Craig Hewitt

Craig Hewitt

Founder and CEO of Castos. Husband to a very wonderful wife, father to two amazing children, and in constant search for the extraordinary.
Apr 11

What we can learn from the best SaaS Homepage Designs in 2019

As a bootstrapped founder there are lots of things that we do every day that are usually outside of our
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Mar 24
How We Work: A Calmer, More Thoughtful Development Practice

How We Work: A Calmer, More Thoughtful Development Practice

We have been ‘experimenting’ with the way we organize development at Castos for the past year or so.  By ‘experimenting’
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Mar 06
Startup Marketing Framework - How to Get Started Selling Your SaaS

Startup Marketing Framework - How to Get Started Selling Your SaaS

A lot has been written about how to go from zero to one with startup marketing, but unfortunately much of
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Feb 05
Acquiring a SaaS app with ZERO paying customers

Acquiring a SaaS app with ZERO paying customers

The last week and a half have been pretty eventful here.  Not only has it been “business as normal”, but
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Sep 11

Building a Paid Acquisition Campaign from Scratch: Part I - Designing the Campaign

This is the first in a series of blog posts where I’m going to be walking through a real
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May 14
Customer Development Essentials: Part 1 - Audience Surveys

Customer Development Essentials: Part 1 - Audience Surveys

There was a recent series of blog posts by Hiten Shah about doing a customer discovery survey the right way.
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May 08
Adding WordPress to an Existing Web App

Adding WordPress to an Existing Web App

There’s no doubt that WordPress is a fantastic tool for creating and managing your website’s content.  I don’
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Apr 22
Is Metered Pricing the only thing better than Recurring Revenue?

Is Metered Pricing the only thing better than Recurring Revenue?

There has been much written about the benefits for a business of a subscription recurring revenue model.  Financial forecasting, revenue
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Dec 21
Adding Products to a Service Business

Adding Products to a Service Business

“Does it scale?” is the question I get All Of The Time from people asking about the viability of the
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Dec 11
Intrapreneurship - ReInventing Your Business from the Inside Out

Intrapreneurship - ReInventing Your Business from the Inside Out

Focus.  It’s all about focus. Think about the best businesses you know.  What do they all have in common?
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Nov 04
How to Start a Side Project that will actually Help Your Business

How to Start a Side Project that will actually Help Your Business

It’s no surprise to anyone who’s been reading this blog or listening to my podcasts lately that I’
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Oct 21
What I Learned from The Tour Guides Outside of the Vatican about Serving Your Audience

What I Learned from The Tour Guides Outside of the Vatican about Serving Your Audience

The kids are on fall break this week and we decided to take a trip to Rome for part of
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