Hey there!

So today we hit a tiny milestone for the newsletter as it's the 60th issue of The Slice! Looking back, it's been a really cool ride having been able to create a tiny pocket of people that eagerly wait for each issue every week. Its a surreal feeling I'll tell you that much.

I dont really have an end goal with this newsletter, it's the process of actively building and putting it together thats the most rewarding part of The Slice for me. The byproduct of this little project of mine has been the tiny community and the friends I've made in the process. I've gained a great sense of belonging knowing that people actively read and get a value from each issue that I put out each week, which has been a big motivator for me, so I thank you! 

It's still blows my mind that Is still get a lot of people asking me questions like "how do I start a newsletter", "how can I grow this SaaS", "do you think my project has potential" or "I'd love to know your thoughts on x ?"

It really flatters me that many of you value my opinion and my input. Every time I get asked these questions I try and give in depth constructive criticism to the best of my ability, but in reality, you and me both are just winging it.

- Nic 

Important

Every week I spend quite a bit of time putting this newsletter together and it's been an incredibly rewarding experience for me but it has officially gotten to that stage in The Slice's life cycle where it's no longer free for me to send out this newsletter each week. I've always said that I will keep this newsletter free for you guys and I intend to keep my word on that. 

If you'd like to show your support, consider buying me coffee (it's $5 bucks) either once off or on a monthly basis. One coffee ensures that I can send one issue out each week and helps cover the costs to keep The Slice alive! 

To give something back to you guys, I was thinking about opening up a private Telegram group for all the supporters to hangout, talk about your projects/businesses or just chat smack with some like minded folks. Let me know if thats something that you'd be interested in!

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That's not to say that I don't like working. I write software for a living, which is crazy fun in and of itself. If you'd have told little 14 year old Jason, writing games on his Commodore 64, that he'd one day have a job doing basically the same thing, he'd have been pretty stoked." Read more

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