Hey, I'm Leo. I've been working in tech for 20+ years.Founded and sold a B2B company to chase my dreamed....meaningless life?I also told how I spent 10 months coding before selling and how a complicated product ruined the pricing decision
@leonagano
Things I've done
| $0 | < $100 | < $1000 | > $1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ToucanFX Create sound effects with AI | Owlendar Blog posts on autopilot $30 | Airportrs Best options from airports to city centres $100 shut down | AnyToSpeech AI Text to voice converter (I acquired it in Feb '24) $1,090 |
| Good Business, Better World Tech for good, social enterprises, Climate Tech | RejectedByYC Directory of companies rejected by YC shut down | Millions Dollar AI Homepage A collection of AI products making millions $220 shut down | Nera Real-time dashboard $2.8m total rev. in 6 years Sold in 2014 |
| News.Podcast.Done Daily recap podcasts created with AI shut down | IDontGiveAShtAboutBlueCheck Don’t pay for Twitter blue check $8 shut down | ||
| Cards Against ChatGPT A collection of news against ChatGPT shut down | StretchYourAnnualLeave Calculator to help you make the most of your annual leave $10 shut down | ||
| Blueskyshots Stunning Bluesky's posts screenshots shut down | HotelsForVisitors Bnb's available near events $20 shut down | ||
| I’m beach lover Twitter bot - daily tweets random beaches around the world shut down | |||
| NoSenseOfUrgency Remove "sense of urgency" from hotels bookings websites shut down | |||
| NoDisguisedAdsAnymore Fade out Google ads shut down | |||
| DaysToTennis - Twitter counting down the next tennis tournaments shut down | |||
| NoAgeismInTech Age friendly companies tech job board shut down | |||
| Prezzing Clipping tool for PR companies shut down | |||
| InBrewers Directory of independent beer brewers shut down | |||
| AllergiesandKids Directory of resources for kids with allergies shut down |
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The boring stuff
• 10+ years as Java Sofware Engineer and Project Manager.
• I co-founded a IT outsourcing company in 2008 and sold in 2013.
• I created a company (real-time Business Intelligence software) in 2008 and sold in 2017 (built the first version/Project and Product managed/led a team of engineers/worked with the sales team on proposals and pitches/responsible for the P&L)
• I've been working as Product Manager/Product Owner since 2018