Ferenc Fekete

Helping non-tech Founders transform Ideas into SaaS products @ VeryCreatives | Product Agency, SaaS & MVP Development | Startups

I've watched many startup founders fail at the same exact point: turning their validated idea into actual software.

They waste months (or even years):
→ Trying to hire the right developers
→ Burning cash on poor planning and execution
→ Second-guessing every technical decision along the way

Meanwhile, competitors move faster, investors demand traction, and the pressure to deliver keeps building more and more.

After watching this pattern destroy countless promising startups, we built VeryCreatives to fix it.

But here's what makes us different:

We don't just build your MVP and disappear. We're product people who think like founders, not just developers who code to spec.

👉 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵: We start by pressure-testing your assumptions before writing a single line of code. If the market doesn't want it, we'll tell you straight.

👉 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲: We build like it's our own startup, obsessing over user experience, scalability, and investor readiness from the first sprint.

👉 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱: Whether you're at napkin sketch or Series B, we've been there. We've helped founders go from zero to acquisition, and we stick around for the entire journey.

For the past 14 years, we've built products for venture-backed startups, fast-growing scale-ups, and globally recognized brands like Red Bull, Nestlé, and Philips.

The startups we work with have:
✅ Launched investor-ready MVPs in under 90 days
✅ Secured funding from top-tier investors and VCs
✅ Scaled from first users to thousands of paying customers
✅ Successfully exited to strategic acquirers

Got a SaaS idea that's been sitting in your head for months? 
Let's map out your 90-day path to launch → https://verycreatives.com/book-a-call

Co-Founder

At VeryCreatives, we are a team of expert developers who create powerful SaaS apps that solve problems and drive growth for founders with initial funding. We believe in empowering our clients with innovative software that helps them achieve their goals and stand out in their industry.

Our audience consists of driven and ambitious founders who have just received initial funding for their startup. They are looking for a software development partner who understands their vision, can help bring their ideas to life, and deliver results that will help them achieve their business goals.

Founders with initial funding have a pressing need to build their product quickly and efficiently to maximize their chances of success. At VeryCreatives, we understand this need and are dedicated to creating high-quality SaaS apps that not only meet their requirements but also exceed their expectations. We are committed to delivering value and results that help our clients succeed.

VeryCreatives stands out in the market for our ability to deliver high-quality, innovative solutions that meet the needs of our clients. Our unique approach to software development, coupled with our expertise and commitment to excellence, is what drives us to provide outstanding results to our clients.

Industries our clients operate in, using the SaaS products we've built: 
- Digital marketing, Event marketing & Influencer marketing SaaS
- Foodtech & Delivery 
- Fintech, Banking & Investments
- 2-sided marketplace platforms
- Agriculture & Livestock management
- Packaging compliance & Waste

Markets we cover: UAE, EU, UK, US.

The UK is shipping world-class SaaS 🇬🇧

Here's 20 UK startups and the core feature that makes each one worth watching:

Attio (Nicolas Sharp) → AI-native CRM that auto-enriches contacts in real time. ARR quadrupling YoY.

Synthesia (Victor Riparbelli) → Text-to-video with 230+ AI avatars in 140+ languages. $180M Series D.

PolyAI (Nikola Mrkšić) → Voice AI that handles live customer calls in 45 languages. Backed by Nvidia.

Xelix (Paul Roiter) → AI agents for Accounts Payable. Processes 115M+ invoices per year.

Granola (Christopher Pedregal) → AI meeting notepad. Auto-generates structured notes and action items from calls.

Vertice (Eldar Tuvey) → SaaS spend platform that auto-negotiates your renewals. 437% growth rate.

Signal AI (David Benigson) → Real-time monitoring across millions of sources for reputation and regulatory risk.

Plain (Simon Rohrbach) → API-first support where AI agents resolve tickets autonomously. Used by Vercel and Cursor.

Griffin (David Jarvis) → UK's first full-stack Banking-as-a-Service with a full banking license.

Primer (@Paul Anthony) → Single API connecting 100+ payment processors with no-code routing.

hyperexponential (​Amrit Santhirasenan) → No-code pricing models for commercial insurers. Backed by a16z.

Raycast (Thomas Paul Mann) → Keyboard-first productivity launcher. 800+ app integrations with built-in AI.

StackOne (Romain Sestier) → One API to connect 200+ enterprise SaaS integrations. Built for AI agents.

Lindus Health (Meri Beckwith) → Runs full clinical trials 3x faster than traditional CROs.

Metaview (Siadhal Magos) → Auto-generates structured interview notes from live conversations. Used by Sony and Brex.

Sylvera (Allister Furey) → Satellite imagery and ML to rate the actual quality of carbon credits.

Robin AI (Richard Robinson) → LLM trained on 2M+ contracts. Reviews and negotiates legal docs for UBS and Pfizer.

BVNK (Jesse Hemson-Struthers) → Stablecoin payment infrastructure for cross-border business transactions.

Shop Circle (Luca Cartechini) → AI-powered suite for Shopify merchants. Inventory, SEO, analytics in one dashboard.

