Apple (to consumers): “Most apps are free!”
Also Apple (to developers): “Get your apps ready for the new hardware!”
Me: Umm… I think I’m going to opt out. Thanks anyway. 🤦♂️
Some good tips on how to handle the technical details of deleting from databases and backups in the age of GDPR. https://gdpr4saas.eu/deleting-personal-data
The Catch-22 of trying to build a bootstrapped business on low-priced products is that:
1) you have to sell a *lot* of units to make enough to live on; and
2) because per unit profit is so low, you can’t afford to do the marketing and advertising needed to sell to a mass market.
You probably can’t save your business by adding “just one more feature.” If you’re agonizing over a price point of $2.99 vs. $3.99, you probably need to reconsider your market, not your feature set.
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned in my journey as an entrepreneur comes courtesy of Rob Walling. He wrote that when it comes to the success of a business, “market comes first, marketing second, aesthetic third, and functionality a distant fourth.”
