Buy Grow Repeat: Recent Episodes
Johnny Tong, Matt Geri
Buy Grow Repeat is a podcast documenting the journeys of two entrepreneurs buying and growing software businesses. Hosted by Johnny Tong and Matt Geri
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Surveybot's signup issue * Handling business bank transactions * Gaining audience for your new internet sensation
References:*
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouwradiorory@hotmail.com |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Matt's new iPhone and Apple Watch * Updating Surveybot's dependencies
References:How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeat |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* The Ethereum Merge * Johnny's onboarding overthinkng * The Big Sale of Figma
References:* Penpot, —https://penpot.app
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouwinstagram.com/radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* How Steve's got started in tech * Navigating co-founder relationships * Handling different commitment levels between co-founders when starting a project * Origin story of Atlist * How to use YouTube tutorials to promote your business * Google Maps as a social network
References:* https://www.atlistmaps.com/ * https://twitter.com/stevebenjamins
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeat |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Using free trials over and over again * Johnny's new AI tryout * Surveybot's pricing bug * Feedback calls for Surveybot
References:*
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Depending on third party platforms * Getting subscribers to give feedback on your product * Matt's thoughts on Surveybot * Surveybot on other platforms
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Measuring things like a Canadian
- Removing Surveybot's free tier
- Facebook Chat's web view bug
- What Matt did with the WP Discussion Board money
- Goals for next week
References:
- How to Measure Like a Canadian Flow Chart—https://preview.redd.it/0rm9dk0fyg951.jpg?auto=webp&s=894428b1005a5bc6ba5fbf04f1458fa021117b20
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://johnnytong.com
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://mattgeri.com
https://blackmane.io
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Matt's struggles with seeing his own successes
- How to "make it" in online businesses?
- Discussion on the small bets strategy
- Goals for next week
References:
- Twitter kerfuffle between Ruben Gamez and Daniel Vassallo on whether it's better to spread your effort over many small bets or focusing on one thing and go deep
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://johnnytong.com
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://mattgeri.com
https://blackmane.io
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Stripe and free pricing plans
- Stripe's developments
- Building a new product for a community you already have
- Success vs failures
- Goals for next week
References:
Small Bets—https://smallbets.co
Pieter Levels: Making $2.7M A Year With No Employees—https://www.mfmpod.com/pieter-levels-making-27m-a-year-with-no-employees/
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://johnnytong.com
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://mattgeri.com
https://blackmane.io
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Steven Pressfield's The War of Art * Johnny's new MacBook Pro * Jordan Gal's paid ads with content marketing strategy
References:* The Killer Combo of Free Content with Paid Promotion – Jordan Gal – MicroConf Growth 2018—https://youtu.be/C9aLKqRuS7A * The War of Art—https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_Art_(book)
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* How to learn to code as a non-technical founder? * The start of Influence Grid * Selling your first online business * The origin story of Data Fetcher * Finding new trends to maximize success when building your business
References:* Data Fetcher—https://datafetcher.com/ * Andy’s Twitter—twitter.com/clokehead * Exploding Topics—https://explodingtopics.com/ * RocketReach—https://rocketreach.co
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- BuildSell30
- Building Tuun
- The acquisition of MeetingPlace.io
- Future plans for MeetingPlace.io
References:
- The seller side of the story for Meeting Place
- BuildSell30
- Tuun.app
- Meetingplace.io
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/soheilhm
- https://twitter.com/sohei1L
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.References:* https://makers.dev * Chris’ twitter * Christian’s twitter * Book recommendations + The War of Art + The Artist’s Way + The Gifts of Imperfection
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Johnny's diet routine
- The sale of WP Discussion Board
- Matt's doubts about the future
- Johnny's lack of motivation
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://johnnytong.com
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://mattgeri.com
https://blackmane.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Transferring everything to WP Discussion Board's buyer * The pros and cons of an escrow system * SurveyBot's new use case * Goals for next week
References:*
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* The relationship between two LOI parties * Revealing the product to your potential buyer * Handling doubts about your career path * Goals for next week
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Surveybot's infinite loop error * How to find the right SEO keywords? * The right buyer for WP Discussion Board * Goals for next week
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* The recession in the crypto world * How is a tech recession affecting small software businesses? * What does a recession mean for business sellers? * European clients and support calls * Goals for next week
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb * What happened to $UST and $LUNA? https://twitter.com/Route2FI/status/1524775762074783746
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Johnny's ice cream servey * Matt's return to a full time work week * The minimum amout of time to spend on your side hustle * How do you approach a content schedule * How do you spend the least amount to validate your ideas * Goals for next week
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Choosing exercises, meals and the right time to use them * Writing down and accomplish 3 business goals a day * How to build up a discipline habit? * Changing code for 1 client * Goals for next week
