Back to mundane small town hell
Around a year ago, my wife and I started looking for a new apartment in Berlin. We lived on 57m² (around 600 square feet), which included a small bedroom, a
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Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
University drop-out turned web developer, building Magic Pages, a Ghost CMS hosting service. On this blog I share insights from my entrepreneurial journey.
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Are SaaS businesses worth it?
You know what's really odd? People starting software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses because they "want to be financially independent", "do what they want", or "make
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Best Friends Forever?
Remember BFFs from high school? Best Friends Forever? Honestly, I never really got that concept. Probably, because I had very few friends in high school – let alone BFFs. It always
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Nerd-Out: Simplicity vs. Efficiency
So, this is going to be a nerdy post. But hey, I created this blog, so I can write about things that are on my mind, right? I'll
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I have hit a wall
I have hit a wall. Full force. The last six weeks, I have spent on implementing a new pricing structure and customer portal for my Ghost CMS hosting provider, Magic
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Finding My (Business) Groove
I have started many side businesses in the past. Most of them (well, all of them, really) kind of flopped. Many years ago, there was an idea to do in-person
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How saying "no" to Apple changed everything
In summer of 2017 I sat in a hip and trendy hotel in downtown Vienna. I was excited and nervous. So were all the others in our group. All trying
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Lifetime Offers: A Year in Review
An exploration into the lifetime business model of my Ghost hosting service Magic Pages. Why it was the right decision, what struggles I encountered, and why it ultimately was a show-stopper for growth.
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Creating a new blog
So, blogging, hm? That's supposedly the new cool thing in 2024 – at least according to social media. Well, the thing is, I have entertained the idea of having
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