We made it halfway through the year! What's your biggest learning from the past 6 months?
Audrey Rampon
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As a Product Maker/Hunter or Start-up team member, what's the biggest or most enjoyable learning or achievement you can think of?
Let's inspire each other! Enjoy your summer everyone!
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Lakshmi@gogloballakshmi
1. I understood that to develop a new habit, I need a lot of clarity as to why Im doing it. It took me close to 3 months to just commit to it. 2. As a startup founder, as I went down the rabbit hole of understanding the problem Im trying to solve, I realized that I can approach different segments of a person's life. Creating a wholesome product to solve a deep problem takes more than a few months. It needs commitment, patience, steady work and strategy.
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Learning: if you think your flow is clear it is not. Show it to people.
Achievement: quitting work to focus on my side project www.everyhour.xyz !
@audrey_rampon Thanks Audrey - its a big jump but I am so motivated that I can help others with it because it has done so much for me already! I really respect my time now and really optimise it to do things I love - not things that pacify me!
@audrey_rampon I just checked out Kosmo too - you have made a beautifully simple product!
I really struggled with time blocking - any tips?
KosmoTime
@acgoff Thanks Alex, I'll pass the nice feedback onto the team :) KosmoTime is actually made for time blocking. It's quite intuitive, you block time directly in your calendar for any task. You can also create Focus Blocks: simply batch similar tasks together for a better time and task management. And you can also make those Focus Blocks recurring.
@audrey_rampon Yeahh I really struggled with sticking to the plan. I would find I wasn't in the right frame of mind to code or do design or write copy, so it kinda fell apart. Thats why I built everyhour as it is retroactive, I work on what I want to when I want to and I review if I am spending enough time in those areas - that way when I am motivated I dive in as I know what I need to focus on.
Any tips for sticking to your time blocking schedule?
I'm developing https://copywriterpro.ai in public. The most valuable lesson I've learned over the last six months is that a product can be replaced, but communities and trust, not so much.
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That completing and launching side projects is way more fun than just thinking about it! Great question @audrey_rampon 👍
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20/80 rule applies in almost all areas of business. For example, I have 15 digital products (http://gumroad.com/eisabai) and 20% of them (about 3) get the most traction.
I have gathered knowledge to grow a SAAS startup. Trying to get first 10 customers within a week.
Team Tracker
Biggest learning: Sales is really hard
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My work should give me happiness & not add stress to my life.
Having a great team/friends around you is so important in every aspect of life.
Definitely that remote work is here to stay!
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Our launch at Gossip (https://thegossip.app) is the biggest achievement so far in 2021
While it's important to work hard (especially in a small startup) working under pressure eventually wears everyone down. Always allow yourself to take a step back, take a breather and allow your teammates to do the same. It actually helps everyone to propel forward.
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We grow and learn daily.
Every moment in this virtual era is a learning. You step back, think and move forward :)
teQatlas
Enjoy summer 2021 it is amazing) the biggest learning is that life can change in a second. Bumm and you are in new startup in new team in new niche ! Do not be afraid of massive change!
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The effects of Covid are still present, and I'm sure others, like myself, have found the first half of 2021 challenging from a marketing and communications standpoint. One of the biggest lessons learned (which is really just reiterating what I already knew) is to be authentic, engage in storytelling, and try to focus on community rather than 'sales'.
