Chances are, you’ve never heard of the Disaster Artists podcast. It’s two Irish guys talking about how they’d survive various horror/disaster movies. For example, they’d survive the Purge by leaving America for a few days and going to Canada. (Sounds like a good idea.) They …
Read More“My SaaS product isn’t getting traction. What should I do?”
“My SaaS product isn’t getting traction. Should I bail?” It’s a good question: if your product isn’t getting traction, should you quit? Or keep going? The SaaS gurus will tell you to keep going. They’ll say that they, too, had struggles. But they kept going …
Read MoreEskimos have 30 words for SaaS
“Do you have Eskimos in Scotland?” I’ve been asked some strange questions on dates, but that one particularly stands out. And the girl wasn’t stupid. She’d just completed a maths degree at one of the world’s top universities. (It was recently ranked #3 in the …
Read MoreWhy you’re looking for the wrong things in a PPC manager…
Let me tell you a story… Many decades ago, I worked as a computer programmer. Our team was chronically understaffed – we had 7 people, but needed 10 – so the company ran an ad to attract programmers. The ad listed the qualifications we were …
Read MoreIs Your SaaS business a Star?
There are four kinds of business: stars, cash cows, dogs and question marks. That’s according to Richard Koch – who’s made $300m from investing in what he calls “Star” businesses. So, what are star businesses? Why are they so successful? And what happens if your …
Read MoreIn space, no-one can hear your business scream
During the space programme, NASA spent years and millions of dollars developing a pen that would write upside down and in a vacuum. The Soviets just used a pencil. You see, how you look at a problem depends on how you define that problem. If …
Read MoreMy personal experience of the Coronavirus
I didn’t know what to expect. Would everyone be walking around in facemasks? Or would the city be a ghost town? What about the supermarkets? Would the shelves be empty? I had no idea until I arrived in Turin on Monday. And what did I …
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