Hani Mourra is a Dad, Softwareprenuer, and the creator of several software tools to help content creators automate the distribution of live videos and podcasts across multiple platforms and grow their audience faster.
Hani's Key Points
* You don’t have to know your end game right away.
* You don’t know until you try.
* Start straight away, don’t wait.
* Do some validation for your ideas.
* Start an email list early.
Guest Links
* Website
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* Facebook
Top Quotes
* A friend of mine convinced me to go into blogging and teach people how to use video.
* I had no idea what I was doing, I just wanted to get content out there.
* What my end game was, I had no idea, I just wanted to get content out and build an email list.
* I wasn’t excited about teaching and doing an online course.
* How do I combine my skill set and my passion?
* Standing still and not doing anything is the worst thing you can do.
* What tool can I build for myself?
* I knew I had a problem and I wanted to fix it.
* I didn’t know who was going to buy it, I didn’t know anything, I just got started.
* If nobody wanted it, I knew I could use it.
* I stumbled across problems with my developer.
* Even though I’m a technical guy, I still got taken for a ride.
* I learnt so many things along the way, I didn’t even know what they were when we started.
* As we went along on the journey, we adapted and we changed.
* If I’d have thought too much about it, I would have hesitated.
* I believe that being out there, creating content and building things will connect you to people and then other people.
* Having a positive response gave me confidence that I can do this.
* I got that itch, I wanted to build something else.
* Someone said, “ You have this great video tool, why don’t you make one for audio?”
* I launched Simple Podcast Press on my own, through my own networks.
* I didn’t know anyone in the podcasting space, I was just introduced by people.
* I was invited to demo my software at a conference.
* Nothing beats meeting people, face to face.
* None of this would have happened if I didn’t go to that conference.
* I had to be there to help people.
* It’s just in my nature, I like to help people.
* I didn’t know if people were willing to pay, I just knew it was a good solution.
* If you have to drop something, drop it and move onto something else.
* There is no shame in dropping something.
* I wanted something that was independent of WordPress.
* This is a SaaS (Software as a Service) product, it’s whole new territory.
* I can see a product working before it done.
* It’s so exciting to see something come to life.
* I’m hitting my stride now and it’s years later.
* I feel there is a lot more coming, I’m not done.
* I almost stopped to project and nothing would have happened.
* A month before I launched Podcast Press, a famous podcaster launched his own podcast player.
* I thought, how can I compete with this, there is no way.
* I put my blinders on and kept on with my goal.
* I thought, "why should I continue?”.
* Stick to your course and keep going.
* The key is keeping people excited.
Key Timestamps
* 0:35 - Rolling back
* 2:26 - Taking it to the next level