Does this look like something small businesses would actually use? about.thejomoapp.com

It kills me when I see that I made a typo in a post but I can't edit it later. Serenity now

Most people instinctively think that you should build a product first then go see if it sells second. You will spend a lifetime making unsellable things of you do it this way.

You don't have to learn to code to make software anymore, but developing a systems understanding will make it 10x cheaper, faster and easier to do it.

One more newman

I wanna talk about business but I feel like the world needs more of newman instead. Newman agrees.

What is distribution? It's things like @mcuban.bsky.social has 1.4m followers here on bsky and just puts the domain of his business on his profile and how many people see it? So how do you get distribution when you don't have the followers?

Do you ever walk around and look at all of these businesses everywhere, wondering who owns them and how they got to do that?

I have talked to many people in the past who have business or product ideas but they are very protective over them, as in, they fear someone hearing it and stealing it. So far, even years later, none of these people have made a successful business out of any of these secret ideas.

How do you actually know if your idea is a good idea?

My kids take inspiration from the businesses I've started in the past but they often miss a critical element. I always tell them don't make the product until you have proof that there is a market for it. They don't listen, so I am surrounded by unsold products...

So how do you go from idea to making money? Tell me your idea and I'll give you some options!

Did anyone else start getting tons of daily careerbuilder emails starting a few months ago?

Let's briefly talk about product market fit (PMF). PMF is how your product has real, measurable value for a specific market segment. Notice the measurable value, which is not theoretical and how that applies to a market segment, not just "everyone". Focusing on this is a major key to success.

I spent the last month working cold sales of a new product and finally decided today that I'm getting the signal I was hoping for that it's got pmf or desire. It's a great product but this is when it's time to repackage the offer and find a better fit.

Are people using bluesky successfully to launch new businesses?

What business would you like to start but haven't yet? And what's stopped you?

The new offering: "Jomo - boosting local businesses" * Get Found * Get Remembered * Get Ahead Jomo has a robust feature set which works to help more customers find your business and keep those customers coming back again and again. What do you think?

My goal is to help local businesses, so I created a (in my opinion) really good customer reactivation system - but I'm finding this doesn't fit well because most businesses that want help don't have the loyal customers to reactivate... I need a better package offering to help with that.

When creating a brand new type of product, it's super hard to tell if the cold response is a lack of PMF or just new product type pushback. I'm thinking I need an A/B so I have something to compare to

I met a retired business owner who has had several successes over about 50 years and he told me this was his secret: identify the biggest bottleneck and focus on solving it. Then repeat. The bottleneck can be anything. It can be sales, fulfillment, employees, etc. it sounds simple but he is right.

The brutal truth is that unless you have customers, you have nothing. Ideas are worth nothing. Built products are worth nothing. Only customers create value in a business. The real business is in getting customers.

So you make an app and want people to try it? This is what it's really like www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8sEQJFG/

what it's like doing cold sales for jomo. building little relationships and learning how to sell this thing better. #pdx #portland #business

TikTok video by Rob builds a business

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How many cold pitches lead to a sale? Today it's looking like 100:1

Started a TikTok where you can follow the incredibly painful process of creating a new brand and selling with no Rolodex. www.tiktok.com/@rob.builds....

Check this out. Jomo is a tool made for small, local businesses to bring back customers when they need them. This is tailor-made for food trucks, small restaurants, entertainment centers and repeatable professional services like spas and tattoo artists. about.thejomoapp.com

Google pay works so well, it is a solid model for a one-click portable customer-info-and-payment system. I think there could be legitimate competition to amazon if every online retailer used this and someone ran a live index (more live than google shop) of all the online retailers.

cooked is cooked but that's how startups go sometimes. I learned some incredibly valuable lessons and am applying ever single one of them to my life going forward. more soon

Attn Android users - we finally have an app!! play.google.com/store/apps/d... - would love for you to install and give a nice rating to help us bootstrap this! thank you all for your support!

Cooked - Apps on Google Play

A swipeable FYP of games and fun apps

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It's really hard trying to have a tech startup in the current climate in the US. Telling yourself and others what you're doing matters is hard when you feel as though many other things are far more important today...