BuildersBoard

I launched BuildersBoard in mid-December – a curated job board for generalists, ex-founders, and 0→1 builders.

The timing wasn’t ideal (holidays = dead period, lost momentum), but it was still enough to get some early signal on what actually works vs. what I only thought would work. Sharing in case it helps someone else.

What worked (actual traffic drivers)

Indie Hackers post

Posting here worked great. A few likes and comments kept the post visible on the main page for a couple of days, which drove first steady traffic.

Making it public on Lovable

I built BuildersBoard in Lovable and later tweaked it in Cursor. When Lovable launched public profiles and project sharing, I jumped on it immediately. That alone brought ~500 visits in a single weekend, which felt huge for such an early-stage project.

Direct outreach & founder conversations

I’m in a few Slack groups. Between that and LinkedIn’s and X's algorithm slowly learning what I care about, I started seeing interesting early-stage / founder-type roles and relatd content.

I reached out directly to a few people behind those roles, which sparked real conversations – and I noticed an uptick in direct traffic afterward.

What didn’t work (yet)

X / Twitter distribution

Traffic from X was low. Not shocking — my follower base is small (feel free to help fix that 😅 https://x.com/teddyberzatto)

Even with more posts and better tagging like #buildinpublic, it didn’t really move the needle. Clear lesson: distribution > posting more.

JobBoardSearch portal

This is a database of niche job boards, so I expected at least some traffic. On the free tier, though:

• approval took ~1 month

• it drove basically no traffic

I might test the paid version later, but for now it wasn’t worth the effort.

Retention

The flow was basically: land → browse → leave → forget.

Adding more roles alone didn’t fix that. There was no reason for people to come back

That’s why I’m launching a newsletter – partly to stay in touch, but also to share signals around high-agency work and how roles are changing, something I’m already spending time reading and thinking about.

If you’re looking for founder-type roles, 0→1 opportunities, or you’re curious how builder-style work is evolving.

👉 subscribe to the Builders Report newsletter https://buildersboard.work/builders-report

That’s where the best roles will show up first.

Next focus:

• Make the newsletter the way BuildersBoard delivers value

• Spend more time in Slack groups & Reddit, less on broad platforms

• Work on GEO – I’m already seeing some traffic from Perplexity, so I’m trying to learn how to increase visibility for LLMs (even though I’m definitely not a marketer)

Still early. Still learning. Still building. 🏗️

I’m an ex-founder. Built something real, raised a bit, shipped a ton, got users — not a failure, not a rocket ship. Just the statistically normal startup outcome.

When I went back to the job market, recruiters had no idea what to do with a founder-type profile.

Everything was either too senior, too junior, too narrow, or too specialized.

Most job boards aren’t made for people who’ve done a bit of everything and actually like the ambiguity of 0→1.

So during my own search, I started collecting roles that were a good fit for:

• ex-founders

• early operators

• 0→1 builders

• multi-skilled generalists

At first it was just for myself.

Then it became obvious others struggled with the same problem.

So I built:

👉 BuildersBoard — a curated job board for generalists, ex-founders, and 0→1 builders

https://buildersboard.work/

It’s early, but I’m updating it regularly with roles that value ownership and breadth, not perfect corporate titles.

If you’re a builder-type person exploring new roles (or a startup hiring one), I’d love any feedback.

And if you're in that founder → job transition — you’re not alone.