I built a platform to help founders find co-founders and collaborators globally would love honest feedback

Moin Shaikh — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:07:22 +0000

One problem I kept noticing:
A lot of great startup ideas never go anywhere because people can’t find the right team.

A founder in India might need a marketer in the US.
A developer in Europe might want to join an early-stage startup in UAE.

But there’s no simple, trusted way to make those connections happen.

So I decided to build something myself.

Over the past few months, I’ve been working on IdeaLink — a platform where founders, developers, and service providers can connect globally.

Some things I focused on:

Verified users (government ID) to build trust between strangers
Real-time chat + peer-to-peer video calls (built with WebRTC, no third-party services)
Role-based onboarding so users get a tailored experience
A global feed to discover opportunities based on country, skills, and category

Biggest challenge by far:
Getting WebRTC working reliably. NAT traversal, ICE candidates, signaling — things broke a lot before they worked.

I learned more debugging real-time systems in this project than from any tutorial.

I’m still improving it, but I’d really appreciate honest feedback from people here:

Happy to answer any technical questions too.

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