Hello everyone,

This is the start of a written series about building a startup from scratch—bootstrapping, figuring things out on the go, and everything I’ve learned over the past year. I’m still actively building, still learning every day, and I hope that wherever you are on your own journey, you’ll find something here that helps or inspires you.

I’m writing this to document the process—raw and unfiltered—and to show you that it is possible. Not easy, but possible.

Some Context: Before I dive into what I’m building, I think it’s important to give you a bit of background about who I am and how I ended up here.

I’m 26 years old.

I dropped out of university and don’t have the option to go back into academia.

Due to personal reasons, I can’t get a “normal” job.

I don’t come from money, nor did I attend a prestigious school.

I was born in a third-world country.

In short: I have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

For some people, it feels like life is on easy mode. That’s not the case for me. I’m not saying this to complain—I just want to be honest. Life hasn’t been easy, and I’m not going to pretend otherwise or play a role that isn’t me.

I didn’t wake up one day and decide to be a founder.

But when I was a teenager, I used to believe—really believe—that one day I’d build my own company. I didn’t know what kind or how it would happen, but the dream was there. It felt like the one thing that could give my life meaning, purpose… maybe even freedom.

Back then, I spent hours watching entrepreneurs on YouTube. Reading self-help books. Imagining a different life—one where I could create something real, something mine.

But reality didn’t make space for dreams like that.

I had school. And to be honest, school was hell for me. I was bullied a lot. I was quiet, different, always the outsider. I carried a lot of pain, and most days I was just trying to make it through. I was depressed, though I didn’t know how to name it at the time. I just knew I didn’t feel okay.

And outside of school, life wasn’t any easier. I was living in a country I was trying to escape from. There was no clear path forward. No mentor, no support system, no obvious opportunity. The idea of building a company felt like a distant fantasy—something reserved for people who already had the world on their side.

But that dream never fully went away. It stayed with me, even when everything else felt impossible.