Starting a new business is always tough, there are so many unknowns, so many things that can go wrong, and most importantly is the problem you’re solving an urgent problem that the right target audience is willing to pay for right now? That’s the main thing that people usually get wrong, you can start out…
Getting Agencies to Use Your SaaS App
Yesterday on a call with my mastermind group, someone asked a question: How do I sell to my E-Commerce App to Agencies, so that they can in turn sell it to their customers? As the majority of us in the group either currently run an agency or have participated in one in the past, it…
Alternate Realities – Video Saturdays
100 3D Artists create an animation from the same source material.
Creating a Job for Yourself vs Running a Business
Recently I’ve had similar conversations with a bunch of people on the topic of opening a business. Billible Hours One of my friends is a videographer, shooting commercials for established brands in the local community.His way of thinking about getting more work was to market himself more, in order to book more gigs & increase…
Gathering Requirements for a Shopify App
Yesterday I was on a call with a friend of mine who’s in college, he had just won a business competition for a guarantor services platform. With my full-time job is running a small web dev agency, he reached out to see what would it take to build out the concept into a web app.…
Solving for Activation & Retention – Shopify App
In the previous entry on this project, we took a look at what our users want & what the data showed us we should remove. One thing I didn’t really dive into is how to course-correct for improving activation & retention, two crucial metrics for any software as a service app. As it currently stands…
Video Saturdays – Blind Mechanic Drives Car for the First Time in His Life
Customer Deep Dive – Revamping Post Acquisition
Like in any business, knowing what your customers think & feel when using your product is paramount to understanding what to adjust or remove so that you can serve them better. It all starts with a conversation. This is where most developers fail since it’s something you shouldn’t automate. People respond to other people, not brands. …
Flipping Internet Properties for Fun & Profit
Last Sunday as I was cooking dinner after a weekend spent in a cabin near the Rocky Mountain, I got an email notification from Google Domains, “The domain has been transferred”. This concluded the past 3 months it took to source, negotiate & close a deal on my first SaaS purchase. I’ve been looking into…