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Our morning routines * Johnny's brain fog issue * Matt's rising sales * How to make the most of an open business figures page? * Goals for next week
References:* Matt’s new ride— https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca7k2ZQtQJw/ * WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb * https://remoteok.com/open * https://www.bannerbear.com/open/
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Matt's new fireplace
- WP Discussioon Board's website update
- The downsides of a chat widget
- Eating your own dog food and testing your software
- The advantages of yak shaving
References:
- Matt’s new ride— https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca7k2ZQtQJw/
- WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
- Nature is Metal subreddit—gore and blood warning
- https://thenounproject.com/
- https://www.flaticon.com/—Free icons
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://johnnytong.com
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://mattgeri.com
https://blackmane.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Matt's vacation adventures * The advantages of a co working place * What to learn from a leaving client * WP Discussion Board's best month ever * Matt's new decision on WP Discussion Board * Goals for next week * An intereresting new AI project
References:* Matt’s new ride— https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca7k2ZQtQJw/ * WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb * Nature is Metal subreddit * OpenAI Dall-E https://openai.com/dall-e-2/
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThe podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Building and selling an app within 6 months * Using AI for your next SaaS product * Chris' SaaS toolkit * Blockchain technology and SaaS products
References:* https://chrisachard.com/ * https://twitter.com/chrisachard * https://makers.dev/ * WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* The history of MeetingPlace * Finding a buyer for the app * The negotiations * Getting The Big Deal done * Handing over all the technical stuff
References:* https://chrisachard.com/ * https://twitter.com/chrisachard * https://makers.dev/ * WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Johnny's progress on renewing contracts
- The Surveybot feedback video call
- A very special video proposal
- Finding the right keywords for your site
References:
- Matt’s new ride— https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca7k2ZQtQJw/
- WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://johnnytong.com
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://mattgeri.com
https://blackmane.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Matt's customer support freelancer * The right email for customers who don't pay * How Johnny and Amazon handled the "middle finger graph" * 110 business commits * Johnny's new visualization tool * Goals for next week
References:* Matt’s new ride— https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca7k2ZQtQJw/ * WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Matt's strong February month * Handling a non-paying customer * Amazon gives Johnny "the finger"
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://johnnytong.comhttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Matt's digital presence * The power of online communities * Imposter syndrome while developing your product * Goals for next week
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://mattgeri.comhttps://blackmane.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeat |
| E44: A Newspaper Article Led a Founder to a Profitable SaaS in the First Year | | Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* How Henry met his business partner Tim * The product Henry and Tim built after reading a news article * The best memories of Theory Test Pro * Henry's product failures
References:* Henry’s company website http://www.wellinformed.co.uk/ * Theory Test Pro https://www.theorytestpro.co.uk/ * WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeat |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Johnny's NFT story * The potential deal for WP Discussion Board * Matt's steps in "enjoying the process" * The benefits of automation * Goals for next week
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Johnny's Lunar New Year celebration * Matt's dive into mature videography
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThe podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Our self-doubt * Getting "on the board" of each others companies * Matt's list of things to do this year * Matt's 5 questions about Johnny's business * Goals for next week
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing—https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb * Pieter Levels’ Interview on Indie Hackers Podcast—https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/242-pieter-levels
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeat |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* The potential buyer for WP Discussion Board * The new name of Matt's company * How to ask for feedback on your software? * Johnny's Trello board * Goals for next week
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing + https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThe episode is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Using SEO for your SaaS * The possibility of NOT selling WP Discussion Board * Ccriteria for buying a new business * Goals for next week
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing + https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThe podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Johnny's crypto adventures
- Fixing software issues before selling
- Our accomplishments of 2021
- Building a public for your business
- Goals for this year
References:
- WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing
- https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
The podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* The latest developments around WP Discussion Board's sale * The importance of logging * Youngfook's balance between doing marketing and fixing issues * Goals for next week
References:* WP Discussion Board’s Microacquire listing + https://app.microacquire.com/startup/eElLbmUMD2ZCtNeXuaIIyCeIyug1/jRqQrDIUqqGUppjS0vjb * Yongfook one week marketing one week product cycle + https://twitter.com/yongfook/status/1265124742572445696?s=20
