Each one felt like "the one."
Each one made $0.
After my 15th failure, I was exhausted. Frustrated. Ready to quit.
But then something clicked.
The problem wasn't my coding skills.
I could build anything. Fast.
The problem was simple: I was building solutions for problems that didn't exist.
I spent weeks perfecting features nobody asked for.
I obsessed over design details that didn't matter.
I launched without talking to a single potential user.
Then I changed my approach :
→ Spent 30 days researching before writing a single line of code
→ Used Google Trends, keyword tools, forums to find real pain points
→ Built an MVP in just 1 day instead of 1 month
→ Got it in front of people immediately
Product 16 made my first dollar.
Product 17 - QRAnalytica- now serves 1,200+ businesses.
The lesson ?
Fall in love with the problem, not your solution.
Your users don't care how elegant your code is.
They care if you solve their problem.
Talk to people. Validate early. Build fast. Iterate faster.
The best code you'll ever write is the code that solves a real problem.
What's one lesson that changed your approach to building products?
P.S. - If you're building something right now, ask yourself: "Am I solving a real problem, or just building what I think is cool?"