# Finances

Another Month Behind: Financial Report for May

Exactly one month ago, I published a post titled “116 Days Left and $786,426.44 to Go”. As I write this post, we have 85 days left till our money for Finic is out. We spent a total of $169,864 in May (a bit less than in...

June 5, 2015 by vitaliy

# Finic News

Here is Our New Business Model

It took a tremendous amount of work to come up with our new business model that I am about to share with you. I ask that you spend 15 minutes, carefully reading this blog post and leave your feedback in the comments sect...

June 3, 2015 by vitaliy

# Finic News, Giveaway

Why We Just Launched “Get a Free Print” Experiment Here in Portland

In previous blog posts I promised I’ll share the new business model we came up with, I promise that the post with that content is ready, and I’ll publish it very soon. In this post, I’ll tease you a little by...

May 26, 2015 by vitaliy

# Advice and Experiences

How to Finish What You Start

I’ve met many smart, talented and capable people in my life. When I worked in construction, I remember working with a guy who had two computer science degrees but couldn’t get a job for some reason. It seemed odd t...

May 20, 2015 by vitaliy

# Finances

Why Do We Spend So Much Money Pre-Revenue?

I recently wrote a blog post titled Why We Spent $172,298 and Only Made $45 and got a ton of messages, responses and comments, such as this one below: Many of my close friends, acquaintances and blog subscribers do not u...

May 13, 2015 by vitaliy

# Finances

116 Days Left and $786,426.44 to Go

What do 116 days left mean? It’s about four months, a little less. What’s $786K? It’s a pretty nice house in Portland. It’s three Ferraris or two Rolls-Royces. I recently looked at our bank account and made a simple calc...

May 5, 2015 by vitaliy

# Finances

Why We Spent $172,298 in April and Only Made $45

I promised I’ll be completely transparent, today I’m going to share our finances. We spent a total of $172,298 in April and made a total of $45 from one sale during the whole month. I know… it’s kind of sad. Here i...

May 1, 2015 by vitaliy

# Advice and Experiences

5 Daily Habits Which Increased My Productivity by 2X

This blog is about complete transparency of every little detail behind my business and work life in general. I’ll start this post with a personal confession: I’m extremely hardworking, but I am not very produ...

April 24, 2015 by vitaliy

# Giveaway

I am Giving Away Three 20×30 Canvas Prints

I am giving away three 20×30 (or similar size) canvas prints to my readers. Each print is worth $120. Today is my 25th day blogging, and I’m pumped to have interested readers already. I want to say thank you to my f...

April 13, 2015 by vitaliy

# Finic News

How we built our beta version in 4 month + secret access to our beta

Finding the right people and building a kick ass team— that’s all you need to worry about. That’s how we built our beta of Finic in just four months. That’s all I wanted to say. The end. OK, fine, I’ll open up a bit more...

April 9, 2015 by vitaliy