The compound interest of development over time

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Starting small and building up gradually allowed SidePanda to scale and learn the technical skills needed for building on Shopify.

“The development compounds very well with time,” Chaware says. “Initially it might feel a little slow, like you’re only seeing small improvements. But if you’re investing two to three hours every day, it compounds. Within a week, within a month, you’ll start to see results.”

Initially it might feel a little slow, like you’re only seeing small improvements. But if you’re investing two to three hours every day, it compounds. Within a week, within a month, you’ll start to see results.

In addition to working consistently, what other advice would SidePanda give to developers in a similar space, looking to build on Shopify?

“Just try to build it,” Chaware suggests. “Instead of going into guatemala phone data analysis paralysis, or waiting for that ‘right idea’ to come, you have to go to that idea, the idea will not come to you! And the only way to do that is by building things.”

“Even if you listen to all the success stories and all their experiences—these are experiences that cannot be transferred. So the only way to learn those experiences is to go through that journey. And the goal should not be to make zero mistakes, the goal should be to make many mistakes along the way.”

Agarwal also points to the value of creating that first product and reaching early milestones with users.

“Before working on SidePanda I was trying to build a SaaS business and it was taking a long time. Eventually that initial motivation started to decrease. But when we moved to Shopify, and we could build our apps quickly and start to see feedback and adoption quickly, it increased our motivation. So my recommendation is to start with something and get it in front of users as quickly as possible.