I haven’t written in awhile. I figured I’d do a virtual “daily standup” for the week here on my progress.

What I’ve accomplished

Project #3 - PFM Tool

I’ve been conducting some market research on the Personal Financial Management (PFM) space. I’ll share my thoughts in a separate post (eventually).

Basically:

• There are some clear customer archetypes
• Though competition is stiff, people are still not satisfied by the offerings

100 days of code

I partnered with someone in my co-working space to launch an informal “100 days of coding” challenge. It’s just a simple challenge - code every day for 30 minutes and post your work on Github. It’s for anyone that wants to build their coding chops and get in the habit of writing code.

We built a little gamification into the system, and every day I’m posting a leaderboard in the group chat of who is the most consistent with their coding.

I want to see if there’s a business opportunity here. Can we hold classrooms entirely within group chats?

Reading

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

What I’m working on

I want to begin iterating on the feedback I’ve received for Project 1 and 2.

Overall

• Accounting - check that I’m not bleeding money

Project 1

• Look at a few different pricing plans
• Review my growth assumption. Perhaps implement a unique referral program