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Lessons · 13 October 2026
Why We Stopped Building MingoolAI, and What It Taught Us
MingoolAI was an AI Chief of Staff for solo founders. We built it, launched it, and have now retired it. Here is what worked, what did not, and what we would do differently.
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Programmes · 30 September 2026
Inside the Makkan Engineering Fellowship: Training Junior Engineers for the AI Era
A 12-week fellowship that gives junior engineers supervised, real production work, and the judgment AI tools cannot supply.
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Lessons · 12 May 2026
What Makkan Property Listing Taught Us About Building Marketplaces
We built a verified property marketplace for Nigeria. It went live, and then it sat unused. Here is what we learned about trust, two-sided platforms and where the real demand was.
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