We are launching our company, Dryftwell, this month in Austin, TX! Our product provides personalized recommendations (like cocktail bars, hiking trails, history museums, etc ) from a local for your upcoming trip. We are a mobile-first company and our app is very photo-centric. Each recommendation has 5+ photos on the…

There are so many ways to build a company website. It can be fairly overwhelming. Do you build from scratch (e.g. using React)? Or do you use a full landing page builder? As an engineer, we are inclined to build everything from scratch to have full control over the UI…

Hi my name is Kelsey and I’m the co-founder of Dryftwell — a mobile-first company with a vision to make it effortless and fun for people to explore the world in a way that excites them. We’ve set out to build a one-of-a-kind iOS app that will give travelers curated recommendations from locals (and eventually algorithms) that are unique to them and their travel style. My co-founder and I are working on building the product now. It’s been challenging to find content geared towards technical founders who are navigating the journey of building a company. This medium series will be content from my learnings and decisions as we build our MVP and launch our beta in Austin, TX this summer.