Episode 238: TMBA 238: 9 Months Into A SaaS Project – 5 Things We’d Do Differently

Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle

Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen

Digital Nomad, Business, Ecommerce, Society & Culture, Amazon, Founders, Cash Flow, Places & Travel, Founder, Business Owner, Cashflow, Management, Entrepreneurship, Million, Operator, Operations, Profits, Distributed Team

4.9 • 527 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2014

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

http://www.tropicalmba.com/saas/ People have been asking us to open up a little bit more about some of our specific business ventures so this week we’re going to be talking about our new software-as-a-service product, ValetUp.com. We’re 9 months into the company, and we’ve already faced some significant challenges. On this week’s episode we’ll be discussing the 5 things that we’d do differently if we were starting up a SaaS business today.

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0:00.0	This is like a redneck, the more you know.
0:02.2	Tune in next week when Ian tells you how to properly install flow masters on a vintage Camaro.
0:11.0	Hey, podcast, listener.
0:12.4	Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your earbuds,
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0:22.2	more profitable, location independent businesses.
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0:30.3	check out tropical MBA.com.
0:40.4	Yeah, buddy, it's Thursday morning.
0:41.7	It's Thursday morning, boss, man.
0:44.0	It's a tropical MBA podcast.
0:50.4	This one's at tropical MBA.com slash sass, sass, man.
0:52.0	So two A's.
0:53.3	How you doing, boss, man? Where are you at in the world?
1:13.2	Doing good, man. I'm back in San Diego for a little bit here. Yeah, that's fun, man. We got a warehouse there. We got a forklift there. Actually, I failed to mention that I'm the proud owner of a forklift on my last digital nomad packing list. So this is... Yeah, it's hard to fit that into the Manal. You got to check it. You got to check it. It's pretty badass.
1:14.3	I mean, it's hard to fit that into the Manal, for sure. You got to check it. You got to check it. It's pretty badass. I mean, it's not as cool as Colby's 5.7 liter Tundra, but it's pretty gangster to own a forklift. I'll tell you that. Can I tell you a little something about forklifts, Dan? So here's what I know about forklifts, because we got asked on the last
1:28.0	forklift.
1:29.8	Quick tips. Quick tips on industrial products, yeah.
1:33.0	If you're going to buy a forklift these days, you're going to want to get the propane
1:37.2	forklift because it gets a little bit better mileage than the gas forklift.
1:43.0	Especially, you know, if you're working indoors, you're going to want to buy the propane forklift as well because fumes. There's a couple companies out there that are pretty reputable. Clark is one of them. We've got a Clark. There's Toyota. You're going to want to know if you want to go gas or electric or even propane. Like I said, you even have the electric version.
2:03.8	But you've got to have 220 in the warehouse because you've got to plug it in.
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