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Building a website builder, but it's different I promise!

I know, I know, yet another website builder.

I am building www.nolio.so. It is the easiest way to create UX portfolios for early-stage designers.

My overarching strategy

  • I developed my own data on what UX designers want through interviews
  • Got a product in front of them as soon as possible with mockups
  • Currently getting their skin in the game by having 'em pay for pre-orders
  • I'd like to launch the product already knowing designers like it

What I am realizing

  • Early-stage designers pick portfolio builders largely based on advice from peers. Launching on Discord is one thing but I need to figure out how to get people talking about Nolio to their friends.
  • I love software dev. and find myself saying "yeah 1 user test is enough" so I can get back to coding when I should be scheduling a lot more user tests.

Where I am at

  • conducted 3 user tests with high fidelity mockups
  • conducted 1 user test with V1 software
  • Launched the landing page in a UX Design discord yesterday and got 2 signups within the first hour.
  • Trying to set up demo calls with signups
  • Reaching out to UX designers on LinkedIn to ramp up user testing
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