Don’t Fave This Post: How to REALLY Launch in 2014
God knows it’s popular to snark about the very idea of New Year’s resolutions. And the snark is aaaaaall true. Those new sneakers aren’t going to exercise themselves. But there’s still something...
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Get your free 7-part guide for bootstrapping in 2014
Hey y’all! So, we’re ramping up for the next 30×500… and what better way than to send our lovely readers useful, actionable, sparkle-unicorn-farts-free lessons to help you get started? To that end, why...
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“Done” should be spelled F-A-I-L
“It’s almost done, I just need to add this one more thing…” Whooooooa there. When you teach designers & developers to bootstrap their own product businesses, as I do, that’s a phrase you’ll hear a...
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How do you market a product that’s for everyone?
When you set out to start a product business… you pick a fight with entropy. And entropy usually wins. The default result is failure. If you’re sane, you know it. You’re scared by it. You act anyway,...
View ArticleOxygen Mask Entrepreneurship
Back when I was 24-25, I told myself that our brand new baby business would be doing $1-2 million a year by the time I turned 30. My 30th birthday is Sunday. Did we make it? Nope. Am I sad? Nope! So,...
View ArticleThe Wasp, the Caterpillar, and Cannibalizing Your Own Product from the Inside
This December, Freckle Time Tracking turns 6 years old. OMG! And 30×500 turns 5 years old… after a fashion. You see, the original 30×500 is dead. And the one before that. And the one before that. And...
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Chasing cats, dumb risk and smart strategy
This is Franklin. Our friends found him all alone on the street when he was just 3 weeks old. We adopted him at 4 weeks, and hand-raised him with bottles and warming pads and all that. Franklin is all...
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The 24-Hour Book Challenge — A Six Month Update
On December 2nd, I sat down, created an outline, and started writing. 24 hours later, I launched the first (beta) version of my first biz book, Just Fucking Ship. After a couple more weeks of work, I...
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Confessions of a (reformed) whiner
Hey guys! This is a guest post by 30×500 alum Ryan Castillo, author of 7 Recurring Revenue Recipes for Freelancers and reformed procrastinator. Hi. My name is Ryan and I am a whiner. Or at least I used...
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Why not the best ?
(adorable! but not my actual house) It’s that time of year again! As in, the time of year is nearly gone. Tradition dictates that it’s time for folks like me to start sending out year-end reviews, top...
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