Jeff

I have my guiding motto on a wall in my house. It’s a quote from George Bernard Shaw that says: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” I am not sure about other entrepreneurs, but for me being unreasonable is a difficult thing. Like many others, I struggle with wanting to be liked. So seeing this on my wall every day when I wake up serves as a reminder to not worry about conforming, and to persist. Because without it, companies such as Spotify and many others wouldn't exist.

10 years ago, I started my first SaaS company. In that time, I’ve grown it to $33.4 million in annual recurring revenue. Here are 10 lessons I’ve learned over the last decade:

Twitter is rolling out View Count, so you can see how many times a tweet has been seen! This is normal for video. Shows how much more alive Twitter is than it may seem, as over 90% of Twitter users read, but don’t tweet, reply or like, as those are public actions.