The weekend of November 17th, 2018 marked the biggest independent startup event in history: over 160 makers challenged themselves to build a product in less than 24 hours—all while live streaming. The community voted to choose their favourite products. Now, a little over one month later, we look back at some winners of the challenge …
In three days, many makers will go back to their hometown to celebrate Christmas with their families. But for lots of digital nomads, home may be too far. “I’m a nomad with my partner James and we don’t do much planning! We will be spending Christmas in Cusco hiking Machu Picchu, and then heading to …
2018 has been a very prolific year for indie makers. Thousands of products launched, new events and challenges bringing the community togethers, new ways to communicate such as live streaming and Telegram groups. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. One big change in 2018 has been the proactive work initiated by indie …
Only one week until Christmas! Whether you are celebrating it or not, the holiday season is a great time to treat yourself. This is why many makers are offering deals on their products. Celebrate the holiday in style and get ready for the new year with these sweet offers. Do a holiday clean-up of your …
Marie is the founder of Women Make and the co-founder of Threader, a popular Twitter thread compiler she built with with her partner in business and in life, Vincent. She was born in France and spent most of her life and formative years there, at first following her parents’ advice as to what studies and …
As we are heads down building Shipstreams 2.0—a platform for programmers streaming—I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of streaming code and why we are building this platform. Here are some quick thoughts on why I’m bullish on streaming in 2019. How streaming changed everything for me First, let me provide some context. Over …
One of the most fundamental problems that makers face is the lack of money to get started on a project. Access to limited capital can prevent you from taking larger risks that could offer returns, and constrain your innovation during product development. While many products are easy to get started with and can be maintained …
AJ is an indie maker who grew up and is still based in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is the founder of Carrd, an extremely popular tool offering simple, responsive, one-page websites for pretty much anything, whether a personal profile, a landing page to capture emails, or something a bit more elaborate. “Carrd is definitely my …
Are you a future maker? Someone who wants to be a maker but don’t know how? Or are you already a maker wanting to come up with your next big thing? Do you believe in the audacity to hope? Barack Obama did. In fact, that was the name of a book he wrote before he …
As makers creating products and building businesses, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the thoughts racing through our minds. We could do with a more mindful approach to life. According to Mindful.org, “Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly …
