Fortune’s Path: the Blog

Our collection of ideas and tools for building great products and leading a life founded on love. Because the best way to get rich is to help others.

Leadership, Entrepreneurship Tom Noser Leadership, Entrepreneurship Tom Noser

Walter Hindman: Junkdrop and Charity for Profit

How many of us have founded a profitable $800k business by the time we’re 26? Not many, but Walter Hindman has.

The company Walter founded, Junkdrop Nashville, connects those with too much with those with not enough. Learn why Walter never wants to sell anything he collects, why ecologically sensitive disposal is so important to his business, and what he loves most about being a leader.

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Entrepreneurship, Leadership Tom Noser Entrepreneurship, Leadership Tom Noser

Teja Yenamandra: How You Know it's Time to Raise Money

Why would you take on investors when you already have a profitable business you had boot strapped yourself? Is the advice you get from investors as important as the money? Are remote software teams as popular as they were during COVID? Teja Yenamandra, CEO and co-founder of Gun.io, a platform for matching tech talent with the best organizations, tackles all of these questions in this episode of the Fortune’s Path podcast.

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Product Management Tom Noser Product Management Tom Noser

How to Price a SaaS Product

Tom gives a mini-lesson on the strategy behind SaaS pricing.

Price should be based on perceived value, and perceptions are based on emotions. You still need a rational, defensible theory about the value of your product. Know your primary objective when pricing your product: acquire users, generate revenue, generate profit, or capture market share. Pick one.

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Entrepreneurship, Product Management Mary Frances Noser Entrepreneurship, Product Management Mary Frances Noser

The Tyranny of Genius: How the Idea of Individual Genius Holds us Back

The model of the individual genius does not encourage great thinking. It holds us back from community, discourages risk taking, and obscures truth. Thinking is a group activity.

There is no such thing as a completely original thought. Individuals can have insights, but groups of people create works of genius. Our approach to thinking and the manner in which we implement our ideas is what helps genius flourish.

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