The Founding 100 Is Taking Shape

A directory is just a list — until the community starts building it. This week, the first Founding Members of TierLinQ are live, and the shape of something real is emerging.

From Jeffersonville, Indiana, to Columbus, Ohio, to Washington, DC, the first hundred spots are being claimed by founders who decided to be found: a technology firm building AI solutions for clients across four industries, an IT company keeping businesses and institutions secure and connected, specialists monitoring profit leaks for online sellers around the clock. Different industries, different cities — one shared decision to build in the open, together.

That is what the Founding 100 means. These are not just the first listings in a directory. They are the businesses every future member will be measured alongside, the first names customers will discover, and the founders who can say they were here when it started. Each carries a permanent Founding Member badge and a place on the Founding Members wall — recognition that doesn't expire when the hundredth spot is gone.

There is a practical side, too. Every week the directory grows, it becomes more useful to everyone in it: more industries to browse, more partners to find, more proof for a customer wondering whether businesses like ours are out there. They are. Increasingly, they're here.

If you run a business, the invitation is simple: claim your spot while the first hundred lasts. If you know a founder who belongs here, send them the link — some of our first members arrived exactly that way, because someone who believed in them spoke up.

See who's already building: Explore the directory

Claim your founding spot: List your business