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My First Task for Startups & Indie Hackers
Most task managers assume you already know what you're building. My First Task starts a step earlier — at the idea — and carries it through to a launched product.
Illustrative workflow
Step 1
Capture every idea as it comes
Log it in the idea backlog — no board, no commitment — and move it through Considering and Planned as it takes shape.
Step 2
Convert the ones worth building
One click turns a Planned idea into a real project, seeded with the Launch a SaaS template's stages and starting tasks.
Step 3
Track it from planning to launch
Planning → Development → Testing → Production → Maintenance → Completed — the whole build cycle in one place, not scattered across a notes app and a spreadsheet.
Step 4
Keep the whole team (however small) in sync
Invite a co-founder or contractor into the workspace with a role that matches what they should touch.
Where This Usually Gets Messy
How Startups & Indie Hackers Use It
Capture every idea as it comes
Log it in the idea backlog — no board, no commitment — and move it through Considering and Planned as it takes shape.
Convert the ones worth building
One click turns a Planned idea into a real project, seeded with the Launch a SaaS template's stages and starting tasks.
Track it from planning to launch
Planning → Development → Testing → Production → Maintenance → Completed — the whole build cycle in one place, not scattered across a notes app and a spreadsheet.
Keep the whole team (however small) in sync
Invite a co-founder or contractor into the workspace with a role that matches what they should touch.
Start From a Built-In Template
The Launch a SaaS template ships with the app — apply it and the stages below are ready before you add a single task.
Features You'll Use Most
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this useful if it's just me?
Yes — a workspace of one still gets the idea backlog, boards, and reporting. Nothing requires a team to be worth using.
Can I run more than one product idea at a time?
Yes. Keep separate ideas and projects with their own scope, priorities and owners. The Free plan has task, email and storage usage limits; check current terms before committing to a larger workload.
What happens to an idea I decide not to build?
Archive it — it's out of your active backlog but not deleted, in case priorities change later.
Put this workflow into practice
Keep launch scope explicit and turn uncertain ideas into small, reviewable commitments.
Scope Creep: Examples and a Practical Change Checklist
Scope creep is growth in project work without an explicit agreement about its effect on time, cost or the intended outcome. Manage it by documenting the baseline, recording proposed changes and making the trade-off visible before accepting more work.
ExploreProject Kickoff Checklist and Meeting Agenda
A project kickoff aligns the people doing and approving the work on the outcome, scope, roles, constraints and first decisions. Finish with an agreed brief and owned next actions, rather than treating attendance as evidence of alignment.
ExploreBacklog Prioritization: RICE, WSJF and Dependency Checks
Backlog prioritization orders potential work against an agreed goal. Use a consistent scoring framework to expose assumptions, then check dependencies, deadlines and mandatory commitments before deciding what to start.
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