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I have 2 projects right now, combined doing over $500+/mo :) They are pretty different target market wise/price point and that has been pretty cool to see the

I have 2 projects right now, combined doing over $500+/mo :) They are pretty different target market wise/price point and that has been pretty cool to see the differences in marketing/churn/adoption/etc... 1. Mogul - Privacy focused Personal CRM (https://mogulnetworking.com/ https://mogulnetworking.com/) (~$650/mo, ~6 years old) 2. Ellie - A better day planner (https://ellieplanner.com/ https://ellieplanner.com/) (~$160/mo, ~1 year old) Honestly no game plan, I just enjoy working on both and plan on iterating for a long long time (10+ years) and just slowly growing. I am literally addicted to working on these apps. I tweet about these projects extensively on Twitter btw if anyone is curious to see what work went into both of these (https://twitter.com/raroque https://twitter.com/raroque)

redtriumph 4y ago
I read about Mogul. It solves some of my problems related to keeping in touch with friends. During Covid, I got into more VC calls with friends to stay in touch. Once Covid lockdowns ended, I wanted a system that would remind me of touch basing with XYZ friend, based on last sync up date. Over several years, my image as a good friend has tarnished since I didn't keep my side of bargain in enforcing good relationships. With older age, it's bit harder to make new friends. The least I can do is, reinforce older ones.
- mogulchris 4y ago
  I resonate a lot with what you are saying. Although Mogul was originally built for professional networking, I personally use it to maintain personal relationships (it’s amazing to see how impactful it is when you can recall super small details about someone/a convo with a friend). Thanks for sharing this.
- jay-barronville 4y ago
  This comment is so so so relatable. I’ve lost a number of great friendships/relationships in my life because of how much I suck at keeping in touch with folks. I can’t even blame those folks for considering me a bad friend because of this. What does make me sad though is when some of them think I do this on purpose or that I don’t care about them. While I excel at many things, frankly, keeping in touch with family and friends is one of those social skills I’m not so great at. I constantly feel misunderstood on this point, but I get it, no one owes me understanding, especially if they perceive me to be a bad friend. On the bright side, this has made me much slower to judge others when they don’t behave the way I’d prefer. Anyway, I digress . . . I just wanted to let you know I understand your perspective here.
pc86 4y ago
Do (or did) you struggle with two products in very different areas? I think like most folks here I have ideas for products in very different niches and part of the analysis paralysis for me is deciding which one is "best" to start with.
- mogulchris 4y ago
  I definitely did. I got over both the starting paralysis (and then the subsequent doubt paralysis that I picked the wrong one to work on) by doing 2 major things: 1. Making the definition of "project success" being that I learned a ton. Once I did this (like consciously did it, for example my decision to work on E2EE was a terrible biz decision because nobody asked for it, but I wanted to learn more about cryptography) the decision became easier. I picked the one that had something I wanted to learn in the immediate term. Mogul had more interesting things at the time that I wanted to learn (E2EE, push notifications, CSV uploading, etc...) 2. Choosing to work on these projects over a very long period of time. Once I had the mindset that these were 10+ year projects for me, the approach really stopped mattering to me. As long as I pushed forward, I felt like I was going in the right direction. Working on 1 feature per app each week vs focusing 1 year on each app stopped mattering because the end result over a 10+ year period would be the same. Both apps would be there, probably have similar features and I would have learned the same things. Just in a different order. Second one is definitely more specific to me, but I think some of it can be applied when you think about a project/product as a small part of someone's life journey. Hope that helps! (edit: I also wanted to say that I have 2 more apps on my roadmap. No idea when I'll start them but I know the I'll do it when the time is right)
147 4y ago
Wow, Mogul looks exactly like what I was looking for in a CRM for myself.

redtriumph 4y ago

I read about Mogul. It solves some of my problems related to keeping in touch with friends. During Covid, I got into more VC calls with friends to stay in touch. Once Covid lockdowns ended, I wanted a system that would remind me of touch basing with XYZ friend, based on last sync up date. Over several years, my image as a good friend has tarnished since I didn't keep my side of bargain in enforcing good relationships. With older age, it's bit harder to make new friends. The least I can do is, reinforce older ones.

mogulchris 4y ago
I resonate a lot with what you are saying. Although Mogul was originally built for professional networking, I personally use it to maintain personal relationships (it’s amazing to see how impactful it is when you can recall super small details about someone/a convo with a friend). Thanks for sharing this.
jay-barronville 4y ago
This comment is so so so relatable. I’ve lost a number of great friendships/relationships in my life because of how much I suck at keeping in touch with folks. I can’t even blame those folks for considering me a bad friend because of this. What does make me sad though is when some of them think I do this on purpose or that I don’t care about them. While I excel at many things, frankly, keeping in touch with family and friends is one of those social skills I’m not so great at. I constantly feel misunderstood on this point, but I get it, no one owes me understanding, especially if they perceive me to be a bad friend. On the bright side, this has made me much slower to judge others when they don’t behave the way I’d prefer. Anyway, I digress . . . I just wanted to let you know I understand your perspective here.

pc86 4y ago

Do (or did) you struggle with two products in very different areas? I think like most folks here I have ideas for products in very different niches and part of the analysis paralysis for me is deciding which one is "best" to start with.

mogulchris 4y ago
I definitely did. I got over both the starting paralysis (and then the subsequent doubt paralysis that I picked the wrong one to work on) by doing 2 major things: 1. Making the definition of "project success" being that I learned a ton. Once I did this (like consciously did it, for example my decision to work on E2EE was a terrible biz decision because nobody asked for it, but I wanted to learn more about cryptography) the decision became easier. I picked the one that had something I wanted to learn in the immediate term. Mogul had more interesting things at the time that I wanted to learn (E2EE, push notifications, CSV uploading, etc...) 2. Choosing to work on these projects over a very long period of time. Once I had the mindset that these were 10+ year projects for me, the approach really stopped mattering to me. As long as I pushed forward, I felt like I was going in the right direction. Working on 1 feature per app each week vs focusing 1 year on each app stopped mattering because the end result over a 10+ year period would be the same. Both apps would be there, probably have similar features and I would have learned the same things. Just in a different order. Second one is definitely more specific to me, but I think some of it can be applied when you think about a project/product as a small part of someone's life journey. Hope that helps! (edit: I also wanted to say that I have 2 more apps on my roadmap. No idea when I'll start them but I know the I'll do it when the time is right)

147 4y ago

Wow, Mogul looks exactly like what I was looking for in a CRM for myself.