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Kiwi founder in Ottawa 🇳🇿🇨🇦 Built NZ's largest freelancer marketplace. Now building with AI, and running a lot.

Ottawa 🇨🇦
Joined April 2012
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
narrative violation: preferences will swing back from DIY vibe-coded software to super secure industry-leading SaaS solutions. while it's super easy to build anything, endlessly protecting and securing it is super hard...and teams want to sleep at night.
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I’m sorry but to a real business $600/year is nothing and not worth vibe coding an alternative.
I just canceled a $600/year SaaS subscription for an Opus-coded, in-house alternative. My external spend is now exclusively down to infrastructure: servers, email & payments. I think niche B2B SaaS is in real trouble.
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
This is such a rotten way to run a company.
BREAKING: WEBFLOW LAYOFFS THE WAY THEY HANDLED IT IS INSANE One employee tagged the CEO on LinkedIn 3 hours ago: "I'm locked out of my Webflow laptop since 7am this morning. Rumor has it we've been laid off, but I don't have an email or any message to confirm anything. My manager, do you have any news? Do I have a job?" CEO Linda Tong then posted a polished blog titled "Evolving Webflow for the agentic web." So yes, Mark W., looks like you and a whole lot more have been laid off. Via blog.
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
Most people quit because they don't realize that 2-3 months of feeling like you have no idea what you're doing is a feature not a bug.
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
CANADA ARE #4NATIONS FACE-OFF CHAMPIONS! 🇨🇦
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
🧵 Want to build a local directory website with NO coding? We'll show you exactly how @FinlaysonConnor built a local running directory in just 48 hours using these no-code tools! Essential tools you'll need: @Webflow @Airtable @WhalesyncData @Relume_io @Finsweet
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Miss our workshop on building a marketplace MVP? This was a packed workshop where @FinlaysonConnor walked us through some of the common no & low code tools used to build marketplaces, customizations, & more. The recording is now live! everythingmarketplaces.com/c…
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Are you looking to learn how to build an MVP? We're having a community workshop on building a marketplace MVP, which will be led by @FinlaysonConnor on 11/6 at 10am PT. See details & RSVP in the community to join.
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
I just spoke with an early stage marketplace founder doing $1M+ in GMV. Their marketplace is basically landing pages using @webflow, @airtable to manage & match both sides, & they're using @stripe payment links for transactions. The barriers to start a marketplace are being reduced.
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
People who ask lots of questions before buying your product almost never actually convert into paying customers The people who would have converted already converted and are your customers right now!
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
we've literally been flying blind until now $ interpreter --vision > Recreate this component in Tailwind CSS (this is realtime)
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Design tools of the future will have less buttons
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A reminder that if you know no/low code. You know no limits. At @townhousesnz we are very quickly realising we have probably built the next great platform for property here in NZ. All it took was 100’s of hours of YouTube, @FinlaysonConnor MVMP program and grit!
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
1a/ Application Components Build powerful web apps faster than ever in Webflow with our new application components. → Fully responsive → Designed for maximum flexibility → Seamlessly integrate with Wized & Devlink View components: library.relume.io/new-compon…
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
The race to 1K is on between @CoreyGMoen and @FinlaysonConnor 😂 There's something really nice about knowing that people's contributions have a life beyond any one #webflow Minneapolis event. Thanks to all our speakers for lending their expertise🕺
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
How to add a CMS item to your webflow site directly from the browser using the atmos extension. Featuring @raymmar @NocodeVideo and a recent video from @FinlaysonConnor
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
Episode with @FinlaysonConnor out tomorrow! If you are a Webflower building products or startups, this episode is particularly for you 🙌 Some serious lessons learnt here burnout, where to focus energy and following your instinct.
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
Just got off the blower with @FinlaysonConnor Plenty of mic drop moments in this one🎤 We talked about: - Disassociating your self worth from your job - Helping others grow and develop - How to focus - Niching as a freelancer + mucho más.
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Connor Finlayson retweeted
Hiring a freelance part-time Customer Support Engineer. I think this would be perfect for an indie hacker who wants some stable income (~$2k/mo) whilst they work on their projects!
Experience with @airtable and APIs? We're hiring a (part-time) Customer Support Engineer! indeed.com/job/customer-supp…
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