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Insights to build a *scalable* productized service

https://www.scribly.io/blog/essential-questions-to-ask-yourself-when-building-a-scalable-productized-service

My productized copywriting service Scribly.io is about to turn 1 year old 🎉 Currently we're averaging $18K MRR, but there was one key thing stopping us from going any further: I simply hadn't built Scribly for scale.

And so, last week I took an entire week off from running Scribly to focus on all the things that the businesses needed to become a scalable productized service.

This week has taught me SO much about the mistakes I’ve made along the way, and has given me a much better perspective of what it actually takes to productize a service that you can grow beyond you.

It’s been an intense, tiring and challenging experience, but I can honestly say it’s the single best thing I’ve done since starting the business.

In this post I’ll be running through the key things I’ve worked on, so that you can learn from my mistakes and avoid these common pitfalls...

https://www.scribly.io/blog/essential-questions-to-ask-yourself-when-building-a-scalable-productized-service

submitted this linkon July 30, 2019
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    All-caps, must be an important post!

    Seriously though, interesting stuff and congrats on the journey so far :)

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      Haha @louisswiss if I shout it maybe people will read it 😅.

      Thanks buddy, I feel like I’ve come a long way since we first spoke!

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        The caps are no more haha 😆

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    Nice read Daniella. Photos are awesome.

    Enjoyed the stuff about Notion + the Slack Notification Bot ahah!

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    Haha thanks @harrydry! Little Phoebe’s face cracks me up every time!