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@IndieHackers At @TransistorFM we use the SaaS model to deliver podcast hosting, distribution, episode creation, and analytics. 👍

We've primarily grown revenue through SEO and affiliates.

@inevernu tons of Transistor feeds.... 😉

@venikunche Oh no! That sucks

@Shopify @Square @LightspeedHQ @WooCommerce Anything cool for my spouse, my kids, or my nieces!

@maggerbo @dhh @TransistorFM Yes. Something more performant than our current one.

@joshuaanderton http://nerdmullet.com

cc @Shopify @Square @LightspeedHQ @WooCommerce

What are some awesome Canadian merchants/shops I should check out?

(Doing some online Christmas shopping today 🎄🎁)

Questions to ask when exploring a new market:

1. Are they searching for what you're thinking of building?
2. How do you know? What evidence do you have?
3. How motivated are they? How willing to pay?
4. Are they already convinced they "need X," or do they still need convincing?

"Inertia" explains why the podcasting industry saw a huge bump during the initial lockdown.

Folks were like: "OK! Now's the time. I'm finally going to start that podcast I've been dreaming about."

The lockdown disrupted them. It gave them the momentum they needed.

In my experience, it's not worth chasing prospects who aren't already making an effort.

You want self-motivated customers: folks who are hungry for a solution.

"F*ck this, I'm fixing [this problem] today."

@Deepuasok In my experience, people who don't want to make an effort aren't worth chasing.

You want self-motivated customers: folks who are already searching for a solution.

Removing friction is helpful for folks already committed to putting in the effort though. 👍

The most powerful concept in product marketing is inertia:

People, generally, continue to do what they're already doing.

(Or, they keep "not doing" what they're already not doing. 😉)

@myfriendjanine Haha. Well, thank you. If you zoom in real close you can see all my stress lines. hahaha

The two youngest are really close.

But they're all close in the sense that they like each other. 😉

@myfriendjanine Mine are older now. 😅

18 (in college 😮)
15 (grade 10)
12 (grade 7)
11 (grade 6)

@mjwhansen @leenyburger Great episode! 🙌

@myfriendjanine Didn’t realize you were also in the 4 kid club! 👋

@jonnyplatt Lol. Warm day, so gloves were off while on the lift. 🤙

@lesley_pizza Hahaha. Yup.

@dhh Chat app?!

We’ve been looking for a new live-chat widget for @TransistorFM 🤞

@lesley_pizza 💯

@femkesvs Do you really want to live this far out? 😜

@Zebras_Unite @DoorDash Yes! Made a video with ideas for community-driven DoorDash alternatives:

https://youtu.be/0vKyxCYasa4

@DCoulbourne man, setting up a linux machine is a lot harder than it used to be.

@helena Do it!

(Happy to get you set up on @TransistorFM too 🤙)

🤫 don’t tell my boss.

@NadavKeyson Lol

@pascallaliberte Folks are discouraged from going inside. Face coverings are mandatory. 🤙

Answering support tickets from the chairlift. 👍

“That sounds like a lifestyle business.”

@r00k @CasJam @JordanGal Fair.

But my new plan for domination is to just have @ianlandsman on every episode forever. (I have him locked up in my podcast closet right now).

Also planning on improving ratings by removing myself from the podcast.

@leenyburger @mjwhansen 🙌

@nloadholtes What!!!!

@jitbit Sign me up

@dominicstpierre @Shpigford Agreed. 💯

Wow. In San Francisco, “the median rent for a studio apartment dropped 35%.”

This is a massive sea change.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/san-francisco-apartment-rents-drop-35-as-tech-embraces-remote-work-during-covid

@seththeskier I just came off of 4-5 months without the Twitter app. 👍

The biggest thing I missed was the ability to “tweet video.”

https://link.medium.com/KpG1Exff4bb

Another favorite: close Twitter on my computer, then take out my phone and open Twitter. https://twitter.com/mattragland/status/1336508283423760394

@Shpigford Sadly.

I can see why many parent opt for homeschooling (but we’ve never quite been up for that).

I’ve have one of our kids in private school now. I wish that we could just use the public system... but the private system (so far) has been significantly better.

@Shpigford I’ve had that exact struggle.

It definitely feels like (at least) a 10-year project to make any significant change at the local level.

And by then.... all my kids will be out of school.

@thejonotron @AngelaHapke that scuba diving story was terrifying! 😱

@danjmeehan @twindeavor @jonbuda Thank you Dan! ❤️

@keithdamiani @jasonfried @dhh @VelocityWong @shildner 😂

@SalimaVisram1 @SamaraBags @Shopify Wow! Congrats! 🙌 That's inspiring.

@jasonfried @dhh @VelocityWong @shildner

I couldn't find "podcasting cone" but I did find "podcasting shade."

@terinjokes Which ones?

@spencerfry @r00k @Baremetrics @stripe @ProfitWell I just always believe whichever chart says MRR is higher. 😜

@Shpigford I just bought the Dyson for my office and it’s helped a lot. 👍

@Shpigford You’re going to love it!

@smgrieser 💯this energy.

@arvidkahl Definitely:
- @taylorotwell
- @jeffrey_way
- @calebporzio
- @adamwathan
- @steveschoger

@mattscottnelson Love that “breakthrough” feeling. 🤙

@Jessica_B365 @jonbuda @TransistorFM Yes! 🙌

“Truth simply cannot compete with hoax and rumor. By every common metric, falsehood consistently dominates the truth on Twitter.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/largest-study-ever-fake-news-mit-twitter/555104/

@buildwithjoy @venikunche @DaleWWilkinson It was a game changer for me as well. 👍

@myfriendjanine “Just waiting until my options are fully vested”

@smgrieser Are you referring to the act of saying “no,” or something else?

