My best advice for entrepreneurs
Celebrating Shovels reaching $80K MRR and sharing the most important lesson: the quality of your idea determines your success more than execution alone.
Tagged "business-strategy".
8 posts tagged with this term.
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Sun 27 April 2025
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Sun 01 September 2024
The vertical approach
Platform vs point solution strategy: why companies must become platforms first, then add vertical solutions, not the other way around for Shovels.
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Tue 11 June 2024
Doing it the slow way
Reflecting on progress building Shovels while teaching, choosing deliberate growth over rushing to find product-market fit.
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Fri 26 May 2023
Data transformation >> data extraction
Why data transformation creates more market value than extraction in the ETL framework, using MightySignal and AppMonsta as case studies.
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Wed 04 January 2023
Is it okay to be a nice CEO?
Exploring whether being a nice CEO is compatible with business success, analyzing Glassdoor ratings versus stock performance to find the answer.
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Fri 30 December 2022
Platforms versus point solutions
Why Shovels should be a platform, not a point solution: learning from competitors, understanding market dynamics, and building for scale.
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Sat 26 November 2022
Climate tech is my next big thing
After MightySignal's acquisition and a challenging year of teaching, I've pivoted to focus on climate technology as my next entrepreneurial venture in the growing green economy.
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Thu 07 July 2022
Why it's good to befriend your competitors
Why befriending competitors pays off: real examples from Scripped, Scripted, Toofr, and MightySignal that led to mergers, investments, and exits.