From UX Researcher to Founder: Lizzy Palmer on Building a Cycle Syncing Fitness App

Sync N is looking for a Founding Engineer to join our core team and build a category-defining FemTech product. If you're a passionate, driven engineer who connects with our mission, we'd love to hear from you! Connect directly with Lizzy at lizzy@syncn.app.

Kelly Jamison

Jul 2, 2025

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We hosted a Tech Ladies Talk Live event with Lizzy Palmer, a former UX researcher who made the leap into entrepreneurship. In this candid conversation, Lizzy walked us through her journey from working at Meta and Roblox to launching her own startup, Sync N—a fitness app designed to align with the female cycle.

From early user insights to teaching herself how to build an MVP, Lizzy shared real talk on the messy, exciting, and deeply personal process of building in the FemTech space. We covered everything from career pivots to team building, finding the right advisors, and what it’s really like to launch a consumer app in real time.

Whether you’re exploring a career change, curious about the startup world, or passionate about women’s health tech, this conversation is full of honest insights and practical advice.

👉 Catch the full recording HERE

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Kelly Jamison

Kelly is a mental health counselor turned career coach and DEI advocate with over 15 years of experience. She’s worked as a career coach at NYU’s engineering school, in the software engineering bootcamp space, and now at Tech Ladies, where she specializes in supporting underrepresented genders in tech. You’ll find Kelly around the community hosting events, leading career coaching sessions, and connecting members with valuable resources.

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