Made with Grit

31: TJ Muehleman on building global health data software in 2020

Episode Summary

Landon and TJ discuss what it's like transitioning from services to products, bootstrapping, selling to NGOs/healthcare, and being motivated by the impact their products have on the world. TJ also talks about how his global health data SaaS is having quite a moment in the year of COVID, sparked by a free tool that tracks Coronavirus data.

Episode Notes

Landon and TJ discuss what it's like transitioning from services to products, bootstrapping, selling to NGOs/healthcare, and being motivated by the impact their products have on the world. TJ also talks about how his global health data SaaS is having quite a moment in the year of COVID, sparked by a free tool that tracks Coronavirus data. 

Today’s Topics:

• ATL ties
• Bootstrap or raise?
• Services to products
• Building for impact
• When to cut your losses and move to the next idea or product
• "Luck is the residue of design"
• Building a fully remote team
• Global health data and how COVID has shined a light on the space
• Covid Mapping Project
• Selling, contracts, and collections pains in the healthcare industry
• Profit-sharing and owner distributions

Links & Resources:

• Secure Data Kit
• NTDeliver
• Covid Mapping Project
• Switchyards
• Atlanta Tech Village
• Nathan Barry on profit-sharing
• @TJMule