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Marie Ng is the founder of Llama Life), a to-do-list app that helps you focus. As someone who struggles with focus myself, Marie’s app looked to be the perfect thing. Having taught herself how to code 2 years ago, after a career in branding, Marie did what everyone does when they learn to code, build a to do list app. But with her branding background and new quirky angle on a productivity app, she’s made it work. From a solo indie project to now raising a $690k pre-seed round, Marie is making her entrepreneurial dream happen.
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What we discussed in this episode:
- How Marie got into branding
- What is branding?
- Why indie hackers should consider their “brand”
- How to create a brand
- Building a product to help with ADHD
- Building to solve your own problem
- How to work with ADHD
- Llama Life’s brand impact
- Why Marie raised funding
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- Book: Honest Guide to Indie Making) by Kyleigh Smith
- Podcast: The Best One Yet)
- Indie Hacker: Carl Poppa)
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