Founder Mode

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The founder network
where updates become momentum.

Post the real work, learn from builders who understand the constraints, and carry the useful signal into action.

Also available for macOS and iPhone.

  1. Pieter Levels
    Pieter Levels@levelsio·
    on Photo AI
  2. Marc Lou
    Marc Lou@marclou·
    on ShipFast
  3. Maya Chen
    Maya Chen@mayabuilds·
    on Arc
  4. Priya Shah
    Priya Shah@priyaships·
    on Ledgerly
  5. Luis Ortega
    Luis Ortega@luislaunches·
    on Relay
  6. Rowan Ellis
    Rowan Ellis@rowanmakes·
    on Harbor
  7. Kim Park
    Kim Park@kimcodes·
    on Campfire

Your turn

Turn the work into momentum.

Share progress, ask sharper questions, and keep the useful feedback connected to your startup.

Illustrative reconstruction from public updates by Pieter Levels and Marc Lou; other founders are fictional. No endorsement or product use implied.

Rutty

Rutty

@rutty

534 30 6 6
Senne

Senne

@senne

46 3 1 9
Drift

Drift

@drift

1 1
Julius

Julius

@julius

1
AP

App Store Review

@appstore_review

1 1
DV

[email protected]

@dvm42m8r9d_priva

1 1
Bratatat

Bratatat

@bratatat

1
Founder Mode

Founder Mode

@foundermode

1
RU

Ruben

@ruben

Stymer

Stymer

@stymer

1
ST

StoreKit Sandbox

@storekit_4dfda5fa

ZE

Zeepje

@zeepje

blockcoin🇦🇺

blockcoin🇦🇺

@blockcoin

snipett

snipett

@snipett

derp

derp

@derp

Rutty

Rutty

@rutty

534 30 6 6
Senne

Senne

@senne

46 3 1 9
Drift

Drift

@drift

1 1
Julius

Julius

@julius

1
AP

App Store Review

@appstore_review

1 1
DV

[email protected]

@dvm42m8r9d_priva

1 1
Bratatat

Bratatat

@bratatat

1
Founder Mode

Founder Mode

@foundermode

1
RU

Ruben

@ruben

Stymer

Stymer

@stymer

1
ST

StoreKit Sandbox

@storekit_4dfda5fa

ZE

Zeepje

@zeepje

blockcoin🇦🇺

blockcoin🇦🇺

@blockcoin

snipett

snipett

@snipett

derp

derp

@derp

From idea to outcome.

Here's how Founder Mode helps you every step of the way.
01Ideas

Start with an idea. Or someone else's.

Share your idea and founders tell you what's off before you spend a month building the wrong thing.

  • “I don't have an idea yet.”

    Browse the ones founders opened up for anyone to build, and see how previous attempts went before you take one on.

  • “Is this any good, or is it just me?”

    Ratings and written reviews from founders who have no reason to be polite about it.

  • “I'm not ready to show anyone.”

    Stealth keeps it hidden until you decide otherwise. You can still work on it in the meantime.

You claim it

Claiming an idea makes it yours, and starts a 90-day clock to get an MVP shipped. Miss it and the idea goes back to the pool for someone else.

02In Development

Build with a network behind you.

One workspace holds everything you're building: roadmap, tasks, documents, repos. Around it are founders solving the same problems you are, a few weeks ahead.

  • “I'm stuck on something I can't solve.”

    Post an ask. Founders who have hit the same wall answer, instead of you losing another day to it alone.

  • “Someone said something worth acting on.”

    Send it straight into your roadmap as a real task with the source attached, instead of a screenshot you lose or a bookmark you forget.

  • “I've got more than one thing going.”

    Every startup you're building sits in the same workspace, each with its own roadmap and its own clock.

You ship it

The clock stops. What you built is live, and the question changes from whether you can build it to whether anyone will use it.

03Launched

It's live. Now grow it.

Launching takes a day. Finding users, making revenue, and working out what actually moves the number takes everything after it, with the same workspace and the same people around you.

  • “Where do my first users come from?”

    The founders who watched you build it are the first to try it, and the first to tell you what's wrong with it.

  • “Is the number actually moving?”

    Post revenue and user milestones and each one charts against your last, so growth reads as a line instead of a few good days.

  • “I need help getting traction.”

    Pricing, channels, retention: ask the founders who've already grown something like it, and you skip the year of guessing.

You decide what's next

Sold, handed on, or set aside for something better. Every startup reaches this point; the good ones reach it on purpose.

04Sunset

Sell it, pass it on, or move on.

Stopping one startup isn't the same as failing at it. Everything you built stays on your profile as part of what you've actually shipped, and the founders who watched you do it are still there for the next one.

  • “I'm looking to exit.”

    Put the word out to the network. Your revenue, your milestones, and the whole build behind them are already on the record, which is most of what a buyer asks to see anyway.

  • “I'd rather be building something else.”

    Release it and the idea returns to the pool with your lessons attached. Your slot frees up for the thing you actually want to work on.

  • “What do I have to show for it?”

    Every startup and outcome stays on your profile: a record of what you've shipped, and a reason for the right people to come find you.

Ready to turn your idea into something real?

Start with honest feedback, build with the network behind you, and ship with momentum.

Where are you right now?

Building a startup is the same run of questions for everyone. Find the one you're stuck on and see what Founder Mode does about it.

I want to build something. I just don't know what.

Everyone says find a problem you care about. Nobody says where to look.

Founders post the ideas they'll never get to. Browse them, see who tried before you and how it ended, and claim one to make it your project.

The loop

Turn founder advice into shipped progress.

Ask what is blocking you. Send the answer straight to your roadmap, ship it, and share the result.

  1. 01

    Ask

    MmiraASK

    Month-3 retention falls off a cliff. Has anyone actually fixed this?

  2. 02

    Learn

    Ttarek· 8 mo ahead

    We built for session one, not session ten. Rebuild week 3 around one habit.

  3. 03

    Plan

    Rebuild week-3 onboarding around a single habit

    from Tarek’s reply

  4. 04

    Ship

    Milestone

    Month-3 retention

    41% → 58%

What worked returns to the feed, ready to help the next founder.

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What founders are shipping right now

Progress without the polish. Useful asks, hard-earned lessons, launches, pivots, and the work between them.
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Senne
Senne@senne·
on Founder Mode

Started using inngest.com - It’s an open-source project for managing events as durable functions. This helps ensure that events can be safely retried, that we don’t waste money on excess API calls/LLM invocations, and have excellent observability. Loving it so far!

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Senne
Senne@senne·
building What2Do.lol

Realized that all apps I’m working on (Founder Mode, What2Do, and Vagabonder) will all depend heavily on data from the web that is diverse, fresh, and readily available.

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