“If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late” – Reed Hoffman, LinkedIn Dropbox started with just a demo video… Jeff Bezos manually shipped books every time he received an online order… Airbnb started in the founders’ apartment. They didn’t wait to build the perfect product. MVPs are supposed to be embarrassing.
“Should I take outside investment?” “Should I allow a new partner to join my small team?” “Who should I hire next?” Are decisions like these swirling around in your mind at 3 am in the morning? If so, watch out!
Many founders are glued to their seats with their hands tied behind their backs… Paralyzed. Unable to make critical decisions out of fear that “things might go wrong”. And if you’ve ever experienced this paralysis analysis, watch out. It’s how you may miss life-changing opportunities. Like when Blockbuster missed buying Netflix for $50M. Or when Yahoo passed on the opportunity
Have you ever been a victim of ‘shelf help’? Yeah, I’m talking about non-stop consumption of personal development materials. You buy a book, skim through it, and then add it to your shelf… You listen to podcast after podcast. And you read through blog posts adding them all to Evernote as you look for fresh growth hacks. But no matter
Does ‘growth’ to you mean doing MORE of what you hate? More tedious onboarding? More admin? More direct reports? That’s what it used to mean to me…
20 years ago, the words “Artificial Intelligence” were more common in Hollywood than in Silicon Valley. A.I. made for great sci-fi movies… but not for good software. At best, it was a dream of what the future may be. But now, in 2021, artificial intelligence is the hottest new tech trend.
If growing your SaaS means selling to Enterprise clients, then… I feel your pain. When you have enterprise clients, you can’t just build a simple sales funnel then kick back and relax… An enterprise contract for $10K to $20K is a little more involved than an advert >> sales page >> checkout…
Real talk: If you can’t fix a problem in your business in 6 – 8 weeks… There’s something wrong with how you’re doing it.
“Why are sales dropping?”, “What do we prioritize next?”, “Should we pivot?” There is power in a question. And as a SaaS founder or CEO, you can’t go chasing answers to the wrong questions. It’s a wild goose chase (and a waste of your time). So your ability to ask the RIGHT questions will result in growth for your business.
“How many mermaid tails do you think are sold every year globally?” It wasn’t a question I expected to be asked by a SaaS founder. I guessed 50 million.
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