Articles by Jordan Kennedy
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Growth Teardown #2: How Fathom Analytics Built a $1M+ Business by Timing GDPRFathom launched 13 days before GDPR went live and grew to over $1M a year with no investors, no ads, and a team that has stayed in the single digits for eight years.
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How to Build a Budget That Actually Works (Step-by-Step)Most budgets die in month one because they're built on guesses instead of data. Here's the five-step system that starts with what you actually spend.
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How to Track Your Spending (Without a Spreadsheet)Four ways to track spending, ranked by which one people actually still use a year later. The method that works isn't the one that feels like it should.
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How I Track My Indie App Revenue (And Why Most Developers Don't)App Store Connect shows gross revenue. After Apple's cut, taxes, and dev costs, your real take-home is typically 60% lower than that number.
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How to Get Your First 100 Users Without a Marketing BudgetThe five-playbook system solo founders use to reach their first 100 users with zero marketing spend, plus scripts and a 30-day plan.
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Growth Teardown #1: How Carrd Reached $2M ARR Without Spending a Dollar on MarketingCarrd is a one-person SaaS that hit $2M ARR by accident. Built for one use case, discovered by audiences its creator never anticipated.
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How Does Socially Responsible Investing Work?A plain-language guide to SRI, ESG scores, impact investing, and what to look for before you put money into a values-based fund.
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Passive Income Through Investments: A Practical GuideHow dividend stocks, index funds, and REITs can pay you without requiring you to trade your time for every dollar.
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Why Digital Receipts Matter for Taxes and AuditsThe IRS accepts digital receipts as legally valid documents. Here's how to set up a system that holds up when it counts.