My Simple System to Code Without Mental Blocks (as a solo startup founder)

so you want to build a startup and start earning some extra income but it feels like it's taking forever to launch why because you're probably overthinking everything what is the perfect idea which feature should I build is my product even good enough to launch here's the thing shipping your startup isn't complicated if you just focus on what actually matters in this video I'll break down exactly what matters in the early stages so you can stop overthinking and just ship your startup faster it starts by picking a problem worth solving building out the simplest version of your app and avoiding the most common mistakes that keeps Founders stuck in an overthinking Loop I'll cut the fluff and give you a compressed and actionable plan so by the end you'll know how to ship your startup quickly without endlessly second guessing yourself one of the biggest things that keeps Founders in an overthinking Loop is the idea itself they feel they need the perfect startup idea before taking action and because of that they never start or they keep pivoting the idea to something else why does this happen because they are trying to solve other people's problems without understanding or experiencing their pain so the best way to stop overthinking at the idea stage is to just solve a pain that you personally deal with why because it's a pain you actually understand and feel and you'll naturally build a better product because you are the target user and when it's time to Market your app you'll be able to create a stronger pitch because you can share your own frustrations and show how your app solves them but before you start building I suggest prioritize making painkiller products over vitamin products painkiller products solve urgent problems that usually affect time money or convenience as a quick example if we take a look at real farm an AI powerered Tik Tok automation tool it reached $10,000 in Mr in just 35 days why did it blow up so fast because it solves multiple painkiller problems all at once it saves the user Time by automating viral content creation it saves the user money by replacing the need for video editors so one important thing during the idea stage is to constantly ask yourself would I pay for this because if the answer is no or maybe then it's not worth spending any more time to build it out because it'll be very hard to try to build and sell something that you don't even believe in the best products are created when the founders themselves are the most hardcore power users now that you've

decided on a painful problem you want to solve it's important to not lose track of the vision and bloat the first version of your app with extra features or launch something so Bare Bones it's unusable and doesn't properly solve the original problem I found the best way to avoid both extremes is to follow the SLC framework simple lovable complete this will help you get that tunnel vision to ship a product that is simple enjoyable to use and functional without over complicating things keep your app simple by solving just one or two pain points remember your app doesn't need to do everything so before adding new features always ask yourself does this directly solve the main paino would the app still be useful without this feature adding more features without a good reason will just delay your launch and add complexity lovable apps are more likely to have sticky users who come back over and over again so here are some quick ways to make your app more loved by your users having a clean and familiar UI ensures users don't have to learn how to use your app this minimizes friction and hopefully allows your user to just pick up your app and use it without any tutorials the more handholding you have to do the less enjoyable the experience will be for your user the most efficient way to do this is to just use existing component libraries and templates for example Shaden magic UI and aity are all good options these tools save you time gives your app a polished look and provides your users with a familiar interface which they won't have to relearn your users won't stick around if

your app is confusing and ugly so you are better off making your app look clean and feel intuitive from day one of the best ways to achieve this is to copy what already works from successful apps you could spend hours researching different apps trying to piece together inspiration or you could just use mobin is the world's largest mobile and web design reference library and they have essentially curated all of the best landing pages UI elements and user flows from Modern apps all in one place they cover apps across all platforms such as web IOS and Android apps and lately I've been using mobin to get inspiration for my next startup and honestly having all of my design ideas is organized in one place has been so nice instead of constantly taking screenshots of nice looking websites and digging through them later I can instantly find the best UI inspiration in seconds the best part is you can explore the designs on mobin for free but if you're serious about building your first app I highly recommend check out their Pro membership you'll get access to user flows which will save you a lot of time by showing you how the best apps structure their user experiences huge thank you to mobin for sponsoring this video check them out first link in the description and lastly

the most important step is to make sure you ship something that is complete yes you could always launch something that technically works but you know deep down still feels unfinished as a result early users bounce thinking it's a cool idea but I'll check back in 6 months when it's more usable a good way to know if your app is complete at its current stage is to ask can users still get value from my app without any missing features First Impressions do matter and no paining customer wants to use an unfinished product overthinking kills

momentum here are some quick tips to break out of the loop so you can ship faster give yourself a hard deadline if you don't set a deadline for your launch your project will drag on forever because work expands to fill the time available for its completion and without a deadline you allow yourself to second guess every decision because you are under the illusion of having unlimited time a hack you can try is announcing your launch publicly to your network or just your family and friends this creates a sense of urgency to launch by the date you announced which forces you to focus Fus only on the things that matter for the launch plus no one wants to be the type of person to say they are going to do something and not follow through on it and stop worrying about scaling you should focus on getting 10 happy users then a thousand before worrying about handling a hypothetical 10,000 or a million scaling is always a situation to be managed not a problem to be solved handle it when the situation occurs because it'll be blatantly obvious when you have scaling issues but until then there's no need to worry about it in the early stages