Lessons in growing a Facebook Group to 28,000 members

Sometimes, I feel like I just got really lucky. Besides, all I did was accept and decline member requests nearly every day for 3 years, post memes and funny content often, build branding that fits my audience's niche, get verbally berated and not berate back, post useful career a … | Continue reading


@blog.stetsonblake.com | 3 years ago

I Tried to Buy 4 Different Startups

Have you ever had a hobby that you're not good at? They can still be kind of fun. For me that has been acquiring online businesses or SaaS products. It is not easy, but it gets easier, I think. Ever since I took Ryan Kulp's MicroAcquisitions course, I've been looking | Continue reading


@blog.stetsonblake.com | 3 years ago

Why Buying a House Is Like Buying a Startup

Money pit or fixer-upper with potential?  In the past few years, I've gotten very interested in the online businesses. I've tried to acquire a few SaaS businesses but all of my deals so far have fallen apart. (I'll write about that soon). I'll find one some day. SaaS and | Continue reading


@blog.stetsonblake.com | 3 years ago

Hacker News hates Clickbait but I love their traffic

I hit Number 6 on Hacker News today. It was...in short, fucking awesome. Seriously, this is a drug I didn't know I needed. I made my girlfriend take a picture to commemorate the moment. Then I ate some tacos and poured up a bourbon mule. This was better than | Continue reading


@blog.stetsonblake.com | 3 years ago

I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich

In May of 2018 I decided I wanted to launch a SaaS product. There was only one problem. I'd never worked on, built, designed or even coded a fully fledged web app or SaaS product. y thoSaaS was to be the holy grail. A magic money machine that you create | Continue reading


@blog.stetsonblake.com | 3 years ago