6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
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Re: 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
#2This was super interesting! The design really helped as well. I liked this one:
"Lesson learned: People care about the narrative behind your product, so don't be afraid to tell your story!"
As someone who finds new things on HN all the time, I always check the "about" page, especially if it's something that isn't free. I'm surprised at how often the "About Us" isn't actually "About Anyone", there's no names, it's all just "Us" and "We".
Re: 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
#3Wow, great job! I love how you're documenting all of this, it's super inspiring. Congratulations on this!
Re: 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
#4I use YNAB but I'm compelled to give this a try. I love the simplicity and I enjoy the transparency behind the product's development (not that it makes a difference while budgeting, but I'm a sucker for a personal touch). Really cool, I'm stoked to see how the trial goes. Thanks for sharing Jen. Keep up the great work.
Re: 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
#5The bit about the lack of a mobile app, and the over-compensating for it was a great illustration of guessing at the importance of features to users.
Something I'm dealing with a lot right now as I strip out incomplete features to get to a better MMP.
Thanks for posting.
Re: 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
#6The bit about the lack of a mobile app, and the over-compensating for it was a great illustration of guessing at the importance of features to users. Something I'm dealing with a lot right now as I strip out incomplete features to get to a better MMP. Thanks for posting.
Yep! I took over a 3 year old product where we're rewriting/refactoring a lot of features that we're poorly engineered (and UX designed). For a bunch of them, the "rewritten" version is just stripping out the feature, because no one is using it or ever has used it.
Re: 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
#7This was super interesting! The design really helped as well. I liked this one: "Lesson learned: People care about the narrative behind your product, so don't be afraid to tell your story!" As someone who finds new things on HN all the time, I always check the "about" page, especially if it's something that isn't free. I'm surprised at how often the "About Us" isn't actually "About Anyone", there's no names, it's all…
To be honest I assume 99% of startup-stories about their inspiration, their journey, and their motivation are just faked.
It is nice to see when it comes from an obvious solo-developer, but mostly these things are sanitized and improved over time.
Re: 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
#8Currently use YNAB and it drives me bananas. The way it refuses to reconcile budgeted money for a CC against the interest/fees for that card as monthly payments often go out BEFORE interest is assessed for the month, requiring a convoluted interest bucket and juggling. I'll give this a shot.
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#9WRT the android/ios app question: Why do you want to implement a native app?
Seems like a significant investment if you're already meeting user needs with your PWA offering.
Re: 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
#10This was super interesting! The design really helped as well. I liked this one: "Lesson learned: People care about the narrative behind your product, so don't be afraid to tell your story!" As someone who finds new things on HN all the time, I always check the "about" page, especially if it's something that isn't free. I'm surprised at how often the "About Us" isn't actually "About Anyone", there's no names, it's all…
> I'm surprised at how often the "About Us" isn't actually "About Anyone", there's no names, it's all just "Us" and "We".
I tend to assume that a lot of times this is because "We" is a lie, it's "Me" and they want to avoid revealing that it's someone's side project.
I could be completely wrong. I am a lot.