#96 The Calm Way
Hello, friends.
How is everyone doing? It’s been quite a few months! If you’d like to chat, catch up and talk about anything on your mind, I’d love to lend a friendly and encouraging ear.
Feel free to grab a time that’s convenient for you if you’d like to talk:
https://calendly.com/dphorne/30min
What I’m Learning/Doing
Last week, I quietly updated my Linkedin profile with something that’s been in the works for almost a decade. And while it’s not really a big deal and doesn’t change much of my day-to-day, it’s nice to be able to talk about it publicly.
The news is a new company called Calm Capital. It seeks to grow patient, purposeful and profitable businesses.
It’s the new home for the growing business interests I have. More to come in the next quarter as we pick up momentum.
Changelog
Honestly (honestly.co):
- Continuing to rethink how we can improve the way creative services and marketing have been done. We’re tired of clients and agencies having an “us and them” relationship
- Focused effort on new business development
LOFT (poweredbyloft.com):
- Last time I announced a three-month trial subscription we were experimenting with. Well, we won our first new customer on it.
- Finished a relatively smooth move to a new support system
- Have 28 customers and 68 apps under management
CrewPay (paywithcrew.com):
- Continued outreach
- Model building and acquisition exploration
- Have a 6-week streak of at least 1% week over week growth
Pttrns (pttrns.com):
- In discussions with new growth opportunities
Augusto (augusto.digital):
- Focused on healthcare and partnerships
- New opportunities are heating up
Until next time.
-David
P.S. The current marketing technology landscape is jaw-dropping: https://cdn.chiefmartec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/martech-landscape-2020-martech5000-slide.jpg
P.P.S. Somehow, I lost track of one of my childhood favorite clothing designers. Found him: https://www.instagram.com/yokishop/
P.P.P.S. Trying out the new ones from Best Coast and Diet Cig and :
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