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Working exclusively with my phone?

Do you think it would be possible to bootstrap moneymaking projects as an indie maker exclusively working with your phone?

Like, you can communicate with Slack, Telegram or Skype with your phone. Maybe you can use Zapier, Carrd.co with your phone too?

Let's share some ideas and tools to do so!

Do you think it would be possible to bootstrap a project 100% with your phone?

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    I think the right question here would be: "would you want to?" ;)

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      There's a lot of business function I'd love to remove the dependency on my laptop for.

      Before reading your question, I was obsessed with completely extracting myself from daily business operations.

      Your question made me realize I'm okay with low-effort dependency in the meanwhile, like being able to do some tasks from my phone.

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      Not about wanting, but being able/forced to. People spend many hours commuting, waiting... and most of the time they only have their phone, not their laptop. Also, many people in the world don't even have a PC, but having a smartphone is becoming a standard even in the developing countries.

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        Fair enough. Actually a good point about there being so many people in the world who do not own a computer but do own a smart phone.

        I have occasionally tried running my business through my iPhone for a couple of days while traveling or on holiday. Found it challenging but doable, as long as there's no creative work (design or coding) involved.

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    I have thought about this, given things like commute times and wait times. I don't think I could do it. Maybe buying a cheap tablet from Costco would make life easier.