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🎁 What I learned building a $1K MRR SaaS in 6 weeks

Sustainable development β€” code should be interesting, not frantic. Longer cycles, fewer all-nighters. Sustainable growth β€” attract users who already […]

09 July 2024 · 5 min read

What to expect from the dev agency after MVP is done?

Dear JK, Your message landed in my inbox late Friday night, right as I was about to close the laptop […]

08 February 2024

How to better handle stress in a startup?

I’m typing this a few minutes after we coaxed our production database out of read-only mode. Lights are off, cleaning […]

08 February 2024

πŸšͺ Exit. Selling your SaaS

This piece belongs to the ongoing Founders Guide. I’m scribbling down everything I wish I’d had on my desk during […]

16 July 2022 · 13 min read

🚦 Going live with your SaaS: The Launch day

Part of the ongoing Founders Guide. I jot these notes down while the memories are still fresh, so you’re getting […]

11 July 2022 · 13 min read

πŸ€‘ Fundraising for SaaS Startups

This piece belongs to the ongoing Founders Guideβ€”a collection of notes I’m assembling for first-year founders while the memories of […]

01 July 2022 · 12 min read

🧬 Becoming a Real Business: Accounting, Taxes, and Automation

I still remember the first morning I woke up to an email from Stripe saying we’d crossed four figures in […]

25 June 2022 · 13 min read

🍻 How to build a community around your SaaS

This piece belongs to my ongoing Founders Guide. I’m jotting these notes while the memories of our first-year battles are […]

18 June 2022 · 11 min read

πŸ’‘ Getting your Idea to the MVP

I still have the calendar invite from the day we pushed our very first MVP live β€” 03:47 AM, too […]

17 June 2022 · 11 min read

πŸ’° How to sell your SaaS to Enterprise Customers

πŸš€ Founders Guide 2022 πŸ“š Q&A for Startup Founders πŸ“° Previous Newsletter Issues πŸ› οΈ How to be a better technical […]

09 June 2022 · 13 min read

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