52 Best Entrepreneurship Independent Communities...

52 Entrepreneurship communities on Independent Platforms

Updated 1/2/2026

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#1
FoundersList
FoundersList is an open platform for founders to connect, launch ideas/products, find recommended professionals/service-providers, events, cofounders and more. It is a co-founder site where people can create listings for a co-founder like they would for job ads. Founderslist offers helpful tools applicable to new founders.
500 members
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28 views / month
#2
Indie Hackers
Join the Indie Hackers community. Learn from the founders behind hundreds of profitable online businesses, and connect with others who are starting and growing their own companies.
140K members
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215 views / month
#3
Founders Cafe
Co-work with founders from Stanford, YC, Harvard, & more. Our cohort co-works together every day. Shoot the shit. Share our struggles. Develop lifelong friends.
120 members
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Paid
20 views / month
#4
Founders Nation
Founders Nation is a platform for entrepreneurs and founders. It's the biggest co-founders community in Europe! It is a community for people looking to join a start-up, partner with a co-founder, or discuss opportunities with founders.
2K members
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21 views / month
#5
Starter Story
Learn how people are starting successful businesses. 4,000+ case studies with founders who built their businesses to thousands of customers.
235K members
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17 views / month
#6
Founderio
Founderio is a digital networking platform for founders & startups. The "LinkedIn for Founders" they match co-founders, employees, investors, mentors or support from business, politics, universities and organizations.
35K members
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17 views / month
#7
Makerlog
Makerlog works by logging your daily project-related tasks, earning streaks (consecutive days of work), and interacting with other makers to get feedback or early users.
8K members
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22 views / month
#8
Refresh Miami
The hub of Miami's tech & startup community. Access the latest Miami tech & startup events, find your next dream job or dream candidate, or discover others in the community with similar interests.
14K members
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13 views / month
#9
Startup School
Learn how to start a company, with help from the world's top startup accelerator - Y Combinator. Startup School is a free online program and global community of founders.
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14 views / month
#10
CoFoundersLab
Get access to over 400,000 potential cofounders, team members and advisors on the largest startup platform on the planet.
400K members
Forum
9 views / month
BizWarriors
BizWarriors is the leading discussion forum for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Are you an entrepreneur looking to expand your business? A new aspiring entrepreneur looking for information on how to start a business? A small business owner looking for ideas on how to manage and grow your business? At BizWarriors Forum, you can learn from others about how to plan, finance, promote, and grow your business.
5K members
Forum
5 views / month
The SaaS Community
The purpose of this community is to help and inspire each other in SaaS. Benefit from networking, expert speakers, SaaS events, and in-depth posts on SaaS metrics.
3K members
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7 views / month
GirlBoss
The Girlboss Professional Network is a platform built for ambitious women. It’s a place for entrepreneurs, career pros, side-hustlers, freelancers, and gig-economy workers to ask questions, exchange ideas, and connect with each other. We’re creating a space for you to share not just what you do, but who you are.
Forum
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6 views / month
StartUpNation Community
StartupNation’s content is crafted by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, offering the necessary insights for personal growth through in-the-trenches, how-to content authored by subject matter experts, thought leaders and business professionals. StartupNation provides access to experts in a variety of business disciplines through its various media channels and fosters peer-to-peer interaction in its vibrant online community forums. The breadth and range of businesses StartupNation serves includes sole proprietorships, home-based businesses and part-time businesses, all the way to the most esoteric and sophisticated ventures.
Forum
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12 views / month
Smarter Founders
Unlike expensive founder networks with restrictive admission criteria, Smarter Founders is FREE and open to all who take our Founders Pledge. United by our entrepreneurial spirit, we welcome all founders from all corners of the globe. Members join Smarter Founders to share our hard-won knowledge, ask for help when we need it and help others when we can.
Forum
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10 views / month
BetaPage
Discover New AI Products & Tools Every Day. Stay ahead with the latest AI innovations curated just for you.
45K members
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7 views / month
Fe/male Switch startup community
The Fe/male Switch community is part of the startup game and is meant for first-time entrepreneurs to make their first steps in startups. This is where startup ideas spark conversations, questions lead to answers, and connections become collaborations.
2K members
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9 views / month
Silicon Valley Startup Incubation and Acceleration (SVSIAN)
A non-profit organization for all entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. SVSIAN is composed of three primary subsidiaries: Entrepreneur Network, Cofounder Community, and Toastmasters Club.
1K members
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7 views / month
