Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2017 is coming to a close and Jordan and Brian are looking back on this explosive year. They also share their plans for 2018. Audience Ops and Carthook both saw tremendous amounts of growth this year. That growth has caused the guys to reflect on 2017 and the lessons they have taken away from the experience.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brian has seen an uptake in sign-ups and Audience Ops has ridden a roller coaster this year. Brian shares what he learned from the sudden stop and go growth of the business. 2018 looks to be a major year for Audience Ops, Ops Calendar, and Productize. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan has had a monster of a year. He is recuperating from a breakneck year with a well deserved slow down period. Jordan shares what this year taught him about team building and how he plans to fix some of the issues he noticed during Carthook’s major growth spurt.</span></p> <p></p><div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Growth%20is%20great%2C%20but%20it%20will%20mask%20problems.%20%E2%80%93%20Jordan%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2F2017-review-2018-preview%2F" target="_blank">Growth is great, but it will mask problems. – Jordan</a></div> <div class="TT_footer"> <div class="TT_byline">Powered By the <em><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-this/" target="_blank">Tweet This</a></em> Plugin</div> <div class="TT_tweet_link_wrapper"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Growth%20is%20great%2C%20but%20it%20will%20mask%20problems.%20%E2%80%93%20Jordan%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2F2017-review-2018-preview%2F" target="_blank"><img src="http://bootstrappedweb.com/wp-content/plugins/tweetthis/assets/images/twitter-icons/bird1.png" alt="">Tweet This</a></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are today’s conversation points:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The problems Jordan discovered when onboarding new team members.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brian’s surge in service sign-ups.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carthook’s Drip campaign disaster.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Setting new goals and themes for 2018.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The downside of sudden growth.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coping with wild growth and rapid plunge of business.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan’s tech issue in 2017 and how he plans to fix them.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Productize’s new course launch in January.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan’s general observations about 2017 and 2018.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brian’s general observations about 2017 and 2018.</span></li> </ul> <p></p><div class="TT_wrapper"> <div class="TT_text"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I%20actually%20have%20a%20lot%20of%20firepower%20to%20play%20with%20going%20into%202018%20now.%20%E2%80%93%20Brian%20http%3A%2F%2Fbootstrappedweb.com%2F2017-review-2018-preview%2F" target="_blank">I actually have a lot of firepower to play with going into 2018 now. – Brian</a></div> <div class="TT_footer"> <div class="TT_byline">Powered By the <em><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-this/" target="_blank">Tweet This</a></em> Plugin</div> <div class="TT_tweet_link_wrapper"><a class="TT_tweet_link" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I%20actually%20have%20a%20lot%20of%20firepower%20to%20play%20with%20going%20into%202018%20now.%20%E2%"></a></div> </div> </div>
