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Everything I learned building a million dollar agency

Posted by askins4trouble on Friday September 06, 2024 @11:00AM
from the andrewaskins.com dept.

https://www.andrewaskins.com/million-dollar-agency/

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I Walked Across Spain

Posted by askins4trouble on Monday February 19, 2024 @07:49PM
from the andrewaskins.com dept.

https://www.andrewaskins.com/camino-frances-recap/

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The Recession-Proof Playbook

Posted by askins4trouble on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @10:55PM
from the krit.com dept.

https://krit.com/recession-proof

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Vue Watch: Search well-maintained Vue plugins (ranked)

Posted by askins4trouble on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @09:23AM
from the vuewatch.com dept.

https://vuewatch.com/

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Building my identity around core values, not my company

Posted by askins4trouble on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:24PM
from the andrewaskins.com dept.

https://www.andrewaskins.com/finding-my-core-values/

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What you need to know about no-code prototypes. A surprising journey

Posted by askins4trouble on Thursday May 30, 2019 @11:15AM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/blog/whats-it-really-like-for-a-non-technical-person-to-build-an-app-without-code

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How I Run a Company with ADHD

Posted by askins4trouble on Sunday May 12, 2019 @07:35PM
from the andrewaskins.com dept.

https://www.andrewaskins.com/how-i-run-a-company-with-adhd/

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What we can learn about startups from conspiracy theories

Posted by askins4trouble on Monday April 22, 2019 @01:57PM
from the pages.convertkit.com dept.

https://pages.convertkit.com/8984952368/e53238a34a

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How to write a job post that doesn't suck (because most of them do)

Posted by askins4trouble on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:19PM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/blog/hiring-sucks-heres-how-we-found-two-exceptional-employees-part-1

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Where to Find Angel Investors in the Southeast

Posted by askins4trouble on Friday January 11, 2019 @11:57AM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/blog/find-angel-investor-groups-in-the-southeast-with-this-directory

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How a non-technical founder landed Yale as a customer at 72 years old

Posted by askins4trouble on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @03:47PM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/blog/turning-a-small-solution-into-a-big-opportunity-with-steve-shulman

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Too much feedback is toxic

Posted by askins4trouble on Friday November 09, 2018 @11:36AM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/blog/too-much-feedback-is-toxic-how-to-prevent-an-overdose

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The 17 startup stages between “I have an idea” and “I can buy steak again.”

Posted by askins4trouble on Friday October 26, 2018 @09:59AM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/blog/17-startup-company-stages

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A professional designer is critiquing my mockups live

Posted by askins4trouble on Sunday October 21, 2018 @06:32PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-7OUdPUv1I

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How founders can be better designers (with no experience)

Posted by askins4trouble on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @01:08PM
from the atrium.co dept.

https://www.atrium.co/blog/app-design-tips/

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Perfectionism won't help your startup

Posted by askins4trouble on Friday October 12, 2018 @11:47AM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/perfectionism-wont-help-your-startup

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I'm a horrible designer, but I'm redesigning my website live

Posted by askins4trouble on Sunday October 07, 2018 @01:03PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlyqztIDPQU

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How to craft the perfect pitch: Whether you've got 60 seconds or half an hour

Posted by askins4trouble on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:21PM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/crafting-your-pitch

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How to choose a name for your startup (with minimal stress)

Posted by askins4trouble on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @12:01PM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/choose-a-name-for-your-business

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Two meetings that helped us grow our business by 50%

Posted by askins4trouble on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @09:07AM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/blog/two-meetings-that-helped-us-grow-our-business-by-50

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Becoming an Open Agency: How and why we're sharing our financials with the world

Posted by askins4trouble on Monday July 30, 2018 @08:14AM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/index.php?p=blog/open-agency-sharing-our-financials-with-the-world

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Hiring is effing hard – learning to write a better job post

Posted by askins4trouble on Monday July 02, 2018 @10:56AM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/hiring-is-effing-hard

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I emptied my savings to buy a newsletter (a transparent look at the acquisition)

Posted by askins4trouble on Friday May 11, 2018 @07:20AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@andrewaskins/i-emptied-my-savings-to-buy-a-newsletter-35508bf1c810

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The Super Ridiculously Hard Startup Idea Validation Quiz

Posted by askins4trouble on Friday April 20, 2018 @06:40AM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/startup-idea-validation-quiz

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Re:Using network effects (not patents) to build defensible software on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @10:32AM (#16867679)

Completely agree with this!

And I think a lot of people look at network effects right now primarily as a growth lever, but wouldn't think to use them (when they're working) as an argument with investors that their product is defensible.

Using network effects (not patents) to build defensible software

Posted by askins4trouble on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @07:58PM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/blog/network-effects-defensible-product

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Five examples of no-code MVPs

Posted by askins4trouble on Monday April 09, 2018 @09:45PM
from the builtbykrit.com dept.

https://builtbykrit.com/blog/five-examples-of-no-code-prototypes

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Re:Dropbox S-1 on Friday February 23, 2018 @11:22PM (#16451642)

Pretty sure Drew is going to be worth upwards of $1 billion (25.3% stake at an $8-9 billion valuation minus any equity he has to give up to investors in the latest round) #TresCommas

The Complete Krit Guide to Running Ineffective User Tests

Posted by askins4trouble on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @10:25AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/swlh/the-complete-krit-guide-to-running-ineffective-user-tests-dce9fd87d633

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Re:How we improved our engineering estimates by 1082% on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:06AM (#15464867)

Hey! Thanks for submitting the article to Hacker News. I'll be traveling today but if anyone has any questions I'd love to talk about our experience.