What does it actually take to build an app when you don’t know how to code… don’t have a team… and don’t have $100,000 sitting in the bank?

In this episode of Dream Big, Have Adventures, Tess shares the full, unfiltered story of building HerHouse — from a no-code MVP to app store approval, viral Facebook growth, pregnancy, burnout, failed Kickstarter, and finally rebuilding the platform with a professional team.

If you’ve ever felt called to build something bigger than you

— this episode will hit home.

This isn’t the polished highlight reel.

It’s the real founder journey.

• How a TED Talk sparked the decision to finally build HerHouse
• What “no-code” app development actually looks like
• The hardest part of building tech as a non-technical founder
• What went wrong with the first version of the app
• Why churn and poor tech nearly killed the business
• How motherhood changed Tess’s capacity as an entrepreneur
• Why she ran a Kickstarter (and what happened when it failed)
• How an investor partnership transformed the future of HerHouse
• What it feels like to build something before the world can see it

Sometimes building a business feels like pushing a massive boulder up a mountain.

But entrepreneurs see the mountain before anyone else does.

They hold the vision.
They keep pushing.
They rebuild when necessary.

And they trust that once critical mass is reached — the momentum becomes unstoppable.

If you’re a non-technical founder with a big idea, this episode is proof:

You don’t need to know how to code.
You just need to care deeply enough to figure it out.

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