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Hi Ladies, let's get to know each other :)

Hello Ladies,

I don't know how long the group has been around but I'm glad to be here :)

My name is Nadia and I run a no-code VA agency in Rwanda.

We're launching a digital menu generator using AI for restaurants.

What are you up to?

on May 24, 2020
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    Hello!

    I'm Rosie. I lead the community here at Indie Hackers.

    Mostly I love all things community building.

    I'm also an indie hacker myself, I founded Ministry of Testing. It is still going strong without my daily input.

    I live in Brighton (UK) with my husband and 5 (yes 5) kids.

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      Girl power! 🤩

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      Good god! 5 kids. I cannot tolerate my little brother for more than a few hours lol. You are a rockstar! 🤘

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      Wow, I did not realise you have 5 kids Rosie! And you run a business and manage Indie Hackers. What a rockstar 💪🏾

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      5 kids? how do you do it?? I caught your interview with Robin in the PS group, so inspiring and incredible. Thank you for your generosity and sharing valuable advice :)

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    Hi,

    This is a great idea and I look forward to sharing and learning with you all ❤️

    I'm a product manager with experience in management consulting. My first baby (first product lol) was everysize and I'm working on designing a landing page builder now - it's called everypage.

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      Wow Krupali, that's brave; launching a landing page builder in such a competitive space. How far from the launch are you?

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        Thanks (I'll take it as a complement lol)

        I believe there is a gap for a declarative landing page builder, particularly focussed on back-end developers. I've spoken to a few potential users and developed an MVP, planning to launch that in the next couple of weeks and then fully launch in the next month or so.

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    Hey my name is Stella from Zambia.

    I write code (beginner) but recently fell in love with UX design so I started a newsletter to encourage more critical thought into the products we design and build for African Users.

    https://tinyletter/umuntu

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      Hey Stella, Go Africa :)
      Would love to know more about why you got into code, I'm a big no-code fan myself and would not consider learning code.
      Which language are you learning?

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        yeah, thank you.

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    Hi there!

    Emelie here, originally from Stockholm but currently based in the south of France.
    I'm completely non-technical, but together with my slightly more technical boyfriend Edward Im running a stock video platform for drone footage (vreel.co).

    Im really passionate about entrepreneurship, marketing and sales :)

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      Salut Emelie, do you speak French?
      That's a really cool idea.
      what did you use to build the website?

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        Coucou! I do, but I don't write it very well haha.
        We hired a dev team in Ukraine to build the platform in Angular and Yii2 :)

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    Hello! My name is Agata and I am from Poland.
    I know how hard is now to sell. Meetings are cancelled, no possibility to fully show your concept. I have created a tool named PrezCall that may make your job much easier. It is already helping our clients making calls more visualised. Especially for non-tech-savvy users.
    How it works?

    1. You upload your presentation in our dashboard.
    2. While having a call with a prospect or customer, you may say that "It will be easier when I show you!" and give them a link and unique PIN by which they will be online.
    3. No login, no registration. Just the link and PIN.
    4. You are showing the presentation and the user sees exactly what you do. You control the presentation. He doesn't have any buttons so you are always on the same page.
    5. You can integrate it with your CRM system and track all opening, sharings etc.
      Give it a try, we offer 7 days of free trial.

    Look at: https://prezcall.com/
    I am superexcited as it's my first startup project and I would appreciate any comments and tips where to get customers :) Have a great day!

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    Hello! My name is Tulika. I am a co-founder at Tassu Passu: make login to the internet easier for babies and their grannies xD
    I help manage the operations side and it's been quite fun so far. It's lovely to meet you all and see the awesome projects that you guys are creating :)

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      What does Tassu Passu mean?

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        Great question! So our Idea was conceived during a hackathon in Finland (Junction 2019).
        We knew that we wanted a friendly logo to represent us. And we really liked the logo that we are using which represents a "paw". Paw in Finnish = "Tassu". "Passu" is a play on the word password and felt like it matched well to "Tassu" :)
        We later found out that Passu used to be slang for password :)
        So Tassu Passu = "Paw Password" :)

        Out of curiosity, do those words mean anything in your language/culture?

