
PPP expert in infrastructure development by day. Building https://teapawt.org/t.co/g7pVZOxc0h in my spare time. ☕️ #workshops
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PPP expert by day.
Building StickyNotes.club at night.
Looking to connect with facilitators, trainers, indie hackers, marketers and solo developers.
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I built Founder Battle because I know how frustrating it feels to put so much into a product and struggle to get anyone to notice it.
I wanted to give founders a fair chance to be seen, get useful feedback, and keep their products in front of people beyond launch day.
I’ve kept building toward that promise.
Free listing, free challenges. Community judging. Product discovery and feedback. A place where founders can find each other’s work and support the people behind it...
I call FounderBattle a Distribution Engine because every single action puts your product in front of other founders, whether you like it or not.
That's the whole point, keeping your product visible instead of letting it get buried among thousands of others on platforms like Launch/SaaS directories that no one would browse.
The first bottleneck was getting founders and builders to pay attention. Battles gave people a reason to explore products. Feedback and the community gave them ways to get involved.
I’m proud of what we’ve built so far. And I’m grateful to everyone who has given their time to it.
But there’s a part I still need to work on.
If you spend time on Founder Battle, I want that effort to help your business. I want you to have a better chance of finding someone who needs what you’ve built enough to pay for it.
Real buyers.
That’s the next problem I want to tackle.
After a lot of brainstorming, I keep coming back to Reddit. I want your products to reach people there who are looking for solutions to specific problems and help them discover products from our founders.
That’s where the new Bundles section comes in.
A bundle brings 2–3 complementary products together around one useful task, with clear steps explaining what each product contributes.
For example, a freelancer starting a client project might need to prepare a proposal, collect client information, and send an invoice. A bundle could show them which tools cover those steps and how to use them together.
That gives someone a practical reason to explore the products. They can see how the tools could fit into something they actually need to do.
Every product owner will need to confirm participation before their bundle is published.
Owners could also agree on optional discounts for people buying a bundle, making the combined products more affordable. That’s something we’re still exploring, with pricing and purchase terms to be agreed.
Once approved, I’ll publish full bundle descriptions and product reviews on the Founder Battle subreddit, using my long-standing Reddit account to help get those discussions started.
The aim is to give participating products more visibility among people who could actually use them.
Bundles is currently in private, admin-only testing. It isn’t publicly available yet.
I still have to test whether this approach leads to useful product visits, people trying the tools, and eventually paying customers.
That matters to me. Every listing represents someone who has put real work into building something.
I want their time on Founder Battle to lead somewhere.
Hoi @NS_online! Het informatiescherm in treinstel 8615 heeft er vandaag weinig zin in. 😅 In plaats van reisinformatie krijgen we een BIOS-scherm met een PXE-bootfout en ‘DISK BOOT FAILURE’. Ook staat alles op z’n kop. Misschien iets voor de technische dienst? 🚆🔧
Working on a Workshop Playbook for stickynotes.club
The best workshop is the one that ends on time with at least one decision.
November 2022: Evernote announces it’s joining Bending Spoons. The promise: faster improvements for Teams, Professional, Personal and Free users.
December 2023: Free users capped at 50 notes and one notebook.
Bending Spoons is buying Miro now. Send this to your Miro admin.
I build one of the alternatives, so I’m biased. If you don’t need a full canvas right now: stickynotes.club
Bending Spoons is buying Miro. Its record so far:
Evernote: staff cut, prices up, free plan capped
WeTransfer: 75% staff cut, prices up
komoot: ~75% staff cut, prices up
Meetup: layoffs, prices up
Vimeo: large layoffs
Miro teams: send this to whoever pays the bill.
I build one of the alternatives, so I’m biased. If you don’t need a full canvas right now: stickynotes.club
WeTransfer was a Dutch tech success story: 80M monthly users.
Bending Spoons bought it in 2024 and announced a 75% staff cut about two months later. Now it is buying Miro.
Builders: which tool would you hate to see sold next?
I build independent tools from the Netherlands. One of them: stickynotes.club
I made a roadmap for stickynotes.club by sharing a board in read-only mode.
Visit stickynotes.club/roadmap to see how a board with notes works. Make sure to click the filters 🦾
Today is FounderMode day!!!
Reply with the anthem that gets you all fired up 🦾
Here is mine: youtu.be/CJqcbgLCJYQ
If you follow me you get a peek into my struggle to get users for stickynotes.club and a follow back 😃
Miro users do you remember WeTransfer? Two months after Bending Spoons acquired it, 75% of staff was cut. Around 260 of ~350 people. Source: Reuters, TechCrunch, Sept 2024.
Consider alternatives before it is to late
Love what you did with the layout @buildwtim
The OG image of StickyNotes.club might needs some attention, because it doesn't click right away 😅
Running a workshop online? Talk in Zoom, Teams or Meet. Work together on StickyNotes.club.
Share your browser tab, drop the invite link in the chat and everyone adds sticky notes live. No accounts, just a nickname.
Free to try 👇
stickynotes.club/?utm_source…
Miro users do you remember The Meetup acquisition that closed on a Wednesday. The layoffs were announced the following Monday. If your team depends on a tool, ask: who actually answers the support tickets after a deal like this?
Consider alternatives before it is to late!
Miro customers do you remember Meetup. Acquired in January 2024. Two weeks later, the vast majority of staff was let go and operations moved to Europe. Two weeks. Source: Meetup blog + former staff posts.
Consider an alternative for your boards.
StickyNotes.club has received its first review! Proud of this milestone 😊
After all the time spent building, it’s lovely to have this moment to share.
Read the review on Founder Battle:
founderbattle.com/reviews/st…
🙏🏼 @buildwtim






