@jdgraffam

I started buying saas companies in 2012 when nobody was doing it because I thought it made sense. Got on a few podcasts, and here we are. 20+ deals, no VC.

 Memphis, TN
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I wrote "Putting Unicorns through the Meat Grinder" medium.com/@jdgraffam/puttin… – at Orchards, WA

Putting Unicorns Through the Meat Grinder

Why I own two digital agencies and buy small software companies for a living

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Haha, I got Claude to cuss.
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I wrote about one way we're using Claude at Simple Focus. I hope you find it insightful. medium.com/simple-focus/you-…
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Every notification implied urgency. Every request felt like a quiet referendum on whether I was responsible, attentive, competent enough.
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I did not notice when it happened, but somewhere along the way I had granted strangers, clients, mailing lists, and automated systems authority over my day simply because they knew my email address.
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This is what we all need. teamlist.com/blog/digital-so…

Digital Sovereign

I would not be in business today if I had not learned how to manage digital information correctly. That may sound like an overstatement, but it isn't.

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I would not be in business today if I had not learned how to manage digital information correctly. That may sound like an overstatement, but it isn't.
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There was a stretch of my early entrepreneurial life when my inbox dictated my mood, my focus, and often my sense of self. Every unread message carried a faint moral charge.
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I'm back. Say hello.
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.@jdgraffam on why the “three options and two rounds of revision” methodology will not give clients what they want or need. ow.ly/tP1R50SrLsR
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I just published "Death to Three Options and Two Rounds of Revisions" link.medium.com/fcsZkFVnMKb

Death to Three Options and Two Rounds of Revisions

The typical, self-adoring web design agency covers their ass when they pitch “three options and 2 rounds of revision.” This is not a way to…

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This is, like, a major problem, right? chatgpt.com/share/7f4bd5d4-1…
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How is the new crop of kids called Gen Alpha and not called GenAI?
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Super conservative 2024 forecast with 2% mom growth: what is this business worth today? In a year? What if it gets 5% mom?
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Wow, this was an incredibly fun exercise. I'm going to do it with another business. PS: if anyone would give me 100k for this, lmk.
JD Graffam@jdgraffam8 Jan 2024
How much is this SaaS worth? No "would need to know more" responses, please.
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How much is this SaaS worth? No "would need to know more" responses, please.
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Same. It's amazing.
Peter Kang
@peterkang3425 Aug 2023
It’s astonishing how far referrals can take a business. We built up a surplus of goodwill with our first few clients and have been riding a 17-year wave of referrals ever since.
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Thanks for the love, @Ford
Ford at BlueOval City@blueovalcity30 May 2023
#Detroit and #Memphis have two things in common. #Music and #electric trucks. Shout out to JD Graffam and Josh Threlkeld for sharing their creativity and passion for electric trucks with the world! #blueoval_TN youtube.com/watch?v=0jbTfvIO…

Electric Truck

The original music video for "Electric Truck" Written by JD Graffa...

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We received a "letter to the editor" for a recent blog post on the @simplefocus site: simplefocus.com/blog/graphic…
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When someone says, "Why can't we just...," I know it's hard, but don't cringe and think of the reasons you can't. Take it seriously. Simplify.
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