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Where senior designers go

Where senior designers go

Where senior designers go

solo.

independent.

to escape 9 to 5s.

A community of hungry Designers turned Entrepreneurs.

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  • Content Creator

    Senior UX Designer

  • Educator and Creator

    Founder @ UX Playbook

  • Webflow Creator

    Founder @ Grauberg

  • Agency Owner

    Co-Founder @ Brady UX

  • Design Partner

    Author, Host, Agency Co-Founder

  • Investor and Educator

    Founder @ The Craft

  • Freelance Designer

    Founder @ Design & Thrive

  • Serial Founder

    Head of Design and Indie Hacker

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Average experience

10+ years

Community revenue

$700,000+ this year

Community audience

200,000+ subscribers

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Average experience

10+ years

Community revenue

$700,000+ this year

Community audience

200,000+ subscribers

Hello

Slack activity

3,245

messages (28d)

Community benefits.

Grow your business

Get access to hand-picked experts who’ve replaced their 9 to 5s. Been there, done that.

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Tight-knit support network

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Weekly check-ins

Every Monday, we share reflections, set new goals, and get support.

Weekly check-ins

Every Monday, we share reflections, set new goals, and get support.

Weekly check-ins

Every Monday, we share reflections, set new goals, and get support.

Peek behind-the-scenes

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Every month, Chris share's a video breaking down revenue, what worked, and what didn't.

Peek behind-the-scenes

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Every month, Chris share's a video breaking down revenue, what worked, and what didn't.

Monthly workshops

Each month, we conduct an online retrospective to reflect and plan.

Monthly workshops

Each month, we conduct an online retrospective to reflect and plan.

Monthly workshops

Each month, we conduct an online retrospective to reflect and plan.

Peer feedback

We regularly share work-in-progress to get brutally honest feedback.

Peer feedback

We regularly share work-in-progress to get brutally honest feedback.

Peer feedback

We regularly share work-in-progress to get brutally honest feedback.

Celebrate wins

We celebrate our accomplishments (big and small). Best way to build momentum.

Celebrate wins

We celebrate our accomplishments (big and small). Best way to build momentum.

Celebrate wins

We celebrate our accomplishments (big and small). Best way to build momentum.

Judgement-free venting

We share lessons learned and vent about the world's fuckeries. Zero judgement.

Judgement-free venting

We share lessons learned and vent about the world's fuckeries. Zero judgement.

Judgement-free venting

We share lessons learned and vent about the world's fuckeries. Zero judgement.

Join a community of ambitious

Join a community of ambitious

senior designers building their

independent businesses

independent business

independent businesses

Solopreneurs

Solopreneurs

Freelancers

Freelancers

Creators

Creators

Agencies

Agencies

Productize services

Productize services

Digital products

Digital products

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The reason why designers struggle to go independent.

  • Have an idea, start, quit, repeat

  • Have an idea, start, quit, repeat

  • Limited time to learn new skills

  • Limited time to learn new skills

  • Too many unknown unknowns

  • Too many unknown unknowns

  • Chronic procrastination

  • Chronic procrastination

  • Lack motivation

  • Lack motivation

How I started entrepreneurship.

I'm a self-taught Designer turned Creator turned Entrepreneur. In 2 years, I made $180K+ from 12 digital products and gained 72,000+ followers.

Christopher Nguyen

Founder of Backlog & UX Playbook

I'm a self-taught Designer turned Creator turned Entrepreneur. In 2 years, I made $180K+ from 12 digital products and gained 72,000+ followers.

Christopher Nguyen

Founder of Backlog & UX Playbook

I'm a self-taught Designer turned Creator turned Entrepreneur. In 2 years, I made $180K+ from 12 digital products and gained 72,000+ followers.

Christopher Nguyen

Founder of Backlog & UX Playbook

I'm a self-taught Designer turned Creator turned Entrepreneur. In 2 years, I made $180K+ from 12 digital products and gained 72,000+ followers.

Christopher Nguyen

Founder of Backlog & UX Playbook

I'm a self-taught Designer turned Creator turned Entrepreneur. In 2 years, I made $180K+ from 12 digital products and gained 72,000+ followers.

Christopher Nguyen

Founder of Backlog & UX Playbook

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This community isn't for everyone.

You're the right fit

You're all-in (or aiming to be) in your independent business

You're all-in (or aiming to be) in your independent business

You're all-in (or aiming to be) in your independent business

You're using content (or planning to) as your marketing engine

You're using content (or planning to) as your marketing engine

You're using content (or planning to) as your marketing engine

You show up weekly, add value, and stay active in the community

You show up weekly, add value, and stay active in the community

You show up weekly, add value, and stay active in the community

You're a senior designer with a wide variety of industry experience

You're a senior designer with a wide variety of industry experience

You're a senior designer with a wide variety of industry experience

It's not for

You're going to give up when your metrics perform poorly

You're going to give up when your metrics perform poorly

You're going to give up when your metrics perform poorly

You're looking for an overnight success or a silver bullet

You're looking for an overnight success or a silver bullet

You're looking for an overnight success or a silver bullet

You're only going to show up when you need something

You're only going to show up when you need something

You're only going to show up when you need something

You have limited experience in real world design or client work

You have limited experience in real world design or client work

You have limited experience in real world design or client work

Pricing

Pricing

Pricing

Backlog is a membership that’ll help you build resilience, focus and consistency, while building your independent business.

