostly in pitch comps) where presenters outright lie about usage numbers, revenue, and partnerships. I'm still shocked with the ease some people do this.
But as I was going through all these different grants/funding opportunities, I’ve realized that a lot of them ask similar, if not the same questions.
So I wanted to build a platform that simplifies the process of applying to grants and funding opportunities. Rather than having to apply to each grant/opportunity individually, you could apply with just one application. In order for this to work, there would need to be individual funders/grants registered on the site. (There are no funders at the moment, but I’m optimistic)
Searching for grants the fit your niche can be tough, and I genuinely think that this could help with the discoverability of various grants as well.
Targeting small-time private funders seems like the niche to go for when you are recruiting them. Getting the funder/researcher flywheel started will be slow/difficult at first.
I can't imagine the NSF/NIH/DOE engaging with something like this -- they have all the money, and they are bound by federal law, so they set all the rules.
Yep you're right––I probably should've specified this. I think larger/gov't-operated grants probably won't use this, but I'm hoping smaller and private funders like you suggested would be the way to go
Hopefully in the near future! I'd definitely like to have funders outside of the US on the platform––in fact quite a few of the smaller grants I've been in touch with do support international applicants.
