I’ve been building a search system for long form content (talks, interviews, books, audio) where the goal isn’t “find the right document,” but more precise retrieval.On paper, it looked straightforward: embeddings, a vector DB, some metadata filters. In reality, the hardest problems weren’t model quality or infrastructure, but how the system behaves when users are vague, data is messy, and most...
I’ve been building a search system for long form content where the goal isn’t “find the right document,” but more precision.On paper, it looked straightforward: embeddings, a vector DB, some metadata filters. In reality, the hardest problems weren’t model quality or infrastructure, but how the system behaves when users are vague, data is messy, and most constraints are inferred rather than...
I started my first online about 8 years ago. 70 percent of what I've sold online has been profitable. The rest has nearly got me into serious debt.I've sold t-shirts, shoes, jewelry, clothing, candles, smartphones and even furniture. Over the last 8 years, I used platforms such as bigcartel, shopify, woocommerce, shopenvy, tictail, squarespace and variations of the stores available on social...
GrowingStartup.com would love to work with some of these people. I'm glad to see how supportive everyone is.
The simple pillars of SaaS growth are: 1. Attract highly qualified leads 2. Convert leads into customers 3. Grow and scale your startupIn my experience most early stage founders struggle with this. It's part of the reason conversion and retention rates are so low.I'll be sharing more on this for a private group. You can get on the waitlist here. It's only a beta test for an app so please bear...
The founders surveyed, stated these as their BIGGEST growth headaches.1. Low or inconsistent cash flow 2. Small margins and unpredictable profits 3. Low conversion and high marketing/advertising costs 4. Problems with acquiring and retaining talent 5. Access to growth capitalI'll share Part 1 today for the sake of breviity.These entrepreneurs are consultants, professional services providers,...