The story
I’m 13. I build apps.
I want a bike. So I’m selling space on it.
I’m a 13-year-old builder. For the last couple of years I’ve been making apps — small internet products, mostly solo, mostly shipped before they were ready — and sharing every step of it online.
Some of them made a bit of money. None of them have made bike money. Yet.
I’ve wanted a bike for a while. Right now getting anywhere means a bus, and the bus eats the hours I’d rather spend building.
But instead of asking my parents to simply buy me one, I thought:
What if I could pay for it myself?
So I came up with a slightly crazy idea.
Turn the bike into advertising space.
I’m giving startups, software companies, indie hackers and builders the chance to put their logo on my bike.
- Your startup gets a physical spot on the bike.
- I get closer to paying for it myself.
- And every sponsor becomes part of the story.
Why your support actually helps
Here’s the honest version. I’m 13, I don’t have a salary, and everything I make goes straight back into whatever I’m building next.
A bike is the difference between an hour on the bus and fifteen minutes on the road. Every dollar from a spot goes into the bike, and every hour the bike saves goes into shipping.
You’re not donating. You’re buying an ad spot on a bike a builder rides to every meetup, café and cowork in the city. But you’re also backing a 13-year-old who’s trying to do this properly, in public, without a shortcut.
That’s the part I’ll remember. And I’ll say so, every time someone asks about the logos.
Why would a startup do this?
Because your logo won’t just sit on a banner on the internet.
It’ll be on an actual bike.
I’ll ride it around. I’ll photograph it. I’ll make content about the project. And I’ll document the entire journey:
What the build looks like
- The countdown. A post every time a spot changes hands — who took it, from whom, what’s left.
- The buy. Receipt, on camera. The money goes on the bike and nowhere else.
- The wrap day. Every logo goes on, one by one, filmed. Each sponsor gets their own clip.
- The first ride. And every ride after. The bike shows up in whatever I build next.
Your startup gets to be part of the bike.
And honestly… I think it’s more fun than buying another internet ad.