What are solo founders actually building?
Find ideas, compare projects, meet their makers.
71 waves452 projects mapped
Deliver client work
Link to this groupCalculate charges and prepare client bills
Independent workers connect delivered effort to quotes, invoices and payment tracking.
Buy a defined production relationship
Services package ongoing execution around a clear delivery routine.
The agency after the sale
Winning a client creates a second workload: approvals, hours, invoices and proof of results.
Build the business site around its operations
A website engagement extends into the processes behind the page.
Find the process before installing the AI
Diagnosis and organizational adoption are part of the automation engagement.
Commission automation around the business’s existing work
Software is built for the customer’s processes and systems.
The whole landscape
Keep the September 2026 map nearby, or explore every project on the interactive board.
How we found these waves
- The starting point
- Founder networking threads, quote posts and related posts, followed by project websites. The September 18 research reviewed 854 records: 851 unique projects and three duplicates.
- What we could learn
- 485 projects had enough evidence for the offering, audience and approach; 177 had a meaningful description with gaps; 189 lacked enough information. 440 projects fit the 70 recurring ideas in this edition.
- What a wave means
- A shared task, audience need or approach, checked against each project’s sources. It describes a pattern in this catalogue, not measured market growth. Some projects fit several waves; others have a distinct idea or need more information.
- Follow the evidence
- Open a wave for its criteria and source excerpts, then a project for the original sources and its builders. Counts above reflect the current published catalogue; the downloadable map records the research edition.