Launching a site in 2 weeks... here's how I'm doing it

I’ve wanted to launch an app for a long time - here’s how I’m doing it.

Going into a project, it’s important to establish goals and pick what you want to learn. In my case, here is the tech I wanted to learn/improve on:

• React Animations

• Web Design

• Launching/Marketing

I’ve learned web dev over the last 6 months but I’m lacking experience in taking these products from inside my computer into the real world.

So I decided to make a relatively simple application that provides some value to focus on what I want to learn.

Below is the process I came up with to launch successful tech products; focusing on one or two at a time seems to be the best route. After having experience doing each step, it will be easier to repeat this process faster:

If you have limited web dev experience, focusing on the “code” portion of this process is a priority. I took about 7 months learning web dev basics and building a full stack application before moving to other steps.

Idea

Create a website to help people create a vision board for their desktop background.

The idea came to me while I was walking about a few weeks ago and I wrote it in my phone notepad to think about it later. I highly suggest jotting down any idea you have right away so you can look at it later.

Feedback

Talked with a few friends about a general need for the product and how to make it cool

Design

Used Canva to create themed vision board layouts, and Figma to layout each React component

Here are a few examples:

Code

There has been good progress on the website and I have a friend working with me (shoutout to Teresa you’re the goat)

Up Next:

• Routing

• Deploy using Vercel

• Launch on multiple platforms

Launching

This has not been completed yet, but after looking through several resources (newsletters, podcasts, X), there are a few places to get a first set of users or testers.

In the following newsletters, I will share weekly updates on what I’ve learned, my startup journey, UF student founder stories, and will strive to be a source of encouragement for you guys.

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