Mubashar Iqbal
#1 maker on Product Hunt with too many side projects. Everyone calls Mubs.
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
Hi, everyone calls Mubs you should too. I’m the #1 Maker on ProductHunt and responsible for too many side projects, which I forgo sleep to work on but sleep is overrated anyways! I’ve lived on 3 continents, both coasts of the USA, worked with startups and Fortune 500 companies a like. Ask me anything!
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Mubs!!! Similar to @levelsio, I'm super impressed with the quality and quantity of your projects. Here are 18 products launched on Product Hunt over the past year.
Why do you keep building stuff? Why not focus on one product?
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
@rrhoover Shiny things are great right? I love the process of creating things, and until now my projects have been fun things to do on the side. I say until now, because I quit my job recently!
I'm very excited about CreatorsLog and may find that I'm gonna focus on it, probably not exclusively because I like to experiment new technology with side projects.
I also like to help other people, about half of my products are in partnership with other people, most of whom can't develop!
Seth Louey
@sethlouey · 🙌 2016 PH Maker of the Year Nominee
@mubashariqbal Hey Mubs! Thanks for jumping on. What has been your biggest accomplishment over the past few years?
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
@sethlouey Thanks Seth, quite the big question to start with. I'm really proud of what we've done to put Upstate New York on the map.
There are some really talented people in the area and being able to bring attention to them with things like LevelUp Con and feature some amazing makers on Product Hunt has been awesome.
daniellevine
@daniellevine · Docket.report
@sethlouey not too far from there, great work @mubashariqbal!
Seth Louey
@sethlouey · 🙌 2016 PH Maker of the Year Nominee
@daniellevine where are you located?
jacilyn
@jacilynh · Civil Engr & Flatiron Web Dev. Student
Do you have a favorite podcast?
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
Do you want to focus on Creators Log or Maker MVP at this point or are you seeing which takes off?
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
@bentossell I'm really passionate about Creators Log, mostly because I think it will part of my future whatever that ends up being.
Any future products I build will be documented on Creators Log, so side projects, real startups or MakerMVP projects will be there!
Kate
@katesegrin · Community @ Product Hunt
@mubashariqbal How many hours of sleep do you usually get each night?
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
@katesegrin Somewhere between 3 and 4 hours. Occasionally I recharge and sleep 10h :)
Joey Tawadrous
@joey_tawadrous · Software Dev, Designer & Entrepreneur
@mubashariqbal @katesegrin Are you kidding me! This is Amazing! How do you keep up your energy levels? Diet / exercise / necessity or what? I mean a lot of people would like to know all about your secret sauce.
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
@joey_tawadrous @katesegrin I guess I'm wired differently been this way since high school.
The only thing I do try and do is sleep right when I get in bed. No hanging out, reading or watching TV. The bed is for sleeping!
If I'm not tired I get out of bed and do something else, no point just tossing and turning :)
Paul Kemp
@paul_s_kemp · The App Guy Podcast
@mubashariqbal Hi Mubs - During your launch day, do you combine your launches with any other strategy to get into the tech press?
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
@paul_s_kemp ProductHunt has been great to get coverage from the Press. When reaching out to journalists, letting them know about the traction apps are getting on here really helps show them the app is worth writing about.
I haven't really leveraged other products yet, but as my network continues to grow, showing that a product is part of a larger network of products is gonna be good.
Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg · Former Product Hunt
@mubashariqbal Mubs! What's your process? How do you create so much? What advice do you have for others looking to do the same....
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
@eriktorenberg I like to tell people somewhat jokingly that I'm selfish and lazy!
Most of my ideas revolve around solving problems that I experience, and I write as little code as I can because I'm lazy.
Rob Race
@rob__race · Founder of @standup_time & @GetRoadmaps
@mubashariqbal What is your process for prioritizing both projects against one another and tasks across multiple projects(assuming you do multiple at once)?
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
@rob__race I'm usually pretty open about these being "passion" projects, so I don't have a schedule that I have to commit too. So really its just a matter of what I feel like working on, or if something is broken that I need to fix :)