Kosma Lenar

I built Startr because I kept forgetting to follow up

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Hey everyone 👋

I’m the founder of Startr.

Like many solo founders, I was building in public, talking to people on X, LinkedIn, Product Hunt, Reddit…

And I genuinely thought I was “doing distribution right”.

The problem?

All my follow-ups lived in my head.I had warm leads in DMs, beta users asking questions.
People saying “sounds interesting, let’s talk next week.”

Not because they weren’t interested, but because I didn’t track anything properly.

I tried Notion, spreadsheets, and traditional CRMs.

They were either too heavy or too messy.

So I built Startr.

It’s basically a lightweight growth command center for solo founders:

– track prospects from social platforms
– log conversations in one place
– set follow-up dates
– see what’s overdue instantly
– generate AI follow-up messages when you’re stuck

Just something that actually fits how solo founders work.

Still early, still improving, and I’d genuinely love feedback from other builders here.

If you’re also juggling conversations across platforms, I’d love to hear how you manage it.

🚀 www.getstartr.io

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Minhajul (Mj)

Hi @foundrydoc This is a great idea, especially for early founders - but I would be keen to know more about how it's helped you or others during the marketing process. Do you have any metrics you can share or things you've noticed that the app significantly helped improve?

Kosma Lenar

@minhajulll Startr is still early, so I won’t pretend we have massive scale metrics yet.

What I’ve noticed (from my own usage and early testers):

1️⃣ Response rate improves when follow-ups are structured.
People don’t reply to the first message — they reply to the second or third.
Startr makes that visible instead of accidental.

2️⃣ Conversations don’t die silently anymore.
The overdue system surfaces neglected prospects, which directly impacts activation.

3️⃣ Outreach quality improves with context-aware AI messages.
Not generic templates — messages based on the contact + stage in pipeline.

In my own workflow, the biggest impact wasn’t “more leads” it was higher consistency and fewer lost opportunities.