BIP Combinator - Build in Public Group Chat Cohorts

Howdy everybody,

Today I'm launching a non-product, non-business, but personally very important project called BIPCombinator.com (or "Build in Public Combinator"). Here's why you may want to check it out 👇

I wonder if you've faced a similar frustration in your maker journey:
"I just don't have the network. I get no initial visibility. Maybe I need cofounders. Maybe I need to buy ads or something.... I'm lost."

For me, this is a common issue.
I have PLENTY of motivation to build, and I try to do "Build in Public" in the right way (not spam the X communities with generic business quotes, but actually share what I'm working on) but I definitely have work to do here.

Recently I was listening to a Podcast that talked about an early-days group-chat between Nikita Bier, Sam Parr, Shaan Puri, Greg Isenberg, Austin Rief, Sahil Bloom and Nick Huber (and I imagine others). This was years ago, in their early Twitter (pre-X) days, when these guys were all trying to build a following and acted as eachother's "Reply Guys" and boosters for their posts.

In no way am I saying these dudes were nothing without a group-chat (they're all impressive in their own rights) but it was compelling to hear that they needed a group-chat to help lift one another.

So that got me thinking:
I've always followed YC and even been a part of their co-founder matching platform. I love the concept of YC and follow their cohorts, but it never felt like the right move for me. But as I embark on this Build In Public journey, what if there was 'combinator' for indie builders like me?

No equity, no VC, no fees
Just connect potentially synergistic people
Through some kind of community feature (Group Chat)
With some structure for regular check-ins and a 'launch day'
And I'll probably get a pack of startup tool discounts to go with it (soon).

And that's https://www.bipcombinator.com/

I'm doing this one as a passion project and it's not my main thing. In fact, my next 'main thing' will be launched within a BC cohort too, I think.

Taking initial cohort / founding cohort applications this month.

If you're interested, I'd love to have you onboard.