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    Hi girl!
    I'm Ester, founder of Ghostwriter AI.
    Do you know when you are looking for your best audience, and you have no clue how they are, what they like, and how to engage with them?
    Do you know when you are launching, and you are in charge of so many things, including social media management and word of mouth spread?
    That's me, and why I've created Ghostwriter AI (https://ghostwriter.ai).
    💪
    I'm in Italy, still in lockdown with my husband and my six years old son.

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      Hi Ester, good to see you here :)
      We're in the SaaS marketer group on facebook, I'd really like to try ghostwriter, trying your product is on my list.

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        Thanks a lot, Nadia.
        I'm happy to drive you whenever you want. Collecting feedback is my mission :-).

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    Hi guys, Coral here.

    I am an Internal Tools PM looking to move into Consumer products. In my free time, I work on web development, designs, workflows for HelpBerkeley.org (English/Spanish), a nonprofit we recently launched in Berkeley, California, that aims at providing free home delivery of affordable meals for seniors at risk of COVID-19. I'm also developing a new website for my dad's business neymobal.com (Spanish only). Prior to my current job, I founded a company to provide predictive analytics for research centers (website no longer active).

    I'm wondering if anyone reading this is a Consumer PM with no engineering background - I would love to have a quick chat to learn more from different career approaches.

    Also, as a PM, what have you found useful in this community to help you grow or contribute to other members' projects?

    Thanks!

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    Lovely to meet you Nadia! :)

    My name is Zviko. I’m from Zimbabwe, but I live in Australia!

    My passion is personal branding. I have a business called ambitious tribe where I build powerful personal brands for thought leaders.

    I also have a personal branding course, customised for thought leaders.

    Here’s my website >> ambitioustribe.com

    Looking forward to connecting with everyone!

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      Hey Zviko,
      wow Australia :)
      This group is really amazing, so many different profiles and backgrounds.
      I'd love to hear more about your personal branding course, we're building a service for thought leaders.
      Have a great weekend, must be late in Australia :)

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        Awesome Nadia! We should catch up and exchange ideas!

        Feel free to book a time that suits you here >> https://calendly.com/ambitioustribe/discovery-call-with-zviko

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    Hello ladies!

    I'm a self-taught developer from Pakistan. One of my side projects is a website that I'm hoping will turn into a Pinterest of Code - thiscodeworks.com

    Today I launched a Chrome extension that helps you save code snippets instantly. It's been an exciting day and I'm super encouraged to keep working on this.

    When I'm not on my computer, I'm usually reading or binge watching something on Netflix 😁

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      thiscodeworks.com is cool! Are you promoting it anywhere yet? If you have a tweet or LinkedIn post you'd like us to share, post it here. I'd be happy to share!

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      Hi Magical,
      I hope the Eid festivities went well. What's your real name? And what do you binge on :D
      Pinterest of code sounds pretty cool, not sure I know what that means though.

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    Ah hello! I am so excited this group finally exists! Following everyone here immediately :)

    I'm Allison. I'm the solo-entrepreneur/developer behind https://fantasycongress.com.

    Blogging about my solo-preneur journey at https://allisonseboldt.com!

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      Hi Allison,

      Just checked your site and I love how clean and minimalistic it is.

      I noticed that you don't have any links to your product, Fantasy Congress, so I thought I'd let you know. I'm sure other people, like me, would have wanted to check it out after reading one of your blogs but weren't able to because there weren't links to it (at least that I saw) anywhere.

      Maybe consider putting some in your main menu and footer?

      Keep up the good work and have a great day.

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        Thank you so much for the feedback! There's a link on the about page, but that's just about it. A link for each of the blog posts definitely makes sense! Appreciate you taking the time to check out my blog :)

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          You're welcome, Allison. Happy to help :)

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    Love this, hi Nadia! Your agency sounds really cool.

    I'm Monica, originally from the United States but living in Berlin, Germany.

    I build a couple things, namely Affilimate (an affiliate analytics tool for bloggers) and Blogging for Devs (a newsletter that teaches blogging and SEO to developers). I also run a travel blog but sadly that has gone basically into hibernation in the age of COVID.

    Background-wise, I'm a software developer :) So I probably write more code than I ought to ahaha.

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      Hi Monica,
      wow, sounds like you're a busy bee :)
      when do you get time to sleep?!
      I'm loving this group already.
      So many different profiles from different places :)

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    Didn’t know this group existed until today but am excited to be a part of it!

