#24hrstartup recap and analysis

What a weekend celebrating makers looks like.

A thread

๐Ÿ‘‡Read on

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

Download image and upload https://t.co/YEsOp2rUuh
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 @wimgz

https://t.co/MtprzL2bz6
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 ๐Ÿ–so go do your thing.

https://t.co/1lLmAcUHfD
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 DrawRun

https://t.co/UJn0Hk9h2J
There were even monetized launches @brunolemos ๐Ÿ‘

*Now* say it's not a startup ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

https://t.co/JIo8OOwL4z
Of course, we have to give you some search and data magic numbers

Here's what @hugo__df used to search for the maximum number of signups to be announced

Looks like 4 x ๐Ÿ’ฏ(400)

https://t.co/txT8Oio2zW
Stat attack ๐Ÿ“Š

โœ๏ธ 400 people signed up
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป 167 people streamed
๐Ÿ›ซ 94 products launched

In other words
๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ 42% showed up (50+% no-show)
๐Ÿšข of those 56% shipped
๐Ÿ›ค overall 23% converted from signup -> ship

That's amazing!
All thanks to massive amounts of hard work from the whole team

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป

@thepatwalls @_feloidea @arminulrich

https://t.co/j6rCkXObqC
Don't forget to go vote on https://t.co/ru76QU8784

https://t.co/tUl4bCrgfk
For those who still aren't satiated, here's a thread about why it was so awesome

https://t.co/EPXcngBP2I
Available online now ๐Ÿ™‚

๐Ÿ‘‡ Share with your non-Twitter people

https://t.co/oK2D0UK8JL

More from Makers

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 thoughtsโ€ฆ

@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.
Results from yesterdayโ€™s poll. Iโ€™m inclined to agree. And this is something Iโ€™m going to fix in my next move.


As an indie maker you have a huge advantage if you can genuinely dogfood your product. Donโ€™t do what I did and try to make a product for teams if youโ€™re just one person. Thatโ€™s really, really dumb ๐Ÿ™ƒ

Before searching for product-market fit, ask yourself if you have founder-product fit. It is a humbling question but one worth investing the time to answer truthfully.

In hindsight, I have low founder-product fit with Talkshow. Itโ€™s for teams but Iโ€™m solo. Itโ€™s a big broad idea but as an indie I should be focused on a niche.

Just braindumping ๐Ÿคช Again thanks to @tylertringas for the micro-saas content on his blog, it helped me navigate / articulate some thoughts I was having.

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