Purpose-built by thoughtbot

Actionable advice to build products that people love

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What it does

Building great products is hard. Purpose-built is a new tool from thoughtbot to bring expert advice to founders (and founders-to-be), no matter their level of technical expertise. It features interviews and case studies with amazing entrepreneurs and insights from great business minds. But we're just getting started, let us know what you need!

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