Unnamed company
Post the app screens you design publicly to start a following
Got very good feedback; started his 'theindianappguy' brand
Workedfounder-brand
What they did
Saw someone get hundreds to 1,000 likes for sharing sign-in/sign-up screens, created a GitHub account under 'theindianappguy' and posted his own sign-up/sign-in screen; from then on built things in order to share them.
What happened
Very good feedback; he kept building to share. No follower numbers given.
- Stage
- pre-launch
“I created a GitHub account, "theindianappguy" as user name. And then I posted sign-up, sign-in screen of mine. It got very good feedback. And from then on onwards, I was literally building to share.”
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