What were your goals for Q1 and how successful were you? (Wrap up)
We had 90 days to accomplish what we set for ourselves.
Many people set yearly goals – New Year's resolutions – but I believe quarterly goals are more sustainable and achievable.
Can you share your goals and also results?
I am pretty curious how your 1/4 of the year went. 🙂
These were mine for Q1 and to be transparent, I am gonna rank them:
👉 Interview 2 guests for my YouTube channel
❌ I interviewed only one.👉 Prepare for a 30-day YouTube challenge (write scripts)
✅ Completed 30 scripts.👉 Reach out to creators for newsletter recommendations
✅ I did it in January and was recommended by many creators.
👉 Claim at least 2 paid collaborations (no matter whether my project, e.g. sponsors or someone else's project)
✅ I claimed more.
👉 Publish my first coded project publicly
❌ It is not finished and probably will not publish it publicly (changed my direction).
👉 Read every day
❌ It was successful until the end of January. :D
👉 Stick to my exercising & learning habits (+ improve them)
✅ Cannot say that improved them but still stick to them.
👉 Grow each platform by 20%
❌ Achieved only 50% of them.Current count:
Bluesky: 4276 → 5156 ✅
LinkedIn: 3581 → 3966 ❌
Newsletter: 289 → 964 ✅
Product Hunt: 5413 → 6561 ✅
X: 1685 → 1895 ❌
YouTube: 539 → 612 ❌
"Achievements" I didn't expect:
– Invited to spaces to talk about art, marketing and content creation
– Got first paid newsletter subscriber
– Was travelling to another country
– Learned new things in Blender
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Great idea, @busmark_w_nika ! 🚀
I totally agree — quarterly goals feel much more realistic and achievable than yearly ones. Here's how my Q1 went:
🎯 My main goal: validate demand for my product, build an MVP, and onboard first paying users.
✅ Conducted 10 in-depth user interviews to understand pain points and needs clearly.
✅ Launched an initial MVP (quite raw, but usable!).
✅ Got my first 3 paying customers through manual outreach — huge milestone for me!
✅ Tested 3 traffic channels (Product Hunt, Reddit, and LinkedIn) and defined one clear winner to scale.
✅ Posted consistently on LinkedIn (#buildinginpublic), Telegram, and Twitter (at least 5 posts each).
✅ Visited Singapore and Universal Studio
❌ Didn't manage yet to connect with 7 founders of similar products—got just 3 so far, but working on it!
Overall feeling: energized and optimistic. First results are in, lessons learned, and Q2 looks exciting!
And congrats on "Got first paid newsletter subscriber" 🎉
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@ilia_productdesigner You managed quite a lot! Congratulations.
I have more questions:
– what is the product?
– which channel proved to be the best one?
– what do you expect from the collaboration with founders of similar products?
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@brian_arndt1 what's the name of the tracking app? :)
Oh, a quarterly plan sounds great! I think I’ll try it next quarter as well. Thanks for sharing your journey with me. By the way, the text was all tilted, so I ended up tilting my head too haha.
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@kay_arkain I already shared the post – you can write them down here :D https://www.producthunt.com/p/general/q2-what-are-your-goals-for-the-next-3-months
Hi Nika, thanks for sharing your goals. Here are some of my goals for Q1:
❌ Earned 500 kitty coins in PH
❌ had 100 followers in PH
(but these two goals will be realized soon in April)
✅ read at least 2 books/month
✅ kept learning Japanese everyday
✅ prepared for my first international trip (including obtaining a visa, booking flights, and reserving a hotel).
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Hey Feliciana :) Thanks for sharing too :) What books have you read? :)
Another question: where do you travel?
@busmark_w_nika I read a series of books by Shinobu Yoshii, including Tokyo 8 Square Meters, Tokyo Bookstore, and An Extraordinary Way of Living. These books increased my interest on Japanese lifestyle and I finally decided to travel to Japan in May. Besides, I also read several novels by W. Somerset Maugham, with The Painted Veil leaving the deepest impression. It really worth reading! :)
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Cool – some of my friends visited Japan and consider it like a really beautiful country (especially since people are punctual there). Let me know how you liked it there then :)
@busmark_w_nika Yes, I have seen so many beautiful pictures and videos about Japan. Looking forward to May :)