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@NathanTankus The only challenge for me (as an anxious Canadian) is always asking:

"How does this work in Canada?" 😅

Became a paying subscriber to @NathanTankus' newsletter, and wow is it good.

I'm still too dumb to understand most of what he talks about, but his explanation of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is already 🤯 my mind.

https://nathantankus.substack.com/p/i-gave-a-talk-to-a-federal-credit

@adamwathan The kid’s right: Rapunzel’s dress IS purple.

@arvidkahl @IndieHackers @david_perell @Julian ✌️

@mastermaq @NehiyawRob @theatresports @JFaid @troypavlek Hahahahaha. That intro was amazing! 😆

🎯 https://twitter.com/alphacolin/status/1309553035119599616

@dr @digitaltrouble @noahwbragg Don’t get me started. 😜

@digitaltrouble so.... you’re on mushrooms? 🍄😜

Just imagine a small Jeff Bezos, flying around your house.

@JordanGal Just imagine a small Jeff Bezos, flying around your main floor. 😉

@derrickreimer We use Mixpanel (which is what I’ve used for years) but I hardly ever look at it. 😅

@digitaltrouble @noahwbragg Ben, remember when I was saying that thing about the EU slowing down small startups? 😬

You could register yourself as a USA C-Corp, and not have to deal with any of this. 😄

Why do we even need this?

Aren’t we all working from home now? 😬

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21453709/ring-always-home-cam-indoor-drone-security-camera-price-specs-features-amazon

@richeklein YES!!! I love(d) it.

@jasonlk I’d drive this far

RT @bdougieYO: Remember when we used to just sprinkle in JavaScript?

@JacobBennett @JamieHoward @adamwathan @jackmcdade thx

RT @natalienagele: I will clarify. Businesses are a tool for impact. We get to choose where that impact is directed. For me, if it's direct…

@jbrooksuk @themsaid @driesvints @enunomaduro https://codepen.io/mijustin/pen/wvGNQNE

@TheElsieEscobar Not owned by Spotify or Amazon. 😉

OMG. Sealed package!

@GSto @angrigoryan__ @IndieHackers @TransistorFM Thanks you two! ❤️

(Seriously. I really appreciate it)

(this is a joke)

Prediction: soon hipsters will be buying boxed software and cd-roms

(saas is for gen x)

@adamwathan @malfaitrobin worth it

@adamwathan @malfaitrobin Sweet. When this integration is ready let me know. 🤙

@ianlandsman @earthlingworks Lol

@earthlingworks @ianlandsman

@ianlandsman I support this idea.

@Chiedo is this your video here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_qZEYxdV-k

If so: THANK YOU.

It's the most succinct, straightforward tutorial for forwarding naked domains to www I've found.

(We send it to @TransistorFM users all the time)

@joost_van_hoof I hope not! 😱

@fannin_seth @noahwbragg 😧 yikes!

@jongold simple, just go to the skatepark with a bunch of mixtapes

@jongold Hahahahaha. That’s so perfect!

Tim Ferris: “Nearly all of my friends who have audiences of 1M or more have had these threats...” 😨

https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/

💯 Let me eat tacos in public without being recognized.

https://twitter.com/GoldsteinMatt_/status/1308993830134460417?s=20

I think there’s probably an “optimal” level of fame.

Like, once your audience gets too big, you have to deal with more and more bullshit.

There’s this equilibrium level where you’re known (but not too well-known).

At what stage does the scale get tipped?

RT @BerniceKing: Family: Being truthful about the state of our nation and world does not = losing hope.

Hope sees truth and still believe…

@sambreed Related: https://twitter.com/blirwin/status/1308986387488702466?s=20

@blirwin ☝️💯

@jkristobans Hahaha. Well said. 👍

We all wanted the yellow Sony Walkman because all our friends had the yellow Sony Walkman.

“Most people want to buy what other people have already bought.”

@mcdickenson Yes!!

@r00k @ianlandsman 😩

"Everybody's switching from ____ to ____."

"It feels like I'm the only one not on Clubhouse. How do I get an invite?"

"Nobody uses ____ anymore. Now, most folks use ____."

@WebDevLaw @frontendben How is it enforceable?

The only info I can find is Article 50:
https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/30510

@WebDevLaw @frontendben From an EU perspective that might make sense, but is this even enforceable?

(Also, how does this fit into existing free trade agreements?)

From what I've read, there's no clear consensus on how the EU would enforce it internationally.

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/enforcement-of-the-gdpr-in-north-13166/

(Quote is from this NYT piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/books/penguin-random-house-madeline-mcintosh.html?referringSource=articleShare)

@WebDevLaw @frontendben But... I do have Chinese users.

This is an honest question: why does one nation get to dictate how the citizens of another nation treat data?

It's weird that I'd have to follow any business rules from another country unless I have nexus there.

So much of consumer behavior follows this pattern:

“People want to buy what other people are already buying.”

@frontendben The weird thing is... does this mean we also have to apply internet laws from China, North Korea, Russia... because they want us to?

