A space that’s actually alive
Member channels where questions get answered the same day, not a ghost-town forum. Wins, asks, intros and the occasional honest vent.
A members’ community for Singapore independents
Work for yourself, not by yourself.
A members’ home for Singapore’s independents — founders, freelancers and makers who’d rather build alongside people than alone.
Membership from S$38/month · 640+ members · cancel anytime
640+ independents founders · freelancers · makers
What you get
More than a chat group — a place that has your back
Kindred is part online community, part real-life rooms, part the people who answer when you ask. Here’s what your membership actually opens up.
Events worth leaving the house for
Coffee mornings, evening socials, workshops and an annual retreat day — gatherings built for connection, not for collecting business cards.
A directory you can use
Every member is listed with what they do and what they’re open to — so finding a collaborator, a supplier or a second opinion takes minutes.
Learning from people one step ahead
Practical workshops and small skill sessions run by members and guests — pricing, sales, design, money, the unglamorous stuff that moves the needle.
Pods that keep you moving
Small accountability groups that meet every fortnight to set goals and unstick each other. The reason members say their work actually progresses.
A place to land in town
Weekday access to the Clubroom near Tanjong Pagar — somewhere to work, take calls, and run into the right person by happy accident.
Membership
Three ways to belong
Start light and online, or go all in with space, pods and mentoring. Move between tiers whenever you like — there’s no lock-in.
Circle
The online home base.S$38/ month
or S$380/year — about two months free For independents who want the people and the threads, mostly online.
- Full access to the Kindred online space and all member channels
- Two member meetups a month — coffee mornings and evening socials
- The monthly “Working Notes” digest and resource library
- Listing in the member directory so others can find you
- Member-rate tickets to every workshop and talk
Studio
Show up in person, properly.S$88/ month
or S$880/year — about two months free For people who want the space, the workshops and a smaller circle to grow with.
- Everything in Circle
- Weekday drop-in access to The Clubroom @ Tanjong Pagar
- A seat in a small accountability pod that meets every fortnight
- Free entry to all member workshops and skill sessions
- Quarterly member dinners and one members-only retreat day a year
Guild
Close guidance, both ways.S$168/ month
or S$1680/year — about two months free For founders and senior makers who want mentoring, hosting privileges and a deeper bench.
- Everything in Studio
- Matched mentoring — be paired with a mentor, and mentor a newer member
- A monthly small-table dinner with a hosted guest operator
- Host your own sessions and pods using our spaces and channels
- Priority intros within the directory and to our partner network
Not sure? Take the Membership Match
On this month
Gatherings worth leaving the house for
Coffee mornings, workshops, pods and the odd dinner. A snapshot of what’s coming up — members see the full calendar inside.
11 Jul
Pricing Clinic: stop undercharging
A working session on rates, packages and how to raise prices without losing the people who matter. Bring a real number you’re unsure about.
13 Jul
Saturday Coffee Morning
Our easiest way in. Show up, grab a kopi, meet a few independents you haven’t met. No agenda, no pressure.
17 Jul
Fortnightly Pod Sessions
Pods meet to set goals, report back and unstick each other. The accountability that keeps projects from quietly dying.
23 Jul
Money for Independents — a frank talk
A guest operator on cashflow, taxes and paying yourself properly when income is lumpy. Honest, Singapore-specific, no jargon.
The space
A community that answers at midnight
The online space is where the day-to-day happens — the questions, the wins, the wobbles, and the work people quietly pass each other. A few of the channels you’ll be in:
#introductions
Where every new member says hello — and gets a dozen welcomes within the hour.
3 new today #ask-the-room
Stuck on a brief, a price, a tool? Post it here and someone who’s been there will answer.
12 active threads #wins-and-wobbles
Land a client or lose one — the channel where we celebrate and commiserate honestly.
8 posts this week #work-to-share
Members passing each other projects, referrals and warm intros. No finder’s fees, ever.
5 open right now Member stories
In their words
Why a few hundred Singapore independents keep showing up — and what changed for them once they did.
★★★★★
“I joined for the workshops and stayed for the pod. Five people who actually remember what I said I’d do last fortnight — it’s the only reason my studio got off the ground.”
Rachel SimBrand designer · Studio member · Tiong Bahru
★★★★★
“Going solo after fifteen years in a firm was terrifying. Kindred gave me a room full of people doing the same brave, daft thing. Two of my biggest clients came from a Saturday morning.”
Marcus LeeIndependent consultant · Guild member · Bukit Timah
★★★★★
“It’s the opposite of every networking event I’ve hated. Nobody’s working the room. People genuinely want to help, and somehow that’s where the work comes from anyway.”
Priya NairFreelance copywriter · Studio member · Katong
★★★★★
“The mentoring matched me with someone a few years ahead, and I mentor a newer member myself. Both make me better. I’d pay the Guild fee for the dinners alone.”
Wei Han OngFounder, product studio · Guild member · Tanjong Pagar
640+members across three tiers
24gatherings a month, on average
46active accountability pods
3 yrsa community since 2021
Why we exist
Kindred started because going independent in Singapore can be lonely
In 2021, after leaving an agency to go solo, our founder Aishah Rahman noticed the part nobody warned her about: the quiet. The work was fine. The not having anyone to think out loud with was not. The good days had no one to share them with, and the wobbly ones had no one to call.
So she started small — a WhatsApp group, then a Saturday coffee morning above a shophouse in Tanjong Pagar. The point was never to build a network. It was to build the room she wished she’d had: independents who’d cheer each other on, lend each other their honest opinion, and pass each other work without keeping score.
Read our storyCome see if it’s your kind of room
Take the two-minute Membership Match, or just turn up to a Saturday coffee morning as our guest. No pressure, no pitch.