September 26, 2019

104: Tiny Conferences, and Business Growth Challenges

32 minutes

Ben is finding it easier to plan meetings to talk about challenges, and how he appreciates consistency. He describes his recent experiences with NanoConf and TupleConf.

Derrick understands how perspectives shift as a business goes through different stages. Everyone wants financial security, but they always have complicated problems to solve.

Today’s Topics Include:

Mini Mastermind Conferences: Growth Strategy for building rapport and trust while bringing in new people for new perspectives

Lessons Learned: Capture what went well, what should change in the future

TupleConf: Ben, Joel, and Spencer discussed high-level questions and risk of co-founder issues and ambitions

How to Deal with Conflict: Know your strengths, weaknesses, and personality type

Planning and Prioritization: How to clarify and activate energy to do lower/smaller tasks

StaticKit Milestones: Derrick achieved expansion revenue, additional customers, and annual renewals

Pricing Structure, Tiers, and Upgrades: Monthly vs.yearly subscriptions with no surprises

Derrick shares future vision of StaticKit beyond static forms for positive user experience

Links and resources:

Art of Product on Twitter

Derrick Reimer Website

Derrick Reimer on Twitter

Ben Orenstein Website

Ben Orenstein on Twitter

Tuple

Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide

StaticKit

Using Tailwind CSS with Next.js

Level

Big Snow Tiny Conf

Build Your SaaS Podcast

CartHook

Brian Casel

WordPress

Gatsby

Jekyll

Drip

Netlify

Stripe

GitHub

...more

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By Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer

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