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@aarondfrancis @arvidkahl @TransistorFM ok ok ok. I'm on it! 😄

Also: I'm not necessarily in favor of Denmark removing their restrictions.

My point:

- There's a lot of opposition in the US/Canada to corona passes / vaccine passports.
- Denmark has shown that these kinds of passports can help a country make progress.

https://twitter.com/haheap/status/1432720158808809485

@dcrouchca Ah I see. I think you're misreading my intent.

In Canada/USA, there is a lot of opposition to vaccine passports (or corona passes).

Denmark was one of the first to implement one; so I'm showing their progress so far.

(I don't necessarily agree with them lifting restrictions)

A few clarifications:

* 80% of *residents over age 12* have been vaccinated in Denmark
* Their corona passport covers vaccination, but also folks who have "recently tested negative for, or have previously been infected with COVID-19."

https://en.coronasmitte.dk/corona-passport

@staydecent I'm not sure it's "misleading."

"Vaccine passport" is a pretty widespread shorthand for what they have:
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/denmark-developing-digital-covid-19-vaccine-passport-2021-01-08/

I like the fact that they've offered the additional options too. 👍

("coronavirus pass" isn't as widely used as shorthand)

@dcrouchca I linked to two sources: the NYT article, and the Jyllands Posten's article.

From the NYT:

"The country had fully vaccinated 80 percent of residents over age 12."

You're also assuming a lot about the "depths of my study." 😉

@dcrouchca What's misinformation here?

@microacquire thanks for putting Bootstrappers magazine together.

Reading this article, and it's unclear what "$2 million" means in this context.

Is that $2 million in ARR?

https://bootstrappers.com/this-couple-left-the-rat-race-in-pursuit-of-financial-independence-and-built-a-2-million-startup-in-just-five-years/

@mapdev @calebporzio i'll start the gofundme

RT @mijustin: A few times a year, someone will send me a message like this:

"Stick to talking about bootstrapping and business. Don't talk…

@dcrouchca https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1254198401123540995

“Cleverness is overrated, and heart is underrated.”
— @birbigs

@maggerbo Chrome’s “translate to English” is a super helpful. 😄

@staydecent Noted.

https://en.coronasmitte.dk/corona-passport

Sources:

https://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE13233489/om-to-uger-er-covid19-ikke-laengere-en-samfundskritisk-sygdom/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/world/denmark-says-covid-is-no-longer-a-socially-critical-disease.html

On Sep. 10, Denmark will drop all Covid restrictions.

How are they able to do that?

According to their health minister:

* Over 80% of their population got double-vaccinated

* They instituted vaccine passports for restaurants, nightclubs, sporting events, etc

@MrSimonBennett Nice!

@iamcoreyg Me too

In 2017, I went to this retreat in Colorado. I arrived feeling dispirited and cynical, but I left with a new mindset.

I wrote about it here:
https://justinjackson.ca/cynical

RT @coreyhainesco: Just because you *could* charge more doesn’t mean that you *should.*

@mijustin has a great article about applying the r…

RT @mijustin: "Questioning everything" is like throwing away all that humans have learned and gained.

🌍 When NASA, astronomers, and pilots…

@Peasquared Thanks. Glad it’s resonating. 🙏

@brent_bellamy @Wpg_BlueBombers Amazing!!! 👏👏👏

I used to question everything.

Religion, in particular, gave me false-confidence. I believed I could be an expert on everything.

It was egotism; an "exaggerated opinion of my own importance."

It took time, but through gradual correction, I realized how wrong my beliefs were.

"Questioning everything" is like throwing away all that humans have learned and gained.

🌍 When NASA, astronomers, and pilots assure us the earth is round, it's OK to believe them!

Human progress is the result of many iterations; let's not go backwards.

Knowledge is both cumulative and iterative.

Humans make progress when we build on the knowledge that has been rigorously vetted in the past.

It's *good* to trust the cumulative (vetted) knowledge of professional communities in their disciplines: doctors, scientists, plumbers.

@skulegirl Surprisingly, certain sub-reddits had a powerful effect in me questioning my beliefs.

It was the questions they posed, and the evidence they provided, that moved me to reconsider my position.

Idolizing individual thinkers, scientists, entrepreneurs, celebrities is a real threat to the progress of knowledge because all individuals are prone to bad thinking.

People who have a large cult-like following can distort knowledge, and distract from the scientific process.

@s1037989 The key insight is not "what do I believe, and what do you believe" it's acknowledging that human knowledge is cumulative and iterative.

We should all be keen to contribute to the progress of knowledge.