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Lifetime access

lifetime

$500

One-time payment

INCLUDES

Members-only Slack community

Chris' behind-the-scenes retros

Monthly community workshops

Weekly check-ins

COMMUNITY

BONUS

Founding member status

1:1 hot seat with Chris ($500 value)

Get lifetime access

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monthly

$50 monthly

Billed $300 every 6 months

INCLUDES

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Chris' behind-the-scenes retros

Monthly community workshops

Weekly check-ins

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Lifetime access

lifetime

$500

One-time payment

INCLUDES

Members-only Slack community

Chris' behind-the-scenes retros

Monthly community workshops

Weekly check-ins

COMMUNITY

BONUS

Founding member status

1:1 hot seat with Chris ($500 value)

Get lifetime access

Standard

monthly

$50 monthly

Billed $300 every 6 months

INCLUDES

Members-only Slack community

Chris' behind-the-scenes retros

Monthly community workshops

Weekly check-ins

COACHING

Join community

Pay yearly (Save 24%)

Lifetime access

lifetime

$500

One-time payment

INCLUDES

Members-only Slack community

Chris' behind-the-scenes retros

Monthly community workshops

Weekly check-ins

COMMUNITY

BONUS

Founding member status

1:1 hot seat with Chris ($500 value)

Get lifetime access

Standard

monthly

$50 monthly

Billed $300 every 6 months

INCLUDES

Members-only Slack community

Chris' behind-the-scenes retros

Monthly community workshops

Weekly check-ins

COACHING

Join community

Pay yearly (Save 24%)

Lifetime access

lifetime

$500

One-time payment

INCLUDES

Members-only Slack community

Chris' behind-the-scenes retros

Monthly community workshops

Weekly check-ins

COMMUNITY

BONUS

Founding member status

1:1 hot seat with Chris ($500 value)

Get lifetime access

Standard

monthly

$50 monthly

Billed $300 every 6 months

INCLUDES

Members-only Slack community

Chris' behind-the-scenes retros

Monthly community workshops

Weekly check-ins

COACHING

Join community

Pay yearly (Save 24%)

Lifetime access

lifetime

$500

One-time payment

INCLUDES

Members-only Slack community

Chris' behind-the-scenes retros

Monthly community workshops

Weekly check-ins

COMMUNITY

BONUS

Founding member status

1:1 hot seat with Chris ($500 value)

Get lifetime access

Standard

monthly

$50 monthly

Billed $300 every 6 months

INCLUDES

Members-only Slack community

Chris' behind-the-scenes retros

Monthly community workshops

Weekly check-ins

COACHING

Join community

From Designpreneurs, 9:41 AM

Why join Backlog’s community?

We’re developing the best support system for designpreneurs. The common challenges we face are 1) knowledge and 2) execution. We aim to solve this with weekly goal-setting and reflection, resource sharing, and community-based accountability systems, a healthy kind of peer pressure 😅

Is this another massive server with no personal interactions?

We are intentionally a small and intimate community built upon strong relationships. To keep this community tight-knit, radically transparent, and a privileged network, we remove inactive members (only after multiple check-ins). This helps us maintain integrity and make sure members are adding value.

Do I qualify for Backlog membership?

We don’t exclude members based on a business model nor revenue size. However, our membership is exclusive to experienced designers (5+ years of experience) who are already full-time entrepreneurs or planning to go all-in on their business. If you are just starting out as a designer or exploring a low-commitment side hustle, our community won’t be the best home for you.

Why 6 months membership?

We only offer long-term membership because no product or service can make you an overnight success. Entrepreneurship is a journey, not a destination. It demands relentless hustling, iterative experimentation and a commitment to long-term growth. Many of our members start to see significant results in the first few months. So we believe that 6 will be enough time as long as you roll up your sleeves and show up consistently.

From Designpreneurs, 9:41 AM

Why join Backlog’s community?

We’re developing the best support system for designpreneurs. The common challenges we face are 1) knowledge and 2) execution. We aim to solve this with weekly goal-setting and reflection, resource sharing, and community-based accountability systems, a healthy kind of peer pressure 😅

Is this another massive server with no personal interactions?

We are intentionally a small and intimate community built upon strong relationships. To keep this community tight-knit, radically transparent, and a privileged network, we remove inactive members (only after multiple check-ins). This helps us maintain integrity and make sure members are adding value.

Do I qualify for Backlog membership?

We don’t exclude members based on a business model nor revenue size. However, our membership is exclusive to experienced designers (5+ years of experience) who are already full-time entrepreneurs or planning to go all-in on their business. If you are just starting out as a designer or exploring a low-commitment side hustle, our community won’t be the best home for you.

Why 6 months membership?

We only offer long-term membership because no product or service can make you an overnight success. Entrepreneurship is a journey, not a destination. It demands relentless hustling, iterative experimentation and a commitment to long-term growth. Many of our members start to see significant results in the first few months. So we believe that 6 will be enough time as long as you roll up your sleeves and show up consistently.

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