Category Archive For "Transparent Startup"
Setting A Short Term Goal For Task Pigeon
Time is the most precious commodity we all have. For Entrepreneurs and Startup Founders, whether you have raised money or not, the one thing we all have in common is that the time we spend on a project, is time we will never get back. Therefore it is important that you get the most out …
Task Pigeon Traffic, Stats & Revenue For April 2017
Six months ago I started a project to create a completely open and transparent startup. I was inspired by other SaaS based startups such as Buffer, Groove HQ and Baremetrics, and the concept of transparency also sat well with my belief in giving back to the startup community and helping others. Along the way I …
Five Lessons For The First Time You Pitch Your Startup
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to pitch my startup Task Pigeon at the Startup and Angels event at Haymarket HQ. If you didn’t catch it, the good news is that a 10 minute video of my presentation exists! While people pitching their startup is nothing new, I wanted to put together a …
How A Two Year Old Blog Post Generated $1,000 in Revenue in 7 Days
In 2015 I wrote a blog post on a service I had used called “HeadTalker”. Little did I know that two years after hitting “publish” this post would lead to the first sales for Task Pigeon and over $1,000 in revenue being generated for us in seven days. Here’s how it all unfolded… I have …
Video: My First Pitch As The Founder of Task Pigeon
Last Thursday I had the opportunity to pitch Task Pigeon at the Startup & Angels event in Sydney. I wasn’t specifically seeking investment, but used the opportunity to create awareness about Task Pigeon and to share my journey.
Launching on Product Hunt – 5 Lessons We Learnt & How Much Traffic It Created For Our Startup
Product Hunt is the holy grail for new tech products and startups. A successful launch can bring you a ton of web traffic, users, and even press coverage. But get it wrong and you won’t get another chance. But how do you ensure Product Hunt success if you are not already an influencer on the …
Three Things I Am Struggling With As A Founder
When I started this blog I promised transparency. I promised to write about what went right, and what went wrong. Now that I am a few weeks into the public journey of Task Pigeon it’s to see why some startup founders shy away from having a public profile. It’s damn hard to write about what’s …
My Greatest Fear As A Startup Founder
My greatest fear as a startup founder is not that I fail. It is that I won’t get the opportunity to start again. Despite what the media or academics may say, I believe you are either born an entrepreneur or you are not. There is no grey, there is no middle ground. You can’t “try” …
Public Release of Task Pigeon’s Go To Market Strategy
Today I wanted to take the openness and transparency of Task Pigeon to the next level, and publicly release our Go To Market Strategy. This strategy has been developed using the framework of Mark Leslie, Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, as it appeared on the First Round Capital blog. As a startup I …
What Is It Like To Meet An Angel Investor For the First Time?
Two Thursday’s ago I met an Angel Investor for the first time. This isn’t something you can ever 100% prepare for, so I thought I would share my thoughts on how it unfolded. The Background To provide some context, it was actually the investor who asked to meet me. We were put in contact through …