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Volkan Kaya
Bootstrapped founder of Versoly
Appears in 13 Episodes
EP014: Delegating and Dark mode
Simon is ready to launch the new agent and Volkan has built dark mode.
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EP013: Cashflow forecasting and MVP features
Simon had issues with cashflow for the first time as he has "over" hired. Volkan became a digital nomad and has shipped more features power users.
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E011: UI and Maintenance
Simon and Volkan are both dealing with maintenance.
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E010: Tailwind this, Tailwind that
Volkan rebuilds chrome dev tools for Tailwind and Simon finally gets a proof of concept for his secret project along with audit paperwork prep
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E009: Scope and Secret Projects
Simon has updated the marketing graphics and doing maintenance work across the business. Volkan has ran some customer interviews and still building features based on t...
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E008: Customer Interviews
Simon and Volkan both go out of their way to talk to customers.
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E007: Incremental vs Innovation
Simon is adding new rate limiting, and hoping to lower his AWS bill. Volkan conversions are lower but hoping new UX changes will increase them.
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E006: Stripe, Selling and Scope
Simon has been dealing with Stripe in multiple interesting ways, and Volkan accepts that scope creep is just part of founder life.
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E005: Strategic Backtracking
Simon has had to go back and look at what is effecting his SEO rankings. Volkan decide to backtrack and not build a cool feature.
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E004: Summer Slowdown
Simon is worried about recession and what that will do to churn and growth. Volkan is still working on pricing and UX.
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E003: Tidying Up
Simon is tidying up the marketing website and some processes. Volkan is adding and finishing up some features he hopes will increase conversions.
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E002: Platform Risk
Both Simon and Volkan are having some platform risk. Digital Ocean had some API errors with their backups and Volkan is waiting to get access to Stripe features.
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E001: Unnamed Podcast
Simon and Volkan introduce themselves and their businesses SnapShooter and Versoly.
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