Josh Pigford is a maker of things, and has been building products for over a decade. Most recently, he founded and built Baremetrics.io: one-click SaaS analytics for Stripe.
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Resource Mentioned:
- Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!
Success Quote
- ‘If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.’ – Reid Hoffman.
Business Failure
- Josh spent two years creating and not shipping Pop Survey. When they did finally launch, they heard crickets. Listen to how Josh embodied Reed’s quote with Baremetrics.io.
Entrepreneurial AH-HA Moment
- Josh was scratching his own itch, and realized this could be a product. What is a huge takeaway here? Josh was now going after clients that were accepting money. In other words, he found his avatar: clients that were MAKING money, and his solution would help them make even more. HUGE value bomb here Fire Nation…
Current Business
- Josh just crossed $20k in recurring revenue. Proof of concept – check!
Small Business Resource
- Trello: Organize anything, together. Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards.
Best Business Book
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Interview Links
- Baremetrics.io: Juicy intel right out of the box with zero configuration
- Josh’s email
Sponsors
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Killer Resources!
1) The Common Path to Uncommon Success: JLD’s 1st traditionally published book! Over 3000 interviews with the world’s most successful Entrepreneurs compiled into a 17-step roadmap to financial freedom and fulfillment!
2) Free Podcast Course: Learn from JLD how to create and launch your podcast!
3) Podcasters’ Paradise: The #1 podcasting community in the world!
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