@CasJam @ProcessKit Wow! This looks good!

@divspace Yeah. Covid (and remote work) accelerated it for sure.

@ninjaparade 👋

Is this SF exodus really happening?

And many are going to MIAMI?

Folks have been leaving for Portland and Austin for years. But Miami?

Feels sudden. https://twitter.com/maccaw/status/1336056380894015488

@saaspnr totally. I cried.

@mattragland Love this idea! Let's do it. 👍

Doing something fun. 🎙️❤️

The next 10 people who sign up for an annual plan on Transistor will get a free microphone + pop filter with this link:

https://transistor.fm/contest/?via=free-microphone

@spenwall I haven't seen it! 😱

Hey friends. I really feel like @jonbuda and I are building something world-class with @TransistorFM.

(Our 1-click distribution feature alone is worth switching for)

If you're on another podcasting platform, I'm happy to help you migrate to us. 👍

https://transistor.fm/changelog/distribution/

Had a terrible sleep last night because I watched Interstellar for the first time with my family and it blew my mind and I woke up at 2am and just cycled through all the crazy events in the movie over and over again in an existential panic.

Anyways, how's your Monday going? 😜

@ericvanular @jasoncwarner These days, most cities in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec are actually pretty pricey.

(Especially when compared to the Midwest in the 🇺🇸)

Fascinating responses in this thread.

Really surprising how inexpensive the Midwest is compared to most other places (and how expensive the Pacific Northwest & California are!) https://twitter.com/thesamparr/status/1335710033741492227

@daige @theSamParr Wow! Sutton seems like an incredible value compared to here in BC (I live close to SilverStar).

On the mountain, this is the cheapest house you can get: https://www.redfin.ca/bc/north-okanagan-regional-district/9811-Silver-Star-Rd-V1B-3X5/home/168530091?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link

@lesley_pizza I think we’ve all been there. Don’t sweat it!

@CasJam @seanwes Yup

@leenyburger @SoftwareSocPod Jon and I do the call in Skype, and each record our side in QuickTime.

@iChris edits them together.

We explored other options here too:

https://youtu.be/tXudpFlCZXU

@beingbrad It’s super sad.

Aaaand... when we go skiing, we wear a mask and it’s no big deal!? 🤷‍♂️

This anti-mask stance doesn’t make sense.

@coreyhainesco That’s brilliant.

Definitely makes me want to ride there someday!

@hurrrdurrr @TransistorFM Oh good! Was going to point you here: https://help.transistor.fm/article/47-how-can-i-see-my-podcast-s-stats-on-spotify

Has anyone figured out how to make puma-dev (Rails) and Valet (@laravelphp) play nicely together?

cc @plcosta @skylerkatz

1. Call @jonbuda
2. DM founder friends
3. Email a mentor
4. Get on a call with someone I trust https://twitter.com/minal_hasan/status/1334314244532146176

@hnshah FW: Top secret stuff (don’t share)

@ianlandsman I found you a nice little cottage retreat in Putnam County:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1-Petre-Island-Dr-Mahopac-NY-10541/31906938_zpid/

@jonhainstock @TransistorFM I talk through some my thinking (pre-launch) in this Microconf talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNDgRcJYAEg

@gabrimarcan I agree. 👍

https://justinjackson.ca/freedom

@podcastharry 👀

@louis_sugar I agree with this. 👍

@sambreed What’s your setup here? Is it going into a Camlink usb?

@jonathanstark Yup! 🤙

@jason_coleman 💯

@gxespino Yes. I don’t understand poker, but I think I agree with you. 😂

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 alive," the riskier your bet becomes.

Smart founders get out while the getting's good (so they can try something else).

https://twitter.com/destraynor/status/1029688002442874883

@brunolemos I know a few founders who dithered, waited too long, and eventually got labeled poorly because their companies didn't succeed.

@saaspnr Yup. I like that path too. 🙌

@ObedParla @Swizec @BeardAboutIt Let's ALL get married.

@saaspnr I agree that those things are shitty.

But eventually, business bets need to provide financial returns.

It can't be "I get the lifestyle, but sacrifice the financial."

Over the long term, you're going to need financial returns.

@brandonklotz Yup, your cost of living is definitely a factor.

@brandonklotz When I say "optimize your resume" what I really mean is: "creating more leverage for companies to give you the big $$$ salary."

That's:
- Working your way up in an industry/sector/tech stack
- Networking and meeting the right people
- Getting consistent raises and promotions

Leaving a career path (and starting a business) carries this ironic risk:

📈 If your company succeeds, your value as a potential employee goes way up!

📉 If your company fails, and you spent years not climbing the corporate ladder, your value as an employee goes down.

Often, being an entrepreneur means foregoing consistent promotions and opportunities in your industry.

Starting a business means you're no longer climbing the corporate ladder.

In many cases, those become lost years. You can't get those lost opportunities back.

@Swizec 💯

@ianjanicki For many career paths, entrepreneurship means foregoing consistent promotions and opportunities in the industry.

I worked in non-profits until I was 28. I learned a ton and gained many skills, but that experience wasn't rewarded in the market when I was looking for work. 😉

A common self-delusion is: "My lifestyle is way better, so who cares about my bank balance?"

Money provides security. Money provides margin.

You want both: money + lifestyle.

(Don't sacrifice either for the other!)