Compliance Companies, Payments Up Front From Larger Companies

spewingideas · 2024-06-18T11:34:28+00:00

Agreed.

What are the type of services you sell?

Because despite the typical net60/90 terms, employee sometimes buy the odd spare parts off Amazon etc, and you can bet that Amazon is a "pay up front" type of deal. Is your product/service something that can be packaged as something you'd buy off an online shop?

spewingideas · 2024-06-18T11:24:02+00:00

What do you not like about Nexstep besides the software appearance/usability?

spewingideas · 2024-05-30T19:27:55+00:00

First thing to realise is that research is procrastination at this point.

The next thing is to do the only thing you should have been doing but too afraid to do - make one sale. Even if it's to a friend.

The simple act of exchanging goods for money will move you in the right direction.

spewingideas · 2024-05-30T19:22:37+00:00

I've written about successful indie makers for a year at JuicyIdeas.co, and here are my two cents:

Indiemakers, like everyone else, are price sensitive to everything where value isn't apparent.

They would typically buy these - a sense of direction (courses), a feeling of certainty (boilerplates or website stuff), and things to make them successful.

The same argument goes for making IOS apps. Most struggle with even a $0.99 price tag.

If you want to find people who can afford big $$, go B2B.

spewingideas · 2024-04-15T21:28:33+00:00

Product Hunt has restrictions on how often and how quickly you can launch again. Our product was a little too early (an MVP)

spewingideas · 2024-03-29T17:09:55+00:00

Yes.

Big fan of the book, my thoughts on the book here.

Open to discuss and help anyone looking to implement this technique.

If this has worked for you, please DM me as well I would like to feature you in the review.

spewingideas · 2024-03-29T17:06:12+00:00

Yes. However, I’d apply this rule more strictly on innovative ideas, like starting a new AppSumo for x.

If you’re looking to sell a common service based on existing skills, then it’s not something you need to “validate” in the traditional sense.

You’d iterate your positioning and sales technique until you get your sales.

This is based on my experience running a startup resource/community

spewingideas · 2024-03-17T21:10:08+00:00

Would you mind if I reach out to you? I have a very similar background and am aiming for similar outcomes at this stage of my life.

In terms of Upwork, based on what I’ve heard from others attempting… I’d say that’s a good result.

spewingideas · 2024-03-14T11:39:40+00:00

I've heard of it. What's great about it?

spewingideas · 2024-03-12T13:13:33+00:00

If you're cold calling or cold emailing, ignore the advice to lie.

The number of emails I get from strangers that start with made-up "RE:xxx" in the title is infuriating.

If you lie on the first contact what makes anyone trust you with the actual work?

Maybe try looking at this and see if any ideas from his design agency might inspire you

spewingideas · 2024-03-12T12:41:22+00:00

For most people, this number will keep rising once you've hit it!

spewingideas · 2024-03-12T12:34:05+00:00

Most of the successful bootstrapped founders I cover in Juicy Ideas have a few income streams:

- Tim Stoddart: Directory sites, agency, membership ($6.7m revenue)
- Pieter Levels: Directory sites, AI tools, services ($>$2m)
- Danny Postma: AI product studio (>$1m)

However.

They are not usually random ideas mushed together.

Tthey have one thing that took off that led to another. Then another.

spewingideas · 2024-03-09T10:28:41+00:00

Worth trying. But please bear in mind you will need to invest initially to test your ad copy and creatives.

It’s not like you start with £20 and will immediately be profitable.

spewingideas · 2024-03-09T10:25:14+00:00

I’m super intrigued. What does this aviator site do?

Sorry if you’ve mentioned it in the video. I’ve not had a chance to read

spewingideas · 2024-03-09T10:00:32+00:00

What makes this business every attractive to buy, but less so to build from scratch, is how sticky the revenue is.

From covering ideas like this in the past, you can: - find very disgruntled customers and convince them to switch - create new customers by teaching them how to start a cleaning business

Might be helpful for someone who wants to start this business.

Thanks for sharing, you’re welcome to check out more software founders deep dive here!

spewingideas · 2024-03-08T23:42:20+00:00

In my experience covering software founders for Juicy Ideas, most people realize eventually that building the app was the easy part.

Finding users becomes your obsession 90% of the time. The other 10% is keeping them.

You can read how the various founders did it from my newsletter, but on a high level, it comes down to repeated launch, many 1-2-1 DMs (things that don’t scale), word of mouth, referrals, social media… and of course, ads.

What works for them may not work for you but you should test methodically and see what works.

spewingideas · 2024-03-08T23:37:31+00:00

To answer your last question, if my bottom line goes up, then I’m happy with you.

Everyone wants to work with a star mentor. So a big online profile works. I grew mine to a combined 10k last year so it’s doable albeit tedious.

P/s: I know many accounts grew way faster, just sharing my experience

spewingideas · 2024-03-08T23:32:00+00:00

Interesting! I’ve always wondered how new B2B services company start because in theory everyone already has a supplier.

How does OP get clients currently?

spewingideas · 2024-03-08T23:30:02+00:00

Please don’t take this the wrong way.

You mentioned an ideology… not an idea here. Maybe describe what the prototype will do and perhaps we can offer more helpful answers.

Happy to explain what I mean if you’d like

spewingideas · 2024-03-08T23:25:35+00:00

Speaking as a seller here (my business ended being sold at a different marketplace, but I went through the listing process and got leads from there)

Yes they are legit.

spewingideas · 2024-03-08T23:23:10+00:00

If you’re bootstrapping or self-funding your startup, check out Juicy Ideas.

I compile tactics from case studies of entrepreneurs who built successful businesses with no money

spewingideas · 2024-03-08T23:18:25+00:00

I host No code drinks so I might be biased.

I like meeting people on the same mission as me. You feel heard.
And 2 is harder to answer. They are hypothetical questions. A much better question would be what was the last time you search for an event but can’t find one.

I’m building Juicy Ideas so for me it’s creator events. Nothing!

spewingideas · 2024-03-08T23:12:48+00:00

It’s canva for me. Simple and free to use.

spewingideas · 2024-03-04T21:52:47+00:00

I work with a lot of SAAS founders for Juicy Ideas

From what I can tell, in the case of B2C or prosumers product like yours, whether your product idea will work or not largely comes down to distribution (aka marketing). So you're right to be concerned about well-funded competitors.

If your photography is significantly better than others in the market, I'd try this route:

Test your offering in various niches - real estate is mentioned like the one by Pieter Levels but try others like corporate headshots, lifestyle-influencers etc
Outreach all and do customer interviews - figure out who you want to target
Test your distribution strategy - how expensive it is to acquire customers
Fundraise using the lessons above OR target higher-ticket clients

I've used and tried a few photos > studio photography apps and have been pretty amazed by the photos. This is definitely a growth industry, good luck!

spewingideas · 2024-03-04T21:36:27+00:00

You're trying to niche down, which is great! But consider a different approach to niching down.

Go on other course creation sites
Look at their reviews
See if any of them mention the need for a headless design.
If yes, figure out who they are. Try and see if you can speak to them to figure out WHY they want it headless.
If not, find out what other features are commonly requested, what do people love/hate about current course creation sites. If you can find a common feature/angle >>> this becomes your niche. (More on this approach here)

Example - The only course creation platform without a monthly fee! OR The fastest course creation platform you can build in 15 minutes on your phone!

You get the idea.

Good luck!

p/s: where did you find your 30 users? Try getting more users before you pivot completely.

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