Product People
102 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsA podcast focused on great products and the people who make them
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EP101 – Scott Young: teach yourself how to program, finally!
August 07, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBI've been trying to learn how to program since 1985. This past year, at 38 years old, I finally figured out how. Questions we discuss in this episode: Is there only "one" way to learn how to code? Why is getting started SO HARD? How did Justin finally figure out a way to learn programming? Show notes Get the book: Ultralearning Scott's blog PDF: The science of cycology The latest from Justin: Want to start a podcast? My podcasting startup: Transistor.fm Join Justin's new...
EP100 – James Clear: improving your life in 2019 with Atomic Habits
January 24, 2019 13:30 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBJames Clear describes how you can improve your life, using small incremental steps that add up to big wins. Questions we discuss in this episode: How does "what you repeatedly do" affect your identity? How does someone’s context affect their ability to set and maintain good habits? Are good habits only for people of privilege? How can you maintain habits for people with depression, anxiety or attention deficit? How to form habits when your schedule is not in your control? (if ...
EP99 – Ben Orenstein's new startup is focused on pair programming
January 02, 2019 14:30 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBBen is the co-founder of Tuple.app and is running a new course called Habits for Hackers. ★ Looking for a community of bootstrappers? Join MegaMaker Club Show notes Ben Orenstein on Twitter Habits for Hackers Malcolm Gladwell and Rick Rubin talking about Johnny Cash Ben's working on a new product: Tuple.app Ben's episode on Bootstrapped Web TinySeed Earnest Capital Ben's co-founder weekly retro questions learntopair.com - Ben's guide to pair programming Art of Product ...
EP98 – The hard truth about bootstrapping startups (Part 2 with Jason Cohen)
December 17, 2018 12:40 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBJason Cohen asks Justin Jackson hard questions about his startup, Transistor.fm, and what it's going to take to go full-time. This is the second half of our chat. Part 1 was really just setting the stage. Part 2 digs into the real-life challenges of bootstrapping a business. ★ Looking for a community of bootstrappers? Join MegaMaker Club Show notes Podcast in 2019! Justin's original tweet Blog post: Can you bootstrap on the side? Watch this interview on YouTube Jason Cohen ...
EP97 – Can you bootstrap a company on the side? (Part 1 with Jason Cohen)
December 14, 2018 12:10 - 32 minutes - 30 MBWhen you're building a startup you have these questions: Should I work on my startup on the side, and grow it slowly? Should I take investment and go full-time sooner? These are the questions that have been circulating in my head over the past few months. Which is why when Jason Cohen, founder of WPengine and someone I respect, replied to my tweet, I took note: "It’s difficult to find successful companies where founders didn’t work 80+ hours and took longer than four years to ge...
EP96 – My secret phone call with Hamish
November 23, 2018 14:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBHamish Macpherson is an engineer at Buffer, and was one of the first people to join MegaMaker. ★ Looking for community of bootstrappers? Join MegaMaker Club Show notes Follow Hamish Macherson on Twitter Buffer Hamish's Stand to Make side-project The latest from Justin: My new startup: Transistor.fm Join Justin's newsletter justinjackson.ca/newsletter Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin Send Justin a messa...
EP95 – "Programming's gateway drug" with Samantha Geitz
November 05, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBThis is a great chat with Samantha Geitz, a Senior Developer at Tighten, and the founder of BetaFish. Topics in this episode: Should "business/marketing" people learn programming? What's the difference between messing around and being a serious programmer? Do regular programmers Google for answers? Why English Majors can make great programmers. If you want to learn hard things, do you need to be in a classroom? Why should take a mental health day when you need it. Announcem...
EP94 – Does the old SaaS playbook still work in 2018?
June 11, 2018 09:15 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBSo many great topics in this episode: Should developers learn design? Derrick's "viral signup" trick How important is a personal brand? How to promote your project (while you're still building it) Do software companies need to become more service oriented? Announcement: I'm having a birthday sale! Go to megamaker.co/birthday and get up to 38% off Marketing for Developers, my books, and Product Validation Checklist! Show notes This is the recording from the Art of Product P...
EP93 – SaaS pricing with Patrick Campbell
June 01, 2018 15:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBI'm building a new SaaS in 2018 with my buddy Jon Buda called Transistor.fm. Now, we're trying to figure out our pricing. We're trying not to pretend we know everything there is to know about running a SaaS. So, we wanted to reach out to some experts and get outside opinions about how to create our pricing tiers. So I asked Patrick Campbell, from Price Intelligently, to help give us some direction. He blew my mind. This conversation is incredible, you're going to get so much out of...
