Tweets

RT @tiffani: Some of y’all need to tell your unhappy-ass friends to get a journal, get hobbies, etc. Cyberbullying strangers on Twitter is…

@ThatDetroitAndy Happy new year Andy!

Wishing you all the best in 2021. 🥳

🔁 In business, customer acquisition & retention needs to be repeatable at a scale that supports your desired outcome.

“Software is all about volume.” – @ianlandsman

You’ll need a steady flow of new customers + existing customers who show up consistently.

@_rchase_ @hostifi_net Incredible progress! Well done!

@KeliWestgate So far I’ve just slept until noon! 🙈

@elamin88 Unbelievable responses to that.

All doctors should be openly advocating that folks drink less.

@stauffermatt Hahaha. Love it.

Happy new year Matt! Hope 2021 is your best year yet! 🙌

@evanpro Congratulations! 🥳

@aarondfrancis @JenKfrancis Whoaaaaa!

Congrats you two!

@KeliWestgate Happy new year Keli!

@mikeherreraTD All the best to you and your family! 🥳

@Mattylantz @caslizski What a beauty!

@m1guelpf @sitesauce Looks great Miguel! (I’m a happy customer 🙌)

Happy new year!

@PierreDeWulf @SahinKevin Awwwwww yeaaaaaaaaahhhh

@venikunche Hoping for an incredible 2021 for you and your family Veni! 🎉

@SingleFounder 😅 I never read the TOS.

@mjwhansen Whaaaaaaat.

What’s it like? Is Biden President? Does everyone have a vaccine and a flying Tesla?

I started working in tech a bit later in life (age 28).

But once I got going, this was my progression: https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1344777000905412609

@MrSimonBennett Interesting that you desire to be leading a team!

That’s cool. 👍

@podcastharry Trying to think back. 😅

At 30 I wanted a remote job.

At 32 I got a remote job. Then I wanted to do consulting.

At 34 I started consulting full-time. Then I wanted to go indie with products.

At 36 I went FT with my course. Then I wanted SaaS.

At 39 I went FT on @TransistorFM

🐣 Young folks:

What do you hope to achieve by the time you’re 40?

@Shpigford oh damn! hope it goes well. 🤞

@rosskay Here in the Okanagan, we've had very few new listings in the last three months.

My assumption (and I could be wrong 😉) is that if there's a bunch of stale inventory it's because it's the "leftovers" (less desirable properties).

That "30%" could become "5%" with new inventory.

@christophrumpel Always nice to hear from you Christoph.

Wishing you all the best in 2021!

@syedbalkhi Enjoyed this one! Congrats on all your success this year. 👍

Wishing you, your family, and your team all the best in 2021.

Whoa. Listening to @dhh and @adamwathan chat about Hotwire (“HTML over the wire”).

These two do not waste time with appetizers. They jump straight to the main course.

Really great conversation. 👍

https://overcast.fm/+heX7qcLTU

@rosskay We need way more context for this:

- what types of properties? (condos, vacant lots, houses?)
- is one region more represented? (Langley, CoV)
- how fast did the other 60% of properties moving?

Is it possible that all the quality properties sold before Xmas? (Leftovers)

@hmacbe We need way more context for this:

- what types of properties? (condos, vacant lots, houses?)
- is one region more represented? (Langley, CoV)
- how fast did the other 60% of properties moving?

Is it possible that all the quality properties sold before Xmas? (Leftovers)

@AliAbdaal “Addiction to suffering is at some level driven by a desire to feel better.” – Nancy Colier

It makes haters feel "good" to feel bad.

https://justinjackson.ca/haters

@punchlinecopy That house would easily be $800k-$1.2 million (CAD) where I live. 👀

💸 Evaluate how much it costs you to:

1. Capture customer demand
2. Create experiences that keep customers happy

Keep costs as low as possible.

You want healthy margins for your time, energy, and profit.

https://justinjackson.ca/costs

@cgenco @chrisachard @buildyoursaas @IndieHackers In 5 years, all of us will be doing OnlyFans.

@buildyoursaas @cgenco @chrisachard 🙅‍♂️ not CamBoy

@jdnoc Well done!

Really impressed with the business you’ve built. 👍

(I didn’t even know what SaaS was until I was 28. 😂)

Also, that MRR number!!! 📈😍

@stuartdsmith @tylertringas @jasonfried @CapicheFm Are we echoing?

@jasonfried @ich_bin_abe @tylertringas If I’d never left Stony Plain (a tiny farm town in Alberta) and met new people + got exposed to new ideas, I definitely wouldn’t have achieved what I have today.

We’re all in bubbles. But sometimes you gotta leave the bubble you’re in.

@jasonfried @tylertringas Lol. Listen, let’s all just admit:

Podcast chats > Twitter debates

🥰 Keep in mind, you can’t just capture demand; you also have to satisfy it.

You’ll need strong product instincts and skills for:

- building features people want to use
- developing an overall experience that keeps people coming back
- helping customers make consistent progress

@typeoneerror 🙋‍♂️ I’m definitely in favor of paying the people who save our lives.

@jasonfried @tylertringas Again, I think I see this *slightly* different than you.

Yes, a surfer has a “gut instinct” for which wave is going to be good. That instinct has been honed, over years, by being in the water.

You should only trust your instincts if they’ve been honed to recognize good waves.

@tylertringas 💯 agree with the sentiment.

