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Founder of user feedback tool Upvoty and SaaSpresso.

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Too many bootstrappers out there building awesome

Too many bootstrappers out there building awesome things but aren’t shipping. Go out there and show us what amazing things you create! 🔥🔥🔥

‪June '20 stats for @upvoty‬ Another amazing

‪June '20 stats for @upvoty‬

Another amazing growth! 🎉

‪💰 $ 4,125 MRR‬
‪🎉 181 paid clients‬
‪✏️ 61 trials‬
‪📉 2 churns‬
‪📈 33,933 visitors‬

Really enjoyed reading ‘Super Pumped’. The boo

Really enjoyed reading ‘Super Pumped’. The book gives you a behind the scene look on how Uber started and scaled into the unicorn they are right now. It also remembers me why I don’t want to be in business with VC and stay bootstrapped 😂💪.
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Have you read it? What book should I read next? Comment below! 🙌
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⭐️ Super Pumped: 7/10

May '20 stats for @upvoty 💰 $ 3,682 MRR 🎉 12

May '20 stats for @upvoty 💰 $ 3,682 MRR
🎉 129 paid clients
✏️ 52 trials
📉 2 churns
📈 33,666 visitors

I see too many people building stuff nobody wants.

I see too many people building stuff nobody wants...

What’s the worst thing that can happen? 🤷‍♂️

🎙 Podcast show is on! Just recorded the intro f

🎙 Podcast show is on! Just recorded the intro for EP001. What do you think? 👇

What is the one book you would recommend? 🤔👇

What is the one book you would recommend? 🤔👇
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⭐️ Everything you want: 9/10

Unbelievable growth during these times. We focused

Unbelievable growth during these times. We focused a lot on branding and content marketing. Still doing 0 outreach.

Next up: improving our onboarding. Let’s see if we can get those trial conversion numbers up! 💪

This month’s book is: THE HARD THING ABOUT HARD

This month’s book is: THE HARD THING ABOUT HARD THINGS

Have you read it? 🤔
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⭐️ Hard Thing About Hard Things: 8/10

It's true. Just go out there and try. There's no b

It's true. Just go out there and try. There's no bad outcome. Either if you fail or win, you’ll learn what’s working and what’s not.

3 decisions that control your life. SWIPE! 👉 W

3 decisions that control your life. SWIPE! 👉

What do you think?

Especially in these times it’s important to focu

Especially in these times it’s important to focus on what’s in YOUR control.

What’s something you’re focusing on right now?

Increase trial conversions from 6% to 10%. That’

Increase trial conversions from 6% to 10%. That’s our new mission. We designed a completely fresh onboarding based on learnings, data, and research.
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Lessons learned in onboarding:
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✅ Focus on core features
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👉 Don’t overwhelm your new users!
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✅ No distractions
. 👉 Strip all the menus, headers, etc. from the onboarding workflow. Swipe to see our new funnel!
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✅ Lead by example(s)
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👉 Include some dummy data to fill the product. This way your customer will have an idea of “what’s possible”.
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✅ WOW your customer
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👉 The sooner they will get to their “AHA” moment, the more likely they’ll stick around.
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✅ Support
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👉 FAQs, documentation, or chat support: anytime and anywhere.
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What are your lessons learned on onboarding? Share them in the comments below! 🙌

I don’t say you need to do EVERYTHING for your c

I don’t say you need to do EVERYTHING for your customers, but take care of them, now and always. Talk to them. Understand their problems and needs. Empathize.

Who’s with me? 👇

A routine is what keeps us going. What’s yours? 
Mine:
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⏰ Morning run
⏰ Email
⏰ Dev work
⏰ Memrise (learning Portuguese)*
⏰ Dev work
⏰ Lunch
⏰ Email
⏰ Dev work
⏰ Book (reading)*
⏰ Dev work
⏰ Email
⏰ Dev work
⏰ Home
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* Especially the 2 breaks (learning a new lang and reading a book) helps me to stay focused and productive during the day. I have alarms set up to make sure I stick to them (swipe).

Not as much growth as I expected it to be, but I t

Not as much growth as I expected it to be, but I think it’s a decent result in these crazy times.

This month’s book is: THE MOM TEST! Have you re

This month’s book is: THE MOM TEST!

Have you read it? I always say: don’t read books about marriage if you just started dating. What I mean by that: Read books that fit your current situation. I can read about how Facebook scaled their ad business, or how to grow your team, but the fact is: I’m just starting out, we have more than a hundred clients now, so it’s time to learn how to speak to them properly and how to run user test the most effective way.

The Mom Test is my fit.

Comment if you read it 👇
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⭐️ The Mom Test: 8/10

Running out of podcast shows. What is your favorit

Running out of podcast shows. What is your favorite?

Swipe to see mine: @howibuiltthisnpr by @npr and @guy.raz, SaaS Breakthrough by @itsabrams, Scale or Die by @daverogenmoser, and @indie_hackers podcast by @courtlandallen.

Comment your favs! 👀

Interviews. I have done a lot of them in the last

Interviews. I have done a lot of them in the last couple of months. When you’re starting out, you should definitely take every chance out there to tell your story. Don’t be lazy. There are tons of blogs and online magazines that need new content every day. Give it to them. Make yourself known. You need it.

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