FounderMode - Coffee & Build

​FounderMode | Coffee & Build ☕

​A casual, friendly session for builders, indie hackers, and founders who are actively creating products and sharing the journey.

​This is not a pitch event. It’s a space to talk openly about what we’re building, the challenges we’re facing, and what we’re learning along the way. Think of it as friends having coffee while building in public.

​In this session, three founders will share what they’re working on:

​John Martin - DialectForge

​John is a carpenter-turned-security-founder building DialectForge, a protocol designed to make network traffic indistinguishable from random noise, with applications in VPNs, encrypted storage, and network security. He’s currently launching products across multiple platforms while building the company from the ground up.

​Ricky Miskin - IdeaVerify

​Ricky is a software engineer and indie builder who recently launched IdeaVerify, a tool to validate startup ideas with real signals before investing months building them. He shares his journey building in public and exploring the path toward full-time entrepreneurship.

​Francesco Di Donato - Velocaption

​Francesco is a full-stack engineer and solo founder who has launched multiple micro-SaaS products. Velocaption automatically removes silence from clips, generates AI captions, and makes it easy to split, merge, and export videos quickly, helping creators produce content faster without complex editing workflows.

​Format

​5 minutes - welcome

​15 minutes per founder * 3 = 45 min

​10 minutes - Open discussion and networking at the end

​Total = 1 hour

​If you’re building, learning, or exploring new ideas, you’re welcome to join and be part of the conversation.