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Here’s a question I keep getting asked quite frequently: (h/t Paul)

“Who are some interesting people to follow in the #buildinpublic community? I really want to improve my feed. I’ve had a Twitter account for a long time, but have only really got started.”

So I looked at my Twitter lists and bookmarks to uncover 10 names of founders — apart from me — who are living breathing examples of the building in public philosophy whose work has impacted me so much that I recommend you’d study them carefully.

Here we go:

#1. Pieter Levels

https://twitter.com/levelsio

  • Founder of Nomad List, Remote OK, Rebase and many other projects for remote workers and nomads.

  • One of my favorite recent examples of his ‘build in public’ moves is when he openly tweeted that he’d pay his friend Marc $10k if he didn’t ship a project he’s been procrastinating.

  • And then on Feb 11, 2023, he shipped his latest project PhotoAI.io.

  • Before this, he also built avatarai.me, a commercial photorealistic AI avatar product, within a week - all in public!

#2. Arvid Kahl

https://twitter.com/arvidkahl

  • Co-founded, bootstrapped, and sold FeedbackPanda.com for life-changing $ in 2019, now sharing his journey & empowering founders.

  • His second book ‘The Embedded Entrepreneur’ was built in public from the beginning, with constant feedback from future readers.

  • This is one of my favorite videos on this topic by Arvid.

  • Bonus: Listen to my interview with Arvid on the Build In Public Podcast!

#3. Marie Martens

https://twitter.com/MarieMartens

  • Co-founder of Tally.so, the simplest way to create online forms for free.

  • Bootstrapped her startup all the way in public to $10K MRR in 19 months

  • Her “build in public” blogposts and tweets are inspiring.

#4. Tony Dinh

https://twitter.com/tdinh_me

  • Indie Hacker who has built various internet products including Xnapper.com and BlackMagic.so in public

  • Believes in sharing ideas, screenshots/videos of in-progress work; the best way to build both an audience and product at the same time!

#5. Kevon Cheung

https://twitter.com/MeetKevon

  • Founder who teaches how to effectively build in public; a product builder, instructor, and writer, running the course and cohort "Build in Public Mastery" which was built in public

  • His actionable newsletter Public Lab goes into detail about how to win raving friends and fans in less than 5 mins per week

#6. Michelle Marcelline

https://twitter.com/michwirantono

  • Co-Founder of Typedream, a YC backed startup is becoming the go-to website builder for founders, digital creators, and web3 frens.

  • Is a firm believer that the most important factor for building in public is consistency, and that engaging via social media should be a daily activity.

  • I love her tweets about the various scrappy experiments they ran

#7. Marie Ng

https://twitter.com/threehourcoffee

  • Founder of Llama Life, a task manager helping you finish work on time. Built various tools in public.

  • Building in public is how Llama life caught the attention of Jason Calacanis, who later went on to invest in the startup

#8. Dickie Bush

https://twitter.com/dickiebush

  • Co-creator of one of the fastest growing cohort-based writing communities, Ship 30 for 30. Built his entire Twitter growth journey and now the content/community business in public

  • His threads on digital writing are so value dense and compelling

#9. Sharath Kuruganty

https://twitter.com/5harath

  • Head of Community at Threado. Ran community programs previously at Product Hunt and On Deck. Co-founder of Shoutout.

  • Shoutout’s two year journey, from incorporation to improving the product to figuring out pricing to finally being sold - was done in public in view of a supportive public audience.

#10. Katt Risen

https://twitter.com/kattrisen

  • Creator of various no-code tools such as nocode-guru.co and indiekids.io/v2.

  • She has been building No-code Exits in public and totally crushing it.

  • I love how boldly discusses her project’s roadmap, invites customers and fans to chime in and handles feedback like a champion.

Note: This is just a brief list, there are many more incredible founders and creators building in public.


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Celeste Tsang
Writes Letters for Creatives
Feb 19Liked by KP

Does it say something that I know 3 of them? Love Twitter for all the entrepreneurial inspiration!

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Louis Shulman
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Feb 15Liked by KP

Great list, going to follow these !

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