🚫 Validating Startup Ideas Does Not Work

"Validating" a business idea is like trying to validate a poker hand. It just doesn't make any sense. — Daniel Vassallo (@dvassallo) December 14, 2021 The concept of “validating a business idea” creates a false sense of security. The example by Daniel Vassallo shows this in several dimensions. In a game of poker, you can only make calculated guesses, based on probability, experience, and the attempt of analyzing your opponent....

December 14, 2021

📝 November Review + Reflection on The Past 7 Months

Overview Note: The review is mainly regarding my work on remotenactive.com I’ve finally kickstarted a digital hub in November. I’m getting into the habit of putting out content regularly, but I’ve already noticed, that I must increase the amount and speed of content production. I’ll get into why in a second. As I have to balance in my marketing freelance work and many other tasks as a solo-founder as sales, billing & finances, administration, webhosting issues, marketing, research, target audience outreach etc....

December 6, 2021 · 2 min

📝 October Review

Overview Note: The review is mainly regarding my work on remotenactive.com October taught me to let go. I let go of the idea that I will be creating everything from the ground up. I let go of expecting potential new business to manifest. I let go of the fear of launching an unperfect product. I let go of the comfort of my known surrounding. I let go of the co-working space I was attending....

November 1, 2021 · 1 min

👻 Ghost CMS l A Short Review (2021)

Before you skim through this article, let me make one thing clear: I do not hate WordPress. Why would I, there are endless possibilities, right? Well, in my eyes, all the possibilities have led to an overloaded system. The type of system that is slow, or stops moving. This is the reason I do not work with WordPress. Nope, not even for a tiny little project. I learned how to create a website, but when it comes to handling users & payment, I saw this will take me a lot of time to create on my own....

October 22, 2021

☔ Flashback 2 - It's Getting Messy

Note: This article was first published on 07.02.21 As promised, I will open up the micro start up garage door wider, so you can see what’s actually happening behind the scenes on a day to day basis. So, let’ start with What actually happened last week? Things have gotten pretty messy, as I am balancing my January project on the one hand and starting out my February project on the other....

October 10, 2021

📝 September Review

Overview Note: The review is regarding part of my work and only displays a look into a facet of a project and does not include all income/revenue I generate 🙏🏽 After months of hard work and no full free weekend, I finally took 5 days off in September. 🧘🏽‍♂️ Prioritizing mental health and re-energizing is crucial, but often neglected as a founder. 🤯 There are so many stories of founders’ burnout, and it happens faster than one thinks....

October 2, 2021 · 1 min

🔌 Flashback 1 - How a power cut nearly ruined 3 weeks of hard work

Note: This article was first published on 31.01.21 The last weeks have been quite a adventurous ride for me. On the day I launched my January product I had a power cut in my house. Yeah, a real one. Didn’t charge my laptop over night - 30% battery. No Electricity No Wifi. Nice. But, I’ll get to that in a bit. Let us start with the question of Why am I actually doing this stuff?...

September 21, 2021 · 6 min

⚡ Flashback 0 - My One Micro Startup Per Month-Challenge

Starting the fist step from “I have an idea” to actually doing stuff is really hard. There’s term and a whole discussion around people who only have business ideas, but never act on them: “Wannapreneur” While there are many different opinions on what differentiates a “Wannapreneur” from an Entrepreneur I think these 3 key aspects get you caught in the “Wannapreneur”-Cycle Thinking and talking about your idea/s without actually acting on them Consuming way too much Online Content ( Hi, GaryVee!...

September 20, 2021 · 3 min

📝 August Review

Overview Note: The review is regarding part of my work and only displays a look into a facet of a project and does not include all income/revenue I generate August was the month of hard and sweaty client work. I was really lucky and grateful to close 3 clients at the end of july. Whereby I helped 2 clients with remote team building and one with remote workflow and documentation....

September 2, 2021 · 2 min

📈 Sitestats August

Hi there, I try not to overemphasize the numbers of this website, as the main goal is to keep myself accountable by publishing my progress. Nevertheless, here are some insights on the traffic. Time 01.05.21 - 21.08.21 Overall Traffic Pages Interesting, that my longest piece of content is also the best-performing so far. --- For more real-time updates feel free to join me on Twitter Linkedin

August 21, 2021 · 1 min