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Life & fun · January 5, 2021

Identify, Build, Profit: Live Workshop!

A Repeatable Playbook for Launching Profitable Projects!

Identify, Build, Profit: Live Workshop! launched on January 5, 2021 with 7 votes, #1,184 of 3,157 launches that month. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

What it does

5+ years ago my little indie macOS app — Desk — won "Best Apps of the Year" via Apple... not once, but twice! Today, I launched a live workshop where I share my playbook for building profitable indie projects and apps! Can I share with you what I know?

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