Build Your SaaS

How Tim worked on side-projects for 10+ years, and finally went full-time (with kids)

Jun 20, 2023

55:16

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Building Side Projects for the Last Decade While Raising a Family

2min

The 10 Years of Consistent Effort

2min

How to Get More Users to Convert to Pay Per Month

2min

The Importance of Having Kids

4min

How to Make Ten Thousand Dollars a Month

4min

How to Achieve Self-Awareness in a Decade

1min

The Importance of Concentration

5min

The Importance of Mindfulness in TDI

4min

10.

The Importance of Alignment

4min

11.

The Importance of Maximum Effort

3min

12.

The Importance of Being Present

4min

13.

The Stress of Running a SaaS Business

3min

14.

How to Increase Your Brand Awareness With URL Shorteners

2min

15.

How to Use URL Shorteners to Get More Backlinks

3min

16.

How to Use Hrefs to Increase Your Website Traffic

2min

17.

How to Be the World's Shortest URL Shortener

5min

18.

How Qr Code Can Help You Increase Your Website Traffic

3min

19.

How to Be a Successful Developer

2min

Tim reached out after the Aaron Francis episode: "I wanted to pitch you on the idea of coming on the podcast and sharing my journey of building side projects for the last decade while raising a family. I can also share the guardrails I put in place before finally going full-time on T.LY."

Highlights:

(00:12) - Welcome
(01:18) - Who is Tim Leland?
(03:25) - What guardrails did you put in place?
(06:29) - What's the sales funnel?
(08:18) - Family as a motivator
(16:26) - How would you describe your effort during this process?
(20:11) - What about family boundaries?
(23:30) - How do you manage your thoughts?
(31:20) - How have you been able to manage the effort level?
(34:49) - The pressure of cutting the cord from your job
(38:21) - What's it been like being full time on t.ly?
(40:04) - What's your SEO magic touch?

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