Joby Russell

When Facebook was launched and it killed MySpace (and others) it was materially different in its proposition. At the time it was new and exciting. Threads simply doesn’t seem differentiated or distinctive from Twitter. #threads #clone

My son just asked…. “why do all Americans all have a TikTok voice?” 🎙️🤣

China hits out at US over TikTok ban on federal devices. A bit rich given Facebook has been banned in China for years. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-ch…

Bad boys for life. #verticalsaas

Vertical SaaS is considered boring and uncool. Consider this… Today we shipped a new settings section which makes it easier to update contact details. And we love it! 🖐️ 🎤

This is how you know when you have product market fit. #startups #verticalsaas #marketplace

Definite football snobbery against just smashing the ball for a penalty. Put your laces through it, give yourself a chance! #penalties #WorldcupQatar2022

British Gas spending circa £60k on a single 30 second TV spot during the World Cup about helping people with their sky high energy bills tells you all you need to know about the state of energy prices and outrageous company profits.

The least successful Russell at the races to support the future F1 World Champion and most successful Russell.

Future world champion!

Whoever @nextofficial cut the deal to buy the Made.Com intellectual property for £3.4m got a great deal. Good brand, millions spent building it. Bargain.

That’s the UK, New Zealand and Finland with Xennial leaders. Just a matter of time before Joe Biden asks one of them round to fix the Wi-Fi.

Compounding growth is one of the most powerful concepts in creating financial security, yet it’s never taught in school, I don’t remember it being taught in my economics classes or even my business degree. #saas #startup #verticalsaas

A big pharma company emailed me last week and with balls of steel asked…. “Can you send us a list of the contact details of every medic on your marketplace” Errrr no.

When a founder running a generic white label product on a Shopify site tells early #SaaS founders to focus on profit not investment. 🙄

A momentous day. Our first card machine is out the door and on its way to a clinic! #verticalsaas

If you work in #verticalsaas a major decision is pricing your operating system. Low ball for fast adoption and then generate more revenue as you expand into other potentially more lucrative products or price in line with its own inherent value?

Days away from launching GlowdayPRO out of beta. The first time clinic management, marketplace and payments have been in the same place for the $70b med spa and med aesthetic market. #verticalsaas #fintech #marketplaces #medicalaesthetics #medspa

Here we go, first podium in a Merc!