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Starting A Consulting Business From Scratch – Adrienne Johnston

We return to one of our core topics and tips for starting a consulting business from scratch. This episode begins a discussion with designer Adrienne Johnston. Her primary focus is presentations. However, her story is a lesson in how to niche down as well as build momentum and a clientele for your business. Key Steps To Starting A Consulting Business Adrienne started her self-employment path by using Upwork.com. Her story of building from nothing is an excellent example of starting a consulting business. We walk through her first jobs and how she grew those into the thriving business that she has today. While her business is focused on skills and a niche you might not relate to, there is a... Read more

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Why Build A Mobile Application?

We conclude our interview with Tim Branyan with a discussion to answer the question, why build a mobile application? There are options to leave your solution web-only, make it mobile-friendly, or build a native mobile application. Tim goes into some pros and cons and how they influenced his approach to building the TrueFanz solution and its growth. Why Build A Mobile Application? The question is more about how rather than why build a mobile application. There are simply too many mobile devices and users that want to use your application. While mobile-first is not uncommon, it is also expensive and risky. Even more so for a full-featured solution such as TrueFanz. Tim provides us with a logical approach to your... Read more

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Building A SAAS Solution – Interview with Tim Branyan of TrueFanz

We start a new interview series talking to Tim Branyan of TrueFanz about his journey toward building a SAAS solution and growing it. The discussion touches on many topics and stays high-level more than a technical deep-dive. Tim is entertaining and shares many lessons learned from his successes and failures. Building A SAAS Solution – This Is The Way There is a lot of buzz around building a SAAS solution, and many reasons why. Tim touches on some key concepts, such as scaling up and keeping initial costs low. We also look at some of his steps to build his team. Likewise, there is a parallel between his story of building his user base and the resulting community. About Tim... Read more

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Growing Your Brand and Business – Suggestions For Any Entrepreneur

Part 2 of our interview with Deanna Keumpel focuses on growing your brand and business. She has done this a few times and has plenty of advice. The discussion covers various topics, such as finding the right staff, taking chances, and pouring yourself into a venture. Be ready to take notes as she drops several suggestions along the way. Growing Your Brand and Business – It is What We Do We create a business because we enjoy doing that. There is a solution or service we want to share with the world, and that drives us. However, we also want to reach everyone that can benefit from our offering. Therefore, growing your brand and business is a skill you want... Read more

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The Benefits Of Taking Risks – Interview With Deanna Kuempel

We start a new interview and dive into the benefits of taking risks. The host of the label-free podcast sits down to share her story. Deanna is recently married (hence the name change) and is living her best life, as her tagline suggests. However, it has not been an easy road. Our discussion reviews numerous challenges she faced and how she overcame them. Spoiler alert, she took risks and avoided playing it safe. Benefits Of Taking Risks The idea of risks is one of those half-full or half-empty ways to examine a subject. One can focus on the upsides of a risk paying off or avoiding the loss of a risk that does not. We are naturally biased to prevent... Read more

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Building Real World Software – No More Best Practices

Part two of our interview with Douglas Squirrel delves into building real world software. This topic takes us into finding ways to meet a customer’s needs rather than deliver something that gets an “A” grade in academia. We also tackle the challenge of a technologist with a different view from the business customer. It is more focused on building relationships and trusts than it is asserting one’s opinion. Real World Software Is Messy There are almost always trade-offs when we talk about building a solution for business. We are not given the luxury of a perfect world and building a flawless solution. There is even a thing called “known bugs”  included with many releases. We know at our core that... Read more