Well, today I started out my day with a trip to the datacenter. Now most of you will think this is boring but I think its fun. I don’t actually need to do anything but a quick once over of the servers and make sure everyone is happy and then pick up the drive caddies …
Well, I woke up like normal and had a developer meeting. After that, checked the Facebook ads and added them to the list. Its starting to look better! Check out the plot of homeowners signing up prior to launch. We are far from a Harry’s razor approach but hey, I’ll take it. So the email …
I have worked 7 days a week for the last 7 years or so. We have a 3 year old, I have a full time job, an Amazon business and now Fix it Today. I feel fortunate that we have got our Amazon business to the point it doesnt need too much of my attention. …
Well, its technically the 15th already but Im going back and wee will start the daily updates from Monday the 12th. I thought I’d add a fun bit of info. We have been developing for 8 months now and its down to the wire. We have a firm date of Sept 1 to launch. Today, …
If you look at the statistics from someone, allegedly 1/2 of all internet traffic is from mobile phones. Almost everyone here in the US has a computer in their pocket and the average American spends almost 4.5 hours a day on their phone. When we started to develop Fix it Today, my project manager wanted …
Another life lesson. You can have the best product in the world but if you don’t have a way to get people to know about it, you won’t sell anything. After spending years building our Amazon SAAS, another thing I should have known better. I have heard it in a few different podcasts and talks …
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I said it somewhere else, but really planning ahead is really important. When I sat down with the concept of Fix It Today, it seemed simple. People put up with schedules and homeowners can find it. We started in December of 2023 and having some software development experience (well, paying for it and watching software …
Well, this may be a huge regret (kind of already is) but I made the decision to move away from Amazon AWS. There are several reasons why and I know we are not the only ones. With our Amazon software, we pay over $1000/month for our AWS bill and I feel like we are barely …
Thats one hell of a question…..is there something Im missing? A lot of nights, I cant sleep. My mind races and I’ll think for hours. Needless to say, I put a lot of sleepless hours into this question. In the end, I came to the conclusion (assumption) that it’s the business model. Its not easy, …
This will be short but I think it’s important to see that we went out of our way to actually validate the idea. Our freinds and family all told us it was a great idea. Person 1: My wife took our son to “Little Gym” where toddlers do gym stuff. Im thankful I dont have …
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