Simon is getting ready to release the new Golang agent that will make backups possible behind firewall easily.

Volkan has added dark mode as designers seem to dislike the current UI.

Someone posted Versoly's Webflow alternative page to their subreddit and it got a little traction.

Simon on Twitter
Volkan on Twitter
SnapShooter - Simon's startup
Versoly - Volkan's startup

Simon gets his secret prototype working and beat the network bandwidth issue.

Simon finally reveals one of his secret projects as a Golang binary that will allow customers to bypass their firewalls and make it much easier to setup.

Cashflow is hard and Simon ran into an issue with it as freelancers shipped faster than expected eating into it quicker than planned.

Volkan has become a digital nomad in Turkey and is working slower than usual due to lack of 34inch screen, fast internet and proper work setup.

Volkan finished the backup solution for components and CMS items (blog posts), and had to cut scope to ship faster.

After feedback from customers that the UI can get a little confusing Volkan added a mini settings popup for important options.

Simon on Twitter
Volkan on Twitter
SnapShooter - Simon's startup
Versoly - Volkan's startup

Simon's rebuild of the proof of concept prototype for his secret project is successful, 14% to 95% data transfer efficiency compared to raw speeds.

Jamie is stuck working out why the sales demos aren't converting to paid customers even though they seem happy with the product.

They both discuss the extra paperwork required for running a SaaS and how having backend processes like good accounting may actually add value to the business with higher resell value if that times ever comes.

Jamie on Twitter
Mashoom -Jamie's startup

Simon on Twitter
Volkan on Twitter
SnapShooter DigitalOcean Backups - Simon's startup
Versoly - Volkan's startup

Simon had to finish up work for ISO 27001 and Volkan had to update a bunch of npm packages.

Simon got a prototype complete quickly but realised that it won't work as it isn't fast enough.

Volkan added backups for components and CMS items that customers can restore instead of having to go to support.

Simon on Twitter
Volkan on Twitter
SnapShooter - Simon's startup
Versoly - Volkan's startup

Simon on Twitter
Volkan on Twitter
SnapShooter - Simon's startup
Versoly - Volkan's startup

Simon is continuing to update marketing site to increase conversions. Lots of maintenance work from security management, to marketing site and fixes for his SaaS.

Simon is also working on a new backup type for a secret project that is a very large market and may require a new go to market approach.

Volkan did some customer interviews and was able to learn the aha moment for designers using the platform (Classes). So he has decided to double down and build features around this. Also these learnings will be added to the marketing site.

For developers Volkan has added VS Code into the platform using Monaco.

https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/
https://www.gitpod.io/

Simon on Twitter
Volkan on Twitter
SnapShooter - Simon's startup
Versoly - Volkan's startup

Simon surveys his customers to find out what features they would like. He is also still working on improving SEO rankings.

Volkan does video calls to watch how they use the product and learn more about the market.

Simon on Twitter
Volkan on Twitter
SnapShooter - Simon's startup
Versoly - Volkan's startup

Simon is reducing peak load of logging by adding rate limiting. He also upgraded to a higher Ahrefs plan to see daily rankings so he can fix his SEO faster. Twitter ads unperformed so Simon has swapped from impressions to click optimised.

Volkan had some great feedback about the rebuilt add elements from new and existing customers. To increase conversion rates he is redoing some of the onboarding to expose more features early on.

Tiny seed tales: https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-619-tinyseed-tales-s3e1-moving-from-bootstrapped-to-mostly-bootstrapped

Simon on Twitter
Volkan on Twitter
SnapShooter - Simon's startup
Versoly - Volkan's startup