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Re: Ask HN: What are your founder's resolutions for 2024?

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Post by fhd2 »

virczl wrote: post #49
fhd2 wrote: post #45

I prefer to formulate goals as something I want to achieve, not something I want to do. For me, this year, the number one goal is to become competent at marketing. When I started last year, I told myself I need to get competent at sales, or I will always need some CEO by my side and never have a business that's truly my own. Now I'm pretty decent at sales, but I can't fully leverage that since I don't have enough pro…

Did you find the fractional CMO's advice useful? I'm always worried that it's too high-level or not adapted to early-stage start-ups.

We had only two calls - I'd say it was pretty eye opening so far, for someone pretty far away from marketing like me at least. She focuses on startups though. I think it'll be a few more sessions before I can really tell if it was useful.

But I'd definitely exercise caution: Most marketing people I met have been the "let's do fancy rebranding, post on social media and go to events" types. Took me a while to find someone more suited to what I'm looking for. More strategic, less... arbitrary.

Re: Ask HN: What are your founder's resolutions for 2024?

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Post by _xivi »

bottled_poe wrote: post #40
_xivi wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, cringe is subjective, especially when they've a different target audience. I can't blame them if it's working. The fault here is on the platforms, they reward these practices, or maybe they just don't interfere and that content is really what drives people to interact with the content. Either way, when you're playing a game, you reinforce what's working. When you watch your competitors eating your cake, unless…

Is there any data that this is “what’s working?”. Seems the most engaged are the least influential.

Well, in my case, just some personal observation from competitors. I know that can be a bit biased but it's also real world.

Re: Ask HN: What are your founder's resolutions for 2024?

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Post by virczl »

hutzlibu wrote: post #26
virczl wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good luck, launching fast is really the key!

"launching fast is really the key!" That is todays Mantra it seems. But there is no second chance to correct a first impression, if your rushed prototype was too rushed and no one gets the value beneath the flaws. It really depends on your product and market.

Of course, this is an MVP, so it has to work and be decent, and it also depends on the market and product. But when you launch your product, you're not really making a first impression on the whole world - only a few people will actually try it out. Having people try out your beta version helps you build in the right direction. Otherwise, you risk spending years building a product that nobody is interested in.

Re: Ask HN: What are your founder's resolutions for 2024?

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Post by lijok »

virczl wrote: post #50
lijok wrote: post #10

> Commit to regular posts on LinkedIn and Twitter, even if I think I'm cringe every time I do it. If marketing is making you cringe, you're marketing to the wrong audience

It's not really marketing posts, it can be anything. Like saying we are attending this or this conference.

That's marketing

Re: Ask HN: What are your founder's resolutions for 2024?

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Post by t-writescode »

harrymit907 wrote: post #34
t-writescode wrote: post #4

I was one of many, many people laid off in 2023. I have about 6 months of unemployment, and my state supports entrepreneurship in its unemployment system; so, I am giving myself 6-ish months to release a product enough that it can start taking income and see how it goes. That’s my mission for 2024 :)

Great. Do you mind sharing what location it is?

Washington State

Re: Ask HN: What are your founder's resolutions for 2024?

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Post by mindcrime »

I wouldn't exactly call it a "resolution" but one theme for me this year involves picking - and committing to - a specific stack for front-end development, and really mastering it. I've spent most of my career mostly focused on backend-end / data / AI stuff and have a hole in my repertoire as far as building front-ends. I mean, yeah, I've done some basic stuff with HTML, Bootstrap, vanilla JS, jQuery, etc., but I've never really made it a point to really master a modern front-end stack.

So with that in mind, I've pretty much settled on learning Svelte, Tailwind, and DaisyUI, as well as really working hard to bone up on javascript / CSS fundamentals. The goal is to get to a point where I can build front-ends for tools that I use for myself, and for products at least up to a demo / MVP level.

I'll probably never be a web-design guru, but that's not really the goal. I just need to be able to build things end-to-end without needing to pull in somebody else.

Re: Ask HN: What are your founder's resolutions for 2024?

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Post by fhd2 »

cl42 wrote: post #13

To have more fun and to enjoy the process of working on things, not focusing on the end result.

Refreshing take! I feel like the last years the tech industry has been increasingly obsessed with outcomes and moving KPIs at all costs.

I've seen pretty great (not always financially successful) things come out of people genuinely enjoying their work.

Re: Ask HN: What are your founder's resolutions for 2024?

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Post by LightBug1 »

vasco wrote: post #9

> Commit to regular posts on LinkedIn and Twitter, even if I think I'm cringe every time I do it. Is this what people that create all Twitter and LinkedIn cringe content tell themselves? Why do it? You really can't come up with any way to market your company that feels good? Can't you think a bit more about the problem and frame it as "what can I do that is net positive, doesn't make me feel like crap while doing it…

Yes, this seems like a goal NOT to commit to, on the regular.

I mean ... I'm really not looking forward to reading all the 'I'm delighted' posts on linkedin when I get back to the office ...

Re: Ask HN: What are your founder's resolutions for 2024?

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Post by cl42 »

fhd2 wrote: post #58
cl42 wrote: post #13

To have more fun and to enjoy the process of working on things, not focusing on the end result.

Refreshing take! I feel like the last years the tech industry has been increasingly obsessed with outcomes and moving KPIs at all costs. I've seen pretty great (not always financially successful) things come out of people genuinely enjoying their work.

Thanks! I agree with you, though this is much easier said than done. Ask me how it's going in 12 months. :-)
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