I think Side Project is not just to start your Startup, it might be for your new learning.
If you want to learn any new technology, my suggestion is that develop a mini project or MVP product. This product you can host in your Github or launch as a Startup.
If you guys have any other thoughts, please share!!
Side projects are dangerous, because you can start infinite of them and finish none!
I have been there.. not a good place to be.
I would suggest to really think of an idea before starting and discuss it with some proffessionals. Find the right people and solve the right problems.
As for learning - I totally agree, but the project should be smaller and fragmented.
100% agree, if you are planning to launch a startup then solving right problem is very important.
Eric Reis is a good person to start reading. Find The Lean Startup. It's a good book
*Eric Ries
Thanks for sharing, that's one of the great book that read how to build and scale your startup.
sometime its good to have a side projects, it may take longer to complete but yea it will increase your skills, woring alone on a project is sometimes difficult but its worth a try.
I have created a project alone its because i think there are many pople who dont know about financial indeendence so its my duty to make a website that will lp users to learn about financial independnce and the concept of money.
Website: myfinanceschool.com
Thanks for sharing the URL and 100% agree financial independence is one of the important factor of our life.
Side projects are also a way to create solutions to your problems that other software doesn’t have or isn’t quite the fit for your needs. My side projects I use everyday in my normal workflow. They also help in keeping up to date with some of the latest tech stacks.
Wow that's great, thanks for sharing
Few years ago I built a simple API that would draw geojson boundaries on google maps for a freelance client. I decided to rebuild it to learn a new stack and went all in. Transformed it into a no code tool for customizing maps. My goal was 30 days, did it in 20. Soft launched it on Monday. Check it out at cartta.io 👍🏽
I treat them as personal labs to explore concepts even though I don't finish some of them they address a challenge (exploring a new language, custom fields, testing, or a new tool i want to try) that allows myself to have a working reference of use cases that I can come back and see.
Yes its like your own R&D labs
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That's a great one, thanks for sharing
this is great, do you mind to share how did you do it, algorithm or design?