Tessl (Guy Podjarny) → Forces AI coding agents to write specs before generating code. Prevents hallucinations.

Every one of these started with a sharp product decision: solve one problem exceptionally well, then expand.

What UK startup has caught your eye recently?

Launch products customers love, then exit | 5x exits, $100M ARR created for founders

I’ve developed products for 5x exits

Shock: Don't hire a developer in 2026

Every week, a non-technical founder asks me: "Where do I find good developers?"

My answer: "Why do you need one?"

Usually they don't. Not yet.

Before you hire a developer, you need:

1. Validated problem

→ Real people willing to pay. Not just "interested."


2. Clear scope

→ What are you building? What are you NOT building?


3. User journey mapped

→ Every screen. Every interaction. Every edge case.


4. Prioritized features

→ What's V1 vs V2 vs never?

Without these, you'll waste $15-20k per month while you "figure it out."

If you DO need a developer:

Red flags:

→ Promises fast/cheap (you'll pay later)
→ Doesn't ask about your business model
→ Jumps straight to coding
→ Can't explain trade-offs in plain English

Green flags:

→ Asks more questions than you expect
→ Pushes back on features
→ Talks about users, not just tech
→ Shows similar work (not just "we can do that")

The best developers will tell you what NOT to build.

"The project will cost $50k." - Developer
 
3 months later: $120k. Sh*t. What happened?

Every non-technical founder has heard this: "It will take longer than expected."

But you can prevent it (with some high-school math)

Here's how to build an accurate cost forecast:

Step 1: Break it down absurdly small

Not "user authentication: $5k"

But:

→ Login page design: $500
→ Login backend: $1k
→ Password reset flow: $1.5k
→ OAuth integration: $2k
→ Security testing: $500


Step 2: Add complexity multipliers

→ Simple feature: 1x
→ Medium complexity: 1.5x
→ Complex/uncertain: 2x
→ Integration with third parties: 2.5x


Step 3: Add the "unknown unknowns" buffer

→ New team: +30%
→ Existing team, new domain: +20%
→ Experienced team, known domain: +10%


Step 4: Phase the budget

→ Phase 1: Core features (40% of budget)
→ Phase 2: Secondary features (30% of budget)
→ Phase 3: Polish and optimization (20% of budget)
→ Buffer: (10% of budget)


Step 5: Define cut points

If Phase 1 goes over, what do you cut from Phase 2?

Decide BEFORE you're in crisis mode.


The rule:

If you haven't scoped it in detail, you haven't scoped it.

And if you haven't scoped it, any number is a guess.

So…

Maybe pause that developer project.

Mixpanel is the only company I've seen do this 🔥

They’re putting client logos directly on each pricing tier. 

I think this is smart for a few reasons:

1. Trust at the decision point

You're comparing plans. You're about to pick one.

That's exactly when you see the logos. Trust increases right when it matters most.


2. Self-comparison kicks in

When you see "Uber uses the Growth plan" and "CNN uses Enterprise," you start asking yourself:

→ Which companies are like mine?
→ What plan are they on?
→ Should I be on that too?


3. The proof matches the buyer

→ Startups see startup logos on the Starter tier.
→ Enterprises see enterprise logos on the Enterprise tier.
→ Each plan has its own social proof. Not one generic "10,000 companies trust us" claim.

Small detail. Probably moves conversions more than most people realize.

Have you seen other SaaS companies doing this?

I've been part of 5 SaaS acquisitions.

Here's what buyers discuss privately:

When a company gets acquired, founders focus on revenue, growth metrics, and the pitch.

But after the presentation, when the acquirer's technical team goes back to their office, the conversation shifts completely.

I've seen this happen five times now. The questions they ask each other are almost always the same:

→ "Can we maintain this code without them?"

If the answer is no, the price drops or the deal dies. One of our clients got acquired by Adesso ($1.3B IT company) and one of the deciding factors was code quality. Their team reviewed the codebase and actually kept us as the development partner post-acquisition.


→ "How much technical debt are we inheriting?"

Every shortcut the original team took becomes a line item on a spreadsheet. They calculate what it costs to fix and deduct it from the offer. This can knock six figures off valuations.


→ "Can this handle 10x the current load right now?"

Not after a rebuild. Right now, as-is. If the answer requires re-architecting, that's another cost they subtract.


→ "Is the data clean enough to migrate?"

Messy data means months of integration work on their side. They price that in aggressively.


→ "What happens when the founders walk away?"

If all the product knowledge lives in two people's heads with nothing documented, the acquirer just bought a risk.


Most non-technical founders don't think about any of this until they're already in due diligence. By then the damage is done.

Build like someone's reviewing your codebase tomorrow. After 13 years, I've watched acquisition offers show up when founders least expect them.

What would you want to clean up in your tech stack before a buyer looked at it?

I run a 28-person agency. I used to feel guilty about an ‘empty calendar’ on a Monday. Now I try cancel all of my meetings:

And it’s helped us grow revenue 30%+.

Previously I was in every delivery meeting, every project review, every standup at VeryCreatives.

I thought I had to be in the room for things to run.

Now, our fantastic Head of Delivery meets with the PMs directly. 

