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Patrik Inzinger

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🎯 CEO appointmed.com & getavitu.com → Practice Management for Therapists ✍️ Slow & Steady → A semi-regular newsletter about staying a small company on purpose and running a remote business: saismo.at/writing ☀️ Full-time Summerholic & Pilot 🛫

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · 2d

I used to work 100-hour weeks and couldn't turn my brain off.

Now I work 40 hours tops (mostly) and make better decisions.

Wrote about why I need activities that demand total focus. Ones that won't let me think about work even if I tried.

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Finding My OFF Switch – Slow & Steady by Patrik Inzinger

Your brain needs complete breaks, not just different work. I learned this the hard way. Now flying and motorcycles force me to disconnect, and I make better decisions because of it.

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · 33m

Wasn't this around the original Gowalla time? I remember looking at your work, thinking, "Man, I'm never going to be THAT good at this whole design thing!" 🙈

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Chris Bee @chrisbeecto.bsky.social · 1h

If your only moat is speed, you aren't building something durable.

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · 8h

We got integration requests from 6(!) different AI phone services in the past 3 weeks. They all are offering the same feature for an outrageous price and „questionable“ security at best.

I‘m willing to bet that at least 5 of them are dead within 12 months. Getting a bit tired of the AI hype, tbh 🫠

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · 23h

It’s my birthday. 🎁

So, I took the day off and grabbed my little family for a day trip. It was also Kobe’s very first flight and he really enjoyed it! 🥰

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · 2d

Finding My OFF Switch – Slow & Steady by Patrik Inzinger

Your brain needs complete breaks, not just different work. I learned this the hard way. Now flying and motorcycles force me to disconnect, and I make better decisions because of it.

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · 2d

The Polestar 3 is such a solid upgrade from my Model S - the little design details are just *chef's kiss* 🤌

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Sep 4

Also, while I was gone @andreas-lehr.com published our podcast episode. 👏

Big fan of his show and honored to be invited as a guest 🙌

bsky.app/profile/andr...

Andreas Lehr @andreas-lehr.com · Aug 22

Von 17.000€ (durch 4!) auf 7-stellig ohne Investoren.

appointmed verbrannte 75.000€ für eine Head of Sales, lebte 4 Jahre von anderen Projekten.

Heute: 2.500+ Therapeuten, 70% Weiterempfehlungen

Happy Bootstrapping #135 mit Gründer @saismo.at

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Sep 4

Seriously. Back from a short vacation, and that's the news I have to read first? Oh come on…

www.theverge.com/web/770947/b...

(good thing, there's still zen-browser.app)

The company behind the Dia and Arc browsers is being acquired

$610 million is a pretty big number for a web browser

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Aug 6

Honestly, we are also still struggling with this from time to time. It takes a lot of discipline (and faith in your _current_ product) to not chase after every good idea.

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Aug 6

I totally get it. We were lucky and able to offset the "costs" by working on side projects for years.

Have you tried reaching out to your users? People who like your product might be more inclined to join, and most of your user base should be relatively tech-savvy.

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Aug 6

We had the advantage of being a 4-person founding team:
- 1 Product Design / Business Development
- 2 Devs
- 1 Marketing/Sales

So we had that covered with two devs right from the beginning. Still very product-focused, almost 10 years later, so our weak spot remains promoting our product. 😕

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Aug 6

Competitor raised a huge round?
Good. Let them light it on fire. 🔥

While they burn cash, you can focus on what matters: making customers happy.

Notes from the Slow Lane: Hard-Learned Lessons on Bootstrapping
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Notes from the Slow Lane: Hard-Learned Lessons on Bootstrapping – Slow & Steady by Patrik Inzinger

Most startup advice assumes you have funding. Here's what works when you don't: 5 lessons on building slowly, choosing simplicity, and letting well-funded competitors burn money while you focus on cus...

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Aug 4

Thanks, Borut! 🙌
It’s been a wild ride so far 😅

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Aug 4

While market headwinds have many companies restructuring, cutting costs and people, and even closing down, we quietly grew MRR by 49% in the first half of the year.

No new hires.
No extra spend.
Just staying annoyingly focused on the basics.

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Aug 2

Rainy Saturday writing session.
The next Slow & Steady issue is going to be a good one, I think.

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Aug 1

That little break also prompted me to write about the weight of caring for someone (or your customers) who depends on you. It can be exhausting.

The Cost of Caring: www.saismo.at/writing/the-...

The Cost of Caring – Slow & Steady by Patrik Inzinger

A critical failure in our app once brought thousands of practices to a standstill. And taught us a lasting lesson about responsibility, mistakes, and the emotional weight of building software people r...

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Aug 1

So… *taps mic*

It's been a while. Life got a bit too hectic for social media. What did I miss?

(btw: Whiskey is doing a bit better, but needs permanent medication. He won't ever be the same, but we are so thankful to have more time with him! ♥️)

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Jun 23

Wir managen das alles in Basecamp (so wie die restliche company). Aber wenn du nur explizit das machen willst, bist du wohl bei buffer und co gut aufgehoben. 👍

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · Jun 1

Whiskey had surgery and is recovering well. We might even be able to bring him home tomorrow. Unfortunately, it looks like one of his kidneys can’t be saved. 😔

We’re waiting on another blood test, which will hopefully show that medication can compensate for the lost kidney function. 🤞

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · May 31

„How To Live“ by Derek Sivers if you’re looking for something short-ish but impactful. 👌

Runner ups: It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work, The Psychology of Money, Company of One.

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · May 29

Quick update: Whiskey is staying in an intensive care unit at the moment. Looks like his kidneys are failing him.

Trying everything we can to get his body strong enough so he has a chance of surviving surgery.

The past three days have been a rough ride… 😫

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Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · May 27

I'm similar to you; I couldn't do it without integrating it into some other activity.

Walks with the dog. That's my usual podcast space a few times a week. 🐕 🎧

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · May 27

Wir haben ein geteiltes Konto bei N26 - das funktioniert super. 👍

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · May 26

I asked the same question and got two good recommendations: bsky.app/profile/sais...

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · May 22

And another one gone. 🥺

Email announcement of Pocket shutting down.

Patrik Inzinger @saismo.at · May 26

Trust, but verify.

Remember it when delegating.

Without verification, trust can turn into blind faith, leaving room for misunderstandings, mistakes, or even complacency.

You have to do both.

Trust, _and_ verify.

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Trust, but verify – Slow & Steady by Patrik Inzinger

Without verification, trust can turn into blind faith, leaving room for misunderstandings, mistakes, or even complacency.