There is no silver bullet in building a remarkable product and it might take you months or even years to find the right recipe, but if you start with a small audience and gather feedback on the way, your chance of coming up with a remarkable product or service will get much, much higher.
Somebody I follow on Twitter recently launched a new product. Within 2 months he had tweeted about hitting $10,000 MRR. Wow. I’m 1.5 years into building With Jack and nowhere near that figure.
Last week was challenging. Personally and professionally I felt worn down and tested. It was one of those moments where I question why I’m doing this. Those times don’t happen often, but when they strike they’re debilitating.
I’ve built (and shipped!) various projects over the years. These have ranged from online courses to SaaS apps and podcasts. Some of these projects have failed. Others did OK. And With Jack—the business I’m building now—made money before it even launched.
As of December 2016, 26% of people who got a quote with Jack became customers. Over the past 12 months we’ve been tweaking key parts of the customer journey. The conversion rate is now at 40%—a 14% improvement from 2016.
I’m probably the only person to launch an insurance company in 2016 without automated quotes. How very internet of 1996. This was because I had: * no existing book of customers * no indication I could build a succesfull company * no funding It’s easy to see why insurers weren’t