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Last week I launched the new StoryLearning app to my wider list, and so today I thought I’d document what happened and give a few thoughts. First, here are the headline numbers for the week, as always with last week’s numbers in brackets. The Launch So, last week I told the story of launching to […]
Welcome to week número dos of documenting the evolution of my education business, StoryLearning. I’m making the biggest move in 13 years by building a consumer app. And trying to do so without: You can read background about the project here, including results from the soft-launch of the app. The week in numbers: • Active users: 656 (351) • […]
Welcome to something new… Olly in Maker Mode. From here on, I’m going to focus this newsletter on documenting how I’m evolving my 13-year-old business, StoryLearning, by building a new AI-powered software product alongside it. The first milestone goal: $1m ARR. In my mind, if we can hit that in the next 12 months, it puts firmly […]
I spent most of 2017 working 50-60 hour weeks. Revenue stayed flat. I had a content calendar, a launch pipeline, three half-built funnels, a podcast I was trying to grow, and a product idea I kept tinkering with on weekends. I was busy. And I had almost nothing to show for it. If you’re running […]
Scaling to a 7-figure business means building a team, but the hard part is mindset. Here are the 5 fears that stop solo creators, and how to beat each one.
I remember the first time I did something I was truly proud of. Something that made me think: Yes, I did that! I was 19. I dropped out of university and moved to Paris for 6 months. (Long story.) By the time I came home, I spoke French fluently. (I worked hard at it.) I was […]
There’s a doubt that’s been lurking in the back of my mind for the last 12 years. A worry that’s been gnawing at me. A concern that I’ve pushed to the deepest recesses of my mind in the hope that it wouldn’t prove to be true: “Did I just get lucky with StoryLearning?” Was it […]
Back in 2015, I was a fresh-faced young entrepreneur, wet behind the ears, not knowing my a** from my elbow. When I say “young”… I was 34. I’d just moved back to London from Egypt. My daughter was 2 months old. I was bringing in $2-3k a month, and even that wasn’t stable. Perilous. So […]
People have very distorted views of money and success. Often, they get it flat-out wrong. Take the myth of the 7-figure business. Tell the average online business owner that you have a 7-figure business, they’ll instantly peg you as “successful”. But this is a mistake. I call it the next level fallacy. It goes like this: […]
Here’s the problem with money… Everyone assumes that “scale” is the only game in town. Growth… scale… 10X baby! True — for many startups, it is all about growth. But, as an online business owner, you might have a different set of goals: Scale? Sure… At any cost? Not so much. Most online business owners would […]
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