What first got me started was my annoyance at realising how many days, weeks and months over the years I've wasted by reading sites like HN and Reddit instead o

What first got me started was my annoyance at realising how many days, weeks and months over the years I've wasted by reading sites like HN and Reddit instead of just doing something. Combine that with the thought that if you'd begun your project at the start of 2012, you'd now already have something to show for it. When it comes to projects going nowhere, it's true that a bit of luck helps. At the same time - how're you going to get that luck if you never get started? Now, for the number one tip that I wished someone had told me several years ago: building and coding you project is the easy bit. Really, it is - you know what needs to be done, and you can sit down and work it out. So you need to start from the marketing side of things - know in advance who your customers will be, how you're going to reach them, and whether they'll buy your product. If you can take care of this, you'll have to be making some pretty major errors to - at worst - not be paying the rent with it.