ASK85D AGO
Raising a £1.8M pre-seed for a compliance-automation startup. Looking for warm intros to Tier-1 UK angels who back regulated markets.
Amara Okafor
fundraisingfintech
Give-to-get layer for communities · Live web demo
In Earnest, you only get what you give.
Community chats are full of 👍🔥❤️ and no real replies. Earnest turns those reactions into intros, advice, and answers people can use.
The community's always open — contributing unlocks the layer worth having.
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Reactions don't count
33 reactions · 0 replies → 1 real intro
What is Earnest
Inspired by Glassdoor · Give-to-get
Earnest is a give-to-get layer for communities. Members give something useful — an intro, a sharp question, or evidence — and unlock what others gave.
Glassdoor unlocked salaries. Earnest unlocks what a community actually knows.
Members offer help, ask well, or add evidence. Earnest scores, routes, and publishes what's worth keeping.
See the mechanic
An interactive demo of what runs inside Slack, WhatsApp, and Discord.
Leave a real offer, question, or piece of evidence. Earnest scores it. Clear the bar and the hidden asks & offers open up.
Contribute
One warm nudge. Three ways in.
Your role
Connector
You unlock status by making high-quality intros between members.
Intros tracker
No intros yet
Make a contribution below → approve an intro → it shows up here.
Asks & offers
The base community · Open to all members
7 asks · 8 offers
OFFER85D AGO
Happy to review any B2B SaaS pricing page and send back a written teardown within 48h. Done 20+ for LocalGlobe portfolio.
Ivo Petrov
pricinggtm
ASK85D AGO
Hiring a founding engineer (Rust + distributed systems) for a Shoreditch-based dev-tools startup. 0.8–2.5% equity.
Nadia Rahman
hiringengineering
Unlocks with contribution
✦ 1 of 4 hidden — contribute below to reveal them✦ 3 of 6 hidden — contribute below to reveal them
Contribute to unlock
Unlocked by contribution — not payment
The community is open — the good stuff is earned. Bring something the room can actually use, and the hidden asks & offers open up.
✦ Try this now· 3 days ago
José posted a question about early design partners. Leave a comment of 8+ words — keep the room alive.
Base board is open · 7 asks · 8 offers
Give → Get → Publish
Give something useful. Unlock what others gave. The best answers become content.
Four simple ways to contribute — below. Each one unlocks something for you right away, and if it's good enough, becomes a credited microread in the community library. For community managers: engagement stops disappearing into scrollback and starts compounding into a publishing engine.
Way 1
Offer help
You give: A named intro, a resource, or 20 min of your time.
Unlocks
Full asks & offers board + a matched intro.
Way 2
Ask well
You give: A specific, well-framed question the room can answer.
Unlocks
Board access + your question routed to who can answer.
Way 3
Add evidence
You give: A stat, template, or source that backs a claim.
Unlocks
Score boost + higher chance of getting published.
Way 4
Answer prompt
You give: Lived experience on today's community prompt.
Unlocks
Credit as a co-author in a published microread.
Real data · community insight
Founder productivity reportedly dropped ~23% in the year after Series A across several UK startups. From your experience, what actually causes this — and what prevents it?
Same give-to-get engine as the board above — this time your answer joins a pool that Earnest turns into a credited microread.
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What unlocks what · no loose endsContribute → Unlock → Becomes
ContributeUnlockBecomes
- Offer helpUnlocksFull asks & offers boardBecomesAn intro delivered by Earnest
- Ask wellUnlocksBoard access + routed questionBecomesPooled for future microreads
- Add evidenceUnlocksScore boostBecomesStrengthens the credited pool
- Answer the promptUnlocksCo-author creditBecomesPublished microread in the library
Where Earnest lives
The demo runs here. The product runs where your community already talks.
Earnest is designed as a bot / layer inside Slack, WhatsApp and Discord. Only the web demo is live today — integrations reflect the roadmap.
Coming soon
Slack
Nudge low-effort replies into real contributions inside your channels.
On the roadmap
WhatsApp
Turn reflex emoji replies into specific asks in your founder group.
Exploring
Discord
Bring the give-to-get layer to servers where founders actually hang out.
Manifesto
Reactions are empty calories. Earnest rewards specific advice, real introductions, and shared intelligence — and publishes the best back to the community.
Read the full manifesto →For community managers
Community health intelligence
Givers vs takers
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Intros · 30d
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Q answered
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Microreads
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Avg quality score
0/100
Giver ratio
0%
Review queue
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Contribution activity · 14 days
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