01 — Web application
The Founders Archive.
A digital archive of curated founder stories — clean to read, quick to search.
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- Category
- Web application, content platform
- Scope
- Curated stories, search and filtering, responsive front end
- Stack
- Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Node.js, MongoDB
- Live
- thefoundersarchive.com · Vercel
The challenge
Great stories get buried.
Founder interviews and lessons are full of value — and hard to find again once they scroll past.
The Founders Archive gathers curated founder stories in one place, with search and filters built in.
The approach
Read first. Find fast.
- i.
Curated, not crowded
A clean editorial layout that puts each founder's story first.
- ii.
Search and filter
Find founders, topics or lessons without digging through pages.
- iii.
Built for speed
Next.js on Vercel, optimised for fast loads and discoverability.
Interactive
Anatomy of the homepage.
Select a numbered marker, or use the arrow keys.
Editorial headline
The hero says what the archive is before anything else: real founder stories and the lessons inside them.
Search and filter
Search and filters help readers find founders, topics and lessons across the archive.
Featured stories
Curated stories surface the best of the archive, each with the founder up front.
The work
Stories that read well.
The outcome
One home for founder stories.
A fast, searchable archive — live at thefoundersarchive.com.
- Curated founder story pages
- Search and filtering across the archive
- Responsive layout for desktop and mobile
- Next.js and Tailwind CSS front end, Node.js and MongoDB, deployed on Vercel
