Validation is becoming the new bottleneck.

With AI, you can build an MVP in a weekend.

But answering these questions is still hard:

• Will anyone actually use it?

• Am I solving a real problem?

• Where do I find people who'll give honest feedback instead of "Looks great!"?

That's the problem I've been thinking about lately.

I'm building EarlyCrew around one idea: make it easier for founders to connect with people who genuinely enjoy testing new products and sharing useful feedback.

Not another launch platform.

Not another directory.

A place focused on early validation before you spend weeks polishing something nobody wants.

I'm still figuring out what works, so I'd love to hear from other founders.

• How do you currently recruit beta users?

• What's the hardest part of getting quality feedback?

• Have you found anything that consistently works?

Looking forward to learning from everyone's experience.