Mike Slaats – Tech founder, speaker, and author.

Hi 👋, I'm Mike

Founder of user feedback tool Upvoty, host of the Product Coffee Club podcast,
and initiator of the SaaS Pirates community.

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Is Scaling the Right Thing for Your SaaS?

3 weeks ago

How to find the ‘Aha’ moment in your SaaS

1 month ago

Adobe’s $11 billion SaaS decision

1 month ago

Feedback is golden

2 months ago

Increase value through cross selling

2 months ago

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What’s your favorite SaaS related book? I’ve

What’s your favorite SaaS related book?

I’ve learned so much from @intercom’s book ‘On Starting Up’. I can recommend it to everyone who’s building a SaaS.

I learn a ton by just talking to our customers. An

I learn a ton by just talking to our customers. And I absolutely love it. I like to learn, get to know them, and optimize the product. That’s exactly why you should talk to your customers yourself as long as possible. Sure, there comes a time I just can’t handle it anymore, and I have to outsource it. But until that, I’m enjoying every moment.

Every journey begins with a single step: reached l

Every journey begins with a single step: reached little over 100 subs on my podcast show @productcoffeeclub. Are you already a listener?

✅ Subs:
Spotify: 89 (swipe)
Castbox: 26
Apple: 19
Google: 5

Total plays: 2,379

Product-Market-Fit 👆

Product-Market-Fit 👆

Not the other way around!

Not the other way around!

Problem -> Solution -> Product -> Business💪

Problem -> Solution -> Product -> Business💪

When you add features, make sure they are 100% ali

When you add features, make sure they are 100% aligned with what your users want and need. You don’t want to build a cluttered product.

Meetings SU*K and are, most of the time, inefficie

Meetings SU*K and are, most of the time, inefficient.

Here’s how I prepare them:

✅ Make a document (I prefer Google docs) with all the things you want to discuss

✅ Share this doc beforehand with the attendee

✅ Ask specific questions that need some research before the meeting take place

✅ Make a timeframe (x amount of time limit per item)

✅ Make notes and work on the details later

✅ Enhance the document with action points

🤖 Bots are not ready yet. Make sure your custom

🤖 Bots are not ready yet. Make sure your customer support is on point. It’s also your best source to learn more about your customers.

Swipe. He’s a client now 🤓

ALWAYS go for the value of your product to your us

ALWAYS go for the value of your product to your users. Always.

Highly recommend ‘Zero to Sold’ by @arvidkahl

Highly recommend ‘Zero to Sold’ by @arvidkahl 👏. Especially if you’re starting out, this is one of the books I would recommend reading:

📘 Rework (by Jason Fried)
📕 Intercom on Starting Up
📗 Zero to Sold (by Arvid Kahl)

What is your favorite book, which you recommend? Comment below 💪

Embrace struggle because it will come to you. It w

Embrace struggle because it will come to you. It will make both you as your product stronger. Learn and improve.

There’s simply no time to over-analyze every bit

There’s simply no time to over-analyze every bit of your business. Go out there and see what happens. Worst case scenario: pivot.

Just see what happens, don’t overthink too much.

Just see what happens, don’t overthink too much.

Pain killer products! 💊⚡️

Pain killer products! 💊⚡️

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Zero to one: enjoyed r

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Zero to one: enjoyed reading Zero to One. Great to see a VC’s point of view on startups. Have you read it? Comment below 🙌

Book review soon on a @productcoffeeclub podcast!

Amazing growth for @upvoty in July ‘20🔥 The

Amazing growth for @upvoty in July ‘20🔥

The goal of $10k MRR is getting in sight 👀

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