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What's your workflow as a maker?

by Alin Rauta

Hi indie hackers,

I've been seen tweets lately like "What is your productivity stack?" or "What is your work stack?" and that gave me some food for thought about "how" I work as a maker. Simply put, my workflow.

Here is my workflow as a maker:

  1. Find/come up with ideas: write them down and evaluate them
  2. Build MVP: code or no code depending on the idea
  3. Create landing page: capture potential interest through emails
  4. Measure: set some goals before launch, so I can decide if it's worth pursuing further
  5. Launch: producthunt, reddit, indiehackers, betalist
  6. Stay motivated & focused: keeping momentum and stay motivated being a solo maker is tough, especially in the bad days (this is more like a daily thing).

Care to share your workflows? I'm curious what's your routine to get shit done and ship 🚢.

Thanks!
Alin

Alin Rauta's avatarAlin Rauta
on October 2, 2019
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    Hi Alin,

    In main lines, I would do it in the following way:

    1. Come up with "the idea", check for competitors or similar ideas already in motion
    2. If you know you can add plus value on the existing implementations of "the idea" then discuss about pros/cons with your friends/colleagues and get a first honest feedback about "the idea".
    3. Once decided to move on > build the MVP & set goals and expectations
    4. Measure planned vs. realised goals and expectations, start to know your target audience
    5. In an ideal case > build the product and announce the target audience about your proposed product timeline
    6. Plan the product launch, announce the Go Live
    7. Marketing campaign on your target audience
    8. Continous monitoring, support and improvement of the product

    Cheers

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      Thanks for sharing, Alex! I'm wondering why you go to friends/colleagues to get the first feedback about the idea. Is that helpful even though they are not in the target market?

      Alin Rauta's avatar Alin Rauta
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        The topic is subjective since this is what you've asked for :-)
        For me it works to have a first "inhouse" validation, if I can say so, by discussing "the idea" with a group of close friends/colleagues from the same working field, but with different experiences.

        Cheers

        alexmano's avatar alexmano
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          Ok, I get it now. You are your own focus group for each other, so to speak 😂

          Alin Rauta's avatar Alin Rauta
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    Hi Alin,
    I'm actually building a framework product that's supposed to set this process on rails.
    In this product I used my own framework, which is a bit different from yours but has similarities.
    I like to structure this process by asking questions. It goes like this:

    1. Who am I making this for?

    2. What problems do these people have?

    3. How can I get them onboard?

    4. How can I solve their problems?

    5. How can I make a solution that will continue working on its own?

    I can elaborate a bit on each of those, but I think the underlying goals/tasks of each section are pretty intuitive from these questions. You can also check my process in the product itself (wrenches.io)

    a2svior's avatar a2svior
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