Innovation, SEO, UX, Depth

☕ Good Morning!

Bryce Roberts points out that “new models create new markets, but they’re often misunderstood at the outset.” New innovations may seem silly or “more like sugar water than space ships”, but “what on the surface can be seen as a silly little distraction of a site built for and by naval gazing tech insiders” can suddenly look very innovative. Read his short post here.

Bryce Roberts @bryce

Good memory! Tho, I was just paraphrasing a founder I had met with. More here: The Problem with Innovation

bryce.vcThe Problem With “Innovation”Last week while prodding a pitching entrepreneur on his competitive landscape I rattled off potential competitor after potential competitor in order to gauge his reaction. After appeasing me for a few...

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🚀 Maker Stories

A new Failory podcast with Pat Walls, founder of Starter Story, an Open Startup which interviews successful entrepreneurs to help others learn how to start businesses. Pat shares with us how he moved into tech, his first project Delite, building Starter Story in 2017, and how he quit his job to go full-time entrepreneur. His business now makes $9k per month. Listen to the full story here.

Failory @hellofailory

🎙️ EP9 of The Failory Podcast, with @thepatwalls: 🔁 Going from economics to tech 👨‍💻 Learning to code 🚀 Launching Delite, a B2B SaaS 💀 Shutting down 🚀 Launching @starter_story 💼 Quitting his job 📈 Growing Starter Story to $9k/mo and much more! failory.com/podcast/pat-wa…

failory.comTurning a Side Hustle into a $9k/mo Business, with Pat Walls from Starter StoryPat Walls (@thepatwalls) is the founder of Starter Story, a site interviewing successful entrepreneurs, and Pigeon, a Gmail CRM extension. Prior to this, he co-founded Delite, a SaaS platform for B2B wholesale orders, that would shut down later on. From graduating from UCSB with a degree in economic…

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🏗️ Build + Launch

Very useful Twitter thread by Indie Hackers on writing online content and when to focus on high-volume SEO keywords and when to target low-volume terms. Read the full thread here.

Indie Hackers @IndieHackers

Tip: Writing content based on high-volume SEO keywords is great for boosting traffic and email signups, but when it comes to paid conversions, it's worth considering another option. Target low-volume terms that have high-purchase intent. Thread 👇

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🖥️ NoCode

After Figma’s impressive funding round last week, Integromat gives us a quick overview of the best wireframing tools on the market as seen in the eyes of UX specialists. Read the full article here.

Integromat @integromat

Here are some of the best wireframing tools, according to UX specialists. 😍 P.S. A few of their favorites include @figmadesign @sketch @axurerp. More here 👇 bit.ly/3coiDaV

bit.lyThe Best Wireframing Tools, According to UX SpecialistsiInterested in learning what the best wireframing tools are? Take a seat and see what designers and UX specialists are recommending in 2020.

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💭 Afterthought

I stumbled upon this older tweet by @levelsio with a segment from an interview with the great David Bowie: Don’t fulfill other people’s expectations and “if you feel safe in the area your working in, you’re not working in the right area, always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in, go a little bit out of your depth, and when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.” Just brilliant! Have a great evening!

؜ @levelsio

Always go a little further into the water than you feel you're capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don't feel like your feet are quite touching the bottom, you're just about in the right place to do something exciting.