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Audrey Rampon

We made it halfway through the year! What's your biggest learning from the past 6 months?

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As a Product Maker/Hunter or Start-up team member, what's the biggest or most enjoyable learning or achievement you can think of? Let's inspire each other! Enjoy your summer everyone!
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Alex Goff
Learning: if you think your flow is clear it is not. Show it to people. Achievement: quitting work to focus on my side project www.everyhour.xyz !
Audrey Rampon
@acgoff Great move! Congratulations! I'll check this out
Alex Goff
@audrey_rampon Thanks Audrey - its a big jump but I am so motivated that I can help others with it because it has done so much for me already! I really respect my time now and really optimise it to do things I love - not things that pacify me!
Alex Goff
@audrey_rampon I just checked out Kosmo too - you have made a beautifully simple product! I really struggled with time blocking - any tips?
Audrey Rampon
@acgoff Thanks Alex, I'll pass the nice feedback onto the team :) KosmoTime is actually made for time blocking. It's quite intuitive, you block time directly in your calendar for any task. You can also create Focus Blocks: simply batch similar tasks together for a better time and task management. And you can also make those Focus Blocks recurring.
Alex Goff
@audrey_rampon Yeahh I really struggled with sticking to the plan. I would find I wasn't in the right frame of mind to code or do design or write copy, so it kinda fell apart. Thats why I built everyhour as it is retroactive, I work on what I want to when I want to and I review if I am spending enough time in those areas - that way when I am motivated I dive in as I know what I need to focus on. Any tips for sticking to your time blocking schedule?
Gleb Braverman
HackerPulse
Our launch at Gossip (https://thegossip.app) is the biggest achievement so far in 2021
Audrey Rampon
@gleb_braverman Congrats!
Andrew Isherwood
Team Tracker
Biggest learning: Sales is really hard
Allan Bonnette
@andyish Same here
Jeremy Bradley
Encrypted Image Filtering App
The effects of Covid are still present, and I'm sure others, like myself, have found the first half of 2021 challenging from a marketing and communications standpoint. One of the biggest lessons learned (which is really just reiterating what I already knew) is to be authentic, engage in storytelling, and try to focus on community rather than 'sales'.
Brendan Russell
Notiv
Having a great team/friends around you is so important in every aspect of life.
Alice Rodgers
Do not be shy when looking for a hunter(:
Isabel Nyo
Second Brain for Engineering Managers
20/80 rule applies in almost all areas of business. For example, I have 15 digital products (http://gumroad.com/eisabai) and 20% of them (about 3) get the most traction.
Edvin Linden
Killed by Apple, Google and Microsoft
That completing and launching side projects is way more fun than just thinking about it! Great question @audrey_rampon 👍
Jenny Kim
While it's important to work hard (especially in a small startup) working under pressure eventually wears everyone down. Always allow yourself to take a step back, take a breather and allow your teammates to do the same. It actually helps everyone to propel forward.
Sasha Briu
Enjoy summer 2021 it is amazing) the biggest learning is that life can change in a second. Bumm and you are in new startup in new team in new niche ! Do not be afraid of massive change!
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