What are some tips you would give to first time makers?

Build something useful for yourself.

Never ask “How do I get started”or “How do I (fill in the blank)”. Don’t solicit theories you need direct, practical answers. Instead get moving on something. Then ask, “I did (a),(b), and (c) but still hitting a roadblock. For achieving (blank)” Show someone what you have done, and where you want to go. No one wants to do your homework for you.

Make your marketing materials and the product in the highest possible visual quality to stand out. Features alone may not be convincing enough for people to even try it out. They buy with their eyes 👀

1. Create Twitter for following 2. Create Profile Pic for twitter 3. Create Github account 4. Create Figma account 5. Create Product Hunt account 6. Draft design on Figma 7. Create a new repo on Github 8. Create Stripe Account 9. Use Netlify or Vercel to deploy personal site 10. Buy Personal Domain 11. Create First Project & Make Pre-sales 12. Launch on Product Hunt 14. Keep Making Projects 15. Show projects you make on your personal site 16. Participate with other makers on twitter and product hunt 17. Get Feedback 18. Improve your projects 19. Customer Support 20. Keep Making

Create a product which addresses a market gap. Let the decision to build something be data backed. Also a great brand name = half the battle won

This will be harder than you thought. You will feel despair. It's normal, try to accept it as soon as you can.

Take break on weekends.

Just because what you are building already exists doesn't mean you should give up. There is always something you can add, iterate on, improve or even just market better than the existing competitor. Besides, someone offering something similar to what you are doing is a sign of a healthy market!

Every idea you have that sounds good -- test it. And don't ask too much of the opinion of people around you, they're likely to be supportive but won't have a clue of how to make things right

Don't let your love for your idea blind you. Ask other people if they're also feeling the love. In other words, talk about your idea to anyone who'll listen, outside of your family and friends, to get their reaction. Do this before investing any significant time into development.

Double down on product discovery and how to ask the right questions to validate your ideas. Based on my personal experiences it can be hard to resist a positive bias and misinterpret "nice feedback" as real product validation. As a rule of thumb I always feel it helps to receive a form of "currency" such as time (testing your product), reputation (introducing you to others), or money (would people pay?) - the last one is obviously the hardest. There is also a case that a product idea is great and people want to test it but not pay for it yet because the UX needs to be improved. In short: mastering product discovery is key...and very difficult! :)

Find and Speak to members of your target market before anything else, at least you will know if you have market need before pursuing the business opportunity.

Try to spearhead your solution strategy with understanding the problem you are solving and customer discovery.

Have fun and do what you love! You may commercially succeed with your first product, but most of Makers iterate for years to find a great market fit and to build a sustainable product and organization around. You need to ensure your motivation engine is in the "marathon mode".

enjoy what you do and have fun with it!

Do not quit.

Be shameless. Fail Fast and Learn Fast.

I'm a first time maker and I'd really appreciate knowing your advice from what you have learned over the years. 😮‍💨

Completing any project check out mistakes and try best to solve. It's also a way to improve for the future projects.