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So You Tore Your Achilles In the Jungle
You can't walk, but you're only 3,100 miles from home.
How a Sales Guy Learned to Code
The motivation behind it, the stumbles, and the inflection points.
Fun v Profit
What's the point where these two intersect?
Building Mode vs. Maintenance Mode
The only true hack is mentorship
Building my Board of Mentors
The only true hack is mentorship
Playing the right game
Knowing what game is being played is necessary to win.
Using GummySearch to find customers in forums
I've had some success in growing MRR by being "on the spot" when the problem I solve is mentioned in forums.
Your SaaS Free Trial Should Require a Credit Card
I recently gated my trials, and you should too. In fact, every indiehacker, small SaaS company, and builder should require credit cards for free trials.
Build/Sell30 Challenge
Starting off the new year with a challenge
2 Customers out of 100
Demos and sales
Automation & Damnation
Making it work... automagically
Getting somewhere
Sick, but users are seeing value
Sales
Week 2 of pushing product
Sales
Week 1 of pushing product
Founder Summit
A first
A Pivot
A new direction
Wk 52 - A Full Year = $900 MRR
Looking back, looking forward.
March thru August - Weekly Earnest updates
Here's every week from the beginning of my work with them to the last week in August- enjoy!
Wks 21 & 22 - The Mom Test - $1k MRR
Cause for reflection
Wk 20 - Number 1 on Product Hunt - $777 MRR
20 customers and counting
Wk 19 - 6 out of 10 - $273 MRR
Marketing ideas
Wk 18 - 6 out of 10 - $273 MRR
Feeling Meh
Wk 17 - 6 out of 10 - $434 MRR
More customers, more focus
Wk 15 - 4 out of 10 - $569 MRR
A slow week but making progress
Wk 14 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - $491 MRR
The projects are starting to take definitive shape
Wk 13 - A Day Off - $498 MRR
Wk 12 - 90 Day Check-in - $498 MRR
3 months of bootstrapping
Wk 11 - Magic Sales Bot - $198 MRR
New project on its way
Wk 10 - New Opportunities - $166 MRR
Shedding the old, in with the new
Wk 9 - Pulling Threads - $388 MRR
Ticking along
Wk 8 - First Profit - $87 MRR
One small step for Ryan, one great leap for Ryankind
Wk 7 - Rule of 100
A new way to move forward
Wk 6 - A Portfolio of Small Bets
Hitting my rhythm
Wk 5 - One Brick at a Time
Squashing bugs and gaining users
Wk 4 - Naive and Ambitious
Finished my beta, moving forward
Wk 3 - Direction Before Momentum
Launched to my first users. Looking for feedback and usage.
Wk 2 - Early Weeks
Building the routine, hopefully building the business
Wk 1 - First Commit
Quit my $150k a year job, hacking full time
