Colin NederkoornThree things about work having a kid changed for meYou’re the first person on the internet to know that in 2017 my wife and I had a son. A common trait of CEOs (or so I’m told) is needing to…Jan 17, 2018Jan 17, 2018
Colin NederkoorninPlease ReplyYour Customers Define Your CompanyDeciding early on who you serve determines whether you’re a product-led company or a sales-led company.Aug 29, 2017Aug 29, 2017
Colin NederkoorninPlease ReplyStrap Ratio: How efficiently a SaaS business has turned investment into Annual Recurring RevenueTo get Customer.io off the ground in May 2012, we raised $125k in small checks from friends and family plus two angel investors. At the…Aug 3, 20172Aug 3, 20172
Colin NederkoorninPlease ReplyBootstrapping vs. VC Funded? You’re asking the wrong question.Every startup needs money to get started, whether it comes from outside the business or from the founders. But ideologically sticking to…Jul 25, 20172Jul 25, 20172
Colin NederkoornShould you build tangential features requested by early customers?I was chatting with some entrepreneurs today who had gotten early traction on their SaaS business with some larger companies. Their early…Mar 21, 20171Mar 21, 20171
Colin NederkoornTaking back control over your phoneShort of someone walking in to your house unannounced, answering a phone call is the most interruptive thing that can happen to you.Feb 21, 2017Feb 21, 2017
Colin NederkoornTaking back control of your timeI’m the questioner Jason Fried referred to in his recent post: Wait, other people can take your time? I attended “The Basecamp Way To Work”…Feb 18, 2017Feb 18, 2017
Colin NederkoornAgainst discriminationOne of our most sacred values at Customer.io is empathy. We created a company of people who have compassion and understanding for each…Jan 31, 2017Jan 31, 2017
Colin NederkoornReplacing a Macbook Pro with iPad Pro (or trying to)Apple thinks that the iPad Pro can replace your computer. I decided to pick up the iPad Pro 12.9 inch as an experiment. My primary use for…Jan 31, 20175Jan 31, 20175
Colin NederkoornWhy can’t Centurylink Gigabit Fiber stream Netflix 😒 ?I started wondering why Netflix has trouble maintaining a stream in the evenings on my Centurylink Gigabit Fiber connection. It would…Jun 22, 20162Jun 22, 20162