And an ‘empty calendar’ means brain space to strategise on growth.

Here's what my Monday looks like now:

1. Strategy session with my co-founder Mate
→ Previous week, pipeline, finances, what's planned
→ Keeps us both aligned so neither of us needs to check in again all week

2. Sales sync
→ New leads, who handles what, timing

3. Afternoon: wide open
→ This is the whole point
→ We use that time to plan new internal tools, shape future services, figure out where we're going next

By lunchtime, the operational part of my day is done.

Everything after that is thinking time.

What's one meeting you could delete from your Monday to create space?

I've helped 5 SaaS products exit. 

Here's what acquirers actually looked at:

5 years ago, a product we developed sold to Adesso ($1.3BN/year IT business).

One of the things they noted was that technical build was a factor in acquisition.

Main problem:

Non-technical founders MOSTLY don’t think about how to build the technical foundation for exit from day 1.

Then in the event of acquisition they scramble to make the product "acquirable" and wonder why due diligence takes forever.

Here's what acquirers evaluate:

1. Code quality

Can they maintain it without you?

I've seen acquirers keep the original dev team post-acquisition specifically because the code was clean. 

Red flags they look for:

→ No documentation
→ No tests
→ Spaghetti architecture
→ Single points of failure


2. Technical debt

How much will it cost to fix?

Every shortcut you take today becomes a negotiating chip against you later.


3. Scalability

Can it handle 10x users?

Not "can we rebuild it to handle 10x." Can it handle 10x NOW?


4. Data integrity

Is the data clean? Structured? Portable?

Messy data = massive integration costs = lower valuation.


5. Team dependency

What happens if founders leave? Is knowledge in heads or in docs?

My ‘exit-ready’ lesson;

Build like someone's going to buy your company tomorrow.

Because if you do it right, they might.

Think about this while building the roadmap for your v1.

My 6-year old son tells $100M private equity firms if product ideas are ‘good’ (I’m serious).

If you can't explain your product to a 6-year old, I’ve got $100,000 on the fact that no one else will get it either.

I sit through dozens of product pitches every year.

The pattern is always the same:

Founder: "So basically, we're building a platform that leverages AI to optimize cross-functional workflows while integrating with existing enterprise systems to enable seamless collaboration and data-driven decision making."

Me: "What does it actually do?"

Founder: "...It helps teams share files."

The 6-year old test:

Can someone who has never heard of your product understand:

1. WHO it's for
2. WHAT problem it solves
3. WHY they should care

In 5 seconds?

If not, here's the formula that works:

"We help [specific person] [do specific thing] so they can [achieve specific outcome]."

Examples:

→ "We help freelancers send invoices so they get paid faster." 
→ "We help HR teams track applicants so they hire better candidates."

Trust me… my 6-year old is a great product idea validation filter.

Can you explain your product in one sentence?

Clay is one of the only companies I’ve seen do this 🔥

When you open the dashboard:

→ There's an AI chat text box.
→ It asks: "What do you want to build?"
→ You type your goal. It takes you to a chat screen. 
→ Then their AI (Sculptor) builds the workflow for you.

I think this solves three problems at once:


1. The blank canvas problem

Clay is powerful but notoriously hard to start with (lot’s of features).

Beginner users will open it, see an empty table, and don't know where to begin.

This prompt box removes that moment. 


2. Slow learning curve

A lot of tools teach you their features via an onboarding. 

But then over a few years they launch 10+ other features you have no clue how to use.

This Clay feature speeds up the learning curve:

→ You describe the outcome
→ The product figures out which features to use
→ You learn by watching it build


3. HUGE time and cost savings. 

For a lot of large products such as Clay, there are off shoots of service based agencies that build with the product for you.

Now you literally do not need to hire an agency.

The product builds what you need for you.

Making it more fun to use.

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Have you seen other tools do this?

Why US innovation labs pay $500K for what Hungarian teams build for $100K (and get better results):

I just watched an enterprise innovation lab spend $500K on a product that never saw a single real user.

Then in same quarter, we shipped a similar concept for a German client. 

It took six weeks, it cost much less…. and in the end was live and taking payments vs the US one (zero payments).

The problem is US labs have been trained to solve every problem with a 20-person team.

Think about what happens when you have a massive budget:

→ You hire a product manager.
→ You hire three designers.
→ You hire a scrum master.
→ You hire eight developers.
→ You hire two QA engineers
→ And a DevOps team.

Everyone needs to justify their role. So they build. And build. And build.

👉 The PM adds features to show progress
👉 Designers polish screens nobody asked for
👉 Developers architect for scale you don't have
👉 QA tests edge cases that won't exist for years

Six months later, you have a beautiful product that solves nothing particularly well.

OR-

With that same $500k budget, you could run 10 separate validation sprints at $50k each. Even if 8 fail completely, you still walk away with 2 validated concepts to scale.

Compare that to putting the budget on one product that takes six months to discover nobody wants.

Agree or disagree?

Fireflies.ai hit a $1B valuation.

How to copy their MVP strategy:

Founders Sam Udotong and Krish Ramineni would dial into calls as "Fred from Fireflies.ai", sit silently, take notes by hand, and send them 10 minutes later.

