Operations
I Asked Engineers About Platform Support. They're Annoyed.
I've Spoken with Hundreds of Engineers About Platform Support. Their Horror Stories Made Me Thankful I Bought Gigalixir.
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On buying, operating, and selling software businesses.
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6 Surprising Things I Learned After Acquiring WP Folio for ~$750,000
Six months ago, I closed on a ~$750,000 acquisition that challenged a few things I thought I knew about buying online businesses. I hadn't acquired from a portfolio company before, so I had some things to learn…
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Operations
How I Slowly Molded a 7-Figure Business to Run a Few Hours per Week
When I acquired QuotaGuard in 2013, it consumed 40+ hours of my week. Now that same business generates seven-figure revenue on just 2-5 hours of work per week.
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What Did We Learn From The Pandemic?
Like most people, I talk to my cat. Even when other humans are around.
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Online Business Operations during a Pandemic – July 2020
It's almost half a year into this pandemic, if you can believe it! If March 2020 was the longest month ever, the last few months feel like they've flown by.
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Online Business Operations During a Pandemic – April 2020
Writing this at the end of April, we now have a full month of global shutdowns behind us, with the partial reopening of some Chinese manufacturing and small portions of the US economy.
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Online Business Operations During a Pandemic – March 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic has closed a majority of economies, banned retail and in-person businesses, and brought the global economy to a halt in a manner unlike any experienced before by anyone alive today.
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