The Bumpy Ride
Merott \ud83d\udc3eI'm Merott, and I'm sharing the ups and downs of my journey as a maker on the Internet. Join me for the ride! \ud83d\ude98
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Could this kill Polar Habits? 🐻❄️
Hey friend! 😊
It’s no secret that pricing products is hard. It’s a frequent topic of conversation in maker communities. 💬
But, few people talk about the challenges of figuring out the split between free and paid features in freemium pro...
Maybe I don’t really want this…
In the last edition of The Bumpy Ride, I made two promises:
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“I’ll write again on August 31st.”
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“By then, I should be spending only 20% of my time building, and 80% of it marketing!”
Today is September 22nd, so, clearly, I fa...
What the hell have I been doing? 💭
It’s been a while since you heard from me…
In May, I wrote that I’ve been working on a new feature for Polar Habits called “Habit Phases” and that “most of the work is already done—I just need to…”
Well, I’m still working on it! 🙈
I was...
Counting sick days against you… 🤒
Hello, hello! 👋
I’m writing a little over a week later than I promised last time because I’ve been deep into “building mode” for the past few weeks.
I feel like I should be building faster, and there’s never (🙄) enough time to do my wri...
My mental struggles 😬
Hey, friend! 👋
Ever since we launched Polar Habits on January 1st, people have been asking for the ability to rearrange their habits. I procrastinated to start this for so long because I’d never built something like it. It was outside my...
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I'm Merott—pronounced like “Merit” and “Scott” mingled. Here, I'll share the ups and downs of my journey towards building an online business—it's a bumpy ride.
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