Building a Web Startup in 57 Hours
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- I recorded my screen for 57 hours while coding, designing, and marketing a Node.js web app from scratch. In this video I show and explain key moments my lean startup/rapid prototyping process, and go over my post-launch analytics.
Songs:
Eric Reprid - Coffee ( / coffee-prod-clueless-kit )
Jacob Steele - Star Gazing (www.musicbed.c...)
Love the way you think Will. Sniffing out opportunities and parrying dead ends like a champ. Let’s hit our goals someday
Dude you are one of the best tech youtubers I have ever seen not even lying! I used to watch tech lead, siraj, jarvis, and blah blah blah, but I like that you go over your projects. It is very unique to you and you don't let audience tell you what to do. Do what you are doing, most of the content you make is already really good so you don't have to worry about people unsubing.
Thank god for these youtubers which do not skip all vital and interesting parts. Just show the real things more often. Thanks.
Omg. He is young tecklead...
yep
i was totally thinking same thing, lol
He hasnt even got a wife? Whats with the google internship?
@@KundoKun Racists!
skdkskdk Eh, not really. He sounds exactly like the tech lead, along with the fact that his mannerisms are the same as well. I know you’re probably trolling, but I’ll assume the best and give you the benefit of the doubt.
Also, racism insinuates a sense of superiority or demoralizing an individual, if anything I would be ecstatic to be compared to a young tech lead if I where him.
Can we just congratulate this legend on gaining more than 66000 subs in less than 5 months
You're doing good work. UA-cam has been recommending your videos to us (cause they are legit) . Subscribed!
10:40 I used to have this approach, but you will eventually find that writing tests makes future development quicker, and you realise if anything is broken beforehand by a test failing. While it's fine at a play project level, eventually it won't cut it for production level as the complexity and feature sets grow imo.
Adblockers also often block analytics scripts. That could be why the analytics are wrong in your case.
One thing I'd add to your marketing arsenal would be asking people to share the service with other streamers to get into the beta (or be matched sooner). It's a win win for both.
Try to befriend someone who knows a bit about marketing. I've made many projects and I had to shelf all because I couldn't get any traction.
There are some good videos on gray zone marketing tactics that used to be widely used and still might be used that only require programming skills. Look up Vincent Dignan.
Thing are much harder to get off the ground unless you're actually breaking ground and making something people are already dying for, ideally makes them money or replaces something they do that's super tedious and they hate it with a passion. It's hard to find, but then you get much different reactions and word of mouth.
Great stuff! This fits a great market segment that is under served (streaming to multiple site at one).
Awesome video. I want to use your bare bones development approach.
This is CRAZY!!! Next upcoming best startup!
Hey there!
I am coming from the Twitch Scene having been in constant contact with influencers.
I founded streamfinity a streamer& Moderator Interface which is now inactive due to the new Twitch Update rendering it useless.
To make it short: That Start-up Idea fails since Twitch Partners are NOT allowed to stream on other Plattforms.
The core idea of having a streamer dating-like service is great and the time for this is quite good knowing the market.
Consider adding Filters so streamers can search for other streamers with similar schedule or other relevant data.
Would love to have a chat If you need some clear Feedback.
Let's say I am quite good in providing clear feedback.
website is looking great! nice pivot
You are inspiring. TY
Great video! I can relate to so many things!!
awesome video dude
Thank you!!
Hi Will, thanks for sharing your process. It's been what started to take shape in my mind after navigating all these videos and articles, summarized in 12 minutes. Did you use any tools/process for planning features or time-box your work?
Noice frame with Sponsorship at 10:02
Great job!
Yea I was gonna say Restream before you mentioned it lol
- post it in your instagram stories
- make a survey
- value first (what are the needs of the customer, why would they use it)
Very cool dude, keep it up!!
Thanks for your video! 😀✌️
youre super interesting and entertaining to watch! Keep it going.
dope
Hi, would it be possible to make a platform which pulls all online marketplaces together into one place? So one site where it pulls together ebay, gumtree, facebook marketplace etc. Thanks!
Try going to game events like in Vancouver lol
Dude, you didn't even put a link to the site in the description, missed opportunity :)
well we can see the site name is playdate.gg from the vid `_`
@@nicolaimatthew5928 I know, but from a marketing standpoint, that's a big fail and on topic for him :)
omg it's suuuuuuuch a slow site!
Looks like a squarespace site 😂
same same. Already have 30K+ subscribers! that explains why!
Great vid bro...came due to Reddit..keep up the good work
What school did you go to? Waterloo? UofT? Saw the Tims cup, and you can code, so just wondering.
Hahaha yooooo ejs I did that too for my first code web app. It's cool eventually I moved to react. Pretty cool but was frustrating af. Lol
😂😂And I thought I was alone who does that 10:20
Here too.
excuse me? the ads is WIX
Use with a unique ID for each site, you can then have referral traffic data, I know that it will look different but there is no real way to get that data in analytics reliably
Did you seriously not link it in this video description? That was dumb....
can i hire you
Don't go to React! Use Vue! Be one of us!
wrr
our coding styles are basically THE SAME ..
