Side School
Live
Platform teaching professionals to adopt AI. Bootstrapped to thousands of students in 2024.
Supercreative
Acquired
Product studio building business apps for 50k+ freelancers. Started in 2020, acquired in 2023.
Instaprice
Live
Pricing calculator for freelancers. Designed and built in 2022. Still running.
People to Notion
Acquired
Chrome extension to save LinkedIn profiles to Notion CRMs in a click. Designed in 2022.
Notion Pack
Acquired
All the freelancers docs you need, as Notion templates. Six figure sales and users.
Dispensir
Archived
Filmed Minecraft videos with a design twist when I was 14. This was my start.
San Francisco
Ben Issen
Currently:
Building AI product prototypes
Transitioning from founder to product designer
Moving to San Francisco
Previously: first intern at Webflow, built a product studio (7 products were acquired), launched Side School teaching AI tools.
French-American, I've been an "entrepreneurial designer" ever since I was 12: my father built companies and my mother designed. It runs in the family.
When I'm not on my computer, I read, meditate, hike and teach sailing. Currently enjoying reading physics books.
Once a month, I share my latest work and findings on a curated newsletter (example). Let's keep in touch:
Side School
Live
Platform teaching professionals to adopt AI. Bootstrapped to thousands of students in 2024.
Supercreative
Acquired
Product studio building business apps for 50k+ freelancers. Started in 2020, acquired in 2023.
Instaprice
Live
Pricing calculator for freelancers. Designed and built in 2022. Still running.
People to Notion
Acquired
Chrome extension to save LinkedIn profiles to Notion CRMs in a click. Designed in 2022.
Notion Pack
Acquired
All the freelancers docs you need, as Notion templates. Six figure sales and users.
Dispensir
Archived
Filmed Minecraft videos with a design twist when I was 14. This was my start.
San Francisco
Ben Issen
Currently:
Building AI product prototypes
Transitioning from founder to product designer
Moving to San Francisco
Previously: first intern at Webflow, built a product studio (7 products were acquired), launched Side School teaching AI tools.
French-American, I've been an "entrepreneurial designer" ever since I was 12: my father built companies and my mother designed. It runs in the family.
When I'm not on my computer, I read, meditate, hike and teach sailing. Currently enjoying reading physics books.
Once a month, I share my latest work and findings on a curated newsletter (example). Let's keep in touch: