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That was an amazing read! Thanks for sharing your experience. The obvious feedback is to let go of perfectionism and ship a real mvp. If you're spending 2 year
by jokethrowaway 6y ago
That was an amazing read! Thanks for sharing your experience.
The obvious feedback is to let go of perfectionism and ship a real mvp. If you're spending 2 years on it, it's not a mvp.
Before jumping on a new idea, I'd suggest to think how you're going to sell it and test the market by talking to people in it.
Getting better at finding cofounders (as in, cofounders who would think about these problems while you build the product) would be good as well.
Personally, I gave up on that last one and I'll just fly solo and smaller, but you may be more optimistic.
Also I'd recommend you to pick something smaller and easier to sell.
A generic B2B SaaS API to solve a small problem can help you build a passive revenue stream and free you from worrying about money and plan bigger, better, more interesting projects.
Funnily enough, during uni I made an app which was making a decent amount of money in advertising (netting everyday a daily rate of a mid developer contractor rate in London) but didn't have a future.
I decided to start a company doing something bigger and better and failed miserably.
Some contracting, some more working and a few kids later, I'm back at square one building more small passive revenue streams.
Look up Pieter Levels's presentation Bootstrapping Side Projects into Profitable Startups.