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#146 – Refusing to Take No for an Answer with Alexandria Procter of DigsConnect

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Synopsis

Alexandria Procter, a former student in South Africa, taught herself to code and built DigsConnect, a student-housing marketplace that has helped place over 70,000 students in beds in roughly two years. She and the host discuss the personality traits of founders in developing countries, the economics that push people to take risks, and the lessons non-developing-world founders can take from that urgency.

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  • Student housing marketplace

    Indie Hackers profiles Alexandria Procter's self-taught build of DigsConnect, claiming 70,000 students placed in about two years and emphasizing developing-world founder urgency as a lesson for Western founders.