jonkuipers

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   by jonkuipers 9mo ago

   the alternative is a VC-backed startup with millions in the bank. employees aren't clueless, just pay people fairly.
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   by jonkuipers 1y ago

   so can a great bootstrapped business ;)
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   by jonkuipers 1y ago

   glad to hear it. thanks for the feedback!
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   by jonkuipers 1y ago

   The lifetime plan is priced higher than expected LTV, so it's profitable upfront. We wanted to offer an option for early adopters with subscription fatigue. From the start, it has been a way to reinvest in the project: initially to sup
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   by jonkuipers 1y ago

   Thanks so much. Really appreciate that. We’ve always wanted the tool to be accessible to anyone interested in financial planning, even just as a hobby, so it’s great to hear the basic version has been useful. Do you think it strikes the rig
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   by jonkuipers 1y ago

   I was a customer first. It was the product I had been searching for in my own financial planning, so I immediately saw the potential. When Kyle and I finally met, we hit it off right away. We aligned on the important things and shared a cle
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   by jonkuipers 1y ago

   We do offer a sandbox with preset examples that lets you explore the app. No need to enter any personal data, but you will need to sign up.
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   by jonkuipers 1y ago

   Thanks! Kyle solved it for me too, which is how I found him. He lit the fire and I'm just tossing on more logs.
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   by jonkuipers 1y ago

   Thanks! Supporting Basic users comes at a real cost, but we want planning to stay accessible for everyone. To us, one-off planning feels like a better alternative than stripping down the product or selling user data.
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    by jonkuipers 1y ago

    We noticed a lot of tools neglect international use cases, so from the beginning we've focused on building with global flexibility in mind. About 80% of our customers are US-based, but we have users all over the world and offer interna
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    by jonkuipers 1y ago

    I found him and he originally told me to get lost ;)
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    Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business(projectionlab.com)

    1001 points by jonkuipers 1y ago|257 comments