Ideas, Products & Validation. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💡" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📦" title="Package" aria-label="Emoji: Package">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💰" title="Money bag" aria-label="Emoji: Money bag">

In Jan, I listed my products to date https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Right pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Right pointing backhand index"> https://twitter.com/HelenRyles/status/1221595707179663360?s=20">https://twitter.com/HelenRyle...

It taught me:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimacing face" aria-label="Emoji: Grimacing face">For every 1 successful one, I had 2 that failed
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📅" title="Calendar" aria-label="Emoji: Calendar">I average about 4 products a year
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📈" title="Chart with upwards trend" aria-label="Emoji: Chart with upwards trend">My success rate is going up
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔨" title="Hammer" aria-label="Emoji: Hammer">Skills snowball over time & transfer

1/6

Since then I get asked these questionshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❓" title="Red question mark ornament" aria-label="Emoji: Red question mark ornament">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging" aria-label="Emoji: Person shrugging">Why so many projects?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎁" title="Wrapped present" aria-label="Emoji: Wrapped present">Where do you get your ideas from?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😮" title="Face with open mouth" aria-label="Emoji: Face with open mouth">How do you decide what to work on next?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">Are you worried about ideas being stolen?

2/6

My projects are always small + self-contained to:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⌛️" title="Hourglass" aria-label="Emoji: Hourglass">Fit around a 60hr work week
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📦" title="Package" aria-label="Emoji: Package">Deliberately constrained & not overwhelming
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔤" title="Input symbol for latin letters" aria-label="Emoji: Input symbol for latin letters">Can be built using no-code + free tools
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚀" title="Rocket" aria-label="Emoji: Rocket">Small enough to actually launch (a project always expands!)

3/6

These things help with ideas & inspirationhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💡" title="Electric light bulb" aria-label="Emoji: Electric light bulb">:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✍️" title="Writing hand" aria-label="Emoji: Writing hand">Document all ideas, around ~5 a day
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩‍💻" title="Woman technologist" aria-label="Emoji: Woman technologist">Review them every few months
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📊" title="Bar chart" aria-label="Emoji: Bar chart">Look for repeating ideas, trends + patterns
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="White heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: White heavy check mark">Rate & filter them

4/6

I rate my product ideas in the following ways:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙅‍♀️" title="Woman gesturing not ok" aria-label="Emoji: Woman gesturing not ok">Concept: Never going to happen, I have no idea how to make this

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face"> Possible: I can see this existing, I could prototype this

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤩" title="Star-struck" aria-label="Emoji: Star-struck"> Confident: I can& #39;t wait to make this, I am already actively validating this.

5/6

Don& #39;t be precious with your ideas https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Gem stone" aria-label="Emoji: Gem stone">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥇" title="First place medal" aria-label="Emoji: First place medal">You’re not 1st, do more market research.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤑" title="Money-mouth face" aria-label="Emoji: Money-mouth face">People copy profitable businesses, not ideas
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥊" title="Boxing glove" aria-label="Emoji: Boxing glove">Remove fear of competition early, or it will always be there

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Sparkles" aria-label="Emoji: Sparkles">You will have more ideas in one day than you can ever build in a lifetimehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Sparkles" aria-label="Emoji: Sparkles">

6/6