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Host of Founder Notes @foundernotesHQ 🎙️ Conversations with founders about what they're building and the problems they're facing.

Joined September 2022
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building something? stop building in isolation. 👀 let's connect, share ideas, and meet founders on the same journey. no speakers. no formalities. just founders connecting. 📅 saturday, october 31 | 8:30 pm WAT 📍 live on X Spaces pull up. tell us what you're building. 🤝
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spoke to two african founders this week, and i love what they're building. we'll be sharing their stories on Founder Notes this saturday. you'll love this one 👀 Don't forget to set your reminder 🔔
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if you're building in africa, nigeria especially, what sector do you think needs more attention from founders? where do you think we have the biggest problems that builders should be trying to solve?
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Steve jobs: Man why did I leave this in the hands of Tim 🤦
We brought Touch to the Mac! From the all-new iPad mini to the 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac... and now MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch, creators have new tools to do their best work yet.
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last week, i spoke with Joseph Mwangi, @code_mwangi co-founder of AutoPay, on Founder Notes. after taking a closer look at the platform, here's what i learned about the startup and what it's building. 👇
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AutoPayKe is still developing its position in the payments space, and it'll be interesting to see how it grows, earns users' trust and turns early traction into a sustainable business. explore the platform: autopayke.com/
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@Autopayke shout out to you guys you're building and amazing stuff 💯🔥🎉✌️
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If someone uses AI to build an entire product, but another person writes every line of code themselves, should the second person automatically be considered the better developer? What should we actually use to judge their skills?
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Let’s connect 🤝 Founders, builders, indie hackers, designers, developers, and creators. What are you working on right now? Drop what you do and what you’re building. Let’s connect and support each other. 🚀
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Man 😎 cooked with this post
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GETTING INTO TECH IS NOT A GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME. GETTING INTO TECH IS NOT A GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME. LEARNING TO CODE OR USE AI WON'T MAKE YOU RICH OVERNIGHT. STOP EXPECTING INSTANT MONEY JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE LEARNED A NEW TECH SKILL.
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Demi Abatan retweeted
We need more programmes like this, but we also need to make the existing ones easier to find. A lot of African founders aren’t short of ideas or the willingness to build. They just don’t know where to find the right opportunities. That’s part of why I’m building Yapplicator, to help founders discover grants, accelerators, funding programmes, and investors they can actually reach. Creating opportunities matters. Making them accessible matters just as much.
Nigeria desperately needs more founder development programmes like Superteam Nigeria. Just like Andela, but with communities built around discovering, training, and creating opportunities for early-stage African builders. This will be far more impactful in the long term.
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YOU CANNOT VIBE CODE A FINTECH APP. YOU CANNOT VIBE CODE A FINTECH APP. YOU CANNOT VIBE CODE A FINTECH APP. Not when people's money is at stake and you don't understand what's happening behind the code.
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Open source allows people to use, modify, and contribute to software. But if people can access your product's source code for free, how do you build a sustainable business around it? What makes someone pay for something they could potentially host or manage themselves?
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