They did 100+ meetings like this. Completely manual. 🤯

→ Zero development cost to validate
→ Learned exactly what users needed (by doing the job themselves)
→ Proved people would pay $100/month BEFORE investing in code
→ Only automated after hitting $750/month revenue

What I take from this:

Before you scope features, before you wireframe, before you hire anyone:

Can you deliver the core value manually? Without hiring any developers?

If yes, do that first. Talk to those customers. Understand the problem deeply.

Then build.

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P.s.

We use Fireflies.ai at VeryCreatives.

We switched from Fathom because it felt more complete and could even log our internal calls in Hungarian. 🇭🇺

Could you imagine Fred joining your call to take notes?

What's stopping you from delivering your product's value manually this week?

Most launches fail in the handoffs. Here's the 20-minute test that catches them.

If we work together on a launch, I will ask you to do one thing that feels annoying:

Close Figma.

Forget your test accounts.

Take a brand new signup and do one complete job in one sitting:

👉Invite the teammates you expect them to invite.

👉Import the messy file they will actually import.

👉Hit the permission edges you are secretly hoping they never hit.

What I keep seeing is the same:

Teams test features in isolation because it feels faster.

Users live in journeys.

Journeys fail in the handoffs.

So, pick one job that really matters.

Time yourself doing it end to end on a fresh account.

Write down every time you pause, swear, or ping someone for help.

Fix the three worst moments before you celebrate anything.

It is not glamorous work, but it has saved more launches for us than any marketing campaign.

When's the last time you did a full journey test on a fresh account?

Hiring a developer is the most expensive mistake a non-technical founder can make. Do these 7 things to save $50k+ for your MVP (avoid Upwork/Fiverr):

1. Define your product strategy first

→ Spend 2-3 days defining exactly what you're building and why. 
→ Don’t scroll Upwork/Fiver for a developer.


2. Create detailed user journeys

→ Every screen. Every interaction. Every edge case.
→ If you can't draw it, you can't build it.
→ Otherwise you’ll end up trusting a developer with the entire thing.


3. Prioritize features ruthlessly

→ What's your V1? V2? Never?
→ Cut 50% of what you think you need.


4. Wireframe everything

→ Before design and before code. Do wireframes.
→ It’s cheap to change (trust me on that one). 


5. Weekly demos with the developer

→ See progress. Catch misunderstandings early.
→ Fast feedback loops save thousands.


6. Fixed scope, not fixed time

→ Tell the developer "Build these 10 features" not "work for 3 months."
→ Not "work for 3 months." or "work for 10 hours this week."


7. Kill features that aren't working

→ Sunk cost fallacy kills startups.


The math:

A few days of product strategy work upfront can prevent $50k-$100k in wrong features.

I've seen founders spend $80k building the wrong thing. Then start over.

Don't be that founder.

The fastest way to make $100k MRR with SaaS 

Copy all of your competitors features:

No, seriously.

But only once you take this into account.

Your competitor has 50 features. 
They’re proven over 5+ years.
They’re clearly making revenue.

Just copy them all right?

Here's the problem:

Your competitor built those 50 features over 5 years.

They added most of them because:

→ A big customer asked for it
→ Someone on the team thought it was cool
→ They were trying to justify a price increase

They probably regret half of them.

What to do instead:

1. Identify their core value proposition (usually 2-3 features)
2. Find which features their customers actually use (check G2 reviews, Reddit, support forums)
3. Identify what they do poorly (read 1-star reviews)
4. Build that. Better.

Don't compete on feature count. 

You'll lose.

Compete on solving one problem exceptionally well.

What's the one thing your competitor does that you could do 10x better?

Your skills + The One Page Offer™ + 16 weeks = $10k/mo recurring profit | DM me "ONE" for details

In 2017, my life changed forever – I lost my job due to a freak fire.

And that wasn't even the worst part:

• I was working at a job I hated
• My network was filled with losers
• I was living a terribly unhealthy lifestyle

Of course, I didn't know things were all that bad – until I found myself on unemployment.

The next morning, after I let the dust settle a bit, I told myself that I was going to write for 30 days, no matter what.

30 days turned into over 100 fast.

100 days turned into 5+ years.

And now here I am:

• 7,400+ newsletter subscribers
• 50,000 follower audience on Twitter
• 22,000 follower audience on Medium

And a profitable creator business as a result.

Now – the last thing I'll ever tell you is that it was easy – because it wasn't (and still isn't).

But I'll tell you this: it was simple.

Or – at least it's simple when you understand the:

• Strategies
• Patterns
• Tactics

That help you save time, money, and unwanted headaches.

And that's why I'm here.

I want to teach you what I know. From:

• Copywriting
• Offer creation
• Effective writing
• Audience Building
• Digital monetization

And everything in between.

I can't wait to go on this journey with you.

I'll see you in the timeline & in the comments.

Keep building.

✌️ Jon

Jon Brosio

I stole this framework - and sharing it with you now...

It will help you reach $10k/mo (fast):

Yesterday I was listening to a podcast while at the gym.

I'm deep in a squat.

