In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month: UPDATES 🎉Yukonstruct STEM-to-Market Startup Bootcamp3-weeks in. Here are the 7 innovative entrepreneurs. Reach out if you’d like to connect with or help any of them. Pricing Estimation Calculator (PEC)Excited to hear affirmation from one of our customers: Their …
In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month: UPDATES 🎉Pricing Estimation Calculator (PEC) Completed development of 2 more PECs. People are interested in using a customer-facing interface (as a form instead of a spreadsheet) to aid with qualifying leads. To meet that demand, we’ve expanded into …
Every YES you say is a NO to something else. It’s important to learn to give a supportive NO in order to make yourself available for other opportunities: I’ve recently had to turn down a teaching engagement, not once, but twice: Didn’t pay well enough. Too time-consuming (transit time) as I would have to facilitate …
With the release of my new book – UnReasonable Transformation, I wanted to share what happened behind the scenes and what I learned if it might help other aspiring writers. Table of contents – click to jump-to Why I wrote it I don’t identify as someone who’s “made it” in life, I’m not a guru, …
In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month: UPDATES 🎉Pricing Estimation Calculator (PEC) Closed a paid project! We’ve also begun investigating automating the tedious process of reconciling budgeting vs. actual spend. Finally got around to throwing up a webpage for it. Email Audience Engagement Current audience size = …
From personal experience over 90% of startups underprice their services when they begin. There has been a lot of attention on guiding startups towards finding product-market fit; however, the emphasis on business model fit has been lacking. Yes, it is much more important to achieve product-market fit before even worrying about pricing; however, the disproportionate …
In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month: UPDATES 🎉 Pricing Estimation Calculator (PEC) Began development of our 4th pilot. Email Audience Engagement Current audience size = 1268 subscribers (-2%). Average campaign open rate = 52.8% Average click-through rate = 8.5% Book Thanks for your votes! This is the …
In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month: UPDATES 🎉Pricing Estimation Calculator (PEC) 5 pilots confirmed. 3 completed. Here’s a video demo for the calculator that was built for my own business. Webinars Done for the year! 4 sessions, 8 views Average attendance rate (views/registrations) = 17%. No …
I left my full-time job back in January 2020, right before the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Much has changed in how we do business and I’ve had to also drastically pivot my business a few times to adapt to a changing marketplace. So how have I been? Healthier than ever Having full freedom of …
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It’s been a full 12-months since I left my job and worked on ClassyNarwhal FT. I’m sure you’re all interested in learning about how that’s played out and what I’ve learned from it. Revenue: $22,022.33 Expenses: $4,169.07 Net profit: $17,853.26 EI benefits claimed: $17,293.00 *Update: CPP, EI, and Taxes paid (in 2021 for this year): …
