Launching a product in just 3652 days
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Launching a product in just 3652 days
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#2Honestly, this article really addressed some of the roadblocks I had in starting my own projects. Definitely going to keep this handy.
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#3I think this is something much of the HN crowd can relate to, starting projects and not completing. Great work on finally launching a product. Hopefully I can get to the other side of the tunnel. My goal for this year is to just bring in $1 from something outside my full-time job and hope that snowballs into more motivation and a growing business.
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#4I think this is something much of the HN crowd can relate to, starting projects and not completing. Great work on finally launching a product. Hopefully I can get to the other side of the tunnel. My goal for this year is to just bring in $1 from something outside my full-time job and hope that snowballs into more motivation and a growing business.
Same here. To motivate myself, I plan on messaging you on here early December to see if you've reached your goal. Hopefully I will have too.
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#5I have so many unfinished projects - has anyone tried blogging about their unfinished projects list, and did it help or hinder?
The article is fantastic, thanks.
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#6I think this is something much of the HN crowd can relate to, starting projects and not completing. Great work on finally launching a product. Hopefully I can get to the other side of the tunnel. My goal for this year is to just bring in $1 from something outside my full-time job and hope that snowballs into more motivation and a growing business.
What are you selling for $1? :) I might buy one...
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#7Can totally relate to this. I have written, scrapped, re-written the code a few times for the past 4 years (1461 days). I am almost there!
Great advice and now I need to get things started again.
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#8Having another person besides you pushing your project forward is the biggest motivator - be it a waiting/potential client, a cofounder, website traffic, any external factor that validates your goal. Internal motivation only gets you so far until you start losing steam.
I think the advice to set up adwords and an intro page before a product is ready really helps with this. My main issue with such a strategy is that you end up having to admit that the product is still vaporware and the time to launch may be too long. Probably worth having an early alpha ready prior to any marketing blitz.
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#9This is such an awesome story. I've been two features away from launching my product from April. And that's just launching like an Alpha version of it. Beating procrastination is never easy. Just have to motor through. I'm determined to launch before end of the month. As a side note, I recently got someone who promised to bug me each week on my progress. I've also arranged to have a meetup with him once every month. Casual meetup, not a major deal. But put those two together and the fact that I haven't completed something yet weighs on my mind as an embarrassment. It serves as great motivation till I learn how to kick my own ass. The fact that I'm meeting my friend today isn't making things easier for my mind either :D
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#10I think this is something much of the HN crowd can relate to, starting projects and not completing. Great work on finally launching a product. Hopefully I can get to the other side of the tunnel. My goal for this year is to just bring in $1 from something outside my full-time job and hope that snowballs into more motivation and a growing business.
Try something for a niche audience, it is the easiest way to make something that people will buy in terms of technology products. Preferably something you could see yourself actually using.
Several years ago before chromecast et al, I wanted a way to control my rhythmbox music player with my phone, so I built https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.ruckusdj.c...
Over the course of 2 yrs I sold over 20 copies for $5 a pop...not retirement money but very satisfying :)