My chicken legs are trembling...

The guest mentions something called the "C.H.A.O.S" framework for reaching $10k/mo with your service business.

The bar damn crushed my back.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛.

This is literally the Creators Who Convert methodology.

Here's the C.H.A.O.S framework:

𝗖𝗛: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁/𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀

Most creators ask: "What should I post?"
Instead of: "What problem am I solving?"

Your concept is your business philosophy distilled into one clear idea.

𝗔: 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

You don't need millions of followers.

You need to get in front of the right people,
With the right message.

The One-Post-a-Day approach:

• One platform (where your ICP spends time)
• One consistent message (based on your concept)
• One touchpoint (using relationships, not engagement)

𝗢: 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿

Most creators either create: 

• 7 different offers hoping something sticks
• Or offers that need too much context to understand

Instead: One-Page Offer™

And it needs four elements:

Promise: What transformation you deliver
Path: How you deliver that transformation
Pricing: What it costs to work with you
Pressure: Why they should act now, not later

𝗦: 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀

You don't need complex funnels or 47-email sequences.

You need One Conversation Conversions.

One simple conversation that qualifies the right people, disqualifies the wrong people, and helps qualified people see why working together makes sense.

Why C.H.A.O.S creates $10K+ months:

Most creators have:

❌ Wrong audience (people who don't buy)
❌ Unclear concept (confusing message)
❌ Multiple offers (decision paralysis)
❌ Complicated sales (lost prospects)

C.H.A.O.S creators have:

✅ Clear concept (focused message)
✅ Right audience (people ready to invest)
✅ One clear offer (easy decision)
✅ Simple sales (natural conversation)

Which element is your business missing?

One concept. 
One audience. 
One offer. 
One conversation.

Simplicity scales. Complexity fails.

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Get my 10 proven templates (free)

Each designed to speak directly to your ICP's specific emotional state and gets them to throw money at you (in a good way)

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Here's why your marketing isn't working:

(I see it damn near everyday...)

You're the main character.

Every post about your methods
Every sales page about your story
Every offer about your background

But prospects don't care.

Your prospects don't care about:

• Your background
• Your credentials
• Your process
• Your story

They care about one thing:

"𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦?"

Answer that clearly = print money.

This is why Apple doesn't sell specs.
They sell "a thousand songs in your pocket."

This is why Nike doesn't sell shoes.
They sell "Just Do It."

This is why Domino's doesn't sell pizza.
They sell "feeling food-high in 30 minutes or less."

(they'll never admit their za makes you high - but I will...)

The product is never the point.
The outcome is everything.

Your clients don't buy your coaching.
They buy confidence.

They don't buy your course.
They buy competence.

They don't buy your service.
They buy success.

Shift your entire business around this:

What does life look like after working with you?

That's your offer.
That's your content.
That's your fortune.

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Need help writing targeted content?

Get my 10 proven templates (free)

Each designed to speak directly to your ICP's specific emotional state and gets them to throw money at you (in a good way)

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Most solopreneurs aren't doing real business.

Real business comes down to two skills:

1) How to generate high-quality leads
2) How to convert those leads into sales

Master those two.

And you can write your own paycheck.

I learned this the hard way.

For months, I focused on everything except lead generation and sales.

• Spent weeks on my "brand identity"
• Obsessed over my course outline
• Perfected my email sequences

Revenue? $2000/month.

Then I shifted my focus.

Every day became about:

"How do I attract more qualified leads?"
"How do I convert more prospects into clients?"

That's it.

Revenue jumped to $10K - $15K/month in 90 days.

Because here's what I discovered:

You can have a terrible logo
You can even have a "mediocre" product
You can have the worst website in the world

But if you're great at generating leads and closing sales?

You'll out-earn everyone.

The opposite is also true.

You can have the most beautiful brand.
The most engaging content.
The most polished course.

But if you can't generate leads and close sales?

You're a broke perfectionist.

Every successful solopreneur I know is obsessed with these two skills.

Not their Instagram grid.
Not their course modules.
Not their email templates.

Leads and sales.

That's the game.

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I used to think business was about finding the perfect strategy.

Then I realized it's actually about becoming...

The right person

Walk with me...

The landscape is shifting faster than most people realize.

In the future, the person who:

• Gives the most value
• Makes the most offers
• Gets the most attention
• Creates the most content
• Is willing to invest in themselves

Will win.

(Read that again, Señor Skimmer...)

And the future is already here...

This isn't about hustle culture.
This isn't about burnout.

This is about understanding that abundance is the new scarcity.

When everyone can access the same tools, the same information, the same opportunities...

The differentiator becomes:

• How many times you're willing to hear "no"
• How much you're willing to give before you get
• How consistently you show up when others give up

Most creators are still playing defense:

"What if they get tired of me?"
"What if I look desperate?"
"What if I post too much?"

Meanwhile, the winners are playing offense:

• Posting daily
• Making offers weekly
• Solving problems constantly

They've figured out what I learned selling wine:

The customer who says "yes" wasn't annoyed by your persistence.

They were waiting for your consistency.

Many were waiting simply for permission...

The future rewards the relentless.

