Where do you get started with finding good partnerships with brands? Clickbank, ShareASale, etc. seem to have products with dated, clunky landing pages. I want to find a high-ticket program that I can build a long-term partnership with.
What are some common platforms or sites you use to track all the numbers in your business?
Lots of questions, sorry. But I'm just curious about what I do after I've gotten started. Like... what next? How do I know what's going on?
What is everyone building?
I'm doing some market research and am trying to narrow down the top 3 app/platform types that solo founders are building and shipping.
SaaS? Marketplace? Something else?
What is everyone building?
I'm doing some market research and am trying to narrow down the top 3 app/platform types that solo founders are building and shipping.
SaaS? Marketplace? Something else?
What is everyone building?
I'm doing some market research and am trying to narrow down the top 3 app/platform types that solo founders are building and shipping.
SaaS? Marketplace? Something else?
I sold my company to private equity last year. It wasn't life-changing money — I'm not Elon-rich. But it was a successful exit nonetheless.
What surprised me most was the due diligence process.
The buyers joked that I should enjoy the brief excitement of signing the LOI because the next 6 weeks would be a headache. Apparently, this is the point where most founders scramble to pull together their numbers: P&Ls, CAC, margins, sales trends, churn rates... all of it.
I got it done in two days.
My numbers were always top of mind. I put all important metrics into a single spreadsheet and viewed that as the heartbeat of the business. I'm lazy. I don't like to go digging around in different sheets and platforms whenever a question arises. Putting everything into one sheet let me know in a single glance if we were growing or dying, and what was working and what wasn't.
It made me wonder how many deals fall apart just before the finish line because founders don't know their real numbers until someone asks for them.
Being on top of your numbers as a founder is critical, isn't it? Anyone else here dealt with (or heard of) a canceled acquisition during the due diligence process?
I sold my startup a few months back. It wasn't any crazy billion-dollar exit, but it was a sale nonetheless. And I learned a ton in the process.
Now I'm sharing those experiences, as well as the Business Dashboard that was the backbone of the company. I give away a copy of that to everyone who signs up, then the weekly newsletter provides some storytelling, mentorship, and suggestions to best utilize that dashboard.
I'm trying to build the newsletter to be your Fractional COO + mentor.
DM me if this sounds helpful and I'll provide the signup link. Again, it's free. Just a newsletter. Hoping it might help a few people.