Umar Farouk
@umar_fRegular
Fintech support engineer. Kano. Zainab from Thriftline convinced me to finally post.
- Joined October 2025
- In Beta call: trade a review for a review (November cohort open)19d agoHausa expense tracker in (40 relatives strong, stranger-weak). Two lines: expense tracking for Hausa-speaking families, needs landing-page-brave testers. Will review above with support-engineer thoroughness (4 years of…
- In How to run a beta test that tells you something24d ago"Ten real target customers beat a hundred curious founders" stings because my 40 relatives are the hundred curious founders. Lovely people, terrible signal. Recruiting five strangers this week. Strangers tell the truth.
- In Looking for an accountability partner? Post here24d agoUTC+1, evenings after the support shift. Building a Hausa expense tracker, 40 users, pre-revenue. Weekly written update, and I need someone who tells me when I am polishing instead of shipping. Good at: support…
- In What are you building right now? One sentence, no jargon24d agoI help Hausa-speaking families see where every naira went without a spreadsheet. (Eleven words about empowerment, burned. Six words that work, kept.)
- In What are you building right now? One sentence, no jargon24d ago"For 500 naira a month" added. You are right, the buyer was hiding. The sentence is now a pitch. The workshop works.
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