SideBuilt helps you build real companies without failing school or losing your job. Track your time, stay balanced, and make progress sustainably.
Simple tools designed specifically for people juggling school or work with their entrepreneurial dreams.
Set a realistic weekly limit for your side project. Free users get 6 hours, Pro gets 20. Enough to make progress, not enough to burn out.
Log tasks with time durations. Categorize them as school/work or side project to see exactly where your hours go each week.
See your total weekly hours across everything. Get warnings when you're overloading and celebrate when you're in a healthy zone.
Compare planned vs actual hours each week. Write reflections to understand what's working and what needs to change.
See long-term patterns in your work habits. Identify when you overcommit and discover your sustainable working hours.
Build consistent habits with daily streaks. Research shows streaks create psychological commitment and trigger dopamine rewards.
Jump-start your side project with curated task bundles designed by entrepreneurs who've been there.
A personal story from a student entrepreneur
When passion meets reality
I'm a student, and I've always wanted to build things. Apps, websites, businesses - you name it. But balancing school with starting a company? That's where everything fell apart.
I'd get excited about an idea, work on it all weekend, skip studying, then panic before exams. Or I'd be so focused on school that weeks would pass without touching my project. There was no middle ground.
I tried every productivity app out there. Pomodoro timers, complex project management tools, habit trackers. None of them understood my specific situation: I wasn't trying to be more productive at one thing. I was trying to do two things without failing at either.
"Managing time is hard. But managing time when you're building a side business while maintaining grades (or a day job)? That's a completely different challenge."
So I built SideBuilt. It's simple on purpose. Set a weekly budget for your side project, track your tasks, and get a reality check each week. No complex features, no overwhelming dashboards - just the essentials to keep you building without burning out.
The goal isn't to maximize hours. It's to find the sustainable number of hours where you can make meaningful progress on your dreams while still crushing it at school or work.
Because the best side projects are the ones you actually finish - and you can't finish anything if you burn out first.
The SideBuilt Founder
Student & Side Project Builder
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