EP92 – 2018 MicroConf guide with Mike Taber
March 15, 2018 14:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBMike Taber (Bluetick) and Rob Walling (Drip) started MicroConf in 2011 as a conference for self-funded startups. It's gone from just over 100 attendees to nearly 500. It's become the place for bootstrappers to hang out. Get $100 off MicroConf Starter Edition Go to megamaker.co/microconf or text "microconf" to (424) 247-5762. Show notes Read the 2018 MicroConf Guide Register for MicroConf Get $100 off Starter Edition TED - how to make a great presentation DeckSet - make amazi...
EP91 – Josh Nielsen from Zencastr: software for podcasters
January 06, 2018 23:44 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBJosh started out trying to build a "GitHub for music." When that idea didn't pan out, he still wanted to do something with Web Audio and WebRTC. So he started building Zencastr, which gives podcasters the ability to record "double-ender" interviews in the browser. Get all the Mega Profitable case studies Don't miss any of the future Mega Profitable interviews! ★ Sign up here. ★ Show notes "I asked a podcaster I knew how much he'd pay, and he said '$20 / month' so that's what I u...
EP90 – "Give yourself time." Building a profitable business on the Shopify apps platform
November 18, 2017 18:13 - 49 minutes - 45 MB6 years ago, Bjorn Forsberg built an app called OrderlyPrint for Shopify. His goal was to increase his freedom, and to spend more time with his family. Was able to achieve it? (This is the 5th case study in the Mega Profitable series) We should measure profitability in other ways. It's not just "financial profitability." There's also "freedom profitability," and "time profitability." Because profitability is really about "getting ahead." So where else are you getting ahead? Get al...
EP89 – "We never wanted to fire anyone," Natalie Nagele on Wildbit's journey
October 28, 2017 00:45 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBBack in the early 2000s, Wildbit was an agency building Flash websites for Philly nightclubs. Then, in 2007, they launched their first product, Beanstalk. Two years later, they quit doing consulting. Natalie Nagele takes us through their story! Get all the Mega Profitable case studies Don't miss any of the future Mega Profitable interviews! ★ Sign up here. ★ Show notes Leave a review on iTunes! beanstalkapp.com postmarkapp.com From 2005: Wildbit's client portfolio Follow N...
EP88 – Pippin Williamson from beer money to over $1 million in revenue with WordPress plugins
October 21, 2017 04:14 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBPippin Williamson started out like a lot of us do: building websites for whoever would pay him. He decided to try selling one of his WordPress plugins. Now, Pippin's Plugins earns over $1 million in revenue a year. This Mega Profitable series aims to help founders, like you, get profitable! Get all the Mega Profitable case studies Don't miss any of the future Mega Profitable interviews! ★ Sign up here. ★ Show notes Leave a review on iTunes! pippinsplugins.com Sandhills Develo...
EP87 – How Nick Disabato built a profitable productized service
October 04, 2017 00:41 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBIt's time for another Mega Profitable interview! This series aims to help founders, like you, get profitable. Learn how Draft went from having $21 in the bank (in his first year) to creating a solid, profitable solo-founder business. Get all the Mega Profitable case studies Don't miss any of the future Mega Profitable interviews! ★ Sign up here. ★ Show notes Leave a review on iTunes! draft.nu Nick's service: Draft Revise Nick's book: Draft Evidence Follow Nick on Twitter: @...
EP86 – Mega profitable with Brennan Dunn
September 20, 2017 16:06 - 55 minutes - 51 MBIntroducing a new series: Mega Profitable. What's the difference between a founder who is mega profitable, and a product person who's just making a living? Brennan Dunn joins me to talk about his journey. This episode sponsored by... I've just updated my most popular product: the Marketing for Developers book. ★ Grab a sample chapter here. ★ Show notes Leave a review on iTunes! doubleyourfreelancing.com Brennan's new product: RightMessage Brennan's book: Double Your Freelanc...
EP85 – Facing your launch fears with Mike Taber of Bluetick.io
August 11, 2017 23:49 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBYou'll recognize Mike from Startups for the Rest of Us and the MicroConf conference. He's launching a new product called Bluetick. This episode sponsored by... ★ I'm updating my most popular product: the Marketing for Developers book. Relaunches end of August 2017. Grab a sample chapter here. Show notes Leave a review on iTunes! singlefounder.com Mike's product: Bluetick.io Mike's conference MicroConf Follow Mike on Twitter: @singlefounder Want to contact Justin? Join Jus...
