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Recent content by Chris Rickard

  1. Chris Rickard

    8 things I learnt from starting, running, and selling a software agency

    EXECUTION 
    Yeah awesome, good luck!
  2. Chris Rickard

    8 things I learnt from starting, running, and selling a software agency

    EXECUTION 
    At the moment I am generating no income from my blog and newsletter, I am building an audience
  3. Chris Rickard

    8 things I learnt from starting, running, and selling a software agency

    EXECUTION 
    How did I build my blog? Sure thing. I used Ghost as the platform (a great blog, CMS, newsletter platform, member platform etc) With the Dawn theme (you can see I've hardly customised it) Hosted on Linode ($50 credit for new signups, costs $7 per month with backups) Mailgun to send emails...
  4. Chris Rickard

    Questions about software Development

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION QUESTION 
    Hey fredz, I feel you can definitely help other people, but you need to take it one step at a time. I was in a very similar position to you in 2012, I was freelancing for a year or so, and then ended up starting an agency from it. My agency focused on software (not design, marketing, brochure...
  5. Chris Rickard

    8 things I learnt from starting, running, and selling a software agency

    EXECUTION 
    Oh really, damn I wish I had of seen that - could have saved me writing up this post :) If you take a read of the reply just above your post, I describe how our first clients were from our freelance roles, and the next batch of clients was from referrals. If you are interested, I wrote up a...
  6. Chris Rickard

    8 things I learnt from starting, running, and selling a software agency

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks, agencies aren't easy, but I think we were lucky to find our niche fast and leverage that. My initial co-founder and I were both freelancing before starting the agency, so it was an easy transition. We just told our clients "pay the invoice to this new bank account", and that was how it...
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    8 things I learnt from starting, running, and selling a software agency

    EXECUTION 
    Hey guys, I am a software developer that started (or rather stumbled into starting) a software development agency. Financially, it went a lot better than I originally expected. We hit 6 figures in year 1, high 6 figures in year 2, and 7 figures in year 3. We were super happy with this result...
  8. Chris Rickard

    With which computer language, is it necessary for a blog?

    EXECUTION WEB DESIGN 
    Hey mate, you certainly don't need coding skills for the things you mentioned - we live in the best time in history to utilise great services others have built Don't get me wrong - programming is awesome - it's completely changed my life, and a lot of the success I have had is directly related...
  9. Chris Rickard

    Attempting to Build A Productocracy [Niche > Problem > Pre-sell > Solution]

    HOT! INTRO 
    Hasn't been to long 0- but would love to get an update on your progress mate
  10. Chris Rickard

    The 19 year old that's gonna go from nothing to EVERYTHING

    INTRO 
    Love your enthusiasm - good luck mate :)
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