Completing your profile

Your profile is the first thing anyone checks before following you, replying to your posts, or considering a partnership with your startup — and it's also what Sniko (your built-in guide) reads to give you accurate, personalized answers instead of generic ones. A complete profile is also the single gate that unlocks applying as a Founder, so it's worth doing properly rather than skipping through it.

What counts as "complete"

Snikus checks for four specific things:

• A real profile photo — not the default placeholder avatar. A recognizable photo of you goes a long way toward the "real person, real startup" trust signal the whole platform is built around.
• A short bio — a sentence or two about who you are and what you're working on. This is what shows under your name on your profile and in search results.
• Your skills — a handful of tags describing what you actually do (e.g. "Backend", "Design", "Growth"). These feed into how other founders and potential co-founders find you.
• At least one social or website link — LinkedIn, GitHub, X/Twitter, or a personal site.

The first three — photo, bio, skills — are strictly required before "Apply for Founder" unlocks. The social link is optional but strongly recommended: it's also what shows up as verification badges on any Feedback Story you publish (see Trust & Safety), so filling it in early pays off later.

Where to edit it

Open Account Settings from your profile menu, then the Profile tab. Every field above lives there, along with a few optional extras (location, a longer "about" section, interests). Changes save immediately — there's no separate "publish" step.

Why it matters beyond just unlocking Founder status

A complete profile also affects:

• Search & discovery — incomplete profiles rank lower in founder/teammate search.
• Trust signals — your social links show as verification icons anywhere your name appears alongside user-generated content, like a Feedback Story.
• Sniko's answers — Sniko reads your real profile state, so an incomplete profile means it'll keep nudging you to finish it rather than assuming you're done.

Frequently asked

Do I need a startup to complete my profile?

No — profile completion (photo, bio, skills, link) is entirely separate from creating a startup. You complete your profile first; creating a startup is a separate step covered in "Creating your startup."

Can other users see my email or date of birth?

No. Your email and date of birth are never shown publicly — only what you explicitly add to your public profile fields is visible to others.