João Nina Matos

I pivoted my traditional agency to try and help technical leaders clear backlog, while keeping the solution as flexible and startup-friendly as possible. No retainers, contracts to lock you in, etc. I wanted to create something simple, and useful for engineering leaders, that was my thinking behind this.

Fill in a simple daily trackers with the KPIs that are most important for me :)

I'm trying out affiliate marketing, I think it could be an interesting route

I think when you're bootstrapping or starting with a tight budget, figuring out some basic lead gen on your own is what makes most sense– otherwise you'll forever be dependent on agencies to do that for you, and they can charge any price they want and you'll have limited options. That's my $0.02

I think if you work hours properly, and make sure your hours of work are genuinely focused & productive, you can actually still keep a lot of time for other things– that's my opinion.

dealing with excess engineering workloads without hiring an additional engineer

Honestly, not sure– I like going out in evenings, but also work well. I think ultimately, you just have to get at working when you can, because as a Founder, sometimes you don't have the luxury of certain decisions. Adaptability is best, rather than clutching to "Oh I couldn't work yesterday because i only work in evenings, and I had a dinner meeting"

I think you can't stop haha

The result of this poll is really funny haha, virtually only VS Code

Make better friends ! Kind of work related, but also very life related.

Simple scales, fancy fails. I get up, maybe have a glass of water, and go to work. That's it haha.

None at the moment, because I'm not running ads. Most bootstrap product founders probably aren't running loads of ads I reckon (unless they're dropshipping or something). I think generally agencies are the target for this kind of question.

Not sure, what do you mean landing page gif?

That's pretty cool. How'd you do it? Where'd you get most of your subscribers? Curious about growth & your story! :)

Honestly, I think it comes down to online communities & making content. I don't have a large following, and am figuring it out myself. I've observed other success stories, and it comes from 2 things: 1: having a really, really good product people want to share for you (word of mouth = exponential) and 2: Being relentless in posting & creating content. Look at the biggest creators....

Come up with a marketing plan, get to know more communities, and see if I can make more new friends!

Appreciate this tip! I'm new myself, so this helps. Product hunt seems like a relatively small but tight community– do others have the same impression or is it just me?

I think anybody in this community has fun working on Saturdays 😀