What are the parts of your mindset that really prevents you from succeeding? And what have you «fixed»?
This thread is for those who are still in the process of creating something meaningful.
I personally feel like I still need to rewire my brain to prioritize more important things.
My current challenge is a better understanding of who do I speak too, who do I build a product for, or who am I connecting too.
As I write this I believe I am talking about empathy. :)
What's yours?
I have trouble doing product/idea validation because it exposes me to feedback, which can potentially be demoralizing. It's much easier to code up a product because you know the exact steps you need to reach that end point.
Very nicely put self-observation.
Do you have a Twitter?
Changing projects too fast / too often.
After a year of leaving a project I often look back at it and I am like "damn, if I worked more on it, it really might have worked out".
Do you have a personal rule of thumb now for that scenario?
I really don't. I am running a project now for 3 months and I already think of switching.
That's the problem with startups - you really can't tell when is a good moment to quit. Next day after quitting you might have gone viral and get 10 000 users.
On the other hand you can work 10 years on a project and never successfully monetize it in any way.
I am recently trying to focus more on talking with my users to get a feel of how engaged they really are and what should I focus on next.
If you're talking about synthesizing a gut feel from feedback through empathy — I believe in that.
I am actually trying to be more proof / science - based, but I think it will just end up with gut feeling.
"After talking to 10 of my users, I FEEL this is the correct approach".
Is there any way you can back up your idea with measurements?
Well that's exactly what I am trying to figure out currently. :)
I am thinking more and more about making some kind of up-sell - kickstarter or something in that style.
I am kind of sick of making stuff that nobody uses.
Oh, yeah. Feeling you.
Good luck, man.