Michael L

Hello all. I've been a UX/UI Designer for over 11 years and have worked on many projects with fortune 500 companies, start-ups, fintech, eCommerce, etc. I've also been through multiple acquisitions in my career. I've always designed the best user experience for many companies. Over the years I've had solid ideas for apps. I'd design them end to end and have them ready to go, but the biggest blocker I hit is finding a developer. Then, having to pay them a huge chunk out of pocket. A VC told me that once "never spend your own money on your idea, you want to spend someone else's money." I am not a developer. I am purely a designer and finding a developer that doesn't charge is a huge pain point in my process. I see all these kids out of high school and college getting funding for their ideas with some basic developed version of their idea and it blows my mind. I've reached out to VCs, sent in my proposals, and usually hear we'll pass or let's see a functioning version. Anyone has recommendations/advice on how to find a developer to build your app or product? How do I get past this blocker? Thanks!

With Elon Musk taking over Twitter and a mass exodus of employees leaving, I'm looking to start a competitor of Twitter. I honestly don't think Twitter will last and will leave a door open for competitors to come into the space. With that said I've designed an app that will be a direct competitor of Twitter. I have full MVP designs finished, but looking to grow a team. I want to focus the app on curving disinformation (I believe I have some of this solved through design) and keep all the best things about Twitter the same. Looking for engineers and developers. Would love to get this off the ground. Looking forward to chatting!

Hello everyone. I am building a travel app and I am looking to test my prototype and get feedback. Is anyone interested in participating in a prototype user test session? Feedback is much appreciated.