I'm a new indie dev, what tips do you have and what do you think I should learn?

My advice is to identify areas where you're not that great — areas that you might even be afraid of — and make a conscious effort to improve there. Try to work this into running your business. I think this is helpful for a few reasons:

1. If you're business doesn't work out, at least you are better prepared for the next one. (This is the story of my life, basically.)
2. A businesses' weak points often align with the founder's weak points, so focusing on what you're bad at is a good way to improve your current business.
3. Breadth of experience and skill makes you a much creative person. You'll have much better ideas going forward, and more options to explore.
4. Learning in general is worthwhile for its own sake.

Hi Glenn.

My advice is this. Creating a product is easy, and fun, and lots of us do it. Finding customers is hard. In fact, its very hard. Develop your interpersonal skills. Get good at talking to people.

A lot of developers would rather code than talk to clients. That’s a good way to make something that people don’t actually want.

If I had one piece of advice it’d be learn to sell well. Talking to prospects abs figuring out what they want is extremely important for success.

Two things. Use marketing automation software like Narrow.io to help alleviate the burden of marketing while you're building.

Secondly, learn how to prioritize. This sounds trivial, but developers have a habit (including me) of working on things that don't move the needle. You need to know what to work on to build momentum. That's critical.

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