A blog.
Is Your Job Slowly Killing You? The Boiling Frog Test
Is your job slowly killing you? Corporate suffocation is a slow leak, not an event. The boiling-frog problem, the four bands of trapped, and a 5-minute test.
OLVASD EL ▸My Mother Bought Me a Claude Subscription
My mother bought me a Claude subscription at €220 a month when I was 45 and broke. Eleven months later I had built a €2M platform for €3,250. The real story.
OLVASD EL ▸Startup Myths: The 4 Keeping You Employed
The 4 startup myths — co-founder, funding, coding, quitting first — destroyed with math. Building software now costs €340/month, not €500K and 18 months.
OLVASD EL ▸Solopreneur Weekly Routine: Your Weekly Operating System
The finale of The Road Ahead: the solopreneur weekly routine — a Monday CEO meeting, build and sell blocks, and five Friday numbers. Your weekly system.
OLVASD EL ▸Business That Runs Without You: The Road Ahead, Part 6
Part 6 of The Road Ahead: the four-week vacation test, the three exit paths, and how to design a business that runs without you — not just a smaller cage.
OLVASD EL ▸Platform Business Model: Think Platform From Day One
The platform business model for solopreneurs: reusable assets, a data flywheel, and network effects that compound within 12–18 months. Part 5 of The Road Ahead.
OLVASD EL ▸Consultative Selling: Learn to Sell Before You Must
Part 4 of The Road Ahead: consultative selling for people who hate selling — four principles that turn conversations into revenue before you need them.
OLVASD EL ▸Build Your Network Before Quitting: The Road Ahead, Part 3
Part 3 of The Road Ahead: build your network before quitting — three circles: support, delivery, customers. Your corporate network has a hard expiration date.
OLVASD EL ▸Build Your Business Foundation: The Road Ahead, Part 2
Part 2 of The Road Ahead: build your business foundation from four elements — playbook, diagnostic, pricing, positioning — while a corporate salary pays.
OLVASD EL ▸Service Business Models: Know What You're Building
Service business models: 96% of service businesses never scale past the founder. Part 1 of The Road Ahead: Practice, Firm or Platform — and how to choose.
OLVASD EL ▸LinkedIn Newsletter Growth: 0 to 736 Subscribers
LinkedIn newsletter growth in real numbers: 0 to 736 subscribers in weeks against a 100-300 benchmark. Seven lessons: what worked, what didn't, what I'd change.
OLVASD EL ▸How to Raise Prices Without Losing Customers (5 Steps)
How to raise prices without losing everyone: 58% of subscribers actively accept increases when value is clear (Chargebee). The 5-step playbook + benchmarks.
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