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@vsabanadesan I recommended you on @producthunt. You can now join the discussion. :) https://www.producthunt.com/invites/vsabanadesan

"I can’t stress this enough—protect your attention. It’s among the most valuable things you have."
– @jasonfried

@EspreeDevora you should totally connect with @venikunche. She'd be an awesome guest for your new podcast!

@venikunche/2016-year-in-review-my-turning-point-dd5729fc813e#.tcs3by67v" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@venikunche/2016-year-in-review-my-turning-point-dd5729fc813e#.tcs3by67v

@NicholasHould just published your year-in-review! 🙌

https://yearinreview.me/2016/jean-nicholass-year-in-review/

RT @UrbnHealthNP: My goal is not to get more done but to have less to do. Productivity through rest, nutrition, and good, radical self care…

@clientgiantrob

Freelancers = great market (that you are also a member of).

South Park fans who write Medium articles = much smaller. ;)

@clientgiantrob your struggle can also be their struggle. If you’re already a member of your target market, even better!

@deriksutton I agree. You don’t need a *huge* market, but the market can’t be too small either.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/810520047747813376

.@deriksutton passion is definitely part of the equation. But that passion has to be reciprocated by the market.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LToOAElCH34

.@clientgiantrob profitable products are born out sizeable markets with money.

Start with people who have 💰 and find their struggle.

.@grantgarrett “ideal potential customer.”

First: find a good market.
Next: figure out what they’re struggling with.
Finally: build that.

Some people disagree with me, but...

I think finding your ideal customer is your #1 priority.

(Even before you think of a product idea)

@Joseph_Salinas yup: http://uifaces.com strikes again

@femkesvs seriously my fave.

Reminds me of a Jared Hess movie: http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0381478/

My favorite movie of the year is on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/title/80096995?s=i

I just keep rewatching this. Need to get out in the ❄️.

https://youtu.be/d4gibT1strg

Let's go 🏂 tomorrow.

Doing a little Boxing Day sale. 🎁

You still have time to get these:
https://ckarchive.com/b/d0ueh0h4z386

Snowed in.

Almost out of 🍷 and ☕️.

Send help.

RT @dkhaburdzania: “I wasted 4 years of my life doing this” by @mijustin https://medium.com/product-people/i-wasted-4-years-of-my-life-doing-this-60e2d21b642?source=twitterShare-6dd4e88f889-1482773569

Have you listened to this yet? So good. 💯 https://overcast.fm/+Gy_PheAOw

What makes a product successful?

Loved this chat with @adamwathan.

Who had pie for breakfast? 👋

If you're looking for something fun to do with the kids, check out Minecraft Designer: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/minecraft-designer-hour-of-code

"My most successful projects all have this common thread..." – @adamwathan

Love this:
https://youtu.be/LToOAElCH34

Today I learned that Boxing Day is primarily a thing in:
🇬🇧
🇦🇺
🇨🇦
🇳🇿

(Basically all countries with the Queen on our money)

@MattGiovanisci some products just market themselves

@MattGiovanisci my guy just keeps trying to sell me drugs.

My daughter got me this for Christmas and thinks it's the funniest thing ever. 😂

1:15am.

Kids in bed. 👶🏼

Presents wrapped under the tree. 🎁

Cookies eaten. Milk drank. 🍪

I'm out. 😴

Merry Christmas! 🎄

@VioletaNedkova I've LOVED my 30s! Best decade by far!

This holiday season millions of parents will put an enormous amount of energy into pretending they're an old man who sneaks into houses. 🎅

RT @marcjohns:

@JFaid 🎄🎁🎅🏻

@nathanallotey your money goes a long way here!

The new ep of @productpeopletv is up on @producthunt! "Adam Wathan's insane launch story" https://www.producthunt.com/posts/product-people-ep82-adam-wathan-s-224-000-launch-story

@marcjohns 😳😱😭

@BrokerChange Canadians be like

This still blows my mind.

$100,000 🇺🇸

turns into

$135,480 🇨🇦

RT @jeremyvaught: Excellent episode! I'm digging Test-Drivel Laravel, so to get the 'behind the scenes' of the product development and laun…

Just in time for the holidays... a new @productpeopletv episode!

🎄 An unbelievable launch story with @adamwathan 💯

https://overcast.fm/+Gy_PheAOw

@cavezza 😜

That was a bit of a typo. Meant to say: "need some inspiration?"

RT @doefler: You get to your dream by starting small and then keep going

🏎💨🐢

@mijustin

https://medium.com/mega-maker/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5?source=linkShare-8584bbdd5597-1482442845

The tools I use https://justinjackson.ca/tools2016/

@oblakeerickson yup. Ruby on Rails app backed by a Postgres database and Redis cache.

This was my tools stack for 2016:

https://justinjackson.ca/tools2016/

@CorbettBarr nah, I’m just a hack with a bag of tricks. 😉

@anthonymychal my good friend @KidPickSell did. He is 💯

@CorbettBarr lol. I spent waaaaay too much time on that. 😂

I got so excited about @chase_reeves and @CorbettBarr's "Entrepreneurs vs Hunters" that I turned it into a cartoon.

