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Making money is hard, and for solo founders, even taking money is hard. Let’s look at how to best handle payments today. We’ll talk about the impact of payment providers during your acquisition later, too. Let’s dive into the selection of t
Read the essay →Yong-Soo Chung (@yongsoochung) is a champion of the Personal Holding Company: he owns several businesses, a media company, eCommerce, and a service provider among them. How does one stay sane with that much work in such diverse fields? He s
Read the essay →I was talking to RoxCodes earlier this week on my podcast, and his very honest and vulnerable account of how he’s grieving for the business he sold made me think about how one-sidedly the “Exit your SaaS” dream factory looks at businesses.
Read the essay →Rox (@RoxCodes) recently sold his SaaS thumbnailtest.com. But he’s pretty conflicted about the sale. What was promised to be a moment of joy and celebration quickly turned into doubt, grief, and confusion. Today, I talk to my friend Rox abo
Read the essay →We live in a day and age where using AI on our own servers has become possible. As a business owner and software entrepreneur, I think it’s just as interesting as it is important to consider setting up AI systems on your own backend instead
Read the essay →Josh Pigford (@shpigford), who created Maybe and Baremetrics, talks about bringing his financial tool back to life with the help of open-source collaboration, sparking interest and investment. In our chat, we delve into the challenge of bui
Read the essay →This week, I made a choice. And it has a lot to do with focus and opportunity. And, most of all, money. To set the stage, let me share this voicemail I received earlier this week: Hey Arvid, Mahogany here. It’s really interesting how you’re
Read the essay →Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpencer Patterson (@SpencePatterson) is a former financial advisor turned tech entrepreneur, who transformed his non-technical background into a $3.5 million SaaS triumph. Spencer shares his journey from navigating f
Read the essay →Is the creator economy a misnomer? When I think about creators and the effort and time they spend on their work, it seems similar to a 9-to-5 job. For most people, it’s a daily grind. It’s main focus is retaining attention. Without attentio
Read the essay →Thibault Louis-Lucas (@tibo_maker), or Tibo for short, is the indie hacker and innovator behind successful ventures like TweetHunter and Taplio — which he sold for over $10M! In this episode, we unravel Thibault’s thrilling journey from the
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