Nick Ringling | ClearView QoE

Founder of ClearView QoE — CPA-reviewed quality of earnings reports for small business buyers. Helping people know exactly what they're acquiring before they sign. Happy to talk due diligence, add-backs, or anything SMB acquisition related.

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I built the product. Now I’m questioning whether users will build the habit.

The date on our data was lying to us, and it took a three-month-old funding round to notice

Built a 5-Minute Revenue Leak Diagnostic for SaaS: Currently Looking for 5 Beta Testers

Built a 5-Minute Revenue Leak Diagnostic for SaaS: Currently Looking for 5 Beta Testers

I built a guard for AI agents that act on stale information

2,000 upvotes on Reddit, 0 signups. I stopped launching and started commenting. 11 customers later.

We took our platform down for 22+ days to kill the old codebase and rebuild a 3-layer architecture. Here is what we learned.

Built a 5-Minute Revenue Leak Diagnostic for SaaS: Currently Looking for 5 Beta Testers

I built two websites before talking to users. I think I see the problem now.

I built a two-sided marketplace and never once asked anyone to use it

700 downloads and stuck — five months later...

I built a simple directory of job boards 4 years ago. It just passed $100K 💵

Anyone else had an AI coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) silently die mid-task when your connection dropped?

I got banned marketing my own products on Reddit, so I built a tool. 19 months later: 400 paying founders, $56K, zero ads

4 founders told me the same thing about launch platforms — so I’m changing what I’m building

700 downloads and stuck — five months later...

Making $9k/mo with a mobile app until platform risk took its toll

I built a two-sided marketplace and never once asked anyone to use it

I was turned down by the same company twice. Third time, I closed them for £40K. Here's what changed.

My first paying user told me I was charging too little. It took me 4 months to listen.