169: Insights and Observations on Starting a Business with Josh Pigford

Caring for yourself as an entrepreneur, ignoring data, and being a painkiller with Josh Pigford.

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Welcome to episode 169 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Josh Pigford from Baremetrics about the lessons he has learned in the 15+ years he’s been building businesses.

Insights and Observations on Starting a Business

The life of an entrepreneur is always changing, but after 15+ years in the business, you can expect to learn a thing or two.

Josh is a self-proclaimed “maker” who “can’t stop making things.” As a blogger, you can probably relate. You can’t stop posting, stop photographing, stop social media-ing.

Josh has 50+ projects and businesses under his belt, and he’s here today to share a few of the insights and observations he has learned along the way. From advice about whether you should have a painkiller or a vitamin business to whether or not it makes sense to strive towards perfection, you’ll learn all about the lessons Josh has learned to help him build a $1M+/year business.

In this episode, Josh shares:

• When he became an entrepreneur
• What Baremetrics is
• Why his customers cancel
• His insights and observations for starting businesses
• Why you should ignore data early on
• The difference between a painkiller and a vitamin in business
• How to care for yourself as an entrepreneur

Resources:

• Baremetrics
• WP Tasty
• Open Benchmarks
• Open Startups
• 140: From $300k in Product Sales to $9m in Software Sales with Nathan Barry
• Josh’s Observations / Insights
• Shoeboxed
• Quickbooks
• Cedar & Sail
• Rockburg
• Follow Josh on Twitter

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