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Time to experience peak society Let’s see if the hype is deserved or not

The power of branding 👇

If you had a $6M networth. Would you spend $250k on a Porsche 911?

In the last 4 years, I've built a 7-figure SaaS portfolio - fully bootstrapped. Here are 8 lessons I wish I knew earlier: → *Build a SaaS factory* You think I created 5 products? Think again... It's more than 15 in total. You just didn't hear about most of them, cause they didn't make the cut. Create a small SaaS factory. Make it easy for yourself to push a lot of small products to test the waters. → *Build on the side and give it time* The average Micro SaaS/Indie product takes 9 months to reach the first $1,000 MRR. If this is your game, don't go "all-in" and quit your job or fire your freelance clients. Build on the side and give it time to slowly pick up. → *Don't delegate the "hard" things* You often hear people say you should delegate the things you're weak at. But that's the lazy solution... Get your hands dirty first! Pick it up, even though it's hard. Do it yourself for a while, then delegate. It will work 10x better when you understand what you're delegating. → *Delegate tasks, not responsibilities* Big companies and fast-growth startups might disagree on this - but as a bootstrapper, don't delegate entire areas of responsibilities unless you're delegating to a founding member! E.g. you should delegate specific marketing tasks and operations. You should not delegate "marketing" as a whole. → *Hire fast, fire fast* Upwork and Fiverr is a talent pool! You can find great contractors here. But unfortunately, there can be long in between. Don't waste time on lengthy screening and interview processes. Get people onboard - let them show you what they got. If they don't perform, get them out! Fast. → *Don't be afraid of running ads* Indie creators and solopreneurs believe ads are for big companies with huge budgets. It couldn't be further from the truth! You can outcompete many of your big competitors simply by having great ad creatives (spoiler, most big companies' creatives suck 😉) → *Use AI* Don't outsource decisions. AI isn't good enough for that yet. But do outsource repetitive, closed-scope work whenever you can. AI can do amazing things with good-quality inputs. → *Stay sane* If you're in this game, it's very easy to get consumed by it. Your Stripe dashboard becomes a slot machine... Take time out to rest. Get exercise. Eat healthy. Spend time with your family and friends. Remind yourself that you're not on a big mission to change the world. You're doing this to become free and independent. Remember to enjoy that 😊

It was roughly a year ago that looking at this guy doing $50k a day really opened my eyes to what’s possible on KDP. There’s also some sci fi author that made 8 figures (!!) from kickstarter launching his secret books

I quit. I started running earlier this year and had the wrong posture (too low cadence at 160 steps per minutes). A slight pain started to kick in on my right knee in April, and it’s not going away. Fast runs or long runs make it worse. Doctors think I injured my meniscus. I’m doing an MRI in 2 weeks to confirm. Until then, I’ll run once or twice a week, very slowly. I’ll miss the daily early morning runs. They would set me up for the day and make me feel good instantly. I hate to quit and I feel dumb not having listened to the pain earlier. I’m going to double down on lifting to strengthen my legs until I get a proper medical report. Hopefully I can run like I used to in a few months 💪