BenLabs Builder Notes - Issue #1

Hey everyone,

I’m Ben, founder of BenLabs Studio.

This newsletter documents the journey of building products from scratch — the ideas, experiments, lessons, and mistakes along the way.

Inside BenLabs, I’m currently building:

• ChairLock — a deposit-based barber booking platform
• Boa Me — a local services marketplace
• ChaleTix — an event ticketing platform

Every week I’ll share what I’m learning while building these products.

ChairLock

Working on improving the barber booking flow and testing the deposit system.

Boa Me

Launching the Founding Freelancer Program to onboard the first early service providers.

ChaleTix

Exploring ticket discovery and mobile ticket wallet features.

One thing I’m learning quickly:

Startups rarely begin as perfect ideas.

Most products inside BenLabs started as small experiments.

You build → learn → refine.

Clarity comes after you start building.

This week I’m testing:

Freelancer referrals on Boa Me

Goal:
Get the first 50 founding freelancers on the platform.

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Thanks for reading BenLabs Builder Notes.

— Ben
Founder, BenLabs Studio