(This also means we can stop debating whether the world is flat 😜)

Most of the time, when my thinking was challenged, I didn't like it. Strong emotions emerged; I'd react with passionate arguments.

I'm sure many of the people challenging me thought: "This guy is never going to change his mind."

But over time, their evidence convinced me.

A crucial paradigm shift:

❌ "I'm a smart individual, who's mostly right, most of the time"

✅ "Knowledge is created, and vetted, collectively"

As individuals, we're prone to egotism, bias, logical fallacies, and bad-faith arguments.

Antidote: having our thinking challenged.

@CSMikeCardona Even more so: being challenged by smart people (not just your friends) who have expertise in the subject at hand.

It's important that we all properly understand the scientific process.

This article by @NaomiOreskes does a great job of describing how it works:

"It's the process of tough, sustained scrutiny that works to ensure faulty claims are rejected."

https://time.com/5709691/why-trust-science/?amp=true

In university, I had a Business Ethics professor who truly shook my foundational beliefs about the world.

Whenever I claimed something, he would ask:

"What evidence do you have for that being true? Has that evidence been validated by folks with expertise?"

It's fairly normal for folks in their 20s, newly independent from their parents, to explore their individualism.

They're deciding "this is what I believe."

An important step, at that stage, is to be challenged by professors, mentors, peers: "How do you know that's true?"

There's a strong distinction between:

❌ "individual beliefs that are reinforced by your group" ✅ "having your beliefs, ideas, and claims scrutinized and vetted by others."

This is what Helen Longino, philosopher of science, calls "transformative criticism."

@typeoneerror Haha. And you've only seen my growth in my 30s!

You wouldn't believe the stuff I used to think. 😳

Specific things that contributed to mindset changes for me:

- Listening to podcasts
- Reading books that challenged my POV
- Getting a new job; being exposed to new POV
- Having real-life experiences that proved my foundation was wrong
- Meetups
- Getting challenged on Reddit 😆

@EricVBailey It wasn't just the people I was hanging out with (although, that certainly had an effect!).

It was also:
- Listening to podcasts
- Reading books that challenged my POV
- Having live experiences that made me realize my foundation was wrong.
- Getting challenged on Reddit 😆

@krzyzanowskim Lol.

Mindset changes are incremental.

In my 20s, I had some cult-like beliefs that lead to some truly awful attitudes and behaviors.

What changed my mind? Incremental correction. Hanging out with a new group of people who challenged my ideology. Looking for evidence.

It took time.

RT @mijustin: Another misinterpretation:

"Market with demand" ≠ "Popular" or "easy" market

None of this is easy. Most good opportunities…

The little ways you invest in yourself are cumulative.

The things you've done, the people you've met, the lessons you've learned, the resources you've gained, the experiments you've tried; they all accumulate over decades.

@takeitev 🎯

"How come they saw that opportunity and I didn't?"

Ideas emerge out of our life experiences. Our lives are the soil where ideas have the chance to grow.

Today's harvest is determined by what you planted in the past.

If you look out at your garden, and there's nothing there, it probably means you didn't plant anything (or help it grow).

It seems that opportunities are the result of two factors:

1. The privilege we're born into
2. The experiences, knowledge, skills, relationships, and resources we cultivate

If you're searching for good business opportunities, and you're not seeing anything compelling, it might be that you haven't cultivated a life where good opportunities can emerge.

@JackEllis Nice! Congrats! 👍

@dannoblaster Because you're comparing two entirely different things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence

@ow Nice! 🙌

@earthlingworks @coreyhainesco In the podcasting industry, I rarely see retargeting ads (even though I regularly visit other companies' websites).

@earthlingworks @coreyhainesco @trainual @lkr @robwalling Ruben, are you still doing retargeting ads? Or nah?

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/681895989662334976

@dr @TransistorFM 80% love

20% magic

@dr Well, @TransistorFM is made out of love and magic

"There's this myth, with indie makers, that you have to create something unique, innovative; that you need to enter a market with no competition."

Had an awesome chat with @calebporzio yesterday.

https://youtu.be/b-BGlRl4FBc

@mikecodemonkey Nice! What’s Integromat?

Golden sky tonight in #vernonbc

You can also listen to this as a podcast on @OvercastFM:

https://overcast.fm/+MBmUtJ7Bs

Just published my conversation with @spencerfry: is venture capital good or bad?

https://youtu.be/fpbGy7Amt9Q

@VerbotenPM @Podchaser @TransistorFM Thanks for recommending us Jeff! 🥰

@KostjaPalovic Do you type in the brand that you're leaving?

@_ltatis A few folks have mentioned this now!

Question:

Let's say you're unhappy with a product you've been using and you want to find something else.

When you go to Google... what do you type in?

