Here’s the dirty secret about building a startup business. It never really gets easy. It’s fun and the challenges change, but I’ve never seen a business just run on autopilot. There are always critical junctions.
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It’s not something I talk about a lot these days, but several years ago I was at a critical fork in my career path. I had a few years experience in technology, but because I didn’t know myself or what I really wanted to do, I thought that the only way to really build something was to transform myself into a developer. What blows my mind is that through pure chance, I didn’t continue going down that path.
Rewinding back to end of 2012. I took the money I had saved from working full time, consulting work through my digital agency, and living frugally, and I had 18 weeks to take a sabbatical from working for money which I devoted to teach myself how to code.
I created my own learning to code plan, executed my plan (with the help of many talented developers!), and secured a job offer for an entry level coding job. But, I turned down the offer.
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As we end the decade review, it’s a wonderful time to look back at the time passed and reminisce over the professional and personal accomplishments.
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I’ve bet my career on SaaS. Recently I’ve been observing the current state of SaaS metrics software and have noticed some interesting observations. Software tools that help SaaS founders and product builders measure their metrics are fundamentally changing. Though SaaS continues to grow as businesses, the outlook is dire for standalone SaaS metrics apps providers.
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Recently, I had what was a very important, but difficult conversation with a sales employee I manage. Continue reading