📖 Make﹕ Bootstrapper's Handbook

• guy from Nomad List and 💻 Go Fucking Do it

• ~ post apps to dataisbeautiful if they are data-based

• ~ post on BetaList

• ~ monetize by asking users for money

• > Always start from the problem, not the solution

• ~ people discussing programming languages are not shipping products

• ~ SQLite is an excellent db, even deployed

• ~ when collecting emails, name a very specific benefit

• ~ build mini apps around your startup, launch them separately

• ~ work on several ideas at the same time, but give 80% to one

• ~ know that launching your project successfully will not guarantee your project will get traffic long-term

• ~ if you use non-organic growth like ads, you can't see how well you're doing

• ~ make a launch for every big feature

• ~ only work in public if the audience overlaps with your product

• ~ don't ignore meta tags, especially og﹕media

• ~ launch an API as marketing

• ~ always have a simple feedback box on your site

• > You aren't running a charity. You're running a business. If people won't give you money for your product, you have an existential crisis on your hands.

• ~ you are just scared to charge money for your product

• ~ as soon as you monetize, you'll get hate

• > Build with monetization in mind

• ~ entrepreneurs do their best work when resource-constrained

• mentions native ads

• ~ people prefer authentic asks for money over flashy marketing buttons

• ~ people don't pay for content, but they pay for connections

• ~ monetize with relevant job ads

• ~ code an app that charges you if your GPS isn't at the gym once a week

• ~ use typeform to charge

• ~ when picking an accountant, quiz them on Stripe and international micropayments