Not the perfect.

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Most creators fail at the same intersection.

Here's what I mean:

• Skill + no demand = silence
• Passion + no profit = a hobby  
• Profit + no passion = burnout city

But hit all three?

That's a $100k solo business on easy-mode.

The problem is most creators optimize for the wrong variable first.

They: 

• Or build skills in markets that don't exist
• Chase passion projects nobody wants to buy
• Or pursue profit in areas that drain their soul

Each path leads to the same dead end.

But when you reverse-engineer from the intersection?

Everything changes.

You start with demand. 
What are people already buying?

Then you assess your skills. 
What can you deliver exceptionally?

Finally, you check your passion. 
What energizes instead of exhausts you?

The magic happens where all three overlap.

That's your sweet spot.
That's your $100k offer.
That's your unfair advantage.

Most people spend years trying to force passion into profit.

Or skills into demand.

Smart creators find the intersection first.
Then build everything around it.

Stop optimizing for one variable.
Start optimizing for the overlap.

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$20,000 a month working 80 hours.

Versus:

$10,000 a month working 4 hours.

Guess which one most people choose?

The first one. 

Because they think more effort equals more results.

I used to think that too.

I built:

• 7 different courses
• 12 different funnels
• 23 different sequences

I was the Swiss Army knife of online business.

Problem? 

Swiss Army knives are mediocre at everything.

Then I discovered the opposite approach:

I call it, "One Step Marketing™"

One clear path from stranger to customer:

Content → Lead Magnet → Course → Community → High-Ticket

That's it.

For my clients, it's a natural progression:

• Get value from content
• Solve problem with lead magnet
• Handle bigger challenge with course
• Find support/accountability in community
• Get complete transformation with high-ticket

For my business, it's automated growth:

• Content builds audience
• Lead magnet gets prospects
• Course qualifies ready buyers
• Community creates retention
• High-ticket delivers ultimate profit

Simple for them. 

Scalable for you.

The magic isn't in having more options.

It's in having one perfect path.

Complexity is the enemy of execution.

Clarity is the engine of freedom.

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The creator economy sold you a lie.

90% of people still believe it...

"𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳."

So you post every day
You engage with everyone
You optimize for reach, shares, saves

And you wait.

Waiting for the magic number when you're "allowed" to make money.

"𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘪𝘵 10𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦."
"𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘪𝘵 50𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴."
"𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘪𝘵 100𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳."

This is sophisticated procrastination.

You're building a stage instead of a business.

Here's the uncomfortable truth:

Followers don't pay bills.

Customers do.

I've seen creators with 200K followers struggle to sell a $97 course.

I've seen solopreneurs with 2K followers build $30K months.

The difference isn't audience size.

It's business fundamentals:

• They know exactly and intimately who they serve
• They understand their customer's pain intimately
• They created an offer that solves a real problem
• They ask for the sale consistently

Most creators reverse this:

They build audiences hoping customers will appear
They create content hoping problems will emerge
They wait for permission to charge what they're worth

Real entrepreneurs do the opposite:

They find customers first
They solve problems immediately
They charge premium prices from day one

Because here's what nobody tells you:

Your first 100 true customers are worth more than your first 100K followers.

(read that again, Jack...)

Customers buy again
Customers refer friends
Customers build your reputation

Followers just... follow.

Stop building an audience.
Start building a business.

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3.6M lead magnet

I helped a student gain 6.9M+ views & 4.3k followers (in 30 days)

And now I'm sharing the exact system we used

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Two creators walk into a bar...

The first one:

• 10k followers
• $15k monthly revenue
• Thriving community

The second one:

• 100k followers
• $5k monthly revenue
• A ton of post impressions

The difference?

One built a stage.
One built a home.

Stages are for performance.
Homes are for connection.

Stages have spectators.
Homes have family.

Here's what most miss:

Building community isn't about:

• Fancy tactics
• Growth hacks
• Viral hooks

It's about:

• Showing up consistently
• Speaking to real problems
• Creating authority in your space

Because here's the truth:

An audience follows your content.
A community follows your lead.

(Read that again...)

An audience wants entertainment.
A community wants transformation.

(Seriously... read that again...)

Stop obsessing over follower count.
Start focusing on connection count.

Because revenue comes from relationships,
not reach.

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Everyone’s chasing 100,000 followers.

But I know a guy with just: 

6,000.

No paid ads.
No big brand.
No viral content.

And he’s pulling:

→ 8 leads a week
→ Converting 20%
→ At $4,000 per sale
→ With one clear offer

And he’s on track to cross $200K this year.

No hype.
No chasing trends.
No huge audience.

Just clarity, consistency, and real conversations.

Here’s the kicker:

He used to overthink everything.

The niche. The content. The offer. The funnel.

Now?

→ He speaks to one person
→ Solves one painful problem
→ With one offer he deeply understands
→ And lets his content do the heavy lifting

Simple doesn’t mean easy.

But it does mean scalable—when the right foundation is in place.

Most people think they need to grow first.

What they actually need is a system that works small before it works big.

→ One offer that’s too specific to ignore
→ A funnel that pulls the right people in
→ A message that turns strangers into sales

That’s what drives a $100K solo business.

