Jamie Nicol

UK-based Engineer, building things..

[Jamie Nicol @JamieNicol]

@vaggelisdrak @marclou I have the impression that those that can afford the $260+ to splash on a new platform like this, don’t necessarily need the help.

I for one, would purchase it around $40-60 mark and be committed to the cause.

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@nikitabier Literally built on data rather than actual feedback — the two should’ve been compounded & compromised…

[Jamie Nicol @JamieNicol]

So.. I’ve been quite last several days, I launched @ChurnFast, started to pivot @pelucidApp — then had a new idea I started to build… now I’m hitting fatigue 😅

But! I’m curious, my new start-up focuses on helping you build in public, the core is simple - takes whatever you ship daily & generates posts in the style of indie-founders personas, removing the burden of creating daily content about your SaaS product..

There are a few more interesting features as well, I’ll share soon — does this resonate?

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I’ve discovered recently, getting AI to build an AI SaaS isn’t trivial.

Built the entire pipeline, saw the output and didn’t like it one bit, if I didn’t, a user wouldn’t.

I’m deep-diving into all AI settings, principles & fundamentals to get some half-decent.

How do people get their AI models so good…

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I stopped marketing @ChurnFast the last 7 days and it clearly shows — it’s still a product I’m keen to develop further.

But this week, I’ve been scratching an itch on a new idea that I’ve been enjoying - hopefully sharing soon!

And; upon some deeper research, I’ve discovered majority of SaaS founders don’t care about predicting when a user would churn, but rather the automated steps in place to retain the MRR, an important piece of feedback to think about.

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This week, I’ve zoomed my perspective out — I’ve always attempted to build SaaS apps for the trend or search the internet for a painkiller idea that has potential but I’m not passionate about,

I’ve always struggled with building in public or posting content in general I’ve only started recently and it’s been an eye-opener in reception and feedback, overall it just isn’t my character.

This sparked an idea, to help me with the burden of creating topical tweets about my SaaS project & the work I’m doing each day and share them where I know I’ll he heard.

It’s on the horizon, and I have a good feeling about this one — after all, you should “always build for yourself first”

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@askOkara Is this a real claim?

[Jamie Nicol @JamieNicol]

I’m moving to a more niche, simple product idea; that requires less of my personal time to keep-afloat and ahead of the curve.

Pivoting isn’t bad sometimes, it’s noticing where your particular product fits In amongst the noise.

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I have a SaaS @pelucidApp — I posted on @trust_mrr Co-Founder listings, but I had zero interest.

Despite marketing efforts, my usage and users are low. The competition is brutal, and moving too rapidly for me.

I’ve decided on a product pivot…

[Jamie Nicol @JamieNicol]

Day 6 Building of @ChurnFast

Thinking making these days of building into a goal-series, first-chapter to $100MRR.

Today; made some demo-videos, outlining the product end-to-end, and about the new features recently released.

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@marclou I've switched from Stripe to DodoPayments, setup my Webhook. However, every request has the same error. Any ideas?

[Jamie Nicol @JamieNicol]

@BallinFil You should checkout https://t.co/DZVxNnviLg by @marclou

[Jamie Nicol @JamieNicol]

Building @ChurnFast Day 5. Today was productive, I kinda spent this week procrastinating after a bank holiday break 📉

But managed to get some features wrapped up & releasing tomorrow, hopefully a good way to end the week!

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Building something in public is brutal, I’ve relaxed off last few days and my visitors dropped to 0.

Coupled that with poor SEO currently, it’s a clear indication need to focus on a marketing strategy.

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A feature for @ChurnFast I’m in early stages of is support ticket analysis.

A bunch of signals from user experience on support tickets can massively contribute towards risk of a churn scoring.

What popular help-desk SaaS do people use these days?

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Building in my back garden. If you know the UK, we have one good day of 18C & know it’ll be gone again tomorrow, making the most of it 😅

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@thejeremyredman @DataFast_ @msftClarity @marclou I had a spike yesterday from Finland, all within a minute of each other.

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@fidexcode @_devTimmy This is my exact mentality, due to this fear

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@knowRowan I’ll let you know 😅

[Jamie Nicol @JamieNicol]

the math of churn is brutal in a way most founders don't fully feel until they model it out.
it's not just the lost MRR. it's that every churned customer shrinks the base your growth compounds on next month.
that's why i built ChurnFast.

[churnfa.st @ChurnFast]

churn is the silent killer of compounding growth.
not just because you lose a subscription. because every churned customer shrinks the base your next month's growth compounds on.
we wrote about the real cost: https://t.co/vFiu4M1i02