#22: Balancing sensitivity and impact + saying sorry (5 days left)
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Meet Jo Harrison Jo Harrison is an accomplished freelance web designer who primarily works with charities and non-profits. Jo provides a fresh and intimate look into the realities of working in a creative and dynamic industry. You'll learn how Jo:
This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the freelancing world, looking for insights and inspiration from a seasoned professional. Listen to the interview or read the transcript Check out Jo's website Jo's one of 83 people who choose to regularly work from The Skiff. Don't forget this week is the best time to join her! Check out Sorry Sorry's founders, cousins Robin Geall and Robert Rawlins sent out the first invites to their SaaS in August 2013 while living near Chichester, West Sussex. Almost 10 years later they have a great business. With a team of just three and $0 external investment they serve:
They also handle some technically impressive volumes. Averaging 50-100 Requests a second at the edge. And over 1 million status update emails and SMS sent every month! "One of the mistakes that I think quite a few people made in the early days was they had their mechanisms for communicating their status baked into their own product. And when the product went offline, all their communication tools went down as well, and so they had no way of talking to customers about the problem."
Robert Rawlings on The Rework Podcast
Robert is one of the SaaS founders who will be at SaaS Saturday this weekend (1st July). It would be wonderful to see you there too! Sorry is currently ranked 21st on our list of successful Sussex SaaS. Know some we're missing? Disagree with the rank? Hit reply to let us know. Also let us know if you're a customer of Sorry. Jon would love to ask you a few (easy!) questions. 6 Local Events: How Ethical Digital Marketers Do Their Work — Weds 28th, 6–8pm — SPACES Explore what ethical digital marketing professionals do in their work. From working responsibly with data to aligning digital campaigns with a client’s values. The Farm Freelancers Networking (weekly) — Weds 28th, 8–11pm — Battle of Trafalgar AI Breakfast Session — Thurs 29th — 9am-10am — The FuseBox From ideation to implementation, you'll hear about the transformative role GPT-4 played in developing a wide range of projects, including chatbots, Google Doc extensions, and even an AI-powered game! Brighton JUG — Summer Social — Thurs 29th — 6pm-8pm — 13–14 Foundry Street Products You Can Make In A Weekend — Thurs 29th — 4pm-5pm — Online This workshop with Julia Chanteray will take you through some super fast ideas for making products, getting them on sale and moving forward. Brighton Ruby - 2023 Conference — Fri 30th — 9:30am-6pm — Brighton Dome A huge gathering of people who use Jon's favourite programming language. 7 wonderful speakers from around the world joined by hundreds of Ruby developers. SaaS Saturday — Sat 1st July — 9am-6pm — The Skiff A kind of all day conference “hallway track”. A bunch of people who are working on software products. Hanging out/hacking, going for walks around town, eating lunch together and drinks at end of day. Every reply we get makes a difference! If you like what you read from us, let us know and we'll see if we can power through to 50 editions of Brighton Dynamic. And do send us your tips - which people, companies and events do you think 2,000+ people like you would like to hear about? Until then, Jon, Caroline & Paul PS If you'd like to hangout with us it would be great to see you at The Skiff, either at SaaS Saturday or as a new member - that promo code again JUNE2350 to get 50% off your first month - the clock is ticking! If you liked this you might like to:
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