Cloke: Strong SaaS ideation comes from adapting proven tools to growing platforms
Andy Cloke · Developer Goes from Freelancer to SaaS Founder With Simple Playbook (Copy it!) · Apr 18, 2021 · at 2:40
Data Fetcher founder Andy Cloke explains his software ideation framework to host Nathan Latka.
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“I've got a kind of framework that I kind of follow that's basically taking, like, an existing tool or an existing kind of profitable business, and then transfer, like, basically taking that and then applying it to, like, a growing platform.”
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