Building Mindstamp since 2017. Dad. Tennis and golf. Roll the calls!
Satellite Beach, FL
Joined November 2012
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Really fun conversation a few weeks back with @asmartbear and @jessicamalnik, going deep on how to break a revenue plateau at @UseMindstamp.
Since recording: cheap-o plan removed, 2 ICP conferences attended, MRR up about 4%.
Onwards!
youtube.com/watch?v=pfflbL_iโฆ
Color me surprised - I assumed just mentioning SOC 2 would have the keyword bloodhounds in my inbox trying to sell to me. Zero sales guys so far!
New favorite age just dropped
Buddy woke up at 19 months a few weeks ago and is just so incredibly happy, fun, communicative
Just an absolute joy to be around, wish I could freeze this moment forever
Gave a 30 minute talk on stage yesterday
Setup tripod and deleted a bunch of stuff on phone to make space
Forgot to press record
Indies will scream that conferences are dumb and not worth the time
But if your LTV is over ~$3k and larger contracts require *some* selling
You need to man up, spend some money, and start shaking hands
Convert one of ~16 leads from yesterday and we're all profit from there
This is how it feels to orchestrate agents
Being an exceptionally talented musician is one thing. But to stand before such high-caliber fellow musicians, a large audience, and camerasโall while remaining composed, communicating skillfully and effectively, showing genuine enjoyment, and staying focused on the creative processโthat is what truly amazes me.
Telegram spam is so bad lately I'm close to paying for premium just to make it stop
Smart business model
Took out the trash yesterday and forgot to replace the bag (very common)
Hour later remember and go to do it, can't find bags, nor can my wife
Turns out 19mo "helped" by dumping all 5 packs of trash bags into the can
Many such cases
All of my regrets in life can be boiled down to a lack of courage
If I were to give my teenage self one piece of advice, it would simply be to be braver
Easy tell that somebody had an agent write the email to you (I think) is seeing links pre-fixed with Google dot com
Gmail connector wraps em automatically it seems when creating a draft
Brett Lindenberg ๐ retweeted
Great framingโthanks for sharing.
For anyone else wondering, here's one of the original blog posts I found after Brett's post- longform.asmartbear.com/icp-โฆ
