Chris Kernaghan

Owner of We Are Founders, UX designer, husband, and dad. Got something you want to share with us? Reach out at hello@wearefounders.uk.

Belfast, United Kingdom

413 Articles

How Figma Make is Changing the Game for Designers and Developers

Figma's commitment to AI is clear in Figma Make

By Chris Kernaghan Nov 7, 2025 5 min read

Y Combinator

How to Get Into Y Combinator in 2026: Real Advice From Accepted Founders

YC isn't looking for perfect companies, but founders who build what people want

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By Chris Kernaghan Nov 7, 2025 6 min read

e-commerce

WhatNot: How a Livestream Shopping App Became the Billion-Dollar Empire Nobody Saw Coming

WhatNot turned livestream collectible shopping into a $3.7 billion empire

By Chris Kernaghan Nov 5, 2025 8 min read

Failures

The Biggest Startup Failures of 2025: Fake AI, Failed EVs, and Vanished Billions

Builder.ai burned $445M pretending AI was humans. Lilium's flying taxis never took off. We break down 2025's biggest startup collapses and extract lessons for founders

By Chris Kernaghan Nov 5, 2025 9 min read

How Replit Built a $1B Developer Ecosystem Without Venture Debt

Replit built sustainable revenue and community instead of chasing debt.

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By Chris Kernaghan Nov 5, 2025 6 min read

Entrepreneurship

The Great Wall of Tech: 5 Chinese Startups You Need to Watch in 2026

Forget TikTok. That is old news. The real innovation in China isn't happening in social media anymore. It is happening in labs that

By Chris Kernaghan Nov 3, 2025 3 min read

Marketing

What Most Startups Misunderstand About SEO

Startups often fail by underestimating SEO costs, expertise, and ranking factors

By Chris Kernaghan Oct 27, 2025 2 min read

Customer Research

Why Founders Should Treat Customer Support Like Marketing

Stop treating support like a chore - it’s your hidden growth engine

By Chris Kernaghan Oct 22, 2025 8 min read

Customer Research

Community Over Marketing: The $0 CAC Strategy for Developer Products

Developers trust other developers, not ads or cold emails

By Chris Kernaghan Oct 6, 2025 11 min read

Agency

How Marcel Built a 7-Figure Business in a Category That Didn't Exist

Marcel built a seven-figure business in a category nobody understood

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By Chris Kernaghan Oct 1, 2025 5 min read

SEO

Getting Google to Notice Your Lovable App: The No-BS SEO Guide

Lovable builds fast apps, but Google struggles to find them

By Chris Kernaghan Oct 1, 2025 4 min read

Lovable Just Made Building Apps Ridiculously Easy with Cloud & AI Features

Lovable Cloud and AI eliminate backend headaches for non-technical founders

By Chris Kernaghan Sep 29, 2025 2 min read