Why I listen to podcasts and how they help me on my SaaS journey
Podcasts are a great way for me to learn. My own SaaS journey is very sequential, where I’m building step by step, brick by brick. I heard someone once say, podcasts are being able to be a fly on the wall and listen to a...
A first-time managers guide to getting out of the gates without tripping
Congrats you rock! You've done an awesome job at being an individual contributor (IC). Along the way you have kicked butt and taken names, you should be so proud of yourself. Welcome to managing people, this is probably going...
The Referral Rock Story Part 1 (From Beta to Real Business)
How I went from idea -> beta -> real business in 3 years with no funding, an all remote team, and never leaving my chair.
Business Partner Difficulties and My First Failed Business
This post is originally from an email I wrote to a friend who was having a tough time with a business partnership where I talk about my first failed business.
Interview on the SaaS Insider Podcast
The Referral Rock founder, Joshua Ho, discusses the Referral Rock rise-up story with Shira Abel on the SaaS Insider Podcast.
From a side project to business overnight
I was just another reluctant SaaS business in beta that didn't know if customers were willing to pay for my referral software. On practically a dare, that all changed overnight.
Lessons Learned from UberNote Failed B2C
The backstory, UberNote Online Web Notes started as a side project built in a townhouse north of Baltimore on nights and weekends...
UberNote has officially shut down
It was a difficult decision, but UberNote has officially shut down. UberNote started as a side project built in a townhouse north of Baltimore on nights and weekends. We had our own personal need for a way to keep our notes in...
Experiment: Code Reuse as a Growth Hack?
When developing software you are almost always looking to code for reuse. It’s great if you can use it multiple times in an application, but what about taking parts to create something standalone and useful as a marketing...
Announcing My Latest Project : Referral Rock
I’ve been somewhat quiet about my latest project: Referral Rock, but now I am ready to add the additional public pressure of letting it be known to all of the Internets! Here’s the gist: Just about everyone is...