Public, Failure, Fast, Resource, Bloom
☕ Good Morning!
To kick off the day, a brief article from Mental Nodes by Anne-Laure Le Cunff. It emphasizes that the best way to learn is to build in public and “tap into your network's collective intelligence to create constructive feedback loops”. Many Makers now work as Open Startups, sharing their progress, and actively seeking feedback. The article goes on to quote Reid Hoffman, who stated: “If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.” Read the full post here.
🚀 Maker Stories
Pieter Levels shares an article by @thedannorris where, based on his failures, he lists nine signs to watch out for that will show that your business idea will fail. He also explains why its sometimes OK to give up and move on, before being drained by something which isn’t going to lift off. Of his 50 business and ideas he’s alunched in the past 14 years, only 3 have lead to success. So if you can capture what works and doesn’t work at an early stage, you might save a lot of time. Levels expands on the 50/3 assumption in his Twitter thread.
A brief Maker story by Anthony Diké on Indie Hackers. As in need of money, he quickly started a simple and focused services business at university. Read the learnings he took with him in the full post.
🏗️ Build + Launch
If you are looking for funds, Harry Stebbings, Ryan Hoover and a number of other angels/investors have setup “Fundraise From Home”, which hopes to create the next-generation fully distributed Y Combinator. Read how it works and how to apply here.
Some helpful insights by Sjors van Dongen on Indie Hackers on how to create great landing pages. Read his five tips here.
🖥️ NoCode
Today, I wanted to share some great resources I found for NoCoders. Firstly, there is the Digital Design Library, founded by Kareem Al Saady and DrawKit, founded by James Daly, which both house a large selection of curated design resources for designers and startups.
Following on from above, Mohd Danish has created a brilliant database of Public and NoCode APIs which he launched on Product Hunt last year. You can browse the full collection here.
💭 Afterthought
To finish off the day, a great video shared by Amy “Social Distancing” Hoy of blooming cactuses and serenading coyotes. Have a great evening & see you tomorrow!
