Paying the Bills While Building Your First Indie Business

There is a huge difference between building a product, a business, and a company. It's a progression from one to the other, usually involving making significant changes in your life. Requirements change, and so does our lifestyle to make our dreams possible. Ideally, we have a master plan on how to get there. But in … Continue reading Paying the Bills While Building Your First Indie Business

When Should You Go from Side-Project to Full-Time?

Earlier this week, I talked to Michele Hansen of Geocodio on The Bootstrapped Founder Podcast. Michele co-founded the business with her husband and ran it as a side project for several years. Now, that's a long time to wait before you commit full-time to a project. We also learned during our conversation that there are … Continue reading When Should You Go from Side-Project to Full-Time?

Product Development for Calm SaaS Businesses

Building a software product is both incredibly simple and excruciatingly complicated. You can build a new mind-blowingly helpful feature within hours, sometimes even minutes. But if you make the wrong technology choices, you might be rewarded with several months of additional work a few years later. Let's talk about building a product that can carry … Continue reading Product Development for Calm SaaS Businesses

Solution Exploration for Calm SaaS Businesses

When you're building an audience-centric and community-first business, you're delaying finding your business idea and building your product for as long as possible. First, you look into your market, validate the existence of a budget, and zero in on a critical problem to which people need a solution. And even now, we're not talking about … Continue reading Solution Exploration for Calm SaaS Businesses