Shipaton Made Me Realize I Was Building the Wrong Way

I didn't join Shipaton because I had a big startup plan.

I saw an ad saying there was prize money for winning apps, and I thought: why not give it a try?

At that time, I was working on an idea called Book of Me, a journal app built to feel like a book. [link to my first article] I liked the idea. I thought the design could be different from other journal apps. But honestly, my thinking was simple:

"This is a cool idea. It should work."

After Shipaton, I don't think like that anymore. Now when I see an app, I ask different questions. What makes people want to use it? What makes someone pay for it? What does it have that other apps don't?

And probably the biggest one: what can I do differently with the resources I actually have?

That change in thinking is the biggest...

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