Hewitt: Done-for-You Services Provide Step-Function Value Compared to Software
Craig Hewitt · Episode 522 | Hewitt - Where Are They Now? · Nov 10, 2020 · at 16:41
Craig Hewitt explains to Rob Walling why adding productized services to a software company yields more revenue than merely building editing software features.
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“And I think the value in a software tool is incremental. You know, we were talking in a previous episode about like incremental steps versus like big major steps that would, you know, double or triple the size of the business. You know, building software to help people edit their podcast is cool, but not that cool, but doing it for them is, is really cool.”
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