From Designer to Django'er in Six Weeks: A Story from Solo Founder
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The document discusses a designer who quit her job to launch her own wedding planning website. She struggled to find a technical co-founder and taught herself Python and Django to build the site herself. The document provides advice for solo founders, including starting as quickly as possible with minimum features, asking for help from others, taking shortcuts where possible, and having a monetization plan ready from the start.
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- 1. From Designer to Django'er in Six Weeks: A Story from a Solo Founder Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 2. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 3. A couple questions Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 4. Hi, I’m Tracy @limedaring Founder of WeddingLovely.com Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 5. “An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.”- Roy Ash Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 6. Quick Overview: - Quit my job as a designer. - Failed to find the right technical co-founder. - Learned some Python using online tutorials. - Used Django to build and launch my own app. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 7. 1 Start out on the right foot Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 8. What is success? Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 9. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 10. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 11. Take a step back. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 12. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 13. Be focused and optimistic before you start Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 14. Have the right success in mind Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 15. My story Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 16. I know HTML — that means I can program! ha ha ha ha ha Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 17. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 18. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 19. Bored now. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 20. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 21. Why weddings? Work on something you love. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 22. Cofounders are awesome, but no cofounder is better than the wrong cofounder. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 23. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 24. Things didn’t go well. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 25. Get a real job or do it myself? Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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- 29. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 30. 2 Launch as fast as possible Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 31. What can you take out? Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 32. You can add more features later Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 33. Work on the hard stu first Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 34. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 35. Active Learning Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 36. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 37. Launch with bad code Really, it’s okay. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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- 40. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 41. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 42. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 43. 3 Have a plan for monetization Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 44. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 45. 4 Don’t be forever alone Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 46. “I’ve been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.” - Russell Simmons Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 47. NDAs suck Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 48. Tell everyone your idea Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 49. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 50. Ask when you get stuck Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 51. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 52. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 53. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 54. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 55. Surround yourself with good influences and smart people Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 56. 5 Take Shortcuts Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 57. Django plug & play Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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- 63. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 64. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 65. Server Shortcuts Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 66. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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- 69. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 70. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 71. Design Shortcuts Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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- 74. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 75. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 76. Create a coming soon page Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 77. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 78. Start o on the right foot. Ask for help. Tell people. Take shortcuts. Launch asap. Monetize. Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- 79. Thank you! Find me on Twitter: @limedaring Tuesday, September 6, 2011