Eduard Akimbaev

Everyone perceives entrepreneurship completely differently, and the weight of certain challenges varies from case to case. You always see things differently depending on the stage of life and business you're in, because your position is different each time.

• When I was a teenager my biggest problem was "What will people think of me when I will start doing this?"

• In my early twenties my biggest problem was "What if I can't figure out accounting, taxes, legal stuff?"

• Now I have a different problem how do I scale something?

Hey everyone! I want to share the story behind why I created Bendida TimeBox and what its purpose actually is.

My life has seen its share of ups and downs, from personal tragedies to unemployment. Every single time, I found myself mentally broken, and I realized I needed a tool that would keep me from falling apart when the next storm hit.

I tried using various existing tools, but none of them really worked for me.

So, I decided to build my own. Initially, I created three sections in the app: "Past, Present, Future." This allowed me to map out my life in a way that made sense to me and kept me moving forward. And it actually started to help! Later on, I noticed that during tough times, it's incredibly hard to think clearly about strategy and next steps. To fix this, I integrated an AI assistant into the app to help map out strategic steps for the future.

This could be related to your industry, or even a side project you're working on.

Here are my 5 (I couldn't function without them):

1. Grammarly proofreading my texts, not just posts, but also client communication

2. ChatGPT / Claude mostly brainstorming, help with copy, and summarising

3. Figma I can put the basic graphics together quickly.

4. Translator sounds incredibly old-school, but English is not my mother tongue

5. Gmail and not only for communication, but also for storing ideas and sending myself email reminders for posts