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Solves · Protect myself from scams

Holdback

Buy from a stranger safely. Part of the payment is held for 7 days and released unless the item fails an AI-checked test.

Open to a CEOSee the doors
Try the demo Simulated until its CEO arrives
What it does

Buy from a stranger safely. Part of the payment is held for 7 days and released unless the item fails an AI-checked test.

What is new: Protection that works for any private sale, with a video condition check at handover.

Who it is for

Anyone who wants to protect myself from scams or spend and get paid fairly.

The problem: Second-hand buyers have no protection outside big marketplaces.

Checked against the market

What exists today: Buyer protection inside eBay and PayPal, and advice articles for Facebook Marketplace.

What it runs on: Handover video and the buyer's claim evidence.

Lab grade: new to the market.

Who wants it

No hands raised yet. Be the first: it is how a Lab company starts being built.

Real counts from the Lab and from this page. Nothing is estimated.

Want this built?
Lab · open to a CEO

Raise your hand for Holdback. Hands raised decide what the Lab builds next, and a person reads every one.

Nothing is charged. Your contact is used only to reply about Holdback.

In the Lab

Holdback was invented at the CEOism App Lab, where companies are demoed before anyone leads them. Every hand raised here is counted on this page.

Vote for it in the LabStart its channel with Wobbles

Become the CEO of Holdback.

Three ways to hold it. You choose; nothing is signed or charged until you say so.

IFreeArrive as a co-ownerLead it free, as a co-owner, until you can fully own it.Arrive this way IIYou chooseName your priceSay what it is worth to you, and make it yours.Arrive this way IIIExtremely cheapOwn it outrightPay a price so low it barely counts, and own the whole company.Arrive this way
  1. You picked Holdback.Drive its demo, or open the live app. Every Lab demo is simulated until its CEO arrives.
  2. Raise your hand.Say you would lead it. A person reads every hand raised and replies. No CV, no interview.
  3. Choose how you hold it.Free as a co-owner, name your price, or own it outright. You choose; nobody chooses for you.
  4. Lead it.ceoism builds it out with you and keeps it running. You carry it to your people. If you ever leave the seat, the company waits for its next CEO, and the idea stays yours.

Revenue co-ownership, not equity. How ownership works

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Four ways to become a founder.

Cheapest entry first
Way 1 · You are hereOwn a company, freeceoismA real company, built around you and handed over. All you need is your human.FreeWay 2Found your brand or channelWobblesA channel that grows your brand, drawn in code, not AI generated.Free to startWay 3Become the builderDeployr StudiosOpen a Studio and sell working apps under your own name.Free to openWay 4Own an appDeployrBuy a working app and own it, ready to launch.$100, paid once

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