A transparent look at how I generated $10,352 in revenue from my indie projects in August 2021.

Highlights

• A redesign of TinyPilot’s website seems to have increased sales.
• TinyPilot now has a European distributor.
• After three years, I’ve earned back my investment in Zestful (and I might sell it).
• I’m still ruthlessly delegating every task I can.

Goal grades

At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like to accomplish. Here’s how I did against those goals:

Help TinyPilot’s EU distributor achieve his first sale

• Result: The distributor made his first sale on September 6th
• Grade: B

I was hoping we’d earn the first sale within August, which unfortunately didn’t happen. Still, we got a sale within 10 days of launching the EU site.

As a big fan of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, I was interested in this book. 70 years after it was published, I still see people recommending it, so I had high hopes.

Sadly, the book fell short of my expectations. When I read How to Win Friends and Influence People, every chapter felt relevant and useful. In contrast, only about 20% of How to Stop Worrying and Start Living felt useful. Most of the book is personal anecdotes that failed to connect with me and mental exercises that didn’t appeal to me.

Highlights

• TinyPilot’s EU distributor is on track to begin sales by the end of August.
• I’ve freed up time by delegating responsibilities to my teammates.
• I miraculously became unstuck on two tasks that have been blocking work for months.

Goal grades

At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like to accomplish. Here’s how I did against those goals:

Get my EU partner ready to begin sales by the end of August

• Result: We’re on track to begin sales by the end of the month.
• Grade: A

This went well. By next week, my distributor should have all the parts and instructions he needs to begin assembling his own TinyPilot Voyager devices. He’s on track to begin sales by the end of this month.

A transparent look at how I generated $11,517 in revenue from my indie projects in July 2021.