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThe podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Matt's Black Friday lessons * Asking for support from the previous owner of your business * Learning from a user's perspective * Goals for next week
References:How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatOur podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Johnny's Black Friday purchase * Matt's Black Friday campaign * Johnny's time management tool * Using YouTube as a marketing channel * Goals for next week
References:* https://llamalife.co * https://sodastream.com
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThe podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Matt's plans for 2022 * The small bets business technique * Business ideas coming from COVID lockdown * Selling courses in your field * Goals for next week
References:* Daniel Vassallo's small bets tweet—https://twitter.com/dvassallo/status/1393780653494206470?s=20 * Icelandverse—Spoof of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse video—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enMwwQy_noI
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatBuh Grow Repeat is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- The broken bus analogy
- The insecurities of releasing new things
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
The podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Johnny's helping hand for the visually impaired
- Matt's reduced sugar consumption
- Difficulties of managing your contractor
- Goals for next week
References:
- https://www.bemyeyes.com
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
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The podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- The right MacBook for the job
- Matt's progress with his new product
- Creating SEO-focussed posts on your product
- Johnny's CI problem
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
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This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
00.50: Introduction
04.15: Michele's motivation for writing her book
08.04: Why should you interview potential customers?
12.13: The Rubber Duck Theory
14.35: How to not push your interviewee in a certain direction?
19.53: Giving something in return for the interview
24.04: Making your research attractive for participants
28.02: How to find your interviewees?
33.35: How many participants do you need?
35.00: Scripts for your interview
38.00: Do you need to 'refresh' your group of participants?
References:
- https://twitter.com/mjwhansen
- https://deployempathy.com
- https://www.geocod.io
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
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The podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
5.53: Was it difficult to get monthly paying customers?
9.13: Peter’s selling timeline
14.00: How did Peter find a buyer?
17.14: For how much money did Peter sell?
18.58: What did Peter do to prepare for the sale?
21.48: The time Peter needed to close the deal
23.46: An extra security measure…
28.21: The market opportunities for Peter’s product
31.38: Peter’s co-worker
33.39: The origin of Peter’s podcast
References:
- Peter on twitter - twitter.com/petersuhm
- Peter's podcast - outofbeta.fm
- Peter's new project Reform - reform.app
- WP Pusher - wppusher.com
- Branch CI - www.branchci.com
- The buyer, Keanan Koppenhaver - keanankoppenhaver.com
- More on Peter's story about WP Pusher/Branch sale on Startups for the Rest of Us Podcast with Rob Walling www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-571-deciding-when-to-move-on-to-your-next-idea
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
The podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Your host's coffee preferences
- The (dis)advantages of buying a business versus building your own one
- Maintaining the older features of your product
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
This podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* How much money does Matt sell his plugin for? * Contributing to the career of your hires * Don't let refunds distract you! * Goals for next week
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThis podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* How much work is needed before selling? * Matt's reasons to sell * Matt's new business idea * Goals for next week
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatThe podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Johnny dealing with stressed induced muscle pains
- Dealing with impostor syndrome
- Challenges of working with someone at another timezone
- Dealing with doubts
- Do you need passion to acquire a product?
- Is Matt going to sell WP Discussion Board?
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
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Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Johnny's Big Pigeon Poop Story
- Providing the right documentation for new hires
- The comfort of handing over work to others
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
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@buygrowrepeat
Our podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Handling security issues of your product * Collaborating with other developers to provide customization of your software * How to do the right amount of onboarding for new people you work with? * Goals for next week
References: How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatOur podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
| Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.Today's topics include:* Can you rely on low cost freelancers? * Division of tasks between you and the freelancer * Is it better to hire people who work on all your businesses or just on individual products? * Goals for next week
References:How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Johnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatOur podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw@radiorory |
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Finding a balance in being software developer and customer support
- Can videos help to engage with (future) customers?
- Matt's marketing experiments
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Our podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- How to find the best channels to grow your customer base?
- Matt found a new person to help with his plugin
- How important are reviews for your online business?
