ADHD Founders

What are front end developers supposed to do with this new design for iOS in iPhone Duo?! Jesse, Marie, and Sharon are back for episode 88 of ADHD Founders to discuss lessons learned from app store rejections, the excitement around new product launches, and designing for asymmetrical home screens. You'll find yourself laughing throughout the episode, and hopefully inspired to create something new - maybe even for the iPhone Duo! Stick around at the end for their plugs n' picks (we've got some sneaky bonus picks this episode).---Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Have you forgotten why you started creating to begin with? In this episode, Sharon, Marie, and Jesse discuss the shower for the internet, getting rejected by Apple (and why it might not be the worst thing), and then Jesse went and made another app. You read that right, ANOTHER app. Ultimately, this episode is about doing what you love and remembering to get back to your roots.Also, here's a (non-affiliate) link to Sharon's cool pick for the week: https://amzn.to/4r2cWqn ---Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

AI agents are reshaping who gets to build software, inspiring bespoke apps, simpler alternatives to costly SaaS, and new possibilities for community-driven tools. Jesse rethinks email for ADHD-friendly inbox management and returns his newsletter to Substack, while Sharon explores automation content and AI-powered PR workflows. They also discuss creator monetization, newsletter discovery, project tracking, and intriguing product picks.

You know how you could spot an AI image because it just couldn't get hands right? Is vibe coding doing the same thing for design? In this episode of ADHD Founders, Jesse and Marie dive deep into what they're building (it happens every time Sharon is out), how they use Claude Code or Cowork, the different between those two, and much more. You won't want to miss their picks toward the end of the episode!Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This episode covers Sharon's obsession with Claude and how it's changing the way Shelpful operates. She's gone from manually creating content to spinning up Instagram carousels in seconds using Fable and her own past videos. They dive deep into Model Context Protocols (MCPs), how they work, and why they matter for the future of AI integration, then Marie reveals a "stupid idea" she's been sitting on for years: a website called that involves taking a shower!Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode, Sharon and Jesse discuss the realities of being parents with ADHD raising kids with ADHD. They explore navigating their children's complex relationships with AI (from building apps to rejecting it entirely) as well as how Sharon leverages AI as the foundation for her company, Shelpful. They give company updates, discuss bespoke tools they use and the temptation to put everything on the app store, then give some amazing picks at the end of the episode. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Is a startup just a small business with ambition, or is there a real structural difference? The main conversation this week is about what actually separates a startup from a small business — and after working through Paul Graham, WeWork, creator economics, and the indie vs. VC divide, the answer turns out to be less about structure and more about who you are. Jesse, Marie, and Sharon have all been somewhere different on that spectrum, which makes it a better conversation than a pure definitional debate would be. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalifeco• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The ADHD brain doesn't tolerate annoying repetitive work. It either avoids it until everything breaks or engineers the problem out of existence. This week Marie, Jesse, and Sharon are firmly in the second camp: Marie turned her most dreaded support task into a script that genuinely gives her dopamine, Jesse built a custom climate control app in an afternoon because the existing ones were ugly, and the whole thing spirals into a real debate about whether AI just made the SaaS moat a very small puddle. Jesse uses his thermostat app three times mid-episode. It works perfectly.--Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalife.co• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Smart reminders and real-world triggers like NFC tags to make notifications actually useful. Launch strategies, product testing, and the North Star that guides decisions. Quick side projects and learning SwiftUI with AI-assisted coding. How AI speeds prototyping, lowers the cost of throwing away code, and shifts developer and designer workflows.

After a month off the mic, Jesse, Marie, and Sharon are back!. The episode starts with a long-overdue conference debrief and a pitch competition outcome nobody saw coming, then slides into a genuinely good argument about why the most powerful thing a product can do is refuse to do more. They talk founder identity crises, the weird psychology of products that just stay in their lane, and why sometimes the best business move is to stop adding features. Stick around for picks that include a Canadian candy bar and a timer shaped like a hex bolt. --Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adhd_foundersFollow us on social media:• This podcast: @adhd_founders• Jesse – @adhdjesse• Marie – @llamalife.co• Sharon – @shelpfulCheck out Wavepal: wavepal.appCheck out Flux: fluxapp.blueCheck out Llama Life: llamalife.coCheck out Shelpful: shelpful.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★