I’m not fluent in startup lingo.
I’m not technical.
But I’ve seen things before they happened more than once.
I sketched the idea behind Netflix when I was 12
I built a crowdfunding platform years before GoFundMe
I dreamed of Pinterest when it was still just Wishnets.com
I pitched a Nintendo/PlayStation theme park long before Universal Studios broke ground
Every time, someone else built it first because I didn’t have the tools or team.
I’m done with that.
I’ve got multiple projects in motion, each one more real than the last:
WYRLL
A fashion fit system that actually shows people what they really look like not just sizes, but body matches, reviews, and mirror layers.
PRYSM
A ritual-based digital discipline system. Less dopamine cop, more identity coach. No timers, no guilt or just a little guilt. just ritual and tone. Truly Apart from any competitor.
MetaModz
An alternate reality layer where physical spaces and digital ownership collide. Imagine if AR (Alternate reality) was used to reclaim culture, not sell you more of it
I don’t need a freelancer.
I need a co-dreamer who builds. Someone who:
Can wire up backends, APIs, scrapers, Supabase, Flutter, whatever else
Likes working in clean, micro-sprints
Can see long before others do, and wants to ship at least one thing that makes the world better
WYRLL UI is live (Demo), getting great feedback
Wireframes, brand tone, and story are fully developed
Making influence dependent on accuracy, not popularity, WYRLL turns truth into currency and lets the best matches—not the loudest voices—rise.
I'm building a studio model (AllSop Labs) to support this and other launches
I bring vision, UX direction, long-term execution mindset—and heart
You bring code and strategy. We move together.
I have also been in your shoes in a way i conceptualized things way b4 were proven. I have been trying to find the right partner / a partner for decades. I know there are some things needed. drive trust, spirit, time etc. I know with the right partner we could do something significantly meaningful. Lets talk.
Could you please provide some of your contact information so I can reach out to you and discuss your post? I'd prefer not to continue the conversation in the comments.
last name dot first name @ gmail
Hello Chris, sounds like you're building a lot of exciting things. Are you looking for someone to come in as an equity partner, or is it a paid role?
I need an equity partner, while I could max out credit lines using fiver and such all that does is leave me alone in the project. Where as an equity partner wants to see it succeed and scale. What's the role your looking for?
Thanks for getting back to me. I work as sort of a fractional CTO. I help (generally non-technical) founders turn their ideas into live products, and take on almost all technical responsibility building the product for them. I have been head of tech at numerous successful startups. I do charge a fee however so perhaps I am not what you are looking for. If you want to discuss further however, feel free to send me an email, it is linked in my profile.
I understand the fee thing, I can respect that as you have knowledge I'm looking for. Fiver or upwork may be more your speed. As new as I am to indie hacker its to my understanding its not like the latter, yet I see alot of gig workers here trying to get a sale. Im the creative type and as I stated see things decades before they are relevant. Providing the security of payment is rewarding and can get things done, but someone investing time with no clear security just potential is what creates great things. So to any gig worker ill offer a creative solution. Bill after completion and accept payment plans, accept a 10% stake in profits as a temporary situation until bill paid in full. This way if a product does succeed you stop billing and align with the product for scaling and negotiate for equity. This assures the founder your work and intentions align with quality and growth...otherwise, honestly, if I touch credit lines and pay for a service I expect perfection to specs in a timely manner. Trading time for money is slavery in modern terms. I would hold you to the same standard i hold myself to when im Trading my time for money. What cha think? Build now bill later with temp equity? Convert that to residual cash flow indefinitely? Or trade future security to cover bills now and be billed again the following month and try to find a rich dreamer? But id be dumb to not ask what your rate is? What's your offer?
My company has done this pay later arrangement with startups before to good success, so there may be potential for it to work in this capacity. As I said, please email me if you want to discuss that, I am not having that conversation in a comments thread.
Also, if you do wish to proceed elsewhere, please quit that slavery rhetoric. People looking to be paid for work is the complete opposite to slavery. You saying that to someone as an encouragement to work for free is extremely ironic and will not be taken well by anyone. Just say you are bootstrapping and can only offer equity due to that, there is no shame in that. I have bootstrapped many projects in the past and have been open about that to anyone else looking to get involved.
Furthermore, my most successful product was when I joined the startup as the founding head of tech, which was a paid role and I was extremely invested for years, bringing it from an idea to a platform with ten of thousands daily active users and hundreds of paying businesses. None of the equity based roles I have taken on in the past had any success. So saying no clear security is what creates great things, is just not true.
go ahead and email me. olien.chris @ gmail