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vinrob92

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Corporate law grad, interested in entrepreneurship. Currently based in SG.

Working on https://www.manyrequests.com | Previously I grew ManyPixels to $50k/month.

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manyrequests.com 5y ago

A Guide to Productized Services

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masterplan.substack.com 5y ago

Self-replicating machines and how to build a hard tech company

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manyrequests.com 5y ago

How to get B2B clients on Facebook groups

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manyrequests.com 5y ago

Profitable Service Business Ideas

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www.eur.nl 6y ago

Erasmus University Rotterdam builds first virtual campus in the Netherlands

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Making $32k/month building websites for churches

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Tell HN: Predictions on the Future of Freelancing

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Bootstrapping a $650k/year transcription service

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Making $2k/month helping businesses secure interviews on podcasts

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www.indiehackers.com 6y ago

Step-by-step guide to start a productized service (2018)

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icannwiki.org 6y ago

Rick Schwartz

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Examples of Productized Services

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

I built an on-demand captioning and subtitling service

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web.facebook.com 6y ago

Show HN: I built a Facebook group on productized services

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www.productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Show HN: I launched an online course on productized services

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Building an online coaching agency for IELTS test prep

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www.anymations.com 6y ago

Show HN: Anymations – Done-for-you animated ads for a flat monthly fee

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

I built a $25k/month Podcast Production Service for brands

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Bootstrapping a $30k/month Wordpress support service

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

I built a $90k/month email marketing agency

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productizeteam.co 6y ago

Show HN: I wrote a free book on building remote teams

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

From Side Project to 6 Figures: Building a Case Study Service

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Making $100k/month helping graduates land consulting positions

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

I built a $18,000/month content writing productized service

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www.productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Show HN: I built a website with productized service case studies

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Building a $5000/month habit-forming productized service

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productizedstartups.com 6y ago

Building a $25,000/month content repurposing business

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www.productizemarketing.co 6y ago

Show HN: I wrote a free book on productized services

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Show HN: I Built a Spreadsheet of Productized Services

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www.productizebook.co 7y ago

Show HN: Productizebook.co – A book I wrote in 24 hours

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I wrote a free book about this (no email wall, it's a Google Doc): www.productizeteam.co

My process:

1. OnlineJobs.ph/Dribbble/JobRack.eu/Local hiring website (exammple: Ejobs.ro)

2. Post a clear job ad with requirements/commitments/application form

3. Video call with the selected applicants

4. (Optional) Paid test task

5. Hired - Sign independent contractor agreement

Hi!

1 - I am testing candidates. Giving them two paid tasks.

2 - I found time tracking tools to be inhumane, especially for creative work (like designers), but I do understand it can be useful for other job positions.

3 - We have 35+ staff, so while we don't have the most optimized productivity data, we have a good "benchmark" as we can compare employee performance.

4 - We give 2 warnings, with comments and opportunities to grow, then we terminate the employee. So far it hasn't happened yet.

Totally! Building a community has helped me to know what customers wanted.

How I did it: - Started a small Facebook group, added friends - Started connecting on FB with productized service entrepreneurs, added them to the group - Mentioned the group in various places (Twitter/Indie Hackers/...)

I built the following things:

- A SaaS for productized services (https://www.manyrequests.com)

- I wrote a book (in 24 hours) on productized services: (http://www.productizebook.co)

- I also grew a FB group (Productized Startups) to 1950+ members on the topic of productized services.

My goal for 2020 for my SaaS is to hit 150 customers or $10k/month in monthly recurring revenue.

To achieve that goal I plan to:

- Improve the UI of the SaaS in Q1 and Q2

- Release one piece of content per day

- Grow my community of productized startups founders to 4k members

Productized services :) People want the "job done" more and more and that is going to apply to many more services, mostly enabled by tech!

I am also running a pretty growing community on that on FB (Productized Startups)