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Everyone who has a startup should watch this at least once a day (me included). This is great stuff, Patrick.

by orangethirty 14y ago

patio11 14y ago
Thanks, glad you liked it. What would you like to hear more about? (I'm shamelessly fishing for ideas for this year.)
- orangethirty 14y ago
  I always get questions relating to email. People have a lot of issues with that. They don't seem to get the value of automated email selling. Or even doing it manually. I, for example, make the most money from email marketing. So I know it works. But Hackers and email marketing are a very weird subject. Your insight might get some of them to understand the true value of it.
- jplewicke 14y ago
  These are a few things off the top of my head that I'd love to read a blog post on: - SAAS Pricing when marginal costs are fairly high. For example, how would you price a service that offered human translation of a company's social media posts into N different languages? - Accounting / corporate structure for bootstrapped SAAS companies: do you use an LLC, and if so things to take into account for cash vs accrual accounting, pass-through vs. corporate taxation, guaranteed payments vs. distributions, finding a good accountant, etc. - The 8,000 word "stake through Bitcoin's heart", or at least the part that talks about how and why banks are going to stop taking Bitcoin exchanges as clients. There is a surprising amount of doublethink going on to allow people simultaneously believe "Bitcoin and traditional banking are natural enemies", "at least one Bitcoin exchange will always be able to access the banking system", and "the nominal price of Bitcoins can only increase in the long run."
  - patio11 14y ago
    Accounting / corporate structure for bootstrapped SAAS companies: do you use an LLC, and if so things to take into account for cash vs accrual accounting, pass-through vs. corporate taxation, guaranteed payments vs. distributions, finding a good accountant, etc. My accountant, Cameron Keng, is giving an attendee talk on this very topic at Microconf this year. I'm going to be taking notes. (The cheapest advice from him I'll get this year, for certain. ;) ) Remind me to post them if he doesn't. Noted on the other two suggestions.
    - jplewicke 14y ago
      Thanks! I'll look forward to it.
- BornInTheUSSR 14y ago
  I would love to hear more of your thoughts on the process of generating, evaluating and testing saas ideas based on what you know now.
- quaffapint 14y ago
  More on ways to get the word out on your shiny new SaaS would be wonderful.
- statictype 14y ago
  More on selling to enterprises (I know you did a newsletter on this earlier) How to convince them to use your off-the-shelf product instead of demanding a bespoke solution that requires you to essentially fork your entire code base.
- pknerd 14y ago
  I am sorry if I missed earlier but I need some tips about stand alone softwares instead of SAAS. How one can sell them efficiently?

Everyone who has a startup should watch this at least once a day (me included). This is great stuff, Patrick.

patio11 14y ago

Thanks, glad you liked it. What would you like to hear more about? (I'm shamelessly fishing for ideas for this year.)

orangethirty 14y ago
I always get questions relating to email. People have a lot of issues with that. They don't seem to get the value of automated email selling. Or even doing it manually. I, for example, make the most money from email marketing. So I know it works. But Hackers and email marketing are a very weird subject. Your insight might get some of them to understand the true value of it.
jplewicke 14y ago
These are a few things off the top of my head that I'd love to read a blog post on: - SAAS Pricing when marginal costs are fairly high. For example, how would you price a service that offered human translation of a company's social media posts into N different languages? - Accounting / corporate structure for bootstrapped SAAS companies: do you use an LLC, and if so things to take into account for cash vs accrual accounting, pass-through vs. corporate taxation, guaranteed payments vs. distributions, finding a good accountant, etc. - The 8,000 word "stake through Bitcoin's heart", or at least the part that talks about how and why banks are going to stop taking Bitcoin exchanges as clients. There is a surprising amount of doublethink going on to allow people simultaneously believe "Bitcoin and traditional banking are natural enemies", "at least one Bitcoin exchange will always be able to access the banking system", and "the nominal price of Bitcoins can only increase in the long run."
- patio11 14y ago
  Accounting / corporate structure for bootstrapped SAAS companies: do you use an LLC, and if so things to take into account for cash vs accrual accounting, pass-through vs. corporate taxation, guaranteed payments vs. distributions, finding a good accountant, etc. My accountant, Cameron Keng, is giving an attendee talk on this very topic at Microconf this year. I'm going to be taking notes. (The cheapest advice from him I'll get this year, for certain. ;) ) Remind me to post them if he doesn't. Noted on the other two suggestions.
  - jplewicke 14y ago
    Thanks! I'll look forward to it.
BornInTheUSSR 14y ago
I would love to hear more of your thoughts on the process of generating, evaluating and testing saas ideas based on what you know now.
quaffapint 14y ago
More on ways to get the word out on your shiny new SaaS would be wonderful.
statictype 14y ago
More on selling to enterprises (I know you did a newsletter on this earlier) How to convince them to use your off-the-shelf product instead of demanding a bespoke solution that requires you to essentially fork your entire code base.
pknerd 14y ago
I am sorry if I missed earlier but I need some tips about stand alone softwares instead of SAAS. How one can sell them efficiently?