TinySeed & MicroConf
General Manager
I joined TinySeed in 2019 to help build its accelerator. My role has grown since then, and I now lead operations across TinySeed and MicroConf.
TinySeed invests in bootstrapped SaaS companies and runs premium programs for founders, including its accelerator and the SaaS Institute. MicroConf runs events and a community for independent founders.
WeddingLovely
Founder, designer & developer · 500 Startups alum
WeddingLovely was my startup: a directory of wedding vendors and a wedding planning app. I designed it, taught myself Python and Django to build it, and ran it for eight years.
I shut it down in 2018. I wrote about the business while I was running it, and later about why I decided to close it.
Hello Web Books
I wrote and designed Hello Web Design and the two Hello Web App books about building web apps with Python and Django.
They grew out of teaching myself to code and wanting a less intimidating way for other people to get started.
Writing archive
Most of these posts are from when I was running WeddingLovely and writing the books. I’ve kept them here, including the ones originally published elsewhere.
- August 7, 2019Why I shut down WeddingLovely (or, the dangerous lure of barely profitable bootstrapped businesses)
- July 21, 2015How I run a bootstrapped marketplace with eleven different properties and 5,000 vendors — by myself.
- January 9, 2017On hiring a virtual assistant (something I should have done years ago)