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jason_zig

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About jason_zig

founder: https://www.zigpoll.com | linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-zigelbaum | email: jason[at]zigpoll.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49233823

    Solo founder (and sole employee) getting to 2M ARR with Zigpoll[0] AI is making it possible to go after bigger clients so the strategy is to focus on marketing and going upmarket. …

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    Comment #48886307

    Scaling Zigpoll[0] to 2M ARR as a solo founder (currently at 1.5 ARR). Each year you double ARR for a business it comes with a whole new set of challenges which are layered on top …

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    Comment #48530162

    seeing how far 1 person project can go with Zigpoll: https://www.zigpoll.com Crossed over 100K MRR and I'm shooting for 2M ARR by the end of the year. Growing something in this sta…

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    Comment #48323292

    you can email me if you want: jason[at]zigpoll.com Ideas came from building something that I wished existed. Honestly I didn't overthink any of them and I'm glad I didn't. If you d…

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    Comment #48316413

    well they were all websites so they had that in common but not much else. I would recommend starting off with an app store of some kind since getting initial customers is a real pa…

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    Comment #48315906

    You should almost always stick with an idea for longer than you think. I've had 3 successful projects (one making over 100K MRR[0]) IMO the main differentiator between winning and …

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    Comment #48089029

    getting my 1-person business to 2M ARR[0] the requirements for growth keep changing plus all the AI noise means that the playbook changes regularly. staying on top of the state of …

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    Comment #47820581

    is evaluation that important? ultimately if you can't do the work you're only cheating yourself in the long run...

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    Comment #47786929

    I'm not sure that's true - try getting someone to pull up an html5 file on their computer for a presentation...

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    Comment #47745428

    Crossed 100K MRR as a solo founder for Zigpoll[1] - honestly I never thought I would get this far with the product so now it's all about trying to market and keep growth strong. Do…

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    Comment #47703284

    I think this was their business plan. See if it works and, if it doesn't, shut it down

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    Comment #47682602

    I used the shopify app store to get the first customers - i think an app store is still the way to go since they handle a lot of the customer outreach for you. that said, there are…

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    Comment #47682581

    I agree there needs to be a way to fit it into the overall product direction. Solving these on a case-by-case basis is important and part of the job. When I first started, getting …

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    Comment #47669134

    I solo founded a business and it just crossed 100K MRR (still solo). The trick is: 1. Don't give up after the first month of no traction, if you can get at least 1 customer at this…

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    Comment #47116129

    I think you're ready to go to market!

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    Comment #46941180

    I’m working on Zigpoll[ https://www.zigpoll.com ], a lightweight survey/feedback tool for ecommerce (mostly Shopify). Built it because most survey tools felt overgrown for what I n…

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    Show HN: I spent 2 years building a feedback tool with only the features I need

    Hey everyone I’m a solo founder and developer, and I’ve been building software since 2011. Over the years, I watched customer feedback tools go from simple and focused to bloated, …

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    Comment #46274658

    My one-person project Zigpoll [ https://www.zigpoll.com ] I've cracked the eCommerce market (1M ARR as of a couple days ago) but want to spread out more broadly into other vertical…

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    Comment #45684917

    Am I the only one getting overwhelmed with all of these feature/product announcements? Feels like the noise to signal ratio is off.

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    Comment #45592863

    I run a survey product for ecommerce stores [1] A lot of our customers use post purchase surveys and on-site surveys to help with this sort of thing. For example a really common us…

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    Comment #45562821

    Month 48 of my one-man project Zigpoll: https://www.zigpoll.com/ On-site surveys for eCommerce and SaaS. It's been an amazing ride leveling up back and forth between product, desig…

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    Comment #45109085

    I've seen people post this same advice and I agree with you that it works but you would think they would absorb this common strategy and integrate it as part of the underlying prod…

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    Comment #44501836

    Ah man... anyone remember JQBX?

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    Comment #44417523

    We're building Zigpoll ( https://www.zigpoll.com ), a survey platform focused on zero-party data collection — think post-purchase attribution, customer feedback, and segmentation —…