The Caring Founder
The Caring Founder is a blog series about building a tech startup while navigating the everyday realities of being a parent carer. As a first-time founder with lived experience, I’m sharing the highs and lows—what it really feels like to juggle care responsibilities, develop a product from scratch, and try to make a meaningful impact in the social care space. These posts are part reflection, part observation, and fully rooted in real life—the honest journey of trying to build something better from the ground up.
Meet Jacqui: The Parent Carer Who Believed in inCharge Before There Was Anything to Test
This week, I’d like to introduce you to Jacqui. Jacqui was the first person to sign up to test the App from a family's perspective – long before there was anything to test.
inCharge App Journey To Development
The journey to development: Founder experts say "fail fast." That’s fine — if you can afford to fail. Failure isn’t an option — not because I can’t risk it, but because families like mine still need this. After 4.5 years, over 25 funding applications, and mostly self-funded development, we’re finally on the cusp of delivering something transformational. And that’s worth everything.