A Pragmatists Guide to Making your Side Projects Pay

Presented at Second Wednesday, March 12th 2013

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1. A Pragmatists Guide to Making your Side Projects Pay Keir Whitaker Second Wednesday, March 12th 2013 ! @keirwhitaker keirwhitaker.com
2. AKA Lessons learned running a physical goods side business ! AKA Here’s some ideas that worked for us, maybe they will work for you ! AKA Loosely coupled musings from a digital shopkeeper
3. pragmatic (præɡˈmætɪk) adj ! advocating behaviour that is dictated more by practical consequences than by theory or dogma ! thefreedictionary.com/pragmatic
6. Insites: The Tour
7. Insites: The Book
8. Insites: Xmas Special
9. Countdone
10. Digest Magazine
11. 8 Things I’ve Learnt
19. secwed50 50% off Digest readdigest.com
24. To summarise ! 1. Collaborate for better results 2. Create a good online toolkit 3. Obsess about costs 4. Build markets from day one 5. Outsource where appropriate 6. Deliver great customer service 7. Offer discounts and have sales 8. Enjoy the ride as you don’t know where it could lead
25. Icon Credits ! • Delivery by Rafael Farias Leão • Toolbox by Dolly Vu • Collaboration by Krisada • Pound by James Fenton • People by Wilson Joseph • Payment by Wilson Joseph • Customer Service by Martha Ormiston • Coupon by Nathan Thomson • Analytics by Aneeque Ahmed ! All available on thenounproject.com
26. Thank You