Making the web faster at ▲Vercel while bootstrapping SaaS on the side. Currently building tryslater.com ⏰
2023 goals
Happy New Year!
I wrote a few posts recently that might be relevant as you think about 2023:
- https://drew.tech/posts/posterity
- https://drew.tech/posts/cron
- https://drew.tech/posts/defaults
- https://drew.tech/posts/effective
The last one is the most inspiring if you already feel short on time for your 2023 goals.
This year, I'm focusing on building registered.dev — a pre and post sales tool for collaborating during the technical sales process in a much better way.
My stretch goal for the year is to finish the MAVP and close six deals for Registered.
One favor: if you know anyone who works in pre-sales or post-sales at a DevTool company (roles like Sales Engineering, Customer Success, Technical Account Management, RevOps), I'd love an introduction (forward or reply to this email 🙏).
If your 2023 goals involve building with Next.js, learning sales, or shipping products, I’d love to hear about them.
LFG,
Drew
Drew Bredvick
Making the web faster at ▲Vercel while bootstrapping SaaS on the side. Currently building tryslater.com ⏰
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Hey there, A slightly more niche twist to my latest post: Selling to Developers. I've been a part of a few build vs buy decisions as an engineer and countless more as a technical advisor during Vercel sales cycles. The best type of selling is educating and that holds true with developers. Only care about technical posts? Click here to opt out of any sales/marketing/product-market fit emails. LFG, Drew