@ianlandsman This is new

@digitaltrouble Whoa. This is interesting! I could see using this for doing research.

@pyronaur That’s my point: that’s how it always works.

The demand was for better PHP tooling, frameworks, docs. Taylor built stuff to meet that demand.

Adam Wathan has done this as well with Tailwind.

And Caleb’s done this now with Alpine.

@pyronaur The demand for Laravel (and related products) came from the millions of PHP developers around the world who were economically incentivized to look for something better.

@pyronaur I’m doing this right now with the building and launching of @meepsapp.

You can listen to the nitty gritty details on the podcast I do with @joshuaanderton:

http://podcast.megamaker.co

@joshua_hornby Sorry, let me rephrase my question:

What evidence is there that people are actively searching for alternatives, and willing to switch?

@jsorge I wrote about that here:

https://justinjackson.ca/build

@LloretAlv Nope; lots of opportunity still.

I discuss it more here:

https://justinjackson.ca/misconceptions

@jegnux I’m not saying “build in a top app category.” More details here:

https://justinjackson.ca/misconceptions

@pyronaur I’ve written a few ideas here:

https://justinjackson.ca/build

Happy to answer any followup questions you have. 👍

@joshua_hornby How much movement is there in terms of them looking for alternatives?

@satvikpendem Yup.

One of the most important questions you can ask is:

“How are you solving this problem currently? What other altervatives have you considered?"

@joshua_hornby Depends on a few factors:

1. Are you doing this alone?
2. Can you build the product, or do you need to hire?
3. How complex/difficult is it to build the initial version?
4. How much pent-up demand is there? (If there's tons of pent-up demand, ppl more likely to pre-order)

BTW – the point isn't to go after a "huge market;" it's to go after a market:

1. That you understand
2. Where you have built-in strengths
3. Where there's a clear opportunity that you can go after

I discuss this more here:
https://justinjackson.ca/misconceptions

@joshua_hornby The point isn't to go after a "huge market;" it's to go after a market:

1. That you understand
2. Where you have built-in strengths
3. Where there's a clear opportunity that you can go after

I discuss this more here:
https://justinjackson.ca/misconceptions

Lots of folks asking "How do you know what people are looking for?"

A few ideas here:

https://justinjackson.ca/build

Too many indie entrepreneurs are building things that people don't want.

As an indie, you don't have the time or money to "create demand."

Tip: just look for opportunities where people are already in motion.

What are people already searching for and buying? Build for that. 🎯

@mjwhansen @NicoleBaldinu @TransistorFM Thank you! 🥰

The challenge for entrepreneurs is you’ve got to build a

- product that customers want
- company/lifestyle that you want

AT THE SAME TIME.

@noahwbragg @AndrewWarner Thx Noah 🙏

@noahwbragg @approximatedapp Yes! @joshuaanderton is using this on @meepsapp as well!

Game changer! 🙌

This quote is from this podcast with @AdamMGrant and @guyraz, which I highly recommend:

https://overcast.fm/+Ysrblns6Q/

“Creativity is just putting new things in old combinations and old things in new combinations.” – Karl Weick

Why did you want to start a business?

(I’m sure there were multiple factors; what were they?)

Drove through the Rockies today. ⛰

@davestuartjr @sramartinsensei @DallasAWillard 👋

@christophrumpel @ecammtweets Yup! I use it:

https://justinjackson.ca/livestreaming

💯 Yes!!!

Small teams (1 person, 2 people, etc) can build incredible products and (often) offer way better customer service. https://twitter.com/gonedark/status/1428342556929241096

RT @mijustin: In order to track Stripe transactions in Google Analytics, you need to send the customer back to a “thank you” page on your s…

@robmerki Nice 💯

Nobody’s more responsive than a founder serving early-access customers. 💯

Case in point: @joshuaanderton and @meepsapp! 👏👏👏

@bradycassidy Exactly.

(Or, GA asks you to guess the “average LTV” of a customer and uses that for goal tracking.)

@_rchase_ @getRewardful @usefathom It’s not just campaign clicks, Rewardful sets a 60-day cookie window.

Multi-source (multi-step) attribution is incredibly difficult to get right. In fact, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen it done well.

@_rchase_ @getRewardful @usefathom My guess is Rewardful will make this a core part of the platform moving forward.

They actually don’t need to build anything else for this to work: it’s all right there.

It’s the simplest way to attribute marketing campaigns with SaaS revenue.

The only part of this strategy that isn’t great is attributing revenue that’s coming through SEO.

But honestly… Google Analytics isn’t good at this either?

They don’t give you any keyword data, and (again) GA sucks at tracking recurring revenue.