EP84 – Contrarian bootstrapper Ian Landsman
May 16, 2017 00:39 - 1 hour - 78 MB"Charge more!" "Use content marketing!" "Start with an ebook!" There's a lot of folklore in the startup and bootstrapping community. Do they all stand up to scrutiny? This is my interview with long-time SaaS entrepreneur, Ian Landsman. Show notes Leave a review on iTunes! ianlandsman.com Ian's product: HelpSpot Ian's new product: Thermostat Follow Ian on Twitter: @ianlandsman Want to contact Justin? Join Justin's NEW Indie newsletter justinjackson.ca/indie Send Justin a m...
EP83: Laura Elizabeth – unmistakable product validation
April 08, 2017 21:31 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBHow do you find product ideas that resonate? Hear how Laura knew there was demand for her project, Client Portal. Everyone was like: "I want that." (This is my special MicroConf 2017 episode!) Show notes Leave a review on iTunes! lauraelizabeth.co Laura's product: Client Portal Laura's other project: Design Academy Follow Laura on Twitter: @laurium Want to contact Justin? Join Justin's NEW Indie newsletter justinjackson.ca/indie Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin ...
EP82: Adam Wathan is back with a new launch story
December 23, 2016 19:27 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBWhen we last chatted with Adam Wathan he'd just launched his first book. His next project is a course called Test Driven Laravel. You won't believe his launch results! You'll hear how he built the course, all his launch numbers, and why he thinks it was such an incredible success. Happy holidays everyone! Show notes Adam Wathan's blog Adam's course: Test Driven Laravel Follow Adam on Twitter: @adamwathan Follow Justin on Twitter: @mijustin Theme music by Striker-metal.com ...
EP81: Behind Adam Wathan's $100k book launch
November 01, 2016 16:52 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBAdam Wathan has always been passionate about learning new things, and sharing what he's learned with the world. Then he discovered that he could earn an independent living doing it. His book and video course, Refactoring to Collections, teaches PHP programmers how to apply functional programming principles to write clean, maintainable code. In this episode, we delve into each stage of his launch. Hear about how he built and promoted his course, and what his results were. Show no...
EP80: Are we at peak SaaS?
August 12, 2016 23:57 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBShould you start a SaaS company in 2016? Does it still make sense to run a SaaS as a solopreneur? (Originally posted on the MegaMaker podcast) SaaS isn’t a destination. It’s just a licensing and delivery model. Don’t treat it like a religion! Show notes Had two separate friends from the internet visit me this past week! Photos. Justin's book is out! He's sold 666 copies so far. He'd like to get to 1,000 copies. Get a special podcast deal here. See Jolt's books reviews. The fi...
EP79: Josh Pigford - "We're all winging it"
June 21, 2016 21:13 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBJosh is the founder of Baremetrics. But he's also just a normal guy. When a relatively well known investor chastised him, it stung. How does he deal with scrutiny? Most companies aren’t doing nearly as well as you think they are. 90% of the time that startup that you look up to, envy and try to mimic…they are in fact NOT crushing it. Show notes Josh Pigford on Twitter: @Shpigford Baremetrics Josh's tweetstorm on transparency + criticism Justin's new book: Jolt Podcast: Sleep ...
EP78: Nathan Barry - cash flow therapy (Part 2)
April 06, 2016 07:10 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBThis is part 2 of my conversation with Nathan Barry. In the past four months, he’s taken his burgeoning SaaS company (ConvertKit) from $1 million in annual recurring revenue to $2 million. That sounds exciting, but it wasn’t easy getting there. In this episode Nathan talks about the stress of being a new CEO, running out of money, not being able to get a loan, and finally figuring out a way to succeed. Personally, I completely ran out of money. Wells Fargo wouldn’t give me a loan. ...
EP77 - Nathan Barry – Three years in the desert (Part 1)
April 01, 2016 07:05 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBThe last time I talked to Nathan, his web app (ConvertKit) had just hit $5,000 in MRR. In this two part series, Nathan describes how they grew that to $182,000 in monthly recurring revenue. I’m going to start more conference talks with: “Look, this worked for me. If you can get something from it great. But there’s no guarantees.” I’m not interested in being a thought leader anymore. Show notes Nathan Barry on Twitter ConvertKit’s public revenue stats Justin’s other podcast: Mega...
