Building a UGC Marketplace: Alex's Journey with Media Maxing

In this conversation, I sit down with Alex, co-founder of Media Maxxing, to talk about what building a startup actually looks like before the wins show up.We cover:failing a first startup and what went wrongwhy distribution matters more than most tech founders thinkhow Alex went from building side projects to working with real userswhat it’s like joining a startup early and growing into a co-founder rolethe realities of building in the creator and UGC spaceIt’s an honest conversation about learning by doing, making mistakes, and building through uncertainty.This is Part 1 of the conversation.More founder conversations coming soon.