@tylertringas Nathan Barry tried something similar in 2014. 👀

https://nathanbarry.com/saas-info/

@michaelkoper Lol

RT @julia_saxena: I'm learning this marketing trick called "talk about what you do all the time."

It works.

@valsopi 💯

@jongold 😫

This line:

“The biggest priority during the pandemic has been getting readers the books they want. And what many of them want are books that other people already bought.”

This summarizes most market theory:

“Most people want to buy what other people have already bought.”

Wall Street capitalism is never satisfied.

“Ms. McIntosh faces a more entrenched problem: how to keep growing when you’re already gigantic. Investors expect a rise in year-over-year earnings.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/books/penguin-random-house-madeline-mcintosh.html?referringSource=articleShare

I know I use this metaphor all the time but...

🤯 this is incredible.
🏄‍♀️ congrats Maya Gabeira! https://twitter.com/GWR/status/1304044985042505729

@r00k wait are you offering me a job?

“Maybe for my 40th birthday I can get myself a Chase card.” – @DCoulbourne, @noplanstomerge

@beingbrad fuck™

Interesting ideas here:

https://twitter.com/morganandrewv/status/1308559336545845248?s=20

Part of what increases prices for digital goods is the “limited supply” of findable + high quality + well recommended options.

@drewwilson Those filters were 💯

I wish I could get them as plugins in @sketch

@drewwilson I miss Filtron.

RT @mijustin: "What do you think about the CRM/PM/Metrics market?"

It doesn't matter what I think. 😉

What matters is:

- how have you see…

@bmoesta Purchased! Excited to read it.

@pjrvs @Shpigford I like this @GhostCMS response that @r00k showed me:

https://ghost.org/enterprise/

The other effect of having marginal costs (and essentially being able to create unlimited copies of digital goods) is that *market demand* (🔔) becomes the primary variable.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Capitalism/comments/g7wlof/how_does_supply_and_demand_work_on_digital_goods/

@daverodenbaugh I've seen this book and Joel's article recommended a few times now. 👍

It looks like Jeremy Rifkin has some good thinking on this:

"In a digital society, marginal costs fall to near zero. This is a fundamental change in prevailing business models: economies of scale no longer apply."

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Jeremy-Rifkin-on-How-to-Manage-a-Future-of-Abundance?gko=5fad8

In traditional economics, price is determined by the intersection of demand and supply.

(For example: when supply increases, prices generally go down)

But, how does this work with digital goods, where supply is unlimited? 🤔

@maxmacaro @IndieHackers @coreyhainesco There are folks doing interesting stuff with that data.

A few examples:

https://www.listennotes.com/podcast-stats/

https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/who-offers-the-fastest-podcast-hosting-tap335/

Great point by @HelenRyles. 🎯

Business & technical complexity is not necessarily correlated with more revenue.

"The hardest part of running a software business is the business, not the software." – Dan, in @megamaker

(Also, just realized this thing is free? 🤯)

Looks like an incredible lineup for @podia’s virtual conference:

https://www.podia.com/create

@theJagmeetSingh Did you read the article?

Here’s the article’s definition:

“Globally, the richest 1% are people earning more than about $100,000.”

This isn’t about the “ultra-rich.” It’s about all of us.

@Nick_Franklin Yeah.

I think my comment was mostly about how many startups optimize for user growth, visitor growth, engagement growth, community growth etc (instead of revenue).

@awilkinson is it http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/

Shit. https://twitter.com/Weather_West/status/1308057229900226561

@greggblanchard @getsendview Thanks!

Startups ≠ B2B bootstrapped SaaS

A B2B bootstrapped SaaS grows when it:

- finds reliable distribution channels that don't cost too much
- consistently gets new trials
- consistently converts those trials to customers
- has relatively low churn https://twitter.com/Julian/status/1306984963242209286

@waxpancake Do you get an error on the donation link? http://sept21st.com

@electrolemon Getting an error on the donation link: http://sept21st.com

@brandonhilkert It’s repeated often!

https://twitter.com/reidhoffman/status/1053318682242252800?s=20

@pjrvs “Regardless of whatever you choose, have a blessed day.” 😬

@harriskenny Hahahaha. Maybe. 😬

@brandonhilkert “Jumping off a cliff and building a plane on the way down” is an existing metaphor that startup culture uses to describe itself.

@sm Yes!!!!!! Me too! 🙌

In business, it’s all about what customers *do*.

Leads might say nice things, you might be getting trials, folks viewing your content...

None of it matters if they’re not buying.

@pekpongpaet Totally.

Building your own “airplane” (business) on nights and weekends isn’t easy, but it’s certainly safer than jumping off a cliff and trying to build an airplane on the way down.

@digitaltrouble @mronge I just switched from Discourse to Playgroup. Really pleased with it. 👍

@JoshDoody You’re an inspiration Josh!

I like that you’re a man with a plan who’s not afraid to change his plan. 👍

RT @mijustin: Startup founders: “It’s like jumping off a cliff and trying to build a plane on the way down!"

Bootstrappers: “Let’s step aw…

@hsn_tq Lately @robwalling has been calling that “Fundstrapping.”

@thepatwalls This is great. 👍