Zach Pope

Engineer/entrepreneur/angler/volunteer. Founder of @TroutRoutes.

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@HHaandr @Thomasbcn Woof, hard but needed truth

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@themoviedadsc We almost drove home from Houston to Minneapolis with three young kids. This was last Thursday. It was bad.

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@jeiting @drbarnard Well said!

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@levelsio This is obviously not about SSRIs and just about how you interact with people. Kinda a dick it seems.

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@levelsio @shawmakesmagic Gonna strong agree with everyone else here. Shoulda been a DM or a non-personal opinion piece if that’s your goal. Can’t have it both ways.

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@marclou Unnecessary dunk, IMO

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@MattCowlin @juanjovn lol was legitimately trying to understand what I believe to be true in your initial guidance, because I too see a major gap in founder expectations and reality, but I think it’s more around stage and scale. Small indie apps are not 4-7x, maybe never have been?

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@MattCowlin @juanjovn These plus one I personally was involved in but can’t directly disclose.

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@MattCowlin @juanjovn Maybe another caveat that explains our difference is I’m talking trailing twelve month (TTM) multiplier, not exit month x 12 for ARR. Understand this is less common for earlier apps.

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@MattCowlin @juanjovn Never 5x? I feel like 4-7x was the standard range for B2C (and what I’ve experienced personally), anything less was more of an exception if it’s an extremely simple/generic app. Im curious to learn more about this discrepancy, because i do agree with your initial guidance above

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@marclou Feel like 6x trailing twelve month (not projected or 12x current month) is appropriate. Another approximation would 12xcurrent_monthx3. Both probably get you from 350-500

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@MattCowlin @Escrow_com Had never heard of @Escrow_com before. Now I know them well and will never use them. Rough PR on this story :/

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@ericsmith1302 @niklogvinenko Not to mention how incredibly hard and rare it is to “indie hack” your way into that milestone

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@drbarnard You need a river in your neighborhood!

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@MattCowlin @matteo_spada Are you happy with Astro @MattCowlin ? Wish they had a monthly option to try it out

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@MattCowlin @_chuckyc Placeit equivalent?

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Yikes. How’s this for a v1 Apple App Review timeline.

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@HHaandr @RevenueCat Love this thread.

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@justddev Anyone know if you pull the version while it’s waiting in review to make an update and quickly resubmit with a newer version, does that reset the clock?