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From Cold Calling in Sales to Building SaaS Products

Announcing My Journey: Documenting the Process of Building SaaS from Scratch

Matija Žiberna

•14th January 2025

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From Cold Calling in Sales to Building SaaS Products

On technical language, objectivity, and the responsibility of a senior software provider.

Entrepreneurship

Your Client Doesn't Need Your Preferred Technology. They Need Your Judgment.

How easily developer preferences turn into unvetted business decisions. Learn why senior software delivery requires honest trade-off analysis over personal…

about 1 month ago

Why adding developers to a project doesn't always make it move faster, and how shared context prevents duplicated work.

Entrepreneurship

When Helping Creates More Work: Why Adding Developers Slows Down Projects

Discover why adding developers to an in-flight project often creates coordination drag, why unfinished components aren't unclaimed work, and how deliberate…

about 1 month ago

On connecting technical decisions to business outcomes, communicating trade-offs, and learning to lead without needing…

Entrepreneurship

Technical Leadership Is More Than Having the Answer

Technical leadership requires more than knowing the right answer. Learn how to connect architectural decisions to business outcomes, communicate trade-offs…

about 2 months ago

Position your agency by solving buyer problems and specializing by market or platform (Payload, Shopify, WordPress)…

Entrepreneurship

Web Development Business: Pick a Market, Not a Framework

Start a web development business by targeting buyer problems and platform markets—not frameworks. Learn positioning strategies, when to specialize, and how to…

3 months ago

Practical guide to documentation, demonstrable security, SSO, subprocessors, and support SLAs for agencies

Entrepreneurship

Enterprise Clients: Readiness Checklist for Small Agencies

Working with enterprise clients changes delivery: a checklist for security, SSO, subprocessors, account ownership, SLAs, and acceptance criteria for agencies.

3 months ago

Minimalist illustration of a computer chip with an 'ALL IN' button, representing a high-stakes technology strategy

Entrepreneurship

Concentration vs Diversification: Betting on Yourself Wins

Concentration vs diversification: a founder's case for placing concentrated bets on yourself when low burn, runway, and conviction unlock asymmetric upside.

10 months ago

Conceptual illustration visualizing the gap between Hidden Knowledge, depicted as deep submerged roots and scrolls, and Observable Knowledge, represented by books and data charts on a sunlit cliff.

Entrepreneurship

Update Your Developer Portfolio: Close the Sync Gap Now

Update your developer portfolio: turn hidden knowledge into visible proof with 3-minute demo videos, architectural breakdowns, and playbook snippets to win…

10 months ago

Entrepreneurship

Latent Potential: How to Convert Skill into Scalable Value

Latent potential essay: why unused capacity limits earnings, how automation exposes low-leverage work, and how to convert skills into scalable value. Now.

11 months ago

Entrepreneurship

The 18,000:1 Problem: Why Everyone Has a Plan But Nobody Executes

Discover why there's an 18,000:1 ratio between planning and doing. Learn ratio compression techniques to bridge the gap between conception and execution in…

about 1 year ago

Entrepreneurship

The True Cost of an E-commerce Redesign (and Why Quotes Are So High)

Why a 'simple' redesign costs €25k–€50k: specialized skills, platform limitations (e.g., Odoo), and the hidden costs of vendor lock-in—with practical options forward.

about 1 year ago

Mental model that helped my productivity

Entrepreneurship

The Mental Model That Changed How I Work: Hours × Productivity × Reward

I’ve always had more ideas than time, pushing myself with more hours and productivity hacks until I hit a wall. The breakthrough wasn't working harder, but understanding a simple mental model: Hours × Productivity × Reward.

over 1 year ago

a person carrying difficult load chased by ghosts

Entrepreneurship

How I Went From Building $100 Websites to Landing $5,000+ Projects

As a freelance developer, I took every deal, no matter the price. I was chasing $100 websites and getting ghosted. It wasn’t sustainable. The shift started the day I stopped being “cheap” and started thinking like a problem-solver.

over 1 year ago