I just built them to scratch my own itch. I didn't like any of the analytics tools out there, so I built something that I would pay for if it existed. These ar

I just built them to scratch my own itch. I didn't like any of the analytics tools out there, so I built something that I would pay for if it existed. These are just two successes out of many projects that didn't go anywhere. In the past few years, I've also built a bookmark manager, an order fraud scoring service, a phone verification service that tied into it, a "smart" contact form that came with analytics about what the person mailing you has looked at on your site, a fulfillment app to make printing postage for orders at Shopify stores easier... I guess that's another reason I invest a lot of time into ensuring everything I build is as low-maintenance as possible: so I have the time to try and run many different businesses. It's kind of like being a VC investor, except you also happen to be starting all the companies you're investing in. One big success makes up for all the failures.