4: A $120k MRR one-person business - Brett Williams, Designjoy

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Today we are joined by our very first guest on the show. Brett Williams runs Designjoy, a one-man productised service that is doing over $130k MRR. Dan and I give you our regular updates, then we catch up with Brett to ask him how he built such an impressive business, some tips on creating a compelling productised service and if Brett should maybe look to scale things back.

What we covered:

Dan has torn his ACL
James hasn't torn anything
The single focus vs portfolio of projects debate
Dan & James updates
Dan's tweet
James' tweet

Interview

Introduction to Brett
Sponsor - Talk to Stefan
Convincing Brett to buy a microphone
Origins of Designjoy
Leaving a job at $80k MRR
How Brett grew Designjoy
How Dan added $30k MRR with a tweet
The processes behind a productised service
Should Brett scale back Designjoy?
Trading time for money vs products
Advice for anyone building a productised service
Going from 140 to 4,700 Twitter followers

Links:

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About Dan
Dan is the founder of a micro-SaaS studio called Monday, where he runs a portfolio of SaaS products currently doing $7k a month. This included ilo (Analytics for Twitter), a collection of products and themes for Ghost and Dan’s new referral product, Refermo, which he’ll be launching during this show. Last year, Dan left his job to pursue indie hacking full-time.

→ Dan's Twitter
→ ilo.so - Twitter analytics
→ Gloat - Ghost host
→ Cove - Commenting for Ghost
→ Super Themes Co. - Ghost themes
→ Refermo - Referrals/affiliates for Paddle-powered SaaS

About James

I’m at a slightly earlier stage than Dan, but also left my full-time job in 2021. I get most of my income producing podcasts for clients but it’s my aim to turn my own podcast into a profitable, sustainable business. I run the Indie Bites show, which is 15 minute conversations with indie founders, currently doing about $700 a month in revenue. I also have a podcast course called 2HourPodcast and a handmade leather wallet business, both of which I’d like to grow over the year.

→ James' Twitter
→ Indie Bites - Indie founder chats
→ 2 Hour Podcast - Podcasting course
→ Whitstable Craft Co - Handmade leather wallets
→ PodPanda - Podcast editing

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