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Stand Up: Who's hustlin' on Thursday?

Why?

That extra nudge of accountability to achieve even a small step on your IH journey each day.

To join in:

01 Share your epic (a big chunk of work with a meaty objective) you'd like to complete by the end of July.

02 Share what you accomplished yesterday.

03 Share what you commit to accomplishing today.

04 COMMENT on AT LEAST ONE fellow hacker's progress and give them an IH Point for their check in. Let's get in there with the encouragement/feedback!

Optional:

05 Share your Work In Progress to underscore your accomplishments.

Then tune in the tomorrow to share how you did on your own tasks!

#daily-stand-up

on July 25, 2019
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    Super late, but here I am!

    JULY EPIC

    • Idea validated & chosen

    YESTERDAY

    • Reached out to previous customer conversation contacts
    • Launched my personal blog with a post on how to get your own blog up and running using ghost & aws ec2

    TODAY

    • Consider my options

    OTHER NOTES
    Okay. So it's only been one day since I reached out to the folks I'd previously had calls with - but no response so far. If I have to follow up more than once, does that mean they don't care enough about the problem?

    As I learn more and more about the remote work space, I find myself almost becoming disenchanted by it. Could be completely mental. I'll need to spend some time tomorrow morning seriously considering it.

    Anyhoo, in the meantime I thought it'd be productive to start building a personal audience so I launched my own website and my first blog post which is all about how to self-host Ghost on AWS EC2 (w/ SSL enabled!).

    KUDOS
    @Harlem for getting mobile responsiveness up and ready to go! Would appreciate any tips you have on how to do this. What framework(s) do you use, any tips to make the workload easier to optimize for mobile, etc.?

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      It could mean that yes, and if it does, it's not the end of the world. Your goal this month was validate and choose. The best thing you can do for yourself besides find a WIN is find a LOSER and not waste any more time on it. So keep that in mind as you're evaluating. It's hard emotionally (especially once you fall in love with something), but well worth it.

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        Yeah you're totally right - onto the next one!

  2. 2

    Yesterday:

    • I finished up the last frontend feature. Where parts are now connected to the video scenes.
    • I started adding some content to the site
    • Worked on ideas for a new name as Makers Part List is kinda long...maybe Maker Insights, instead?

    Today:

    • Work on the user sign up flow and experience

    WIP: makerspartlist.com

    Kudos:
    @Davey 80% there! thats awesome, keep pushing!

  3. 2

    YEAR EPIC

    • AutomatedApi running with at least 5 paying customers

    JULY EPIC

    • AutomatedApi accepting customers

    YESTERDAY
    -(AutomatedApi) work out a simple wizard setup for new api creation through user portal.
    -(AutomatedApi) roll old landing site code into new site

    TODAY

    • (Client) Some detail work for parent portal, mostly chores today
    • (AutomatedApi) Put api definition storage in place, essentially completes that wizard
    • (AutomatedApi) Take another pass at Stripe integration.
    • (AutomatedApi) Implement last missing piece from new homepage

    KUDOS:
    see ya later :P

    WIP
    AutomatedApi.com

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      Wizards! A dead giveaway you lived through the 90s ;)

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        LOL, couldn't think of a better word for it.

        For now it'll be stupid and simple, but I already have plans for smoothing it out in Q4 if time allows.

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          I know that sounded critical, but it wasn't hehe. Wizards get the job done!

  4. 1

    EPIC

    1. 2019
      • $6400 EOY - Nov & Dec excluded
    2. July
      • $1600

    YESTERDAY

    • Start prospecting for a new niche.
    • Postpone follow-up call w/ good prospect for late Aug. Life happens.
    • Research for strategy ideas for a prospect.
    • Transfer a domain away from GoDaddy expensive renewal + $100 late charge.

    TODAY

    1. Outreach: Testing out a new cold email for a new niche.
    2. Sales: Research for lead sources & strategy ideas for a prospect.
    3. Do Startup School

    WIP: Envoy

    KUDOS
    @chazie9 finishing up the frontend feature!

  5. 1

    July Epic

    • Get the Announcr App ready for live demos: 80%

    Yesterday

    • Created the Read Message UI
    • Add pricing/cost to app UI for sending notifications
    • Add A FB style # potential users to UI for sending notifications

    Today

    • Look into local push notifications to trigger arrival greetings
      I know it's going to be really hectic today, big hairy looming day job deadline. But maybe I can get some cycles in late tonight.

    Kudos
    @jpusateri for making it even easier to setup a new api
    @Harlem for finishing up responsiveness without quitting web coding forever

    Work in Progress
    Announcr

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    EPIC FOR JULY

    Complete 42 pieces of content for evergreen launch. Includes:

    4 Facebook ads for two funnels (4 of 4 completed)
    3 Landing pages (3 of 3 completed)

    • 9 Website pages (home (completed), privacy policy (completed), about (completed), contact (completed), enrollment closed, free training (completed), access ended page for enrollment page (completed))
    • 3 scripts for free video series (2 of 3 completed)
    • 4 scripts for course videos
    • 1 cheat sheet
    • 6 emails for two funnels
    • 1 script for orientation video
    • 1 PDF for orientation
    • 4 quizzes
    • 4 templates
    • 1 resource page

    YESTERDAY

    • Finished mobile responsiveness.
    • Wrote second script for free video series.

    TODAY

    • Write third script for free video series.
    • Do a quick pass for tablet responsiveness.
    • Add just a touch of flavor to the post template.
    • Hire MUA.
    • Book venue for film shoot.

    KUDOS
    @davey for a much improved landing page!