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I’m happy to have watched the Kerno team build to this point and am very excited to see how they continue to grow in this space!

If they are not paying six figures, they can’t or won’t afford a 30 min response time and are probably trying to see how far they can push you.

Absolutely this! I think the question also needs to be is this so mission critical that they need 30 minute response time? If not a 4 or 8 or 24 hour response time during the week …

This seems exceptionally realistic. I’ve sat next to former employees who almost certainly get paid more than I do because they know the process and no one else can match that know…

I started with LinkedIn only connecting with people that I had met personally. Then potentially expanding to people I had conversation. I found that I was just getting a lot of the…

I'm going to parallel Rob a bit here. You've managed to build something that has brought in $120k without investing dollars into outreach. Then you've invested it into (assumably) …

I don't consider what I'm currently doing "tech". I think of that much more in the startup game, VC funding, and FAANG. Generally I'm filling a consulting role. Mainly in the produ…

What are you selling? Who is the market? This is going to cause a huge variation for the answer.

All of these things are fairly common in the RFP process. Not that going to find somewhere to print and FedEx on a Saturday morning isn't always fun... One suggestion I would offer…

I spent a fairly short period of time in "tech." At some point I decided that's now how I want to spend my life. I've spent the last year's in manufacturing. Mainly building softwa…

This is not too far off from what I'm working towards. I'm less worried about the community aspect and more so the sustainability and open spaces. Allowing birds, native animals, a…

These are fantastic truths. Additionally higher hourly rates cause clients to second guess you less.

Pen Addict- one of my longest running must listens. I get an hour a week of people I've known online talking pens and to some extent many things analog. I spent a lot of time writi…

Not federal law enforcement, but government and major corporations generally have preferred vendors who can help sell the product for some percentage off the top. In my experience …

I would imagine that copyright infringement is difficult and expensive to both prove and defend in court. I would suggest 2 things: 1) Speak directly with the investors. You have s…

Coming from an SI background, I was thinking the same thing. It's nice to see another integrator here. What do you guys focus on?

I get that, starting over in a new place can be tough. I would approach the looking for a new job and looking for clients as the same process. Your skills might not be something th…

A company I consult with does. Either per job or on an ongoing as needed basis. Depending on job's they can pull in people as needed. It works pretty well for them, but as they gro…

It is hard to find part time sales/biz dev roles from larger companies. By the time they are looking to hire, they are looking for a full time person because they have a (mostly) f…

I've negotiated deals like this in the past and white labeling products are a great way to go about it. In the past I've done an $X upfront as the cost to create the white labeled …

Wife and I decided that we were done with the city and lack of space and wanted to travel. Spent the next year downsizing as much as we could while looking for remote first/only co…

Of course, looking forward to following along your journey!

I have seen this be a huge problem for smaller companies that do not either a) have someone's who is good at their job of following up on invoices or b) an owner to does this thems…

Not really, most of the products/services that I launch are more on the B2B Enterprise domain and do not have a lot of crossover. I do have a couple of products getting ready to la…

I'm a Buffer user for the past 5 or 6 years including various versions of their paid plans over the years. I've used it personally, for companies I was working for, and for clients…