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@calebporzio @DCoulbourne Ok, but seriously how much is a plane ticket from North Carolina/Florida to Kelowna, BC?

Let’s ride.

@DCoulbourne @calebporzio Once I get you up there
Where the air is rarefied
We'll just glide
Starry-eyed
Once I get you up there
I'll be holding you so near
You may hear
Angels cheer, 'cause we're together

Come fly with me, let's fly let's fly
Pack up let's fly away

@ianlandsman @earthlingworks @einarvollset “The right policy at the wrong time is the wrong policy”

☝️ is that what you mean?

@DCoulbourne @calebporzio

🔥🏂 SNOWBOARDING RULES 🏂🔥

Today on the podcast I had an incredible conversation with @mjwhansen.

"Eye-opening, especially for indie devs with a family." – @yarobagriy

https://share.transistor.fm/s/e32f9a8d

@hurrrdurrr @TransistorFM Nice! 🙌

Let me know if you need any help getting things set up.

RT @ugmonk: Needed this reminder from @mijustin today 👍

Good businesses have margin: https://justinjackson.ca/margin

@ugmonk Thanks for sharing it! Glad it was helpful. 🙏

@aprildunford Tell me about it!!!!

“We’re going to need you to come into the branch to do that.”

I’ve had to go into the branch to get really basic questions answered. When I explained to the teller that I had USD and CAD checking accounts they looked at me like I was from another planet.

@bramk Thanks for sharing it!

@aprildunford Pricing is one frustration, but I’d gladly pay if features + service were better:

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/939975565091553280?s=21 https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/939975565091553280

@aprildunford One of my biggest frustrations!

Canadian business banking is terrible in terms of:
- features
- knowledgeable service
- pricing

(Especially for entrepreneurs who deal in USD currency!)

RT @TPuski: Good businesses have margin.

Profit margin? Yes.

But also margin for your time, your emotional and physical health, your rel…

@JordanGal Whoa!

@kvlly Hahahaha 😅

Such a crucial distinction!!! 🎯 https://twitter.com/rjs/status/1234619338910396417

@daysormay playing minecraft?

💯 More margin = better life + better business.

(http://justinjackson.ca/margin) https://twitter.com/randfish/status/1234604776567885824

Cool project from @nealagarwal: see everything that's happened since you were born.

(I was born in June 1980)

https://neal.fun/life-stats

RT @JackEllis: I'm so excited to announce that Serverless Laravel is now available. This course will teach you everything you need to know…

This is an interesting revenue model for open source projects!

I dig it. 💯 https://twitter.com/DCoulbourne/status/1234548237769617413

RT @smgrieser: How do I find customers for my product?
vs
Who’s already searching for a product like mine?

Good stuff by @mijustin

http…

Thanks for the demo board @attridgeshop! 🙌

Beauty day at @SilverStarMR today. ☀️

If you’re a Laravel dev who’s curious about serverless, @JackEllis’ course is the one to get:

https://serverlesslaravelcourse.com/

Really good discussion on ethical design by @smashingmag.

@trinefalbe and @martinmichael made me think about dark patterns I've used in the past as a marketer. I want to be more mindful moving forward. 👍

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/02/smashing-podcast-episode-10/

@bmoesta This has been my jam lately! I'd love to read it.

(Have you read my earlier piece about surfing? https://justinjackson.ca/surfing)

“Employees that worry less about debt, healthcare, or where their next meal is coming from are happier, more productive employees.” https://kottke.org/20/02/what-happened-to-the-company-that-raised-minimum-wage-to-70kyr

@bentossell Definitely @taylorotwell:

https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/taylor-otwell-didnt-even-like-computers

In 1998, Chip started hearing about yoga in coffee shops, and ads posted on telephone poles.

Then, he joined a class that grew from 6 people to 30 people in a week.

Learning to recognize when momentum is building is a key skill for entrepreneurs.
https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

@conradomaggi @arvidkahl @LEVI_tha_3rd 💯

@earthlingworks Haven’t heard this one yet. I’ll look him up! 👍

@GregorySchier @Copypastaa Skateboards were created because surfers were actively looking for something to do when they weren’t surfing.

Snowboarding was created by surfers and skateboarders who were searching for that same “feeling” but on snow.

