EP13: The Art of the Hustle
Build & Launch
English - February 24, 2015 22:23 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 157 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Business Marketing startups products web apps ebooks software launch saas bootstrapping Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: EP12: You gotta know when to hold ‘em
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This week he's working on a WordPress plugin with Carl Alexander. They're hoping to ship it on Thursday; will they make it?
Everybody is in a unique place in life. Some of us have our health, some of us have more free time than others, some of us have more resources than others... that's just the way it is. The challenge is for each of to not compare ourselves to other people who are in a different situation. Instead, let's figure out: how can we make something tiny, and put it out into the world?Adam Clark, from last week, talked about what he would do differently:
Pick something small you could launch in a week. That momentum of launching is really, really powerful.Great quote from James Altucher:
"I try to improve myself 1% a day. It seems small, but over a year it makes a big difference."Project update
We're combining two different platforms: Gumroad which allows makers to sell digital goods. On the other side we have WordPress, which is a publishing platform.The plugin we're building allows you to sell the content you create on WordPress using Gumroad.Check it out at www.getproductify.com.We've been hustling hard and have the main functionality in place.We still have a lot of work to do on creating a great user experience, plus more work to do on our launch strategy.Previous week's launches
The Build & Launch podcastThe Product Hunt HandbookNetwork Effects: a web app for notifying groups via SMSIrresistible PodcastingProductify: sell your WordPress content using GumroadShow notes
Carl AlexanderJim Gaffigan, Mr. UniverseThere are 110 reviews in iTunes! Leave your own review here.Sign up for the launch list for the WordPress plugin.Follow Justin on Twitter: @mijustinFollow Carl on Twitter: @twigpressJoin the newsletterPodcast hosting provided by Transistor.fm.
Update from 2021: A lot has happened since I recorded these episodes: I launched a podcast hosting company, Transistor.fm, with my friend Jon Buda! If you want to hear what I'm up to now go to transistor.fm/justin.