For the past four years, I've worked as a software developer at Google. On February 1st, I quit. It was because they refused to buy me a Christmas present.| mtlynch.io
Four years ago today, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own self-funded software business. This is a review of my fourth year and what I've learned so far about bootstrapping software businesses.| mtlynch.io
Today is the third anniversary of me quitting my job at Google to build my own software business. I posted updates at the end of my first and second years, so it's time for another update.| mtlynch.io
Two of my businesses had record-setting months, and I'm finally building the app I've always wanted.| mtlynch.io
My notes and self-critiques from speaking at PyGotham.| mtlynch.io
Perhaps I should pay more attention to my only successful project.| mtlynch.io
A quick, practical guide to interviewing customers during the early stages of a new product idea. I expected basic advice about how you shouldn’t ask customers leading questions, but Fitzpatrick goes much more in-depth. The book made me recognize weaknesses in my approach to interviewing users and provided interesting perspectives about obtaining unbiased, actionable feedback from customers.| mtlynch.io
The conversation should be about thousands of dollars not, tens of dollars.| mtlynch.io
My notes and self-critiques from speaking at PyTexas.| mtlynch.io
A record month, but it's time to give up.| mtlynch.io
I wish that I had found this book nine years ago. It taught me a great deal about choosing the right product to build and the advantages of targeting small niches. The author makes compelling points about the importance of marketing and small founders’ common pitfall of treating it as an afterthought. Unfortunately, much of the content aged poorly. Published in 2010, Walling intentionally kept the book pragmatic, recommending specific tools and strategies that were popular at the time. Read...| mtlynch.io
