And here they are...

THE WINNERS OF THE 24 HOUR STARTUP CHALLENGE

Remember, this money is just fun. If you launched a product (or even attempted a launch) - you did something worth MUCH more than $1,000.

#24hrstartup

The winners 👇

#10

Lattes For Change - Skip a latte and save a life.

https://t.co/M75RAirZzs

@frantzfries built a platform where you can see how skipping your morning latte could do for the world.

A great product for a great cause.

Congrats Chris on winning $250!
#9

Instaland - Create amazing landing pages for your followers.

https://t.co/5KkveJTAsy

A team project! @bpmct and @BaileyPumfleet built a tool for social media influencers to create simple "swipe up" landing pages for followers.

Really impressive for 24 hours. Congrats!
#8

SayHenlo - Chat without distractions

https://t.co/og0B7gmkW6

Built by @DaltonEdwards, it's a platform for combatting conversation overload. This product was also coded exclusively from an iPad 😲

Dalton is a beast. I'm so excited he placed in the top 10.
#7

CoderStory - Learn to code from developers across the globe!

https://t.co/86Ay6nF4AY

Built by @jesswallaceuk, the project is focused on highlighting the experience of developers and people learning to code.

I wish this existed when I learned to code! Congrats on $250!!
#6

OpsBot - Hire a robot. Opsbot is DevOps built for indie makers.

https://t.co/ZnjHRvUI0k

@matteing made this very ambitious product - monitoring and automation built for busy people. Don't waste your time setting up cron, adding monitoring, etc.

Enjoy the $250 🤑
#5

Eunoia - Words that don't translate

https://t.co/Rij5NWIVmE

A wonderful, unique product by @stephsmithio. This is a searchable directory of words in other languages that don't translate.

Enjoy the $250!
#4 ($250 prize)

DrawRun - Plan your runs by drawing them on a map!

https://t.co/NuQtjYP1Mm

DrawRun is a simple but useful iOS app that allows users to visualize their runs on a map.

It's amazing how @jordibruin was able to launch a #24hrstartup in the App Store!
#3 ($250 prize)

Teeny Breaks - Science-based mindfulness tips for makers.

https://t.co/RVTqAche3o

A Chrome extension built by @anthilemoon.

We're great at hustling & shipping. What we struggle a bit more with? Taking care of our mental health.

Congrats Anne-Laure!
#2 ($500 prize)

Code Ponder - Marketplace for Code Reviews

https://t.co/LiyCsUmNiW

Built by @benawad97, it's a platform to find experts to review your code.

Very cool idea, congrats on landing 2nd place!!
#1 ($1000 prize)

For the grand prize, a whopping $1,000 🤑

https://t.co/8CZUAXUrHX - A shareable profile that sums you up as a maker.

Congrats to @Booligoosh for great idea & execution, hitting #1 on @ProductHunt, & having the best marketing in the game.

You killed it Ethan!

More from Pat Walls

1/ Starter Story September Results

💵 Revenue: $1,737.84
📈 Uniques: 20,205 (Sept)
✉️ Email Subscribers: 2,956

#openstartup

Read more 👇

2/ For all my new followers (will get to that in a sec) I do a revenue & traffic #openstartup report every month for my main side project
https://t.co/nkcmLxsSra

I've been working on this project for nearly a full year.

3/ Biggest thing that happened this month was obviously the 24 hour startup!

I won't talk about it too much in this thread, but after that happened everything just blew up. I'm still trying to catch up on everything and keep my head above water.

4/ All of this craziness sparked a big decision for me.

I QUIT MY JOB! 😁😅

I know it sounds kind of crazy to quit your job over that, but as I was heading into my 1:1 with my manager it just felt like I had to do it. It felt like the right thing to do.

5/ I had planned to grow SS for 6 more months and then quit, but then the 24 hour startup happened and it felt like it was the right moment to quit.

More from Makers

#24hrstartup recap and analysis

What a weekend celebrating makers looks like.

A thread

👇Read on

Let's start with a crazy view of what @ProductHunt looked like on Sunday

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A top 7 with:
https://t.co/6gBjO6jXtB @Booligoosh
https://t.co/fwfKbQha57 @stephsmithio
https://t.co/LsSRNV9Jrf @anthilemoon
https://t.co/Fts7T8Un5M @J_Tabansi
Spotify Ctrl @shahroozme
https://t.co/37EoJAXEeG @kossnocorp
https://t.co/fMawYGlnro

If you want some top picks, see @deadcoder0904's thread,

We were going to have a go at doing this, but he nailed it.

It also comes with voting links 🖐so go do your


Over the following days the 24hr startup crew had more than their fair share of launches

Lots of variety: web, bots, extensions and even native apps

eg. @jordibruin with
What are some things you should *NOT* do as an indie hacker?

I was recently on @ProductHunt Radio (
https://t.co/IuSMrZTaYG) where @Abadesi asked me this question about all sorts of challenges that founders face.

Here are a few of my thoughts…

@Abadesi Don't blindly follow advice without considering the context in which the advice was given (from who, to who, when, for what) and adapting it to fit your personal situation.

E.g. advice that works for a high-growth VC-funded startup might be disastrous to your indie business.

@Abadesi (This applies to any and all advice in life, btw, not just advice for how to start and run a company. It's almost never a good time to turn off your brain and blindly follow what others are saying.)

@Abadesi Don't equate being a founder with being an inventor. It's an analogy that can easily go too far.

You'll end up overvaluing and over-protecting your pet ideas. Or worse, you'll never come up with an idea at all, because you'll assume that it needs to be something completely new.

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