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Special interview with Mubashar Iqbal, Product Hunt Make of the Year for 2016 and founder of Pod Hunt, WILL ROBOTS TAKE MY JOB, plus 80 other projects.

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Special interview with Mubashar Iqbal, Product Hunt Make of the Year for 2016 and founder of Pod Hunt, WILL ROBOTS TAKE MY JOB, plus 80 other projects.

Mubashar Iqbal is a developer, dad, and a maker who just cannot stop creating products on the internet. He is the guy behind Pod Hunt, Product News, Practical MVP and quite literally, 80 other projects . Some of them sold, some shut down, and some are making him passive income. He's been featured on Lifehacker, The Next Web, Mashable, Fortune and more…

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  1. Who Is Mubashar "mubs" Iqbal at 0:08

    Mubs is a developer, dad, and a maker. Full answer

  2. Why Is Mubashar Working on So Many Projects at 1:08

    He loves it, and has been doing it for a really long time. Full answer

  3. What Is Your Super-power at 2:13

    Mubs says that he truly does not need a lot of sleep. Full answer

  4. What Is the Hardest Part About Making Side Projects at 5:32

    Coding is the easy part, especially with all the click-and-drag tools available today. Full answer

  5. What Do You Think About No-code Movement at 6:34

    Mubs sees software as a tool that enables people to solve problems. If you can solve a problem, using whatever tools are available to you, that is great. Full answer

  6. Is Mubashar Iqbal Trying to Start the Next Unicorn at 7:37

    Mubs says that building a unicorn is not one of his goals. He is simply trying to solve his own problems, and sometimes those of his friends. Full answer

  7. Has Mubashar Iqbal Made Money From His Side Projects? at 10:13

    The notes for this Smash Notes interview introduce Mubashar Iqbal as a developer and a dad behind Pod Hunt, Product News, Practical MVP, and about 80 other… Full answer

  8. Why Did Mubashar Iqbal Build HowMuchIsABitcoin.com? at 11:22

    Mubashar Iqbal, Product Hunt Maker of the Year in 2016 and the founder of Pod Hunt, tells Smash Notes host Kirill Zubovsky that HowMuchIsABitcoin.com came out… Full answer

  9. Why Did You Start Working on PodHunt at 12:31

    Product Hunt used to have a games, podcasts, and books category. They eventually shut them down to focus on software. Full answer

  10. What Outcome Would Make Mubs Happy at 16:47

    Mubs says he has pretty low expectations for the outcomes of his project. He does not have VC funding, nor does it really cost him anything outside of his time. Full answer

  11. Have You Heard of the Palm Phone at 19:14

    Palm is a little phone, the size of a credit card. It runs Android, has a camera, and is able to do everything your normal phone does. Full answer

  12. How Is It Possible to Work From Home for 20 Years at 22:45

    Mubs started working from home nearly twenty years ago and never stopped. Full answer

  13. How Did Traffic Make Mubashar Want to Work From Home? at 26:21

    During his first job, Mubs would spend over an hour sitting in traffic. Full answer

  14. What Do Friends Know About Mubashar That Most People Don't at 27:35

    Every failure is a learning opportunity. Mubs is a very positive person and he does not get held back by failure, instead he uses it to propel himself forward. Full answer

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