EP76: Tom & Dan get physical with Studio Neat
February 09, 2016 22:24 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBTom and Dan had one of the most successful Kickstarters of 2010 when they released the Glif. But was that enough to launch full-time careers as product makers? In this episode, they delve into how they started Studio Neat (their company) and give tons of practical tips for building physical products, and doing crowdfunding campaigns. (This episode contains giggles) Show notes: studioneat.com Glif Kickstarter Daring Fireball’s post on Glif Their book: It Will be Exhilaratin...
EP75: Jason Zook on why he’s selling his future
September 24, 2015 17:09 - 43 minutes - 24.9 MBJason Zook has a different perspective on life and business. He’s not afraid to try weird and crazy business ideas. In 2008 he started a business called I Wear Your Shirt. Over 5 years he earned over $1 million in revenue from wearing over 1,600 sponsored t-shirts. Following that business, he sold the rights to his last name (he was Jason Headsetsdotcom and Jason Surfrapp for awhile). Jason joins me to talk about his new project: Buy My Future. Until October 6 people can buy every...
EP74: Tracy Osborn – launching a Kickstarter, a book, a SaaS!
September 21, 2015 19:51 - 47 minutes - 16.5 MBIf you want to launch your own Kickstarter, write your own book, or build your own web application you’re going to love this episode. Tracy Osborn is a serious bad-ass who’s done all three! She’s my guest this week. In this episode Tracy goes through the process of running a Kickstarter, and the lessons she’s learned: When I conceived the book idea, I was faced the decision whether I should work with a publisher, or whether I should self-publish. In the end, the typical royalty/ad...
EP73: Justin Jackson – “How I got into products”
June 26, 2015 23:57 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBI was recently on the Chasing Product podcast with Chris Hawkins. Chris is a good interviewer: he asked a lot of great questions about my back-story, and how I got into products. There’s this independence and self-reliance that comes from making your own products. Show notes Mentioned on Startups for the Rest of Us The Build & Launch podcast Working on Marketing for Developers Chasing Product Podcast: EP 25 Note from Justin Want to help the show? If you could go to iTunes l...
EP72: Nathan Barry – “The hardest thing I’ve ever done is SaaS”
May 04, 2015 23:33 - 56 minutes - 25.8 MBAfter having great success with books and courses, Nathan Barry has shifted his attention to his SaaS: a web application called ConvertKit. Two weeks ago I announced we finally hit $5,000 in MRR ( http://t.co/p7CY6OATEf). We've added $1,200 in MRR since then.— Nathan Barry (@nathanbarry) March 27, 2015 In this episode he shares all his revenue numbers, and how his focus on his sales funnel lately has increased MRR. The real question will be how long we can keep up this growth. But e...
EP71: Des Traynor on the forgotten job of every SaaS product
December 12, 2014 00:23 - 46 minutes - 26.7 MBDes Traynor is one of my favorite writers and speakers on the topic of SaaS businesses, and jobs-to-be-done. Notable quotes “I think not talking to your customers was always a pretty pathological thing to do” – Des Traynor “Customer service is the new competitive edge. Everyone has SaaS businesses. We’re all using the same frameworks, copying the same design techniques. Most software being produced today is infinitely better than it was years ago. The competitive edge isn’t going...
EP70: Samuel Hulick talks about building Useronboard
November 07, 2014 01:12 - 1 hour - 31.3 MBSamuel has become the internet’s authority on user onboarding. In this personal and open interview, Samuel talks about how he was able to discover his niche, build an audience, and launch his first product. He also talks about what to do after a dissapointing launch. Near the end of this interview, Samuel and Justin get passionate about the idea of greeting our product users like human beings: “Hello, welcome! We’re glad you’re here; we’ve been waiting for you.” Show notes Useron...
EP69: Nir Eyal on how to build habit forming products
October 31, 2014 04:36 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBIn June of 2013, I was introduced to Nir Eyal through Ryan Hoover. Nir had been blogging a lot about psychology and analyzing what makes a highly engaging product. Nir eventually published a book on that topic: Hooked – How to Build Habit-Forming Products. Hooked is a guide to building habit-forming technology, written for product managers, designers, marketers, and startup founders. In this episode we get into how you can design your products, especially the initial experience, t...
