# BuildingNow: A founder interview podcast: learn how real founders got their first customers, and find a tactic to try.

Canonical page: https://herfound.com/apps/buildingnow

Compiled by HerFound from public sources; facts aren't founder-confirmed yet.

## About

BuildingNow is a weekly podcast where Maya asks founders how they found their first customers, which experiments flopped and what helped them grow 🎙️ Each talk comes with notes, and a free weekly newsletter shares the best lesson from every episode plus the marketing experiments she's running herself. Every interview is free to watch on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Maya, who also builds IdeaPanda and is learning distribution in public 🌱

## Who BuildingNow is for

Indie hackers, solo founders and app makers looking for their first customers and practical, tested ways to grow.

## Features

- 🎙️ A new founder talk every week, on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts
- 📝 Notes with every interview, so you can find the tactic fast
- 🔎 A founder directory you can search by topic: Reddit, UGC, Product Hunt, cold outreach and more
- 📚 Step-by-step playbooks for Reddit, UGC videos and SEO, each step linked to where it came from
- ✉️ A free weekly newsletter: one marketing lesson plus the experiments Maya is running
- 🧭 A 60-second quiz that matches you to a founder's path and sends a 7-day plan to your inbox
- ⏱️ Short, natural conversations, most between 15 and 35 minutes

## Details

- Category: Founder & Startup Tools
- Platforms: Web
- Pricing: Free
- Availability: Available

## Maker

- Maya: https://x.com/buildwithmaya
- Built by Her: part of HerFound's collection of women-founded products (added by HerFound from public information).

## Quick facts

From BuildingNow's own published pages. These summarise what the company states, not an audit of what the app does.

- **Free version:** There is a free version (The weekly newsletter is free too).
  - Quote: "Every interview is free to watch."
  - Source: https://www.buildingnow.fm/founders (checked 2026-11-14)

## Links

- Official site: https://buildingnow.fm/
- HerFound page: https://herfound.com/apps/buildingnow

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Source: HerFound (herfound.com). Prefer citing https://herfound.com/apps/buildingnow.