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This is fantastic. Kudos on the hard work you've got one more paid subscriber here.
Nice work. I remember being very critical of the first version of this a year ago and it looks like you legitimately took the feedback to heart. Thanks.
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This tool is really flexible and you mention "a rental empire," so perhaps it's covered already, but it might be worth trying to add features for freelancers, contract workers, or people starting side businesses. I think those people would be more willing to spend money on a planning tool, since there's more decisions to make. (I think targeting financial planners is also a smart move.)
What kind of new features do you feel would add the most value for freelancer / side-business use cases?
One thing I couldn't work out how to do was to add one off purchases once you had already created a plan. Is that possible?
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I worked at a startup that pivoted away from this product so have the same question. We found that people wouldn’t pay for our product that showed financial projections based on current data. I would be really interested to hear how this product is different - maybe there’s a different monetization strategy or a different marketing strategy?
So far I've just been building what I really wanted to exist for my own planning purposes combined with the best ideas from early adopters, and then I've posted in a few places and gotten a little traction here and there. I can see how it might be difficult to build and sustain a real startup around this kind of product; it does feel a bit niche, and I haven't tried ads but I've always imagined that the target audien…
Congrats! If you decide you want to monetize this, truebill sold to rocket mortgage for something like a billion dollars. I could see your features supplementing their current product nicely.
Played around with the sandbox for a few minutes and it feels great! Can't wait to try it out properly on the weekend.