EP68: Brian Casel on productized services
October 23, 2014 22:04 - 56 minutes - 25.9 MBBrian Casel is a bootstrapper with a lot of projects: he has a podcast, a hosting platform called Restaurant Engine, and a new course called Productize.We talked about Brian’s story (from developing WordPress themes, to building an audience online) as well as what a productized service is. Show notes Brian’s new course is: http://casjam.com/productize/ Brian is the host of: http://bootstrappedweb.com/ He tweets at: https://twitter.com/CasJam His products are here: http://casja...
EP67: Mike Rohde is building a sketchnote army
October 02, 2014 19:33 - 37 minutes - 17.4 MBMike Rohde is a designer and an author, but he’s probably best known for illustrating the 37signals books: Rework and Remote. Mike is now building his own products: The Sketchnote Handbook, and the Sketchnote Workbook. Both are unique books, which also include video. Mike has a secret agenda: to get more people drawing again. Show notes XOXO Festival “Let’s make some stuff” Mike Rohde’s homepage Mike Rohde on Twitter Buy Mike’s first book: The Sketchnote Handbook Buy Mike’s n...
EP66: Marc-André Cournoyer on making the leap
September 04, 2014 22:05 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBMarc-André Cournoyer is a passionate coder and product person from Montreal, Quebec. If you’re a developer, engineer, or technical person looking to make the jump to building products, you’re going to love this one. Show notes Marc’s homepage Marc on Twitter Owning Rails Great Code Club Note from Justin This interview is a smaller segment of a full-interview with Marc, available on Product People Club. Go to productpeople.club, and sign up for the waiting list. Screenshots a...
EP65: Andreea and building Startup Kit
August 28, 2014 20:06 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MBAndreea Mihalcea is a dynamic young founder from Romania. Her and her team are building a new product called Startup Kit. I loved her insights into how and why people buy software products. Startup Kit is targeting an interesting problem: managers and CTOs who need to get a handle on what products their team is using and paying for. Notable quotes “When you’re working on a team, you have to make sure that your tools play nice with other team’s tools” – Andreea Mihalcea Show notes...
EP64: Jarrod Drysdale on bootstrapping design
August 21, 2014 13:15 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBFirst, you need to know that Jarrod Drysdale is a good dude. He’s also the author of Bootstrapping Design, and the creator of Cascade.io. He’s smart, and humble, and talented and he has tons of great things to say about building products, succeeding and failing, and the importance of really caring for the people you’re serving. Show notes Jarrod’s blog Jarrod on Twitter Bootstrapping Design Cascade.io Note from Justin This interview is a smaller segment of a full-interview wi...
EP63: Sacha Greif – how things get popular
August 15, 2014 01:09 - 36 minutes - 16.5 MBSacha Greif joined me again for a chat on how he marketed Discover Meteor, and why certain blog posts get popular. Notable quotes “I’ve always believed that people really respond to quality content.” – Sacha Greif “You can tell when someone has written something with no research; getting quality data, screenshots, and diagrams really helps.” – Sacha Greif “There’s a direct relationship between the amount of time I put into a blog post, and how popular it is” – Sacha Greif “Peop...
EP62: Paul Jarvis is always hungry
August 07, 2014 13:00 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MBI freakin’ love Paul Jarvis. He’s creative, he’s unique, and he’s Canadian. Notable quotes “When you work for yourself, your boss is an asshole” – Paul Jarvis “I’m vegan so I’m always hungry” – Paul Jarvis “I want to help people build their business online.” – Paul Jarvis “It’s funny: people think that when they’re done school, they’re done with homework. Do a bit of homework! You’ll stand out.” – Paul Jarvis “People don’t hire web designers because of skills. They want someon...
EP61: Nate Kontny says “Solve your own problems!”
July 24, 2014 09:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBToday’s interview is with one of my favourite people on the internet: Nate Kontny. He’s the solo-founder of Draft, a web application that helps you improve your writing through collaboration. He also blogs at Ninjas and Robots. Notable quotes “Solve your own problems!” – Nate Kontny “Take two or things in your life that your passionate about, and merge them together. Then you’ll start creating cool things.” – Nate Kontny Show notes Draft Nate’s blog Nate on Twitter Note from...
EP60: Hear how Ryan Hoover built Product Hunt in 4 days
July 17, 2014 18:33 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MBThis week’s guest is Ryan Hoover. We’ve been online friends for a few years now. Back in 2013, Ryan invited me to join a new site he’d created called ProductHunt.com. In the last 3 weeks, it’s exploded. He was interviewed on Fox News, he was interviewed on This Week in Startups, AND he just announced that he’s joined YCombinator. I actually recorded this episode on January 24, 2014 (5 months ago) – before Product Hunt got huge. I thought it would be interesting to revisit that conv...
