Day 907 - Shipping fast, right - https://golifelog.com/posts/shipping-fast-right-1687729300092
All the [talk on Twitter](https://twitter.com/daniel_nguyenx/status/1672569199368228870?s=20) about shipping fast as an indie hacker got me thinking:
*Do I ship too slow?*
Went and did a tally to check my shipping speed: I actually launched ~20 Carrd plugins in 6 months so far in 2023. Started 13 new distribution channels \*.
For Lifelog, about 8 features shipped (considering I only decided to do Side Project weekends starting in March).
So I do launch pretty fast!
Just that Carrd plugins are probably a narrow niche and tiny market, so progress and results might be slower.
So it's not just about shipping fast but in the right niches and opportunities too.
I should launch more *different* bets, even while I continue to build and grow my existing products.
I like how [@daniel_nguyenx](https://twitter.com/daniel_nguyenx/status/1672952233401647104?s=20) talked about it here:
> Launching more is a valid strategy. Though I believe “blindingly launching more” won’t make us better entrepreneurs. Between a) putting all your effort into a bad idea and b) launch as many products as possible, there should be a good middle ground. Launch a few small-scale products short term while doing customer development/validation for a longer-term one. This is what I’ve been doing. I’m still trying to validate a B2B SaaS idea that could potentially reach $10k MRR. In the meantime, I’m launching multiple “fun” products: BoltAI and a couple other. All under a same category: business productivity.
Blindly launching fast is one of those rookie mistakes every indie has to learn via trial by fire. And I like Daniel's approach of small scale, short term bets alongside a longer term big bet. Best of both worlds! I'm somewhat doing that already and plan to dive into that approach even more.
Now looking for a new short term small scale bet to bite into!
But tracking my writings and tweets where I mention wanting to try a new project, I've been thinking and talking about it for a few months now. That's overthinking already. I need to just try and launch stuff.
Anything.
Just ship more. Now.
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> \* New distribution channels for my plugins project:
> - Substack
> - Twitter
> - Discord
> - Tumblr
> - IG
> - Tiktok
> - Sponsorship ads (jannis, ayush, katrin, mark x 2, zite, kevon)
> - Upsells
> - SEO - domaining,
> - Lemon Squeezy, Payhip
> - Affiliates on Gumroad, LS
> - PPP on Gumroad
> - Guest posts on Starrt
*Do I ship too slow?*
Went and did a tally to check my shipping speed: I actually launched ~20 Carrd plugins in 6 months so far in 2023. Started 13 new distribution channels \*.
For Lifelog, about 8 features shipped (considering I only decided to do Side Project weekends starting in March).
So I do launch pretty fast!
Just that Carrd plugins are probably a narrow niche and tiny market, so progress and results might be slower.
So it's not just about shipping fast but in the right niches and opportunities too.
I should launch more *different* bets, even while I continue to build and grow my existing products.
I like how [@daniel_nguyenx](https://twitter.com/daniel_nguyenx/status/1672952233401647104?s=20) talked about it here:
> Launching more is a valid strategy. Though I believe “blindingly launching more” won’t make us better entrepreneurs. Between a) putting all your effort into a bad idea and b) launch as many products as possible, there should be a good middle ground. Launch a few small-scale products short term while doing customer development/validation for a longer-term one. This is what I’ve been doing. I’m still trying to validate a B2B SaaS idea that could potentially reach $10k MRR. In the meantime, I’m launching multiple “fun” products: BoltAI and a couple other. All under a same category: business productivity.
Blindly launching fast is one of those rookie mistakes every indie has to learn via trial by fire. And I like Daniel's approach of small scale, short term bets alongside a longer term big bet. Best of both worlds! I'm somewhat doing that already and plan to dive into that approach even more.
Now looking for a new short term small scale bet to bite into!
But tracking my writings and tweets where I mention wanting to try a new project, I've been thinking and talking about it for a few months now. That's overthinking already. I need to just try and launch stuff.
Anything.
Just ship more. Now.
---
> \* New distribution channels for my plugins project:
> - Substack
> - Discord
> - Tumblr
> - IG
> - Tiktok
> - Sponsorship ads (jannis, ayush, katrin, mark x 2, zite, kevon)
> - Upsells
> - SEO - domaining,
> - Lemon Squeezy, Payhip
> - Affiliates on Gumroad, LS
> - PPP on Gumroad
> - Guest posts on Starrt