It takes more than code to bring a project to life

30 Sept 2021 · 1 min

Watch on YouTube

0:59

This content was created by Megan Killion. This content was uploaded by Megan Killion. This is a YouTube video titled "It takes more than code to bring a project to life" (created 2021-09-30). The excerpt is a short exchange between two unnamed speakers discussing entrepreneurship and product-building: that launching a product requires more than code (marketing, sales, support), and the importance of outsourcing non-core tasks, focusing on your "unique ability," and maintaining a "do-not-do" list to avoid founder distractions.

Chapters

It takes more than just code to bring a product to life. It takes marketing, it takes sales, it takes support. It takes a lot more than just, I have an idea, let me put it in code, and then let me see what happens.
There's so many things I do that frustrate me that I'm not good at naturally. And so, you know, this year is my year of outsourcing things and leaning on other people and trusting people to do their jobs. It's very much about like, Your unique ability, which is the stuff that like you're good at, passionate about, and that energizes you. And keeping that and getting rid of everything else. And like your to-do list is important, but more important is your do-not-do list. Because as a founder and an entrepreneur, you will be distracted.