What is Partner Up?
Partner Up - A platform to connect industry experts that have known pain points with founders, to build profitable businesses. Industry experts have pain points that amount to large total addressable markets if solved. Founders need guidance.
Problem
Industry experts face unresolved pain points with significant market potential but lack avenues to connect with founders. Founders need guidance to identify and solve these pain points but struggle to find the right industry experts efficiently.
Solution
A platform connecting industry experts and founders to build businesses. Users can collaborate on solving industry-specific challenges, e.g., experts share pain points, and founders propose solutions or partner to launch ventures.
Customers
Industry professionals (e.g., healthcare, tech) with deep domain expertise and early-stage founders/entrepreneurs seeking validated problems to build scalable solutions.
Unique Features
Focus on high-impact pain points with large TAMs, structured collaboration tools for co-building ventures, and vetting mechanisms to ensure expert credibility.
User Comments
Solves the 'idea-validation' gap for founders
Streamlines expert-founder partnerships
Useful for niche industries
Needs more industry diversity
Potential to reduce startup failure rates
Traction
Launched on ProductHunt (date unspecified), with 100+ upvotes and 20+ comments. Founder’s LinkedIn shows 500+ connections, suggesting early traction in networking.
Market Size
The global startup economy is valued at $3 trillion, with 150M+ early-stage entrepreneurs seeking problem-solution fit (Statista, 2023).
