Archive of posts from May 2023

Daily Post #1999 • May 30 2023 • Experience

Marketers and kidnappers

As I covered in last week’s Productoon:

Daily Post #1998 • May 29 2023 • Experience

The worst ideas you can have

These is the worst ideas you can have as a creator:

Daily Post #1997 • May 28 2023 • Craft

Simplicity and ambition

I visited my hometown’s annual festival today.

Daily Post #1996 • May 27 2023 • Experience

Edison the product dev

Dear indie product developers:

Daily Post #1995 • May 26 2023 • Craft

Those aren’t rules

You know those rules you follow when building products?

Daily Post #1994 • May 25 2023 • Craft

The big secret

Before you head over to Google or YouTube to ‘research’…

Daily Post #1993 • May 24 2023 • Momentum

Dream but execute

You achieve so much more in 3 hours of action than 30 days of dreaming.

Daily Post #1992 • May 23 2023 • Experience

Marketing is like food

Marketing is like food.

Daily Post #1991 • May 22 2023 • Craft

Liking the other side

Maybe you love building but hate distribution.

Daily Post #1990 • May 21 2023 • Resilience

Darwin in 2023

Darwin could have written this for 2023:

Daily Post #1989 • May 20 2023 • Experience

YouTube and your product

Know when you go to YouTube for something, but click a homepage video instead?

Daily Post #1988 • May 19 2023 • Narrative

Creators are superheroes

People are desperate:

Daily Post #1987 • May 18 2023 • Experience

Niches and Coffee

Q: What does niching down & coffee have in common?

Daily Post #1986 • May 17 2023 • Experience

Creators and Speedrunners

Creators: think you can win without niching down?

Daily Post #1985 • May 16 2023 • Experience

2k to 20k

True client story:

Daily Post #1984 • May 15 2023 • Craft

Better delivery models

People enjoy watching YouTube & playing games.

Daily Post #1983 • May 14 2023 • Craft

Listening is the key ingredient

When I was 11, my friends gave me their pocket money.

Daily Post #1982 • May 13 2023 • Momentum

Starving for fun

So many ways digital products can get more customers by… …making the experience more Fun.

Daily Post #1981 • May 12 2023 • Experience

An alternative to time blocking

You’re probably familiar with time blocking.

Daily Post #1980 • May 11 2023 • Experience

Starting a Productoon

I’m starting a new weekly newsletter!

Daily Post #1979 • May 10 2023 • Craft

2am entrepredads

So it’s 2am as I write this.

Daily Post #1978 • May 09 2023 • Momentum

Are they worthy of you

There are a lot of businesses and projects out there.

Daily Post #1977 • May 08 2023 • Momentum

Founders need Focus

I can tell whether or not a found is likely to be successful or not in one conversation.

Daily Post #1976 • May 07 2023 • Experience

Details matter enough

The startup world loves quipping about skipping the details.

Daily Post #1975 • May 06 2023 • Experience

My experience with trolls

If you build great products…

Daily Post #1974 • May 05 2023 • Craft

Be the third type of creator

Building things takes a long time.

Daily Post #1973 • May 04 2023 • Craft

Do you create or reduce risk?

One of these may sound like a bad thing to you.

Daily Post #1972 • May 03 2023 • Craft

Ending SaaS gracefully

SaaS businesses have a big problem.

Daily Post #1971 • May 02 2023 • Craft

Some things wait better than others

This is a rare skill:

Daily Post #1970 • May 01 2023 • Craft

Stop comparing, start creating

You may need to hear this today.

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