Jolarki Canby

I ve seen founders spend an hour every Sunday planning their entire week, while others just wake up on Monday and start working.

I m curious which approach actually works better.

Do you plan your week on Sunday or Monday?

We ran a limited lifetime deal to secure quick upfront cash and get our name out to a wider audience. Now, those lifetime users make up the bulk of our support tickets and feature demands, while contributing zero recurring revenue for future server costs.

It made me realize that trading recurring revenue for instant cash can create massive maintenance debt down the road.

Have you ever experimented with lifetime deals, and did they help your business or come back to haunt you?

In the early days, it s tempting to keep driving top-of-funnel traffic to see sign-up numbers grow. But if only 10% of those sign ups actually activate and get value pouring more traffic into the funnel feels like pouring water into a leaky bucket.

On the flip side, pausing marketing to fix activation with a small user sample size makes it hard to gather enough statistical data.

How do you balance top of funnel growth with product activation during the first few months after launch?