EP59: Dan Norris and the 7 day startup
July 10, 2014 09:00 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBDan Norris is the co-founder of WP Curve, and the author of The 7 Day Startup. He gave himself 1 year to build a profitable product. After spending a year on a product called Inform.ly, with no profits to show for it, he came up with the idea for WP Curve, and made it got his first paying customer in 4 days. Notable quotes: “With my first business, I just wasn’t selling something people wanted.” – Dan Norris “We’ve launched 4 business in the last 12 months, and 3 of them failed...
EP58: Garrett Dimon – SaaS isn’t all rainbows and unicorns
July 03, 2014 16:15 - 41 minutes - 19 MBGarrett Dimon is the founder of Sifter and author of Starting + Sustaining. We talked about finding an idea, validating an idea, and building your product. Our conversation started with this question: “What are the biggest misconceptions about running a SaaS product?” Notable quotes: “If you just want to create stuff, and write code, starting a business is not the best way to do that.” – Garrett Dimon “I definitely thought I was would be able to do more development and design; bu...
EP57: Brennan Dunn talks about the marketing machine
June 27, 2014 05:47 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBBrennan Dunn is the go-to guy to talk about marketing automation. He’s build a SaaS, called Planscope, but these days he recommends first-time entrepreneurs build something smaller (like an eBook, or a webinar). He’s also the author of Double Your Freelancing Rate, and has lots of good insight on pricing, marketing, and automating your sales funnel. Notable quotes: “We get so fixated on the medium (is it a SaaS, ebook, webinar) when really all that matters is the results for the c...
EP56: Sean Fioritto on succeeding after failing
June 19, 2014 13:00 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBOk, so ages ago I interviewed Sean Fioritto, the author of Sketching with CSS. I like Sean a lot. He’s from Chicago, and he struggled for years trying to build products. Then he wrote this book, and it took off. You’ll hear his story, and how he succeeded after lots of failures. I haven’t put out an episode in awhile. I have a bunch recorded but I haven’t had time to edit them and put them out. I’ve just been slammed: haven’t had time or energy for anything. It’s been pedal to the ...
EP55: Patio11 on promoting your product
April 11, 2014 22:45 - 56 minutes - 26 MBThis week you’ll hear from Patrick Mackenzie (Patio11 on the internet), an influential member of the self-funded, bootstrapping community, as well as a high profile member of Hacker News. Patrick is a great guest: he’s a great storyteller, and is always completely himself. (He does some great voice impressions too) Our topic was: how to market yourself, make connections, and promote that app, SaaS, or other product you’ve just built. Notable quotes: “I like to play League of Lege...
EP54: DHH on why 37signals is becoming Basecamp
March 17, 2014 23:14 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBDavid Heinemeier Hansson started working with Jason Fried at 37signals about 14-15 years ago. 10 years ago, they created Basecamp, their first SaaS product. This past week they decided to stop using the 37signals brand, and sell off (or stop developing) their other products (notably Highrise and Campfire). Our topic was: Why is 37signals changing it’s name to Basecamp? How will this change the company? Was it worth building those other products? Notable quotes: “Basecamp was spec...
EP53: Alex Hillman is the king of JFDI
February 22, 2014 01:26 - 59 minutes - 27.5 MBAlex Hillman is many things: first, he’s the king of JFDI (he even has the tattoo to prove it). Second: he’s the founder of IndyHall, a co-working space in Philadelphia. Third: he’s Amy Hoy’s partner in 30×500. And fourth: he’s just recently launched his own product called GroupBuzz.io. Our topic was: What do communities & product businesses have in common? Notable quotes “Having a connection with people is really important. A lot of people build tools without thinking about the...
EP52: Amy Hoy – “Why it’s not about you”
February 08, 2014 01:21 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBAmy Hoy is known for her unfiltered, straight-shooting opinions on building product businesses. Her and her husband Thomas Fuchs have built Freckle, an awesome time-tracking web app – and have become well known in the bootstrapping, design, and Ruby on Rails communities. Amy is also a passionate teacher: her and Alex Hillman run the excellent 30×500 bootcamp whose students include the likes of Brennan Dunn, Chris Hartjes, and Jaana Kulmala. Our topic was: finding an audience, ...