    I’m Amy! I’m a bootstrapped technical founder who enjoys learning through application. These days I’m working on profitkit.io with my co-founder to help Saas founders break down their cash flows, understand their revenue numbers, and automate subscription billing outreach. I also write Stripe tutorials on codenebula.io and do a bit of Stripe consulting on the side.

    I recently moved back home to Los Angeles from Chicago (where I attended school + worked for a few years). 6 years of winters made me realize how much I miss the sun. 😆 Outside of work, I enjoy drawing and hiking various national parks.

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      I know right?!
      Such a great idea to have a place for the ladies.
      I always find it hard with the avatars to know who's behind a project.
      It's really nice to put a name to all of your amazing products.
      We should keep the group alive and invite more ladies :)

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        Same! I think putting yourself out there and humanizing your business goes a long way (which is why I need to get on an About page for my saas asap!). And definitely, I think this group is a great way to get more female founders talking about their businesses and sharing their experiences so far.

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      Can relate so much, I grew up in LA and Tucson, and the German winters we endure over here are just brutal. I totally understand why people retire in Florida now ahaha.

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        Very cool, and right?! 😆 I wanted to believe I could handle the winters, but time proved me wrong. Also just checked out your Twitter, and it’s awesome to see how you’ve grown Blogging for Devs! Just subscribed to the email course (I need to stop neglecting my blog!)

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    Hi everyone. My name is Maia. I am a Marketer, Educator, Agency Founder and Single Mama here in Colorado, USA. My passion is marketing - especially inbound marketing and content strategies for SaaS companies and software. Right now, I am serving as Marketing Director for a HubSpot partner agency called ClearPivot, as well as directing projects and building websites under my own company, Market Your Purpose and teaching at the University of Colorado.

    I am a writer at heart, a creative marketer who always has ideas, and a work-at-home mom who looks forward to cuddles from my baby daughter more than anything else!

    I am looking to make connections with smart, professional women, and to learn more about the process of making the products and building the businesses I help to market!

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      Wow, I'd say you're the powerhouse :-)

      Denver! I consider Denver my adopted hometown. I graduated from Metro and most of my family is there now.

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    Hello! I am Heli. I have just launched a beta version of Art Swap. It is a tool for artists to reach more people. I am a programmer and an artist as well.
    I was working as a full time developer but when I realized that I love art, I decided to become a full time artist and Art Swap is my side project.
    I am from Surat, India.

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    Hi! I'm Kirsten. I'm currently launching Xapnik, a community app that lets you invite people to a private group where everyone can easily keep track of and boost each other on multiple social media networks.

    I've been a tech founder and product person since 2000. I was on the VIP team at Automattic for two years. Between occasional startup jobs, I freelance as a digital product development and management consultant. I've built 20+ web and mobile products in the last four years.

    I also volunteer as a WordPress developer for progressive candidates and campaigns in the U.S. I was the lead WP dev for the March For Our Lives site relaunch right before the big march in Washington, and am lead WP dev for Resistance School, a video training platform for progressive organizers.

    I live at the New Jersey shore with my two tweenage kids, husband and dog.

    And in my minuscule spare time, I'm slowly but surely creating a superhero comicbook series called "Daisy Thrash."

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      You sound like a powerhouse! I really hope you post here about Daisy Thrash when it's time to share!

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        Heh! Thanks! Absolutely will. It's second in line behind Xapnik at the moment, but hopefully life will get back into something more balanced soon :)

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      Wow Kirsten,
      I had to read everything twice, you've done it all.
      It's amazing to see what all of you ladies have done or are doing.

      Pardon my ignorance but what is a progressive candidate?

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        Ha, thanks :) I should have specified that I volunteer for progressive political candidates and non-profit organizations.

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    Hello 👋
    My name is Büşra, I come from Berlin and I live in Zurich since 2016. I was employed for 8+ years now in Product Management. End of last year I decided to quit my job to follow some dreams and ideas of mine.

    Now I'm "self-employed" since March 2020 (yes, since the pandemic got announced, great start 😅💪🏼) and am trying to find my way now. Or as I call it: I'm trying to find my water 🙂

    I'm pretty new into NoCode and Indie Hackers and I hope to learn a lot from the community and to be able to follow my dreams 😍

    I'm sharing a 10 square meter home office with my fiancé, his office and photography equipment, and books while he's working from home, and am spending my "free" time planting stuff on my balcony - I love our strawberries!

