ZimexApp

When developing my side projects, i always read the quotes below when i lose focus or burn out or start to wonder what am i doing.

1. And you’re not off the hook just because you have an amazing launch. Nearly 50,000 people checked Gumroad out on the first day, which was great! Even more saw our fundraising announcement(s). But in terms of real customers, almost none of them came from all that fanfare. It was a lot of really consistent growth over a long period of time–mostly driven, especially at the beginning, by a hard-working sales team - Gumroad

2. People always ask me this, and the answer is always super boring: we sent a lot of emails. That's really it. We scoured the web for people who could benefit from a product like Gumroad, and then told them about it. Literally thousands of times. That's the only way, really, when you're young and no one cares or knows who you are, to get folks to use your product. - Gumroad

3. So many times I could have quit. So many times it seemed the the world was telling me to quit. I could have quit when it was hard, or a new competitor launched to fanfare, or when I did not know how I was going to make payroll.Being naive enough to think I could succeed eventually willed Pagely into existence. Do not underestimate the power of not knowing any better. - Pagely

Technology especially the internet makes it easy to escape the constrains of living in 3rd world country. Internet is genuinely a basic human right. It provides resources that wouldn't have been possible in my country.

I live in a landlocked small African country called Zimbabwe. With continued mismanagement of the economy, its a struggle to innovate and build products. Thankfully mobile internet is easily accessible though bit expensive. The internet has helped me a lot in getting resources to make innovation work here.

I have learnt how to program, how to start and grow successful internet business through the internet, its such a great resource to escape constrains of third world economy.

Its a struggle to innovate and survive when you first have to make sure you innovate ways to get basic human needs then after that you have to innovate on your product. I salute all innovators living in Africa.

The good thing though, its that there are many opportunities available to innovate in a developing country. You can start your business and grow with the economy. Africa as a whole has more than 1 billion people and that's a market ready for local innovative products. It makes me glad to be among the people trying to provide products to the African continent.

Reading indie hackers stories from experienced hackers is great motivation to know whats possible through innovation.

ZimexApp now has 500 businesses that have created accounts and showcasing their products and services. This has all being achieved mainly through direct marketing. 70% of businesses contacted directly have signed up. Next milestone 1000 accounts.