Not attention.

But alignment.

The guy used to be stuck.

Now he’s booked.

Not because he got louder.

But because he got clearer.

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I quit trying to go viral 18 months ago.

Best business decision I ever... Because going viral is: 

eXpEnSiVe

• Time you're not serving clients
• Focus you're not converting leads
• Energy you're not building systems

The creator economy sells you a lie:

Build audience → Create content → Go viral → Monetize

"Get 'famous' first, rich later."

I believed it for years.

Posted 3x daily
Chased every trend
Prayed for algorithm luck

Result? 

50K followers. $2K months.

Popular and broke...

Then I flipped the script

And it made all the difference...

Build offer → Create demand → Convert consistently → Scale

Stopped chasing eyeballs
Started chasing problems

Stopped creating content
Started creating solutions

Stopped building an audience
Started building a business

18 months later:

$10K -$15K months

$20K and $30K when I wanted to ramp things up...

Here's what changed:

• I found one specific problem
• I packaged one clear solution
• I sold it to people who needed it
• I systemized the process

No viral moments required
No algorithm prayers needed
No burnout from content creation

Just profitable offers that sell consistently.

The uncomfortable truth?

Most "successful" creators are broke.

They mistake attention for achievement.
Followers for profit.
Views for value.

Meanwhile, the quiet ones print money.

They don't chase viral
They create valuable

They don't build audiences
They build assets

One path makes you famous and broke
The other makes you rich and unknown

I know which one I'd rather be

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Here's what nobody tells you about pricing:

Price isn't about the number. It's about the 

Transformation.

• $5k for a course that saves you 5 years? Cheap
• $10 for a book that wastes 5 hours? Expensive
• $50k to transform someone's business? 

Bargain of a lifetime...

When I first started coaching, I charged $500/month.

I was scared. 

I thought I was being "reasonable." 

I was worried about what people would think.

But here's the truth…

I was doing my clients a disservice.

Because when you undercharge, you attract people who aren't serious. 

• They don't implement. 
• They don't transform. 
• They just… consume.

Now? 

I work with whale clients who pay premium prices.

And you know what changed?

Not the transformation I deliver. That was always there.

What changed was my positioning. 

My clarity. 
My confidence in the outcome.

The bigger the transformation, the smaller the price feels.

Think about it:

If you're genuinely taking someone from $0 to $10K/month… what's that worth?

If you're compressing 5 years of trial and error into 12 weeks of focused implementation… what's that worth?

Here's what's interesting:

You can also give people steps to ascend.

I just added $5K in MRR by creating a low-tier recurring option. 

Same program. Different entry point.

Some people need to start smaller and work their way up. 

That's fine.

Meet them where they're at. 
Then ascend them.

But here's the key—whether they start at $75/week or $400/week:

• Your offer must be crystal clear
• You must position for the right client
• The transformation must be undeniable

When those align? 

Price becomes irrelevant.

Your high-ticket offer isn't expensive.

It's the best investment they'll ever make.

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Linkedin is a FLIPPIN' G🤩LDMINE

Here's how to unlock $20k months on the platform:

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How to unlock $20k months on Linkedin

A creator with 300K followers asked me how I make more than them. This is what I told them:

They couldn't believe how simple it was...

• No complex funnels
• No million-dollar ad spend
• No team of virtual assistants

Just fundamentals done consistently.

Here's the thing about online business...

Everyone's obsessed with the wrong metrics.

But none of that matters if your fundamentals are broken.

I've made money:

• Without paid ads
• Without a website
• With 1500 followers
• Without a fancy funnel

But I've never made money:

• With an unclear offer
• Without consistent action
• Without belief in my value

The difference between six-figure creators and struggling ones isn't infrastructure.

It's fundamentals.

While they're building:

• Complex automation sequences
• Sophisticated email campaigns
• Professional brand guidelines
• Multi-page sales funnels

Successful creators focus on:

• One clear problem they solve
• One offer that transforms lives
• One specific person they serve
• One daily action that moves the needle

Infrastructure is seductive because it feels productive.

You're "working on your business."
You're "optimizing conversions."
You're "building systems."

But fundamentals are uncomfortable because they require:

• Clarity about what you actually sell
• Confidence to charge what you're worth
• Consistency when motivation fades
• Courage to have sales conversations

Most creators would rather spend $5,000 on a funnel than 60 minutes defining their offer.

Because building feels easier than selling.

Complexity feels safer than clarity.

But here's what I know after helping 200+ creators:

The most profitable businesses are the most simple.

One problem.
One person.
One offer.

Everything else is just distraction.

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I stopped trying to "sell" people 18 months ago.

Because I realized something most solopreneurs miss:

The best marketing doesn't feel like marketing at all.

It feels like friendship.

Think about it:

A good friend doesn't pitch you.

They:

• Help you see a better future
• Understand your pain
• Make you feel seen
• Offer a way out
• Give you hope

That's exactly what your marketing should do.

Bad marketing feels pushy:

• "Limited time offer!"
• "Buy my course!"
• "Act now!"

