Bootstrapping, AppSumo deals and productivity tools - Macgill Davis / Will Goto, Rize.io

Macgill Davis and Will Goto are the founders of Rize, a time-tracking platform that helps you increase your productivity, started in August 2020. Will and Macgill met at a company called Peer, which then got acquired by Twitter, they then left Twitter and founded a company called Humble Dot, which they raised for but unfortunately had to shut down.Join the membership for extended conversations 👈What we covered in this episode:Working on a side project while at TwitterRaising funding then leaving their jobsCo-founders with the same technical backgroundA different approach to finding a co-founderShutting down a business when it’s not doing wellSearching for a new idea and solving your own problemCreating a landing page and running some adsPicking a market to focus onTime tracking for productivityGetting traction through AppSumoCash up front with lifetime dealsRaising vs bootstrappingHow to be more productiveRecommendationsBook: Deep Work by Cal Newport, Atomic Habits by James ClearPodcast: The Rest is History/Revolutions, Masters of ScaleIndie Hacker: Tony Dinh, Arvid KahlFollowMacgill on TwitterWill on TwitterFollow MeTwitterIndie Bites TwitterPersonal WebsiteBuy A Wallet2 Hour Podcast CoursePodPanda (hire me to edit your podcast)Sponsor - FiguraOften great design makes products stand out in this day and age; stop trying to figure it out yourself. Figura offers vetted product designers for startups and fast-growing companies. Find your first designer or contractor, or land a helping hand for your product in less than 48hours. Save $199 and start your project for free, using code "INDIE199".Head to figura.digital to try it out.