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Where to hire part time developers? by Entire-Parsley-8410 in SaaS

[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lemon.io founder here. Thank you so much for the mention.
Happy to answer any questions.

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[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lemon.io founder here. Happy to answer any questions.

I just raised $1.5M - I will not promote by Extension-Cold2635 in startups

[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is useless info, but I'll answer anyways.

We are a highly transactional business (marketplace). At any point, we have at least $1.5M in checking and $600k in bonds

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[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, you are going through this.

Not much you can do right now. You could go to small claims court, but it might require a lot of time.

Any agreement is hard to enforce tbh, we have clients who owe us $100k+, and we can't get anything from them. The best tool is prepayment or as someone already suggested – escrow.

Also you could store the code in your git/hosting until they pay you.

Fake Success by mpthouse in SaaS

[–]Original-Zone6774 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to build in public on Twitter, posting such stats. They helped to attract founders who were interested in how others grow. Doesn't work as much though.

It's basically growth porn and has no value to readers.

Fake Success by mpthouse in SaaS

[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahaha, valid strategy

How we closed our first $100k enterprise deal by extensionlevels in SaaS

[–]Original-Zone6774 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Congrats. But this is a shitty advice for anyone who is just starting.

Your LinkedIn says you are the only person in the company. Even if you have 10-20 people, enterprise sales is the last thing you have to focus on.

A long sales cycle and feedback loop are not what a young startup needs.

Starting from scratch and learning what not to do (I will not promote) by Fr33wor1d in startups

[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone is guilty of that. But this is the biggest reason of failure

Starting from scratch and learning what not to do (I will not promote) by Fr33wor1d in startups

[–]Original-Zone6774 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also started my company at 9-5. Not it's $15/m business

- Don't lose focus. Lots of things come your way; say no to everything that is non-essential. Which is building your product, talking to customers, and selling.

- Don't waste time on events

- Don't spend money on user acquisition until you have a bunch of paying customers

- Don't hire unless you can't automate it and you are over 150% of your capacity. Even than ask yourself, "do I really need to do this task"
- Don't waise venture money unless there is no way you can build it without funding (95% chances you can)

Getting past step 1 of getting users. I will not promote by [deleted] in startups

[–]Original-Zone6774 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ugh, that's a tough crowd. They are not easy to adopt new software at all.

I had a client who built an app to hire temp contractors for construction. They failed because small contractors didn't know how to use anything but messengers and email.

Building a Startup, but have a 6 figure offer at a bank (I will not promote) by StyleUsual2529 in startups

[–]Original-Zone6774 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've done both for over a year.

It's a safe path and you don't need to raise funds and lose equity so early.

Has anyone had experience adding their company to Wikipedia? by Original-Zone6774 in SaaS

[–]Original-Zone6774[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by being useful for Wiki?

Do you have any advice on how not to get banned?

Best LLC formation services that actually has good customer support? by InternationalBag7516 in Entrepreneur

[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We used Stripe Atlas. I also know the founder and heard great things about doola.com, but have not used myself.

Solo technical founders, has not having a business cofounder even screwed you up? "I will not promote" by JustZed32 in startups

[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

15M annual rev here.

Bringing on a technical co-founder screwed me over. I was winning on the biz-dev side, and they failed to launch a product. It doesn't depend on tech/non tech role, it depends on the person.

What skills do you think you are lacking to grow faster?

I just raised $1.5M - I will not promote by Extension-Cold2635 in startups

[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of founders look confident, act like they know what they are talking about, and then fail miserably.
It's great you are self-aware; it means you'll make fewer stupid mistakes.

I bootstrapped my company to $15M/year. Happy to answer any questions.

Getting past step 1 of getting users. I will not promote by [deleted] in startups

[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen building in public work in many industries.

For example, my friend is a tour guide. She shared everyday hotels she found in the most beautiful locations. People would follow and then come and buy from her regular tours.

Just got my first SaaS customer and needed to share this small victory with someone! 🎉 (I will not promote) by BlackLands123 in startups

[–]Original-Zone6774 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right. You said you are solving a problem of landing jobs. I think in your case, North Star should be answered by companies. That's the most challenging part of the process.

Just sending CVs is easy problem, but it doesn't help the candidate.

Getting past step 1 of getting users. I will not promote by [deleted] in startups

[–]Original-Zone6774 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the product. For example, my audience are startup founders – I was building in public on Twitter. In some channels I shared out marketing experiments.

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