I moved to #vernonbc so I could snowboard more. Decided to take the morning off and test this @sandmarcgear GoPro pole.

@sperte yes

@chase_reeves 😳

Lots of folks disagreed with me on this one:

⚡️ “Choose the right market”

https://twitter.com/i/moments/810883900562173952

@theleviallen 🙌 Yes! 💯%

@seanwes 👍

.@seanwes this reminded me of a chapter I have in my book. Just published it here: https://justinjackson.ca/surprise/

"How to surprise people"

“Amazon Go: We’re All F*cked” — @hannahlizwhite https://iot-for-all.com/amazon-go-were-all-f-cked-e6fb885f94c4#---0-158.qhz9w04us

⚡️ “People have Steve Jobs all wrong”

https://twitter.com/i/moments/810882166137778177

@ParkerAKlein 🙌

My favorite part about living in #vernonbc is having this perfect Christmas village 20 mins away 🎄

@LoganNickleson thanks for the music for this video too. 👍

This piece by @cliffordoravec is 💯 @cliffordoravec/the-epic-guide-to-bootstrapping-a-saas-startup-from-scratch-by-yourself-part-1-4d834e1df8c1#---0-185.vocfytdji" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@cliffordoravec/the-epic-guide-to-bootstrapping-a-saas-startup-from-scratch-by-yourself-part-1-4d834e1df8c1#---0-185.vocfytdji

@cliffordoravec nice! 🙌

Great article too!

@sandmarcgear thanks for the handheld boom! Worked perfectly. 💯

Took my boys skiing. Remembered the GoPro. Super fun! 🙌

Writing a "Year in Review?"

Share it on: https://yearinreview.me

💃🕺

@jasonfried I like the idea of "yes, and..."

It matches your sentiment in "Give it 5 minutes." 👍

@jasonfried we're all guilty of this one. ;)

@markoxvee @upscribe_ yup

@markoxvee it goes to ConvertKit automatically, I believe.

@sethlouey fixed

@twigpress yup, it will be on my blog sometime after Dec 26th.

.@marcvangend @sijdesign I'd say it's better to look at the thousands of people who bought without hesitation and ♥ it. Find more of those!

@mikeherreraTD it's good.

What do other SaaS founders think about @jasonlk's opinion here?

"SaaS comes first, family comes second."

https://www.saastr.com/22-reasons-i-wont-fund-you/

@patrickc http://www.psfk.com/

@scottw I agree.

@Shpigford 😳

BTW - When it launched in 1985, Super Mario Bros likely cost $30 - $50 (that's $67 - $112 in today's dollars).

Free apps have spoiled us.

If you're building a business, ignore feedback from people who want everything for free (or cheap). They do not make good customers.

If you want to be big, start small. https://medium.com/mega-maker/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#---0-91.h4xzfuvum

@jakegry yes, iTunes was the solution for millions of people before Spotify.

Spotify was the next step in the trend for sure.

@ManishJethani exactly.

Palm Pilot, BlackBerry, Nokia e37: all early behaviors that demonstrated consumer desire.

If I ask you: "is there existing demand for the progress your product provides?"

And you say: "no, it's totally new!"

That's a bad sign.

A successful product is rarely something "we didn't know we wanted."

Successful products give us the progress we already desire.

@ideasrex YESSSSSS. You just said it better than I did.

RT @ideasrex: @mijustin g8 point, he packaged those things so well and made them irresistible and it happened in the right moment of techno…

MP3s were the existing trend.

Having to download them illegally on spammy sites like Limewire was the gap.

iTunes was the solution.

Steve Jobs was good at:

- finding an up-trending behavior
- identifying the gaps
- making stuff that gave us progress within existing trend

"Steve Jobs made things we didn't know we wanted."

That's not exactly true.

People wanted to listen to MP3s on the go before the iPod.

@nireyal your @askwhale answer here was really helpful!

https://askwhale.com/q/e70b60/how-can-you-motivate-more-people-to-post-content-in-an-online-forum-type-community

Thanks for doing it. 👍

@ctietze I just searched for units sold in 2015 for each product (different sources for each)

@natekontny it's also on Medium if you'd like to give it some ♥ there:
@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb

@pcab glad I got you thinking. ;)

It's also on Medium if you'd like to give it some ♥ there:
@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb

@taaronology thanks so much Taaron!

It's also on Medium if you'd like to give it some ♥ there:
@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb

@8BIT thanks so much for sharing it John! (we haven't chatted in a long time, how are you doing?)

@tj_fogarty thanks for sharing it TJ!

It's also on Medium if you'd like to give it some ♥ there:
@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb

@santz85 thanks Santos!

It's also on Medium if you'd like to give it some ♥ there:
@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb

@danguita thanks for sharing it David!

It's also on Medium if you'd like to give it some ♥ there:
@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@mijustin/this-is-what-starting-small-looks-like-d729f51c4ed5#.7z6cx4cqb