    Looking forward to learn from all of you on my way to find my water 🙂

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      The pandemic is a real kickstarter right?!
      Do you have any idea of what you want to do?
      What else do you love besides strawberries :)

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        Well, I have some problems around prioritization of ideas in the day to day Product Management work that I want to try to solve. Plus I'm missing digital solutions for my productivity habits around task management which I want to build (at least for myself so that I can plan my work properly haha). And I'd like to do something "beautiful". I don't know what yet. But you know I'm fed up with the cold and distanced world of business, where everything needs to look "professional" and "clean". I miss the joy of colors and different shapes. I want to surround myself with pretty things. I just don't know what 🙂

        At the same time I'm actually already coaching companies / founders on Product Management. Therefore I don't have the full week for exploring and finding my water but I feel like I'm getting closer.

        Other than that there's not much left that I love. I stopped having hobbies after moving to Switzerland 😕When I was living in Berlin, I used to dance salsa a lot, and went bouldering with my buddies, and did a lot of sports. Now I'm only working and eating strawberries 😆

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          I recommend looking up a woman called Lacy Phillips and her podcast, called Expanded. She has helped me to clarify and energize my goals.

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    Hi Ladies! So nice to stumble up on this thread. I don't visit IH much, but I think that will be changing that in the future. :)

    A bit about me - my name is Jenny. I'm a graphic designer turned solo iOS developer based in Los Angeles. I've been making apps for 10 years (http://treebetty.com) and just recently sold a series of productivity apps I'd created that were geared towards self-growth (http://www.growthbundle.com).

    The sale just recently closed, so now I'm finding myself at a cross-road - what should I do next?

    Every day the answer seems to change, but one thing I know for sure - I'll be building something new.

    So great to come here and be inspired and motivated by all the work you're doing. :)

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      Oh wow, can't believe I missed this.
      That's so cool, I'm sure you'll figure it out.
      About being an iOS developer, don't you think he App Store is going to be obsolete in the future?
      With PWA?
      I'm a big no-code fan and I see PWA being the default option.

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        I don't know about the App Store being obsolete, but I do think that PWA is definitely a much better option right now. I've been completely immersed in the iOS world for the last 10 years so it's interesting to come up for air right now and see what's happening. I just started dabbling with a no-code tool and was amazed!

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          Oh nice, which no-code tool is that? You should join the IH no-code group too.

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            It was bubble.io. Any others you might recommend? I will check out the IH no-code group!

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              Sorry forgot to answer you, Appgyver is great.
              You should definitely give it a try 🙂

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      Congrats on the acquisition! Woot!

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    Hello there! My name is Shruti and I am from India. Currently building an audio noise removal software using AI.

    I like to work on multiple ideas at the same time. Earlier I was building a transcription software for non-English languages. That project is on hold for now.

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      Hi Shruti,
      I love all AI driven projects, so it's like otter or temi but for Hindi or Polish?
      Is the noise removal software like krisp?
      Would love to follow your progress,
      is there a website or beta I can join?

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        Wow you know about 'hindi'. Yes, it's for hindi currently, but needs more work to get to better accuracy. Otter or practically any transcription software.

        Umm so one of the features is similar to krisp. I am targetting audio editing, in general.

        I don't document progress right now. I need to still obtain a good accuracy on noise removal tech. So I am holding off a bit till I get the tech right. Don't have a website yet :-|

        I am a bit amazed that you would want to follow my progress. Thanks for that! I think I need to do something to document my progress or build a basic site.

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          Haha,
          You said you were India so I assumed you were probably doing something in Hindi :)
          You product sounds really cool, so are you like a ML specialist? What do you do when you're not working on the software?
          As for the website I think it can wait, if you need one I'm happy to set you up (free of charge)
          in the meantime just use a google docs to write down your ideas and progress. We love reading about milestones.
          It will help you build relationships before the actual launch :)
          I look forward to learning more about it either way so keep me in the loop

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            I have worked mostly on ML related things - as a course developer or ML engineer. Worry about all the stuff that I could have built!

            Google docs seem like a good idea - sticking to that for now then.

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          Hey Shruti,
          How is everything coming along?

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            Hi Nadia, all good. DMing you!