The true life of an entrepreneur! From backgrounds to beards, change is in the air for both Ben and Derrick. Ben is a 36-year-old man who is back living with his parents temporarily to save some cash. Ben considered himself a minimalist, until he realized just how much stuff he had to move. So, he hired movers.
Derrick describes the importance of documenting lessons learned and accumulating knowledge. As a result, he got his first paying customer for StaticKit. A meager $10 in revenue is greater than zero.
Today’s Topics Include:
Tuple: All for One, or One for All? Ben seeks advice on whether to make significant changes to app to satisfy single prospect that requires single sign-on (SSO) support
Authentication and Security Schemes: Increasing scope intimidates and impacts legacy engineering decisions
Big Decisions equal Big Bucks: Good but challenging problem to have in business
Free to paid options for Derrick’s StaticKit turns into inflexible data model
Got one, get more: Freemium customer converts to first StaticKit paid subscriber
Derrick’s Next Step with StaticKit: Default state of being sustainable and breaking even on personal expenses
Solo Founder: Tricky to find good fit of founder to do everything and grow quickly
Keep Shipping Away: Set weekly goals to achieve and celebrate wins
Links and resources:
Art of Product on Twitter (https://twitter.com/artofproductpod)
Derrick Reimer (http://www.derrickreimer.com) Website
Derrick Reimer on Twitter (https://twitter.com/derrickreimer)
Ben Orenstein (http://www.benorenstein.com/) Website
Ben Orenstein on Twitter (https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en)
Tuple (https://tuple.app/)
Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide (https://tuple.app/pair-programming-guide)
StaticKit (https://www.statickit.com/)
Level (https://level.app/)
G Suite (https://gsuite.google.com)
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) (https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com)
Basecamp Shape Up (https://basecamp.com/shapeup)
Thoughtbot (https://thoughtbot.com)
RubyGems (https://rubygems.org)
Ruby on Rails (https://rubyonrails.org)
Drip (https://www.drip.com/)
Stripe (https://stripe.com)
React (https://reactjs.org)