I Failed 3 Startups and Burned $1M+. Now I’m Building in Public

Hey Product Hunt,

I’m Yevhenii, founder of Introspection Academy.

I’ve failed 3 startups, burned $1M+, Teams, relationships and myself along the way. And learned the expensive version of one simple lesson: building without market validation is not bravery — it is usually ego with a roadmap.

For the last 12 months, we’ve been building a product in EdTech to help K12 kids understand their strengths and make better career-path decisions before they waste years on the wrong track.

This will be the first post in a founder diary where I’ll share what we’re building, what we’re testing, what fails, and what we learn from schools, students, parents, and counselors.

My favorite mistake may already be here: we started building before validating deeply enough)

So now I’m doing it publicly.

I’d love to hear from other founders with kids 13+ - have you got any questions for them or ask for advice: what should they do after school?