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Guys, new here. So figured I give a quick intro.
A little about me. I have been in and out of entrepreneurship and various artistic projects for over 20 years now (yup, I'm THAT old).
I've always been drawn to creative work but choose my main career in science. So it has definitely shaped the way I create and approach projects and how I've ran my businesses.
I've always loved creating but younger me never had a real process for getting stuff done, so often things got left unfinished or approached in a messy way.
This is definitely something I have "borrowed" from my time as a scientist. Structure and processes that help me get through my creative process faster and more efficiently.
Anyway, that's the short version, would love to connect and learn more about everyone on here.
Feel free to share a comment and tell me about you and what you do. Would love to connect with you all
Welcome to Contra, Niclas! 🙌
Thanks Celia!
science background probably helps more than people think. welcome
Thanks Nazar
Welcome! Borrowing structure from your science background to tame a messy creative process is a great combo, most people go the opposite direction and just wing the business side. What's one habit from your scientist years that ended up helping your creative work the most?
Testing testing testing. Often I have an idea (like having an initial hypothesis), but when I test many different variations I often find things I like better than my original idea.
Welcome man, it's my first week on Contra too! Having an arts & photography background I'd say aesthetic sensitivity and composition are the things that I definitely noticed transferred over to design quite nicely. Good luck & let's keep in touch! 🚀
Cheers man, good to meet someone else who is new here! Best of luck to you as well
Welcome, Niclas! 20 years moving between entrepreneurship and creative work sounds like a pretty rich background to pull from. What's the main lane you're working in these days, or are you still juggling a few things at once?
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it's an iphone app i'm building solo. it has an ai mentor, lumi, who helps people aged 18 to 29 figure out what to do with their lives, one small mission a day
coming to the app store in november
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