- i think tests are overrated .. and writing them is a waste of time .. i just have shit in my head .. and the other things .. i count on the user (fast iteration is important .. just push to the user and fix what needs to be fixed later)
- i never design anything .. i just add shit as i go .. design styles change all the time .. and making things directly in HTML and CSS is the best way to do design in my opinion
Do you work as a software dev?
@@akrbor i do yes, i work for a very small startup that i co-founded, it's called minelead ... i'm also a student .. doing a master's in systems informations engineering
playdate sounds like a hot new dating site for boomers
Stop reading my soul
Hey bro, I'm a frontend/backend developer working on my own projects. If you want, let's work on some projects together. Two people is better than one. Reply here if you're interested. If you have a discord post it as well.
Dude! You really look like Mark Zuckerberg's wife.
Still alive?😅
RTMP protocol is not easy at all and is so freaking anoying
Zelda copy.. is that really a startup?
Are you just trying to get famous or actually trying to make a profitable business because these videos arent gonna help you dominate a market when you keep telling the world where the cheddar is. FYI
React ain't hard. Get on it.
Hi Will, if your open to a project please message me. Startup or contract work we can discuss. Thanks
He isn't getting enough bite from the marketing so he makes a 16 minute youtube video marketing the new site.
But the original site is gone now lol
not true. don't be a bully. i've watched this video from start to finnish and, even though i'm not interested in this type of service, i'm glad that i did, because the opportunity to see into his mind as he plans, codes, designs, tests, advertises, struggles, tests myriads of solutions, ..., has a tremendous value of its own.
@@michalbotor it was a joke
This man just used UA-cam for free advertising 😂😂
Try to show the benefits to other people, not the idea.
It's harder to sell a product than sell its benefits.
By the way, great video.
wrrr
Good content, thank you. I really like your sense of humor. If you are interested in a advice. I would recommend you paying some midsize steamer to promote your website, or just do a partnership deal with several small to mid size streamers.
Also, you need to figure out the value that sustains over time and forces users come back on a regular basis, for now from what I see, once a streamer found couple of friends to collab with, they don't need your platform any more, at least till the time they want to find someone new, which could be a long period.
Cheers!
Man, this is so inspiring to see that you made a software product in less than 2 weeks that has active users on it. this just shows how much action and hard work are important
Please talk about the legal side of things!
Don't you have to register a business, and pay taxes? Also what about Therms of Services and Data Policies?
A video on this topic would really be interesting!
Lookup strip atlas. There is also firstbase.io
You have to keep in mind that he doesn’t start official businesses, he is simply making a website. He doesn’t have to pay taxes since it’s not an official business and the only fees he pays are his house’s internet and electricity since he’s not even hosting on 3rd party hosting services. Lastly for the terms and services, it’s not something that stays the same for everyone everywhere, every state and country has different laws for the regulations of company products.
@@eralps This is 100% false, you have to pay taxes on all income regardless of whether it comes from an "official business". If people are paying to use his service, then he needs to pay taxes on that income.
@@Sensimuse not true
Sensimuse facts but he still not making money 💰 so he does not need to pay as it is deducted from his profits
Thank you for the video. Seems you are from Canada 🇨🇦 since I saw Tim Hortons at the beginning of video)) btw how is your startup going?
I would go into programming discord servers and find a "project showcase" channel. Most of the servers I am in have a showcase channel where people can shamelessly self promote. If you are interested I can link a few.
Do provide some link
Testing in production bruh. I do that too. No shame for that.
I don't see anything wrong with it if your app has 3 pages.
wr, no shamex nmw
Anyone know the soundtrack at the end? 16:09
Awesome video man, really liked the format. I always find the problem with Reddit and or communities is that they absolutely hate self-promotion, so it's really tough. When posting to these communities it's generally a flip of a coin whether it will get hated on or accepted and get a good amount of traffic. Getting free advertising is really hard, let me know if you have any tips going forward!
Awesome!
I would definitely use your site if I was a streamer.
Anyway, keep going 💪
JQuery and Bootstrap. Duuuuude.
Isn't streaming on multiple sites hurting you?
Platforms don't support this type of stuff...
It may give streamers more following, but it's broken in few places so if they get popular on something that's not twitch or mixer, they won't be able to monetize it that well...
*Breaking Twitch TOS in 57 hours*
Did you have an idea on how to monetize this or was it just for fun?
very cool man.
Can you please upload the long video (57 hours)? Yeah it can be boring but we can learn better the concept of no pain, no gain!
I agree! I'd love to go through your exact process in real-time (maybe voice over sections of that as well). I think it'd be an excellent educational experience.
hahahahahaha...agree
Spend 57 hours trying this yourself and you will learn much more.
