10 Tips I would Give Myself in the Beginning

$38 000 and 10 MakerBox launches after...

… I would give these 10 tips myself in the beginning

[learn from my mistakes]

1) Baby steps > Ambitious goals

Don't dream about 10 000 followers.

Instead, write one thread and engage with all replies.

Everyone dreams about success.

Less than 1% actually does something towards it.

2) Get more feedback

Your ideas are (at best) slightly above average.

Want them to be the best? Ask people to roast you.

It will be painful. You will love it.

3) Build painkillers

Vitamins are fancy and trending. But nobody buys them.

Painkillers are boring. But people would walk 5km to get one.

Want to grow? Stop selling vitamins.

4) One goal at the time

Productivity Operating Systems are overrated.

Being efficient is simple. You just need to be ruthlessly focused.

One monthly goal. One weekly goal. One daily goal.

No multitasking.

5) Learn copywriting

Landing pages, Emails, Tweets, Newsletters issues, Blog articles, Launch posts, Cold DMs, and Customer Support.

You will write a lot. Don't suck at it.

6) Do it for free

Not everything should be monetized.

Roast landing pages for free. Consult fellow Makers about marketing for free.

You won't see the results in your bank account right away.

But people will. And it will come back to you.

7) Close the laptop

You can't generate outside-the-box ideas if you look at the laptop for 15 hours straight.

Go for a walk. Hit the gym. Cook a new meal.

Boredom is a magnet for great ideas.

8) Keep it lean

You don't need a Twitter tool to get the first 1000 followers.

You don't need an online course to improve your SEO.

Tools are not the key to success.

Ideas and execution are.

9) Wait for 6 months

Magic doesn't happen right away.

The compound effect needs at least 6 months to get visible.

Your job? Don't quit.

At least for 6 months.

10) Enjoy the moment

You can launch on Product Hunt for the first time only once.

You can get shadowbanned on Reddit for the first time only once.

It will become a routine. Enjoy it while it's not.