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About Neta Dror

I'm a founder. I start my own products and take them from idea to users: product, code, marketing and sales. Four are live; the latest is WhatAreYouBuilding.AI, a directory for indie builders.

years in tech
15+
years in tech
live apps
4
live apps
& co-founder of a startup in stealth
CTO
& co-founder of a startup in stealth
talks & podcasts
9
talks & podcasts
communities for women building with AI
2
communities for women building with AI
01 · Backwards

I started out as a fine art photographer, then spent a decade in tech going backwards through the usual order: marketing director, then product manager, then developer. Most people move toward management. I wanted to build the thing myself.

02 · Marketing

As marketing director, I ran campaigns with $300K+ in monthly ad spend and scaled one company from $100K to $500K in monthly revenue in 8 months, growing the team from 8 to 40 along the way. Somewhere in there I got deep into automation and user journeys, which turned out to be the bridge into product.

03 · Product

As product manager, I took products from concept to launch. One was a Facebook integration that Facebook picked as an official case study. Another was a voice AI product built on Alexa, working shoulder to shoulder with engineering, close enough that I wanted to be the one writing the code.

04 · Founder

I also co-founded an e-commerce company: raised $200K+ in crowdfunding, built a community of 110K followers in 3 months, and had it profitable within 8.

05 · Developer

Eventually the pattern was obvious, so I became a developer. Turns out taking an idea from nothing to a real, running thing is the part I love most. Four live apps so far, one in beta, and more coming.

06 · Now

Today I do all of it for my own apps: product, development, marketing and sales, the whole loop from idea to users.