#81 Bevel sells to P&G, Free wireframe tool and more
Been doing up house work all week so a really short one.
Still managed to sneak in some CSS and get my Navbar to have a dropdown ;)
Prototyping
Flowchart Maker and Online Diagram Software
Found this tool great for putting boxes and shapes together.
They haven’t made it look pretty but the functionality is really good
Insights
10 things I learned from Jason Fried about Building Products
Great insights from co-founder of 37 signals.
I like his contrarian style and many makers do too
Check it out here
Makers
Maker Mag – The culture of indie making
An amalgamation of content creators and writers designed for makers, digital nomads and crossovers like friendship, imposter syndrome, etc. It’s new, and will start off featuring people from communities such as Product Hunt/Indie Hackers.
Looking forward to seeing people who don’t usually get spotlight.
Culture Chat
Bevel acquired by P&G
Tristan Walker is spoken about as someone who spots undervalued opportunities early. He worked with FourSquare/Twitter before they were widely known and impressed Ben Horowitz where he worked as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence before launching Bevel.
Here’s a nice piece on Tristan written by a friend.
Tristan is a big success story and inspiration for the black community and selling to P & G is just part of his journey. His words here
Apparently, Bevel received the largest amount of VC money for a company started by a black founder too