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Build Side Projects With 500k+ Users: Shipping & Growing

2h 12m 17s
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Have a great idea for a side project? Learn how to transform it into a real product and, most importantly, attract users to make it a success.

Course Overview

This course is designed to guide you through the essential steps of converting your idea into a high-quality product with a growing user base. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand what makes the first version of a product truly high-quality.
  • Improve the product quickly and with minimal effort.
  • Work with user feedback correctly and effectively.
  • Create a user-friendly and pleasant interface.
  • Attract users organically, without large expenses.

The Importance of Real User Engagement

If your professional experience isn't sufficient for acing interviews, your side projects can be your ticket to success. However, they need to be more than just code snippets; they must be utilized by real users.

Impress with Your User Numbers

When your side project surpasses 1,000 users, it already distinguishes itself from 95% of other resume projects. Reaching 10,000 users will start drawing recruiter attention. If you're able to hit the 500,000 user mark, as discussed in this course, major companies, including the likes of FAANG, will be eager to bring you on board.

About the Author: Alex Chiou

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Alex Chiu is an experienced engineer from Silicon Valley with over 10 years of experience working in leading tech companies such as PayPal, Course Hero (now Learneo, a unicorn valued at $3.6 billion), Meta, and Robinhood.

He became a technical lead just a couple of years after beginning his career, taking responsibility for the Course Hero Android app (with over 100 thousand users) as the company's first Android engineer. Following this, he expanded his responsibilities as a technical lead at Meta and Robinhood, successfully implementing several projects generating revenue of over $10 million, leading teams of 15 or more engineers.

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All Course Lessons (21)
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1
How This Course Works Demo
05:40
2
Done Is Better Than Perfect
03:54
3
Crafting The MVP
07:36
4
Planning Your Initial Launch: API Example
05:13
5
Make It 5x Better With 0 Effort
06:47
6
Least Clicks Design
04:53
7
KISS
04:24
8
Easy Design Wins
05:45
9
Leverage Existing Patterns
03:58
10
Dogfooding
07:12
11
Be A Feedback Sponge
06:26
12
1 Star Reviews Are The Best
04:52
13
Observe Your Users
04:08
14
SEO
09:11
15
ASO
08:47
16
Word Of Mouth
05:07
17
Social Media
09:04
18
GitHub
06:50
19
Managing Your Project
04:20
20
When To Give Up
07:51
21
Go Deeper: Follow Through
10:19
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