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How to create a chatbot with OpenAI’s API

An architectural cheat sheet So I’ve been trying to get up to speed on AI so I spent the last few days digesting content from all over the net. I’m ready to get stuck in and build my first AI project, and one of those “ChatGPT but with your own…

Artificial Intelligence

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How to create a chatbot with OpenAI’s API
How to create a chatbot with OpenAI’s API
Artificial Intelligence

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How to evaluate your SaaS startup idea

A 30 point checklist to help you research and pick your best idea. — For founders, this question comes up a lot: “I have too many startup ideas. I don’t know which idea to focus on.” It certainly did for me. I have been building SaaS products for the last few years, with bad to mediocre results. Each one taught me something new. …

Startup

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How to evaluate your SaaS startup idea
How to evaluate your SaaS startup idea
Startup

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Mar 26

AI Jobs is trending

Yes, people are looking…

AI

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AI Jobs is trending
AI Jobs is trending
AI

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Mar 7

SaaS idea definition, part 2: The Problem

There are 5 essential parts to a well-formed SaaS idea. This post helps you define the problem. This is a free 5 part series, taken from the opening section of my SaaS idea evaluation workbook, where we go through how to define your idea concretely. There are 5 essential parts…

SaaS

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SaaS idea definition, part 2: The Problem
SaaS idea definition, part 2: The Problem
SaaS

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Mar 7

SaaS idea definition, part 1: Your Customers

There are 5 essential parts to a well-formed SaaS idea. This post helps you define your target customers. This is a free 5 part series, taken from the opening section of my SaaS idea evaluation workbook, where we go through the process of concretely defining your idea. There are 5…

SaaS

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SaaS idea definition, part 1: Your Customers
SaaS idea definition, part 1: Your Customers
SaaS

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Jan 13

Bookmarking is a misunderstood problem

And thoughts on a new bookmarking platform. We do not need apps to help us hoard more links. We need tools to help us consume information when we need it, where we need it, and in the right format. In August 2020, I launched a simple Twitter bookmarking tool called…

Bookmarking

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Bookmarking is a misunderstood problem
Bookmarking is a misunderstood problem
Bookmarking

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Jul 26, 2021

How we picked one startup idea out of 125.

Systematically evaluating our startup ideas helped us pick one to proceed with confidence. After launching my last product (a Twitter bookmarking browser extension), I was ready to experiment with my next idea. The goal is to quickly validate what works and what doesn’t, so the approach is to build and…

Startup Lessons

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How we picked one startup idea out of 125.
How we picked one startup idea out of 125.
Startup Lessons

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Jun 28, 2021

Why nobody paid for my freemium SaaS app

Lots of people using a free product is validation that people want to use it for free. It’s not validation for a business model. Last September I launched Markfolder, a free Twitter bookmarking browser extension and web app. I built it for myself because Twitter’s bookmarking sucks* and I needed…

Startup

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Why nobody paid for my freemium SaaS app
Why nobody paid for my freemium SaaS app
Startup

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May 31, 2021

Three things I did when my customer found a bug in my SaaS (fixing the bug was last)

For most non-trivial applications, fixing a technical bug could take hours or days. In this case, fixing the actual bug should probably come last. First, fix the customer’s confidence, followed by the customer’s experience. Then the bug. Fix the customer’s confidence When something breaks, the first thing that happens is doubt being cast in…

SaaS

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Three things I did when my customer found a bug in my SaaS (fixing the bug was last)
Three things I did when my customer found a bug in my SaaS (fixing the bug was last)
SaaS

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May 15, 2021

The danger of building a business around a “feature”

It’s the sort of warning that makes sense but doesn’t seem serious until you’re on the receiving end of it: “Don’t create a business that your competitor can easily kill by adding a feature to their product.” With Markfolder I did just that mistake: created a business around a feature…

Startup

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Startup

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