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Doing another micro-series on my blog this week....

This week's topic? Building WITH the Public

Each day this week, I'll be sharing a new case study on why and how I'm inviting in student voices to the process of building my learning app, MuseKat.

As I've spent the past five months on the first cycle-turn of a new learning app business at the advent of the AI Age, what I'm learning is -- it’s not enough to build in public. We need to build WITH the public.

Over the past three months, I've intentionally been activating student voices from elementary schools to grad schools. Each experience has taught me a lot about the value of getting out there to engage with more inclusive audiences from day one. 

Here's the intro post to the series:

Doing another micro-series on my blog this week....

This week's topic? Building WITH the Public

Each day this week, I'll be sharing a new case study on why and how I'm inviting in student voices to the process of building my learning app, MuseKat.

As I've spent the past five months on the first cycle-turn of a new learning app business at the advent of the AI Age, what I'm learning is -- it’s not enough to build in public. We need to build WITH the public.

Over the past three months, I've intentionally been activating student voices from elementary schools to grad schools. Each experience has taught me a lot about the value of getting out there to engage with more inclusive audiences from day one. 

Here's the intro post to the series:

https://hardmodefirst.xyz/[series]-building-with-the-public-intro-post

Building MuseKat to help parents & kids make sense of the world through real-time audio stories. Teaching people how to build through Build First Academy.

This is how strong brands start. By being useful before being polished. 

Letting real people shape the product gives it a soul from day one.