(Although, good business ideas can come from working in an industry, or serving a category of clients)

👍 To determine how much demand you can capture, ask:

- what unfair advantage do you have in this category?
- what unfair advantage do you have when it comes to distribution?
- what will cause people to switch to your product?
- what product gaps do you see?

@grodier @jasonfried I discussed that in my chat with Jason.

My guess is that for most folks, success looks the same: doing significantly better than paid employment.

Most of the bootstrappers I know initially aim for $10k MRR (per founder) in the first 2-3 years, and increase that to $20k later.

@MattGiovanisci Lol. Great line.

@MoreWillie In the biz, they call that a “pivot.”

📈 To figure out how much demand is there for what you’re selling, ask:

- How have you seen demand for X demonstrated?
- How many people are paying for something similar?
- If they’re not currently paying, is there a strong enough pull for them to pay?

@alexisohanian @pizzahut Here’s my Delta Hotel name tag from college. 😜

@bentoalson Such a great line

(but the underlying reality is pretty sad 😞)

@CorbettBarr Yes! Those too!

Business success is a function of:

📈 how much demand there is for what you’re selling

👍 how much of that demand you can capture and satisfy

💸 how much it costs you to capture that demand and create customer satisfaction

🔁 how repeatable the whole process is

@harriskenny @helloblinkshow @TransistorFM Thanks so much for switching to Transistor! ❤️

@AaronWeiche @DarrenShaw_ @TransistorFM Enjoyed hearing all the big lessons from 2020. So helpful to hear what other founders are learning. 👍

@noplanstomerge @TransistorFM ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Pure gold. https://twitter.com/vinn_ayy/status/1336178629450018817

@AaronWeiche @DarrenShaw_ listening to your year-end episode now! 👍

https://overcast.fm/+QV6MleY94

@yongfook @bannerbearHQ YESSSSSSSSSSSSS 🔥🔥🔥

Congrats Jon! So excited for you.

@holman @notwaldorf CONGRATS! What a gorgeous day to get married! 😍

RT @mijustin: Don't undervalue the investment of your life in an idea that (might) not pan out.

The longer it takes you to get to "default…

@dchymko One advantage short podcasts have is they often get "auto-played" as folks are on long drives/walks etc.

But... it really depends on the show and the audience.

I forgot to mention that one of my favorite "podcasts for programmers" just switched to @TransistorFM.

Welcome aboard @noplanstomerge! 😍 (I'm a huge fan)

https://transistor.fm/dev-podcasts/

RT @jayclouse: I genuinely feel like I'm experiencing the "pull" of the market that @mijustin has written about.

I've never had a creative…

@jayclouse YES!!! 💯

@adamwathan @drnic @_swanson @dhh Apple says they just fixed it. 👍

A disagreement on Twitter,
A Skype call,
And now a podcast.

Listen to my latest chat with @jasonfried:

https://overcast.fm/+MBmVFcx0U

@ninjaparade Yes! 🙌

RT @bgardner: Be known for what you are about to do, rather than what you have already done.

@coreyhainesco Yikes! Hope you get well soon.

@adamwathan @drnic @_swanson @dhh (I just emailed them directly, asking them to refresh your show. 🙏)

@adamwathan @drnic @_swanson @dhh Apple Podcasts is ridiculously slow in updating new episodes now.

Their new official response is that it takes "up to 24 hours" for an episode to appear in Apple Podcasts (mobile, desktop, web):

@adamwathan Amazing! Well done! 🙌

@jayclouse @PatFlynn Nice! Congrats! 🙌

@chrisachard Yes! It’s unexpectedly good.

@xtenson Yes!

@emd @FreedomMobile @ShawInfo @telusmobility Public Mobile is the best deal I’ve found:

https://activate.publicmobile.ca/?raf=E89236

@marcelpociot 😜

@joinrepublic @jmj @ScottHickle @RobinhoodApp 😞🇨🇦

@_brandswell What shoes did you end up getting though?

@gonedark Holy hell your office looks amazing.

@janelleallen Uh oh!

We’ve had numerous plumbing problems this year as well. 😩

Hope it turned out ok!

@a_fsardo @davidhemphill @taylorotwell @adamwathan @calebporzio @jeffrey_way @stauffermatt @laravelphp @tailwindcss @laracasts @gonedark @reinink @marcelpociot @spatie_be @freekmurze Thx 🥰

Happy to be a part of the community.

I’m bullish on the TALL stack, specifically because of all the great people building the coolest stuff on the web. 💯

@raspberrysarah @JFaid I was up until 6am. 😳

Slept until noon.

@gpickin Whoa! Nice.

@jayclouse @plantmammal Congrats!!! 🎉

@mdausinger Nice! 🙌

@danshipper Yes! This is especially true for writers.

(Some writers have to wait centuries before their ideas truly resonate 😄)

@theartofchristi Happy birthday!!! 🎁

@ChrisLaBossiere Love the beams + vaulted ceilings. 😍

@mattwensing You should have bought the dishwasher first! 😄

@michiels oh nice. Two Christmases!

What do you do the day after Christmas?

@enigmaticsoulrg Me too! 🤙

@iChris @mattmcgee @gangofyouths That turntable looks sweet! Love the wood.

@cheriehu42 It’s really wonderful.

Also: I’ve never had a movie transport me back to New York like that.

@LisaAbeyta 💯

@raspberrysarah 🐞 ✨

@shellen Merry Christmas Jason!

@justinvincent Agree. 💯

@iChris 🙌 winning. Best life.

@thepodcastdude Merry Christmas! 🎄