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What's one piece of advice you would give to a first time maker?

 1 year ago
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What's one piece of advice you would give to a first time maker?

Aaron O'Leary
1d ago
13 replies
There's probably tons of advice I wish I had but if I could go back I would tell me that failure is necessarily a fail, we can learn from it and take those learnings to our next journey
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Building InsiderBuyStock.com in public
There is no product that market itself. Do marketing. No "that feature that will market the whole product". Do marketing.
Chef, now building apps!
Co-founder of MakerBox | ex-PM

Don't start with complex products. If you have a great SaaS idea in mind, keep it before validation. Validate the idea with a simple prototype (for example, content product). If you have customers there, then you can start building SaaS 🚀

Example ⬇️

You want to make a marketplace with Notion products. Don't start with the marketplace part. Instead, you can start with collection of templates, resources, and remarkable makers and try to sell this curated list. If you sold it, start building a marketplace!

Chef, now building apps!
@basv I like that a lot, it's like getting your bearings with the process of building first
Co-founder of MakerBox | ex-PM

@aaronoleary Yeah, absolutely!

Also, it helps to get your audience. It's much easier then to get feedback, testimonials, social proof, and also people who will support you on PH launch 🚀

Speak to the people you are solving a problem for AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!
Product | Fintech, Hospitality | B2B,B2C
Solve one pain point/problem at a time and try not to build for all. Once the idea is validated using an MVP (Never miss the "M' in MVP (Minimum Viable Product)) then only move forward with building the actual V1 product.
Content writer
Be open to critiques and accept others' suggestions.
Backend developer,Ex-scientific officer.
Nine out of ten startups will fail. This is a hard and bleak truth, but one that you’d do well to meditate on. Entrepreneurs may even want to write their failure post-mortem before they launch a business.
Web Developer who loves Science & Tech

I thought that this discussion was about One Piece :)

Advise would be to multiply the projected costs (or time required) by 2. Divide the expected revenue by 3.

1/6 of the the 'optimistic' profit forecast is the more realistic number.

Marketing Head, Staytuned
Start talking about your product 2 months before your launch. Build the hype and the partnerships so that you have a cushion to land on when you do launch.
Notion enthusiast

make sure you're solving an actual problem before building how to do this? Ask people the right questions: 1. what's the hardest thing about [doing X]?

2. tell me about the last time you encountered a problem?

3. why was that hard ?

4. what, if anything have your potential customers/fellow makers do to solve the problem

5. what don't you love about the solutions you've/they've tried

hope it helps

Product Manager / Designer
Launching gives the best validation. Many of us get stuck in the perfection loop, and never launch the product in the first place.

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