- Goals for next week
References:
Sending 10k Personalized Video
Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth
The Bullseye Framework
Asynchronous video messaging software
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio/
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
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Our podcast is edited by Rory Jonkergouw
@radiorory
00:01 Intro
1:00 How Janet got into software and her background
14:00 Janet is looking to buy a SaaS
14:30 Do you need an investment thesis before buying? How do you come up with it?
17:06 How to value a business?
20:03 What can you ask the seller during a sale?
21:45 Can you find out other SaaS metrics like ARPU, Lifetime value?
25:14 Is it necessary for a buyer to have experience or the grand vision of the business?
27:13 Buying a SaaS is like running a local coffee shop rather than creating Starbucks
27:27 How do you structure a deal?
29:43 How do you find a lawyer to help you with closing SaaS deals?
31:01 Can you ask for certain clauses to be baked in to the purchase agreement? eg Non-compete
31:34 Can you include the list of customers and/or service agreement in the purchase agreement?
32:45 How would you handle rebranding of the asset after the acquisition?
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Seller's Discretionary Earnings
FE International
https://janetacarr.com
Janet's twitter
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
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@buygrowrepeat
Our podcast is edited by Rory Jongkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- The Investor vs The Operator
- What is the scale of deals that would enable a buyer to hire help and become an investor
- Johnny shares a real life story of a real estate investment that didn't pan out
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
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Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- What are some things to watch out for when buying a WordPress plugin?
- Johnny is talking to a radio station to explore a medium touch sales process
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Our podcast is edited by Rory Jongkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- How many sign ups Matt needs to get to $5000 monthly sales?
- Matt have thought about leaving software all together
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Actionable Marketing Plan
https://okdork.com/quant-based-marketing-for-pre-launch-start-ups/
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Our podcast is edited by Rory Jongkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- How we think about pricing tiers and our pricing page
- Johnny shaves 50% off of his expenses
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
https://www.priceintelligently.com/blog/bid/181199/price-anchoring-to-optimize-your-pricing-strategy
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Our podcast is edited by Rory Jongkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- How do we value a business if there's a strong growing or declining trend
- How much would we pay for a micro SaaS with $400 MRR
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Supportman's sales tweet
https://twitter.com/noahwbragg/status/1408088057140547592?s=20
https://supportman.io
MRR for Support-man
https://twitter.com/noahwbragg/status/1407330778258706432
Buyer's Twitter—Damon Chen
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
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@buygrowrepeat
Our podcast is edited by Rory Jongkergouw
@radiorory
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- For Matt
- WP Discussion Board recently got a fake 1-star review
- Reached inbox zero for all of his 5 addresses - 3000+ emails
- He talks about how he splits time between client work, WP discussion board, 3 young kids
- His recent urge to sell WP discussion board
- For Johnny
- Johnny's wonders how deep he should go for his stack
- Goals for next week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
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Our podcast is edited by Rory Jongkergouw
@radiorory
00:01 Intro
01:04 Who is Liam Houlahan?
01:44 How did Liam come up with the Surveybot idea?
03:22 Liam's history of building software apps
05:03 Weekend project beginning
06:40 Going full time
07:35 Early growth of Surveybot
08:35 Getting to default alive
09:18 Receiving an acquisition offer
10:23 Liam's reaction to receiving an acquisition offer
14:29 The acquisition process
15:05 Joining the acquirer
18:34 The scale of the deal
21:49 Experience working at the acquiring company
22:16 Challenges of working at a larger company
24:05 What it's like to join a company through an acquisition vs being hired
25:55 Why Liam quit his job at the acquirer?
26:58 How Liam and Johnny met?
27:26 Liam wanting to buy Surveybot back
29:06 Why buy it back?
30:36 What's next for Liam?
32:35 Wrap up
References:
Reach out to Liam @startupsmith
Liam's latest product https://getproductfit.com
12 startups in 12 months challenge
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Johnny talked about how he's experiencing the effects of burnout
- Matt talked about an episode that he had when he felt he was dying
- Johnny getting email subscription bombed
- Dealing with customer cancelling
- Why “$1,000 per month is halfway to $10,000 per month”
- Progress Update
- Johnny cut his AWS bill by 35%
- Updating Surveybot's pricing structure
- Our goals for this upcoming week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Thinking Through Your Exit + Grief and Entrepreneurship with Dr. Sherry Walling
How to Develop a Plugin for WordPress
- “early on you will often grow faster focusing on the hundreds and thousands of customers you don't have yet vs the handful of customers you already have.”
