Kyle Davidson
Back in 2013 I made my first “$10k bet” — I borrowed $10,000 from a ski resort in order to launch a tour & travel business which I grew to multiple 7-figures and sold in 2022. Now I’m sharing my journey and what I’ve learned from building businesses over the last 10 years along with real time progress on my current projects.
How I saved my failing coffee shop in 2017
In 2016 I owned a failing coffee shop in NYC. After losing money on it for almost two years I was ready to call it quits. Right before shutting it down I decided to throw a hail mary and do something drastic. It sounds unbelievable but this one change made it profitable practically overnight and completely turned the business around... First, you might be wondering... Why would someone wait two years to shutdown a business that was losing money? Well for one thing, I was an idiot. This was...
The mystery man who made me tens of thousands of dollars
I did a text interview on IndieHackers.com with in 2017 What came out of it improved my conversion rate for years to come... First, some background -- It's a little cringe for me to go back and read but still some good nuggets in there. At the time I was 29 and my travel business was doing $125,000/mo. I had no idea my life and my business was about to come crashing down on me one year later (I'll tell that story another time, it's a doozy). From the article: "First think about how you're...
Turn lookers into bookers
I ran an A/B test on my email capture popup and wanted to share the results (for jobboardly.com) and why I do this The goal: Turn lookers into bookers I ran the test with three variants. Disclaimer: This wouldn't be considered a true A/B test since all three are a little different but I'm lazy so it's close enough for me Variant 1: Small slide in immediately upon entry -> bottom right corner ($50 off) 1.88% email capture rate (I SUCK) Variant 2: Small Exit Intent -> 10 step action guide (no...
Back in 2013 I made my first “$10k bet” — I borrowed $10,000 from a ski resort in order to launch a tour & travel business which I grew to multiple 7-figures and sold in 2022. Now I’m sharing my journey and what I’ve learned from building businesses over the last 10 years along with real time progress on my current projects.