Startup Grind
Startup Grind is the world’s largest community of startups, founders, innovators, and creators. We bring like-minded yet diverse individuals together to connect, learn, teach, help, build, and belong. We do this daily through our local events, flagship conferences, startup program, partnerships, and online media + content - collectively reaching over 3.5 million individuals worldwide.
2.0M members
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6 views / month
Hacker News
Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by Paul Graham's investment fund and startup incubator, Y Combinator. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
5.0M members
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13 views / month
Open Brainstorming Platform
Open brainstorming platform where people share and upgrade each other's ideas. By collectively focusing on the important topics we aim to advance the frontiers of science and make our technologies catch up with our ambitions.
1K members
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6 views / month
StartHawk
Starthawk offers a cofounder platform and search algorithm to make finding a match as easy as possible. It has an intuitive messaging system that provides quick and easy communication amongst other co-founders and has filters that allow you to easily narrow down the type of co-founder you're after. It offers two subscription plans such as on the free plan that can initiate one free conversation per month.
500 members
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6 views / month
Kernal
Kernal is a growing community of qualified founders, builders, and investors focused on validating pre-seed startup ideas. Our members are tech-savvy ideators collaborating on feedback that signals the appropriate decision to build an MVP for investors. Join now to take your startup idea to the next level!
11K members
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3 views / month
Founder Summit
A remote community of founders building calm profitable sustainable companies.
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6 views / month
Launch House
Welcome to Launch House, where top founders and creators build together. Our 4-week Founder Residency is designed to level-up founders in the early stages of their ventures (from idea, pre-seed and seed) and create lasting connections between them. Through community events, fireside chats with industry leaders, an in-house team of experts (design, viral growth, GTM strategy, community), a growing list of exclusive perks, and serendipitous hallway conversations, Launch House pours the rocket fuel on any startup. Residents from previous cohorts have gone on to raise money from top venture firms (e.g. Y Combinator, Sequoia), land partnerships with top social media influencers (e.g. Harry Jowsey), and hit tens of millions of users on launch.
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18 views / month
Growth Hackers
High quality trending articles on growth hacking, marketing channels, user acquisition, engagement, product launch and more.
150K members
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2 views / month
Techstars
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed
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3 views / month
Startout
StartOut’s mission is to increase the number, diversity, and impact of LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and amplify their stories to drive the economic empowerment of the community.
17K members
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2 views / month
Profitable Directories
A directory needs to sell 84 premium listings at $299/yr or 125 at $199/yr to generate $25k. You can then list the directory for sale on MicroAquire for 3-4x ($100k). So $125k total. In this course I cover the strategy I'm using to build and grow 20 directories to do just this. By purchasing this course, you get access to my private community with 110 other directory builders
110 members
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5 views / month
Extra Founder
Trade Skills, Find / Offer Mentorship, Collaborate on projects. Community where startup founders help each other.
200 members
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8 views / month
SaaS Friends
SaaS Friends is a free-to-join private community exclusively for SaaS founders over $20k MRR (monthly recurring revenue)
400 members
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4 views / month
Ycombinator Startup School
The overall goal of YC is to help startups really take off. YC is a startup incubator and runs the startup school for startuppers and founders to learn within an online school system all that is needed to build a successful startup and become profitable. YC has a free online platform for finding a high-quality co-founder based on your preferences for interests, skills, location, and more, and start building your company. It's the largest co-founder matching platform to find the strongest candidate that's right for you. Over 100,000 matches made!
100K members
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11 views / month
JohnnyDoe.is
JohnnyDoe.is is an uncensored forum for independent thinkers who want unfiltered discussions on crypto, geopolitics, offshore banking, health, and power strategies. It’s a space without algorithms, moderators, or corporate propaganda—just sharp conversation and practical knowledge. Members range from entrepreneurs to privacy advocates, all focused on freedom, resilience, and winning in a rigged world.
32K members
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8 views / month
FoundersBeta
The Ultimate Hub for Starting a Startup. Discover startup jobs, events, courses, and grab coffee with the members.
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2 views / month
Wildfront+
Private founder community focused on marketing tactics, decision making help and advice, acquisitions, and mutual support. Built by serial entrepreneurs Alex Boyd and Mac Martine who have exited 4+ businesses, the community is growing steadily every week.
30 members
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3 views / month

