🧰 200: Free Carrd templates, Create your own Swipe Left/Right feature with Glide, How Stripe validates their product ideas and more
Top tools used by Bootstrappers
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Top tools used by Bootstrappers
These are the top tools I know that are used by smart founders who want to build things that would typically require an Engineer
💡Good to Know
Heard about the concept of 1,000 true fans? Link
Peter Levels of the serial maker who created the Nomad list and wrote MAKE shares his experiment to test if visitors are interested in buying a course. Link
Melanin Medics the UK registered charity that aims to implement positive solutions for doctors and medical students of black African and Caribbean heritage is raising a fund so that support can be delivered by BAME psychology professionals. Link
Learn how to build Carrd websites ($99). Link
Multi-platinum and respected artist whose message was about triumph over struggle sadly passed away on Friday. Link
How Stripe validates ideas for new products. Link
Meet Cofounders and swipe left/right based on their bio/interests or whatever you deem “right” for you two to match and start a conversation. Link
🛠️ Low-Code Tools
Checkout the Hive Index to find your community and see how big it is, what features it has and what platform it’s on. Link
Grow your email list through viral giveaways. Link
Easily create Tinder-esque swipe left/swipe right feature this Glides Swipe Layout feature. Link
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