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💡 From Custom Client Work to a Scalable Product — I’m Betting My Future on This Pivot

For the last few years, I’ve been building premium websites, growth systems, and brand platforms as a service business.

Clients loved the work…
But every project was different. Every solution was custom. And every month started from zero again.

Recently I realized something that hit me hard:

👉 Services make you solve the same problems repeatedly
👉 Products make you solve them once — and scale the solution

So I’ve decided to make the hardest — but most important — pivot of my life:

🎯 I’m turning my service experience into a product.

Not by guessing. Not by chasing hype.

But by studying the problems that kept repeating across clients:

unstructured lead capture

inconsistent follow-ups

no growth visibility

reactive marketing instead of proactive systems

Those patterns are now becoming my product roadmap.

🧠 What I’m doing right now

Instead of jumping straight into a big SaaS build, I’m starting smaller:

productized templates

repeatable growth workflows

automation kits

mini-systems for real-world businesses

If people find value → I scale it.
If not → I adjust fast.

🚀 The Goal

To build something crafted, premium… but scalable.

A system that helps businesses grow — without needing an agency behind every step.

I’m sharing this publicly so I stay accountable.
If you’ve made this pivot before (or are trying to)… I’d love your advice.

What was the biggest mistake or breakthrough in your service → product journey?

Let’s build in public 🫶

on December 28, 2025
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    This is the right sequence. Service work gives you the pattern library that most product founders have to guess at.

    The key insight you've already landed on: those recurring problems across clients aren't just pain points - they're market validation. You've basically done customer discovery 100x over without calling it that.

    One thing I've seen trip up service-to-product transitions: over-building the first version because you know all the edge cases. The temptation is to build the complete solution you'd give a premium client. But the productized version needs to solve 80% of the problem with 20% of the complexity - at least at first.

    Starting with templates and workflows is smart. They let you test packaging and pricing without committing to a massive build. If one resonates, you've got your feature set for v1.

    Following along - curious which problem pattern you'll tackle first.

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