Lessons I learned in my first year (prolly 2010) - Dip your toes into a few different markets in as inexpensive a manner as possible. The difference in ease of

Lessons I learned in my first year (prolly 2010) - Dip your toes into a few different markets in as inexpensive a manner as possible. The difference in ease of marketing you'll see between lackluster ideas and winners will literally be 50x - i.e. you will _know_ when you've got product-market fit. If you are in doubt, you don't have it. - You gotta spend money (or serious marketing sweat labour) to make money. Nothing happened for me when I first released my product. It was only after taking out some AdWords and planning a sensible, scalable SEO strategy (more here: https://www.semicolonandsons.com/episode/seo-strategies-for-web-apps-part-i https://www.semicolonandsons.com/episode/seo-strategies-for-...) that I started getting sales. - This one is embarrassing to admit but I'll put it here anyway: keep every receipt - you'll need it for accounting (and can save a lot tax deductions)