Here's a few suggestions for what it's worth. Some have been suggested already. These will all depend on the wood chosen.
1) Low outer limb/tip mass
2) Flat/reflexed unstrung profile (dry heat and oil for a selfbow, form-induced for a laminate)
3) Recurved tips (may be hard to do since you're new to the game, but gotta learn sometime!
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4) Temper the belly (selfbow only)
5) Low strand count, low/minimal stretch string (i.e Fast Flight)
6) Low draw weight to arrow mass ratio (something like 7 or 8 grains per pound; although this can shorten the life of a bow)
7) Properly tuned arrows (more mass up front, feathers just big enough to impart enough drag, correct spine, etc.)
Be sure you have minimal arrow contact along the rest/hand and strike plate, and that the material reduces friction
9) Use a cordovan or similar finger tab.
10) Purchase a kit or U-finish bow from one of the sponsors (you could get an all-wood laminate kit and avoid a lot of the fabrication work)
Hope that helps at least a little
