João Rocha 🦁🚀

@joaorochaon.bsky.social

🇵🇹 First-time solopreneur building SmartBuy (http://www.smartbuy.pt) 🚀 Simplifying real estate decisions in Portugal Sharing my journey, challenges & motivation as I build Goal: Make my first $ from WiFi! 💻

"Ship fast" often means shipping something unfinished, low-quality, and ignored. Nobody cares about a half-baked product. They care about something that truly helps them. Fast is useless if it doesn’t deliver value. Ship when it’s ready to matter. Just keep making progress

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." – Confucius Some days, you’ll be too tired, others, you’ll make little progress. That’s okay. Progress is about not stopping. Zoom out: Are you further than 6 months ago? Then you’re on the right track.

Does success make you happy? What is your definition of success? What is your definition of success if money was taken out of the equation? My success is probably different that your view of success. Don't follow others, build your own path.

Do you take the same amount of time when buying a phone or a car? What about a dinner or a house? We take longer time to buy a house because it's a larger amount, but also because it's scary and we are afraid to make a mistake in the process.

In my 9to5 I have: - backend developers to blame - managers to ask for things - QA to check for bugs - Designers to create for me - marketing department for sales - a boss to set goals - a big boss to set the company direction In my startup I'm all those things.

Most people have a poor people mindset.. Poor: We can't live there because it's too expensive It's so cheap now, I need to buy! My kids tuition is so expensive! Rich: How can I get to live here? Do I need to buy this? How can I afford my kids tuition?

Even after reading about it and being aware of that one mistake, I fell right into it.. Almost every successful solopreneur says that you should validate your idea fast. The goal is to build an MVP and launch to get fast feedback. My goal now is to launch my MVP with free access.

If you're ambitious you need to get used to being alone. When you're building something, most of your friends and family won't understand you (if any). You are investing your time to build a better future for yourself. Keep going!

Repeat after me: Today I will prioritize marketing Today I will prioritize marketing Today I will prioritize marketing Today I will prioritize marketing Today I will prioritize marketing Today I will prioritize marketing

Don't you just love to have the whole weekend to work on your startup?🧘‍♂️ *BAM!* -Who's there? -Life. -Who? -Your life: - House chores, - take out the trash, - assemble that thing that you keep postponing, - cooking - family time - hang that thing on the wall...

There are only 2 people in your life that you should make proud: - it's not your mum - not your dad - not your partner - not your kids - not your friends - not your mentor It's your 8 years old self. And your 80 year old self. If they are happy, you are happy.

For the past couple of weeks, I have been trying to help someone improve their life. But I forgot that a person can only change if they want to. You cannot force them to change. I'm in a mindset of continuous improvement and learning, but that doesn't mean that others are too

We should always think that we are great! Because, what's the alternative? - Self doubt - worried about everything - anxiety - depression Thinking that you are great is half of the work to achieve anything. Keep going 🚀