Week #7
Weekly Goals
I finally have clarity on what it is I want to build. I have been playing around with the job board idea and I still have a desire to do it, but I have an idea I would rather work on more. I think it has the potential to be more financially lucrative than a job board, but who knows if that actually ends up being true with how many places you can end up with from after starting with a popular job board (ATS software, database/API as a service, recruiting fees, etc).
The most I’m willing to share about the idea publicly for now, is it’s a dating app with a twist.
I’ve had this idea for a while. It’s a dating/social product that has the potential to serve a niche market very effectively. But because this is so consumer focused versus my other previous ideas, the sales and marketing of this type of app is much different. I may also not be able to use traditional online advertising strategies, reasons why I may elaborate on later.
To build this idea, I have sketched together the following
- mobile app front end
- backend API
- bonus: build a clone of mobile app but for mobile web / desktop web. maybe possible to use react-native-web to really only build 1 client.
What makes this even more exciting for me personally, is all of these things is what I use during the day at my job. I just got a big (30%) raise at work, so if nothing else, what I have been doing at my job has been paying off.
So in building my idea and going hard to get it finished, even if no one ends up using it, if I can get it fully built and looking like it came from a funded company, then I will have learned so much and I am now worth more at my job.
Best case scenario, the app pops and catches on for reasons outside of my control…then my upside is potentially limitless.
The goals for me this week is the following
- Have the react native mobile client set up
- react native, react, redux, build config (babel, expo), code formatters, etc. basically the whole mobile stack set up and ready to go
If nothing else, this is the only thing I want done this week realted to this goal, so however I get there is up to me and I don’t want to put anything in stone for now.
Let’s just get this done and feel amazing about myself this time next week.
FYI - $3500 budget for building the app, which is how much I have left in my biz bank account after the cleaning business. I can add more money to it of course, but keeping it to that money will keep me lean. I would file the LLC when the app is ready to be launched and open a 2nd diff bank account. The $3500 can be for development and/or running of the app.
Monday 03/13
TODO
- Wake Up Early
- Kill it at work
- Gym 1-2pm
- 200grams protein
Do Not Do
- No porn / no j.o.
- No youtube shorts
- No social media (i.e. twitter, reddit, quora, etc)
Tuesday 03/14
TODO
- Wake Up Early
- Kill it at work
- Gym 1-2pm
- 200grams protein
Do Not Do
- No porn / no j.o.
- No youtube shorts
- No social media (i.e. twitter, reddit, quora, etc)
Wednesday 03/15
TODO
- Wake Up Early
- Kill it at work
- Gym 1-2pm
- 4pm
- 200grams protein
- 161grams
Do Not Do
- No porn / no j.o.
- No youtube shorts
- No social media (i.e. twitter, reddit, quora, etc)
Thursday 03/16
TODO
- Wake Up Early
- Kill it at work
- Gym 1-2pm
- 200grams protein
Do Not Do
- No porn / no j.o.
- No youtube shorts
- No social media (i.e. twitter, reddit, quora, etc)