More communities (17)

Logo	Community	Members
	IndieStack We're the Private Community for Indie Founders. Building, launching, running, and growing digital products has its own unique challenges. We're a community that's sharing our experiences, insights, and solutions about digital products. Our goal is to help individuals make a living off what they create online.	—
	#WeAllGrow Latina #WeAllGrow Amigas is a community designed for Latinas and femme Latinx to thrive. We offer original content, online gatherings , mentorship, wellness sessions, growth tools, connections, and exclusive perks created specifically for entrepreneurs, creatives and influencers como tú!	25K
	On Deck On Deck is a curated community designed to increase your odds of building a successful venture-backed company. We onboard you with a weekend summit then combine an online community, software and events to help you find co-founders, make early hires, build early product momentum, get distribution, and raise capital.	3K
	MicroLaunch Community for product makers to share early feedback and micro launch products. Makers get feedback on both idea and product.	220
	BetaList Discover tomorrow's startups, today. BetaList is a community of makers and early adopters showcasing their startups and exchanging feedback.	—
	Sustainable Fashion Alliance A platform dedicated to sustainable fashion, promoting ethical and eco-friendly practices within the fashion industry. A national community of collab-ready entrepreneurs and partners.	—
	Angel Club Angel Club is an exclusive membership community offering 1:1 and group support and guidance from top investors in tech, media, and entrepreneurship. We’re bridging the gap between angel-stage founders and angel investors from all walks of life and all parts of the globe, across a wide array of sectors. Being an investor or an entrepreneur can be overwhelming and isolating, but Angel Club is a place where founders and funders can grow together. We focus on three pillars you need to succeed - Capital, Contacts & Coaching - and connect you to all of them, so you can reach your goals faster (and have some fun along the way).	—
	Women Make Women Make is a safe space for women entrepreneurs and makers. Find support, get feedback, help each other out, share your journey, celebrate wins together.	—
	Wedance Dance Sport Community Services: ✅ Dancewear fitting ✅ Ballroom, Latin & Salsa shoes fitting ✅ 15+ years of expertise	200
	Acquire Acquire (rebranded from Microacquire) - Startup acquisition marketplace. Free. Private. No middlemen. Our goal is the create the largest community of entrepreneurs looking to acquire SaaS startups. Join the marketplace community, or the facebook group.	3K
	Astramind Astramind is a platform for Makers, SaaS founders to build in public and engage with fellow makers who get to use their products. Get engagement from customers & makers for what you build right from day one.	—
	Sofie Invite only IRL founder community in San Francisco	70
	Startup Nation StartupNation’s community forums encourage active group discussions with like-minded entrepreneurs sharing tips and valuable advice. Interact with users on topics relating to entrepreneurship, startups, small business and more. Carry the entrepreneurial spirit in StartupNation’s thriving community below!	—
	Builder Society Builder Society (or BuSo) is a forum for discussing digital strategy and online marketing that focuses on bringing together ambitious self-starters to network, to share strategies, and to inspire.	6K
	Fastlane Forum Fastlane is an entrepreneur discussion forum based on The C.E.N.T.S Framework outlined in the two best-selling books by MJ DeMarco (The Millionaire Fastlane and UNSCRIPTED®). From multimillionaires to digital nomads to side hustlers who are grinding a job, the Fastlane Forum features real entrepreneurs creating real businesses with one goal in mind: Freedom— both financial and temporal	70K
	Startup Alliance Join our global community of committed entrepreneurs, working together to drive innovation and create value worldwide.	—
	Coresonate Coresonate is a group accountability platform for entrepreneurs. It transforms the solitary journey of entrepreneurship into a shared experience, offering tools for collaborative project planning, goal-setting, and progress tracking, all within a network of like-minded individuals. Engage in regular video chats for mutual motivation, access personalized feedback, and utilize machine learning for optimal group matching. Coresonate is where goals are set, met, and celebrated together.	90

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: One of the biggest categories on the site, covering everything from first-time startup founders to serial entrepreneurs scaling multiple businesses. You will find communities on Reddit, Discord, and Slack for idea validation, fundraising advice, hiring strategy, and the daily grind of building a startup or company. Good for finding peers at similar stages and getting honest feedback from people who have been through it.
: Hive Index lists 52 Entrepreneurship independent communities on Independent Platforms. Most listings with size data are large (19%) or medium (15%). The main Entrepreneurship topic page covers every platform we track for this topic.
: Forum is the most common (85%). Others that show up often include online/offline events and newsletter. Use the feature filters above the list to narrow results.
: 27 of 52 (52%) are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: On Hive Index, the default Popular sort surfaces FoundersList, Indie Hackers, Founders Cafe, and Founders Nation first. Popularity reflects visitor interest in communities on the site, not a universal quality score. Use the sort menu for Ratings, Largest, or Newest.
: Starter Story, Kernal, and JohnnyDoe.is have the highest review scores on this page. Switch the sort to Ratings to see the full order. Reviews come from Hive Index members and reflect their experience, not our editorial ranking.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for topic relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available. Member counts are approximate. Popular reflects visitor interest in communities on the site, with richer profiles breaking ties. Ratings, Largest, and Newest use review scores, reported member counts, and listing age instead.
: This page was last updated 1/2/2026, based on the most recent change to the topic or its listings. We refresh entries when communities are submitted, claimed, or reviewed, and we update member counts, features, and traffic data on an ongoing basis.