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Matt questions about whether building software is the best use of our time
- Johnny gives an update on his AWS bill clean up
- Our goals for this upcoming week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Rob Walling's Stair step approach to building a business
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
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How do you differentiate a WordPress plugin in the WordPress Plugin Directory?
The race-to-the-bottom phenomenon of the WordPress plugin ecosystem.
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Matt talks about how one can differentiate in the WordPress Plugin Directory when plugins when there are lots of free plugins
- Johnny talks about acquiring a service that has high server cost and how he attempts to increase profitability
- Progress updates
- Matt is waking up at 5am every day to work on his business and gives an update on his refactoring of the settings page on WP Discussion Board
- Johnny pushed out the new infrastructure to stabilize Surveybot to lay the foundation for future product improvements
- Our goals for this upcoming week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Johnny's portfolio & updates
https://surveybot.io
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their respective online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Progress updates
- Johnny reveals the software business he acquired
- Matt talks about how he will to do to supercharge his growth at WP Discussion Board
- Goals for this week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Microacquire
Streak CRM
Johnny's newsletter
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Welcome to Buy Grow Repeat, the podcast that documents Matt's and Johnny's journeys building their online software portfolios.
Today's topics include:
- Progress updates
- Matt went to "Customer Hell" and back
- Johnny continues to slowly work through his ops issues
- What we are going to ship this week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Mixpanel
AWS Fargate
Johnny's newsletter
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Today's topics include:
- Progress updates
- Matt released updates on both WP Discussion Board Free/Pro versions
- WP Discussion board looks to break a the sales record in May
- Johnny inadvertently ran into a "DOS attack"
- What we are going to ship this week
References:
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Stripe Climate
Johnny's Eisenhower Matrix to visualize and distinguish between important and urgent tasks
Johnny's newsletter
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://sftwr.io
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Today's topics include:
- Progress updates
- Matt updates on his progress on releasing WP Discussion Board Free/Pro versions
- After a whole month, Johnny released funds to the seller and officially closes his deal
- Johnny also has secured a contractor to help him work on the tech of his app
- Amazon would not let Johnny send email with SES
- What we are going to ship this week
References:
Johnny's announcement on Twitter
What Johnny is using for email marketing—EmailOctopus
How to structure your startup mastermind
How Superhuman built a product market fit engine
Johnny's newsletter
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Today's topics include:
- Progress updates
- Matt has been busy dancing in the jungle with elephants, lions, buffalos, and other wild animals
- Johnny successfully migrates the company's wordpress blog
- Johnny shares about
- how to move payments across different Stripe accounts during a transfer
- how a new owner gets up to speed on the daily activities of running a new app
- changes he will be making in his first 30 day post-acquisition
- What we are going to ship this week
References:
https://www.instagram.com/p/COCtsgOD7Sm
http://www.krugerpark.co.za
Johnny's newsletter
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Today's topics include:
- Progress updates
- Matt updates on his progress on building out WP Discussion Board's email conversion funnel
- Johnny's asset transfer
- Johnny shares the list of assets he's receiving
- Johnny talks about "business refactoring" and maximizing sell-ability
- What we are going to ship this week
References:
https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/priming-your-business-for-due-diligence/
http://www.krugerpark.co.za
Johnny's newsletter
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Today's topics include:
- Progress updates
- Where is Johnny at with his deal?
- Did we ship what we set out from last week?
- Johnny talks about the process after a buyer and seller agrees to a deal.
- Matt remembers his experience with WP Discussion Board when he wired $15k to a stranger that he has never spoken to!!
- What we are going to ship this week
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
References:
High quality audio makes you sound smarter
Johnny's new mic and newsletter
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=atr2100x%2Dusb
https://newsletter.johnnytong.com
Matt's portfolio
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat
Today's topics include:
- Who we are?
- Why are we starting this podcast?
- What is our motivation to taking this unconventional path?
- What can you expect from future episodes?
Links:
Matt's YouTube video: Starting A Software Business In 2020?
How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)
Naval Ravikant's definition of freedom
Matt's holding company—https://sftwr.io
Matt's portfolio
https://wpdiscussionboard.com/
https://WPGeeks.com
Follow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates
@johnnytong
@mattgeri
@buygrowrepeat