Bearly Fit - Building On LinkedIn

Bearly Fit - Building On LinkedIn

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It’s time for the next instalment of “me explaining my poor life choices to the internet”… I mean Bearly Fit...

Last time, I shared My Story, this time I'm going to explore why I decided to build in Public and my experience Building in public on LinkedIn.

How did we get here?

First a quick recap in to why I started building Bearly Fit publicly in the first place.

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Me in 2015

Until I was 22, I was in reasonable health.

I looked after myself and exercised regularly, but then I started a business and lost control.

After COVID struck and working 70+ hours a week at a high stakes job my physical and mental health were left in tatters.

At the end of 2021 - I was almost on the verge of another breakdown (Yes I said another)

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I tried to take back control. (2022)

I tried to take back control, but was still very broken and needed to take more time to focus on my mental health before I could really focus on my physical health.

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Oana F. May

Product Strategist ex Meta, ex Avon, 3x founder • Advisor, Speaker, Mentor • Building MOATCRAFT to Help You Upgrade from Builder to Strategist, Without the Pain of Traditional Learning 🤯 (& get the matching 💰💷)

2mo

Building in public is like open-sourcing your journey—it's not just about the code; it's about creating a space for feedback and community that can drive real innovation. How do you think sharing your process influences the quality of what you build? 🤔

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Afshan M.

Hands-on Technical Leader with Passion & Empathy 🔹 Full-Stack Software Engineer & Builder with Opinions 🔹 Building In Public with Vision & Plan

4mo

👍 agreed. I have come to the same conclusion. That is why I am building My Briefcase 💼 in public too. Idea is not new, but what I am learning is how to effectively execute it.

Eliot Lee

Senior Technical Project Manager | Agile Scrum Kanban Waterfall | Web E-commerce Legal Tech SaaS Development | Process improvements, Budget Management, Risk Management, and Stakeholder Management | PMP & CSM Candidate

4mo

Thanks for sharing.

Helen Abell

Software Engineer & Architect ✪ C#, .NET, SQL, Azure, React, Python ✪ Public Sector, Fintech & Energy Trading ✪ Startups & SMEs ✪ Remote Specialist

4mo

I agree. Good apps are a lot harder to build than people think! Especially non tech people. Even if someone steals your idea that doesn’t mean there’s no market for your implementation of it. Sometimes the reverse.

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