Good marketing feels supportive:

• "I see you struggling with X..."
• "I've been exactly where you are..."
• "Here's what changed everything for me..."

When you shift from selling TO people to serving them...

Everything changes.

Your content becomes conversations
Your audience becomes advocates
Your offers become invitations

Marketing shouldn't feel like sales.

It should feel like support.

The moment your audience starts thinking:

"This person gets me"

instead of

"This person wants my money"

That's when you've cracked the code.

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Most solopreneurs are building sophisticated prisons.

They optimize for: 

• Revenue 
• Audience growth
• Looking "successful" on LinkedIn.

But they forget to optimize for the thing that made them leave their 9-to-5...

Freedom.

(Cue meme of Braveheart...)

I designed my business to run in less than 4 hours a day.

Not because I'm lazy.

Because freedom was the whole point.

Here's what I learned:

Complexity is the enemy of freedom.

Multiple offers? 
You're now managing multiple problems

Complex funnels? 
You're now troubleshooting tech issues at 11 PM

Endless content creation? 
You're now a content hamster on a wheel.

Simplicity creates space.

One offer
One funnel
One post per day

That's it.

I watch creators juggle:

• 6 different income streams
• 50 moving parts in their funnel
• Daily content across 4 platforms
• Client work that never, EVER, ends

Then they wonder why they're working 12-hour days.

Your business should give you more life.

Not consume it.

Every system you build should answer one question:

"Does this create more freedom or less?"

If it's less, eliminate it.

The goal isn't to build something impressive.

The goal is to build something that lets you live.

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The creator making $50K/year talks about themselves.

The creator making $200K/year talks about: 

Their client's transformation.

Guess which one you should copy?

I see it everywhere:

• "I'm a marketing consultant."
• "I'm a content creator."
• "I'm a business coach."

Wrong.

Your clients don't wake up thinking:

"𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺."

They wake up thinking:

"𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬."

Here's the million-dollar "secret":

You're not in the:

• Consulting business
• Coaching business
• Content business

You're in the TRANSFORMATION business.

The vehicle doesn't matter

The outcome does

People don't buy coaching.
They buy the person they become after the coaching.

People don't buy courses.
They buy the life they live after completing the course.

Your methodology is the map.

Their transformation is the destination.

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙥𝙨.

The consultant selling "business strategy" charges $200/hour.

The consultant selling "double your revenue" charges $5,000/month.

Same knowledge.
Different packaging.

Stop leading with what you do

Start leading with what they get

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I used to think marketing was "broken"

Because of the creator economy lie nobody talks about:

"Just create great content and the money will follow."

Bullsh*t.

Great content without strategy is just expensive journaling.

I learned this the hard way.

Hundreds of posts. 

Resulting in *just* hundreds of dollars....

Then I understood something that changed everything:

Marketing is like compound interest.

One single:

• Ad
• Post
• Video
• Email  
• Carousel

Won't make you a millionaire.

But if you do it every day, over a long period of time...

It will.

But here's the catch:

It has to compound toward something.

• Random posts don't compound
• Viral content doesn't compound
• Follower counts don't compound

Revenue compounds.

When every post connects to your offer
When every email moves toward a sale
When every post builds your business

That's when the magic happens.

Most creators are building sandcastles.

Beautiful. Impressive. Temporary.

What you need to build:

A revenue-generating machine.

One post
One offer
One system

Every day for 12 months.

Watch what compounds.

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I helped a  client of mine close a $72,000 enterprise deal

The: 

Offer was ready
Fulfillment was ready

Pitch deck slides? 

Almost weren't…

We spent a week in back-and-forth, revising, designing, and tweaking the deck.

But the stress was completely avoidable…

Here's the lesson that's stayed with me since:

Most coaches and creators can talk through their offer. 

They know the transformation. 
They know who they help and how.

But the moment someone asks for something formal:

A deck
A proposal
A presentation

Everything grinds to a halt…

Because thinking through your offer and presenting your offer are two completely different skills.

This is what I do now:

I sit down with a client and use Claude to run a structured interview. 

It pulls out the core message, builds the narrative arc, and frames the transformation the client delivers. 

Everything is shaped around what actually converts.

From there, Gamma takes that thinking and turns it into a polished, professional deck, without ever leaving Claude.

A deck that communicates clearly, because the design and the message were built from the same foundation.

What used to take a week of stressful back-and-forth now takes a single afternoon.

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The difference between a $10K funnel and a $100K funnel?

One feels like work. The other feels like: 

• Entertainment
• Or adventure
• Or a journey

Guess which one people actually complete?

A good funnel is like a good movie:

1) The hook grabs attention
2) The exposition sets the scene
3) The plot creates & raises the stakes
4) The climax creates the turning point
5) The resolution satisfies the viewer

Most creators build funnels like instruction manuals.

"Step 1: Enter your email"
"Step 2: Watch video"
"Step 3: Book a call"

Zero story
Zero emotion
Zero reason to care

But when your funnel follows a narrative arc?

People binge it like their favorite series.

They become invested in the outcome
They can't wait to see what happens next
They start seeing themselves as the hero

Don't make your prospects think.

Give them a story to act out.

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