Posts by Kirk Kaiser
Marketing Front Ends for Your MVP: WordPress vs. Flask vs. Django
This week I’ll be launching two separate Minimum Viable Products. I built the front-end marketing for one in WordPress, and the other in Flask. In the past, I’ve used Django for all of my product front ends, but this time…
Avoiding the Red Queen’s Race
In the 1740’s , indentured servitude allowed people to work 4-7 years of their life in exchange for an education and the tools necessary to build a life for themselves. Fast forward 270 years. Now we’ve got 30 year mortgages,…
How I Built a $600 / mo Product In One Day
I’ve been working on a few big projects recently, and became frustrated with the inertia built into launching anything big. Sometimes it seems like things will never be ready; like there’s just too much to do. So I decided to…
Why Facebook Will Destroy Google
First off, I know technical people love Google. They love the idea of all that intelligence and capital all flowing together and creating really exciting technology. However, I’d say that Facebook has been beating Google strategically for the past year.…
Entrepreneurs as Systems Designers
I realized recently that the most effective use of my time has become systems design. Most of my software projects suffer from entropy almost immediately, faltering without other people involved to spur them on. I can’t keep updating all the software and…
How to Scale Your Income
Last week was incredible. I had my first thousand dollar day in my newest business before it was even launched. I’m incredibly thankful and blown away by the transformation, and just wanted to share the key changes that got me…
Tell Your Customers Your Flaws
Honesty. It used to be, if you wanted to move products, you’d have to stretch the truth as much as possible. The only way to get a person’s attention was to make outrageous claims: Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Days!…
My First eBay Seller Experience
My hobby is film photography. I love shooting photos on old cameras, and over the years I’ve accumulated a lot of old cameras people have just given to me. Recently, I decided to get rid of all the cameras I…
What It Takes to Live Your Dream
5,000 Pages. 5 Years. That’s how long it took before I made my first commercial sale as a writer. Five years of working hard with no results to show for it. That’s five years, spent trying to squeeze by on…
Think Like a Capitalist First, a Business Owner Second
Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1. – Warren Buffet What matters most in your business? That your product delivers more results than it cost. Your market must get much more out of your product than…