Idk how fast his internet connection is but for most people that would take days to upload
How much time do you guys have to watch a 57 hours video? Damn, you must be trolling
Googling a lot doesn't mean you "suck at programming". Being able to use Google effectively is a huge part of programming :)
If you are just after the money. With those skills you can just get into affiliate marketing. But, of course, I understand having something to call your own is better and can have even more long-term potential :)
Hi Will,
Will you consider doing a video in which you take us through the steps of creating a Saas or Startup like the one you created now?
For example, how do you go about and design the webpage, build the backend and connect the two?
As well as how you find these "gaps" in the market and decide to create a product.
I think that's something many people would love to see.
Keep up the great work,
thanks!
at 5:40 you are saying that you suck at webdev, meanwhile, all of those things what you "searched" are coming from experience. you might forget something, or actually dont even remember it in the first place, but one of the most important thing in webdev and in my opinion, in the programming as a whole is that you should know how to do a research. so dont think that you suck at webdev.
Edit: and also, you could try r/webdev on reddit or similar subreddits, as people there all the time post their projects, of what they have done. but dont post it there as a "promotional" post, just as that you want to share your project and get feedback from people, as there are nice people who help developers improve their web pages.
Facebook sucks in general because it just does.
Discord is much better
@@ZirixNightcore Absolutely, I love Discord
each time I watch one of your videos I keep seeing your subs go up by a thousand :D
And.... it's gone.
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN
This video is so good! The walk through is phenomenal for people trying to learn the industry.
I'd like to know more about how you're logging bugs on your server.
Sentry (sentry.io) is seriously useful, the free version is enough to get you started and track bugs early on
@@V3LOXy Thanks for sharing, I was wondering as well
Scrape the users off of reddit from the r/ that you want to interact with, bypassing the mod-gate-keepers altogether. Then be creative on how you interact with them (basically don't spam them an obvious template, make it personal somehow).
Would u scrape the user names and dm them one by one? Or would you send them all the same thing and automate it?
@@resulucar9544 I would separate the heavy users and be more personal with them, while possibly automating the rest.
The creativity part of not coming off as "sales-man" is admittedly not my forte, rather it's more about bypassing obstacles like gate-keepers (mods) when the people who you're most interested in are easily accessible.
Here from Facebook. "NodeJS" page.
ATTENTION! THIS ONLY WORKS IN A DARK ROOM WITH A RAZOR LAPTOP!
That is hilarious
Holy shit I'm so glad I found this video, haha. I've worked for a startup operating in the streaming space doing marketing for a decent period of time, and I've spent countless hours on all the communities you've shown in this video. I've even recognized a few faces. While I mostly do marketing, I'm really excited to see you're using many of the same frameworks I am using to code side projects. This inspired me to take on some projects related to streaming and games as well.
If you ever wanna talk marketing to a streaming audience, feel free to hit me up. I had decent success at the previously mentioned startup and would love to chat.
Why not jump on the phone with the streamers to interview them on what they want
@S C Right, marketers just guess :D
@S C I was being sarcastic man. You read my mind
@S C Its better to talk to and interview your target audience/market on the phone instead of posting questions or a poll like this guy did in the vid
it seems youtube will be your most successful business, you're a good talker and you're really good at engaging your viewers in whatever you're talking about, you even sparked my interest in a new frontier I didn't think about previously, thank you.
Dude this is 🔥
Its a great idea maby you can let users upload a 1 min or a 2 min introduction video of themselves... i have a few ideas you can try out.
I had similar experience after launching spacewar.se/ - Marketing is way harder for us developers than building the MVP.
Bro, super easy marketing startegy,
Go create a fake account, and ask around if anyone knows a website that help streamers collaborate,
I think you know where is this going
have you tried upon.js? you could have done that in 57 minutes. there isn't a lot of documentation available but it is the future of web dev they are fundamentally changing the fact you need a back end. here's a tutorial: rubbit.upon.one/read/Getting%20started%20with%20upon.js
You can try changing the name. Words - play date, doesn't really sound like something you have going here.
I have wanted to start a UA-cam channel for while pretty similar content. Seeing how fast you have grown its given me the motivation to document my projects by making videos
You sould do it, you may give to someone else the motivation to to cool stuff!
Same here Michael hall!
Hi Will, great video! I really liked. I've seen you changed the business model quite a bit since you launched this video. I'd love to see how your pivoting thought process works. Also, ping me if you like to exchange ideas on how to market and launch products, I'm in the same boat as you. Cheers!
Complains about how "spammy" facebook is while spamming on facebook
You’re dry humor has me dyin. Not even sure you’re trying to be funny - but you got my sub, amigo. 👍🏻
Really like your video content.... keep it up. Looking forward to more of your videos. Hopefully we can collab one day.
many proplr as me dont press links, but copy it and paste in private mode to check all first
Hey, if you need a Full Stack React dev - let me know, we can discuss terms that would do great for both of us :)
Good luck 🍀
The video was nice but your sound sucks. Please get a Rode nt usb
Dude this video was amazing, especially like the “Q&A” section lol
Can you make a video on how you do marketing for your software??
How about, “GROW THREE TIMES FASTER”