TGIF Edition: Daily Stand Up!

Thoughtful Finance

[May] App published in app store.

[Yesterday] Found and fixed an issue with syncing. Improved the loading screen UX. Did some product management cleanup.

[Today] Looking into some encryption issues with the initial data sync.

[Kudos] @vcmartins for analytics and ads. I'll need to learn about ads at some point.

[Work In Progress] Continuing to use the app for my own finances and make improvements based on that.

2019 Goals

• [Magnus Rush] 50 Interactive Podcasts Created by Podcast hosts: (5/50) 10%
• [Magnus Rush] 12k MAU for the App: (60/12k)
• [Announcr] Build prototype and try to sell it to a customer

May Goals

• [Magnus Rush] Automate podcast outbound emails based on user activity: 0% Complete
• [Magnus Rush] Invite 30 podcasts to the platform: 0% Complete
• [Announcr] Validate business interest with 10 survey responses/interviews: 2/10
• [Announcr] Sign one customer for a paid pilot: 0% Complete
• [Announcr] Prototype Location App for live demos: 10% Complete
• [Announcr] Prototype Location Client App for live demos: 31% Complete

YESTERDAY

• [Magnus Rush] Talked with the King of Pricing Patrick Campbell from Profitwell. He made some great suggestions about my GTM (Go To Market) strategy, and weighed in on the pricing model. Seemed to like the MR concept. Pushed back hard on Announcr.
• [Magnus Rush] Worked on a bug.. episodes stopping before they're finished completely
• [Announcr] Day 2 Dev Update video: https://youtu.be/jQwg-_SQ37w
• [Announcr] Designed and built basic announcement polling infrastructure
• [Announcr] Enabled location code entry for the speaker
• [Announcr] Created audio status messages so the speakers don't need to be hooked up to a display for operation
• [Announcr] Created API endpoint to send an arbitrary announcement to a specific speaker

TODAY

• [Magnus Rush] Finish up the premature finish (hehe) playback bug
• [Magnus Rush] Create Email Template for Automated Emails
• [Announcr] UI work on the consumer app to send an announcement to the end point

KUDOS
@Harlem for cranking on her curriculum

WIPs

• Announcr - 'Location-Based Messaging and Customer Experience'
• Magnus Rush- Interactive Podcast app and Platform

EPIC

By end of 2019:

5K MR ($699.34 of $5,000 - $0 from Jeanius | $699.34 from Hair Mogul)

By end of May:

• [Hair Mogul] Create 6 of 12 modules for online course.
• [Jeanius] Add second VA.
• [Jeanius] Add 16 posts of content.

LAST NIGHT

• [Hair Mogul] Created half the curriculum.
• [Hair Mogul] Booked studio.
• [Jeanius] Finished automating influencer funnel with VA.

TONIGHT

• [Hair Mogul] Create the other half of curriculum.
• [Hair Mogul] Think of resources for each module curriculum.
• [Hair Mogul] Create outline for introduction.
• [Hair Mogul] Create outline for first module.
• [Jeanius] Describe review post I'd like written.

KUDOS: @cjroth. Welcome to the stand up party!

WIP: Jeanius, Hair Mogul, Happy Endings

Late, but I figure I better get in here and give an update :)

2019 EPIC

• 5 paying customers for Automated API (0/5)
• grow Threadbase.io by 25 paying users (0/25)
• 250 users for DotNetNitro (0/250)

MAY EPIC

• Get content trickling for Threadbase.io - 0/4 Content, 0/4 Additions to Onboarding Campaign
• Launch DotNetNitro (0/1), defined by an actual downloadable Visual Studio 2019 extension
• Get AutomatedAPI.com working with 10 Alpha users (0/10)

Yesterday
Finished details I wanted to get to before actually going public with DotNetNitro.com
Threw my back out...ER visit for shots and prescription for muscle relaxers. Horrible timing but that's life.

Today
Sister's wedding and serious back pain, so not much but if I can manage to sit up I do want to:

• Write 2 emails for onboarding campaigns
• Assemble some content for demo templates in the pipe

KUDOS
@cjroth for getting published. App stores can be tough to get into but the restrictions almost always end up leading you to a better and more stable deliverable.

WIP
AutomatedAPI.com
DotNetNitro.com (side effect of agency work and good content for AutomatedApi dogfooding)

(Gonna do this whole weekend because I don't know if I'll have time to post)

[May]

• Finish my current project

[Yesterday]

• Too much real life work to work on side projects

[This weekend]

• Finish up last features I need to be able to send out a beta link

[Kudos]

• Thanks everyone for this thread, it's been a fun week contributing. See ya next week.

EPIC

1. 2019

   • $25K annual revenue

2. May

   • $2000 in sales

YESTERDAY

• Follow up w/ recruiter for updates on job leads
• Follow up w/ VPs/HRs and get objections for the rejections
• Define May goal and roadmap.
• Did ghetto math to calculate and test a daily quota.
• Follow up and schedule another customer interview.

TODAY

1. Define a persona. Pick a niche.
2. List 100 contacts within that niche/persona.
3. Find tips to improve my LinkedIn profile.

KUDOS
@cjroth on putting the user/customer 1st by focusing on UX.

WIP
Get clarity on the market and the customer!