Mickael Chiron

Building Hivin ! 🐝✨

Finding the right people to build with

Skills matter. Mindset matters more.

From idea → reality
Sharing the journey

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

For builders, founders & future co-founders 🐝✨🍀
We launched the Discord yesterday, already a few dozen in. But this isn’t about numbers, it’s about quality.
If you’re into early-stage ideas, building real value, and surrounding yourself with the right people
→ let’s connect🚀

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

Feel ready.

Ready for what? Honestly, no idea.

But here's the thing, doubt isn't unique to me. It's not unique to you either.

We all go through it. Some moments harder than others.

Keep going.
Keep building. 🐝

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

I'll probably need to go back to a paid job soon.

Not to give up. To give myself more time and keep building properly.

Sometimes that's just what it takes.

W8 & see

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

I still don't know if I'll make Hivin work.

But I know I need to go deeper into the problem before pretending I understand it.

That's the only honest thing I can say right now.

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

@elisaxchen This is actually a really thoughtful way to frame it “work soulmate”.
I’m actually exploring something similar around how people find aligned collaborators based on mindset and intent, not just skills.
What’s been the hardest part for you from both of them?

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

@O2_Addict_ Interesting space, ai x insurance has a lot of depth in it, especially on the trust + compliance side. Finding the right cofounder mix there is probably just as hard as building the product itself.

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

@Nyk0x2a Interesting, I’ve been seeing more founders looking for alignment over just skills lately. Curious what kind of collaboration you’re mainly open to?

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

@UjjwalSai2 Interesting filter 😄 honestly shared focus and lifestyle probably matters more than matching skills long term. Curious though have you found this helps attract the right kind of builders, or mostly just filters people out early?

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

@KaiXCreator Working on something around helping founders find the right people to build with early on. Still in the testing phase but spending a lot of time thinking about collaboration, alignment, and how teams actually form online. what kind of founders are you mostly connecting with?

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

@the_real_ori This is actually valuable. Most feedback threads focus on the product itself, but a lot of early-stage problems come from positioning and understanding who it’s really for.
Curious to see what patterns you notice after reviewing a bunch of founder products? 👀

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

On June 4th, I'm going to Dubai.

To interview founders, co-founders, incubators.

To learn directly on the ground.
To understand how can Hivin truly creates value.
To reconnect with the core of what Hivin is.

Some people spend their whole lives waiting for the right moment.

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

People tell me: "Hivin has something different."
I believe it too.

But I also feel like there's something important I haven't unlocked yet.

Close. But out of reach. And that's the most frustrating feeling there is.

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

I feel light-years away from where Hivin was 10 months ago.

And at the same time, I feel like nothing has really moved forward.

Both can be true. That's the weird part of building something.

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

Learning how to keep going while doubting yourself.

That's probably what building something for the first time really looks like.

It's hard.
But I don't regret a thing. 🔨

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

Some investors are willing to follow Hivin.

But only once there's a real product and early traction.

Honestly? I completely understand that.

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

I left an incubator this week.
Not out of frustration.
Simply because the support they offered wasn't aligned with what I actually needed.

Sometime, you have to say no, to stop, if it's better for you.

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

10 months building Hivin:
→ 3 co-founders
→ Pivoted from France to the UAE
→ Incorporated in Estonia
→ Built and validated a first POC
→ Finally found clarity on the business model
→ Joined an incubator… and left it

Building isn't linear. Not even close.

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

Something only few people tell you about building from scratch:

You often have no one around who's been through it.

Not in your family. Not among your friends.

So you learn to keep going alone.

Even when you doubt yourself. Especially then.

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

10 months ago, I left my job, my apartment, a relationship, and moved back to my parents' house, for the first time in 7 years.

To give Hivin every chance to exist.

Last week, I almost questioned everything.

But still here. 🔨

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

We’ve been testing something for Hivin👀
A 5-min flow to understand how someone thinks, not just what they say.
No resumes, long forms, just simple prompts that slowly reveal working style + mindset.
Still early, but people react very differently. Would you try sth like this? 🚀

[Mickael Chiron @MickaelBuilds]

@jakeh2792 @alexmacgregor__ This hits 😄
sometimes confidence moves faster than skill, but skill catches up if you stay in the game.
question is: what’s stopping most people from just starting earlier?