RT @GregorySchier: Can you think of any counterexamples to this? Products that invented an entirely new market from scratch that solved a p…

@MattGiovanisci @PovilasKorop If there’s sufficient demand (and not too much competition) you definitely need less “fire.”

It’s very difficult to put people who are not in motion into motion.

Marketing is about directing the people, who are already searching for a solution, towards your product.

@theDanKelly @wslyvh @IndieHackers @JamesClear @tferriss Thanks!

@Copypastaa Kubernetes and serverless both solve problems people were already searching for.

They’re responses to scaling problems people were actively trying to solve.

(There is tons of tech that gets created, but doesn’t solve a problem folks have, and dies because of lack of demand)

@Copypastaa The spirit of my piece is about the early-stage “which product am I going to build?” stage.

https://twitter.com/arvidkahl/status/1233786264387715074?s=21 https://twitter.com/arvidkahl/status/1233786264387715074

@siddheshrane24 @IndieHackers Thanks!

@arvidkahl @digitaltrouble @LEVI_tha_3rd Well put Arvid. 💯

I think we need to stop trying to find customers for our products and start building solutions our customers were already looking for. ☕

https://justinjackson.ca/find

@bnchrch it was nice hanging out today! 🙌

“How do I find customers for my product?”

vs

“Who’s already searching for a product like mine?”

RT @TransistorFM: Last day to enter our contest for a new microphone or free podcast hosting for a year!

https://transistor.fm/contest

@Mattylantz daaaaaamn. That’s the kind of snow we need here at Silver Star Mountain.

@memberspace @wardsandler 🎧 Listen to the full podcast episode here:

https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/whats-driving-you-now

Me: "How big was the demand for @memberspace?"

@wardsandler: "All I knew was that 100,000 people were interested in a membership solution for Squarespace."

Me: "Whoa. That's a big wave." 🌊

@Swizec Yup. Profitability changes everything. 👍

💯 this https://twitter.com/JohnONolan/status/1233024433448554496

@theChrisDo @mattmedeiros @jayacunzo @chrisbrogan +1 ☝️

@omerkhan Ah. What membership / billing system are you using?

@omerkhan @zapier @TransistorFM Do you need something outside of a regular RSS zap?

Round 2: building a marketing site with @tailwindcss UI https://www.pscp.tv/w/cSbW9jM4NTU1MXwxak1LZ1FhWVh6V0pMJ9biVJQ0UOoN19nHW40J_wE_KNKKWpW4wOXsZm_Fd8I=

@davidcrow Urban design
Sociology
Politics

Have you ever wanted to start a podcast?

Right now @TransistorFM is running a contest where you could win:

🎤 A great microphone from Samson
💻 A year of podcast hosting + analytics

Only a few days left!

https://transistor.fm/contest

@louisnicholls_ The demand came from the market.

They saw the response they were getting to Steve Shoger’s tweets (market demand).

That demand lead them to create Refactoring UI, Tailwind CSS, etc

This wave has been developing for a while (Bootstrap, Bootstrapping Design, Semantic UI, etc).

What does responding the the “pull of the market” look like?

http://Tailwindui.com was just announced a few hours ago.

There are hundreds of tweets like this:

@yongfook Toon Town, Inc.

@ianlandsman @LaraconOnline cutepony03.png

@janelleallen Thanks Janelle! 🙌 I appreciate you sharing it.

@MatthewBogart Dude. Your commitment is incredible!

RT @iamashley: 7 years ago I demoed my first quote system (prototype) to an insurer in London. Today we start coding the automated quote an…

Watching @adamwathan preview the new @tailwindcss UI components.

"If you're a dev like me, the first thing you need is some sort of shell in place, with a navbar and a content area."

Adam & @steveschoger: TAKE MY MONEY!

@brent_bellamy @B_MayesSTV 🎯

There should be more subsidies for infill, especially since infill often means making existing neighborhoods better. 👍

@derrickgrigg Yup, I’ve thought about this quite a bit.

I definitely wouldn’t have been able to do @TransistorFM without public healthcare.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/969427392459505664

This is heartbreaking. 💔

🇨🇦 healthcare isn't perfect but Matt's story wouldn't happen here:
- Avg out-of-pocket costs for folks with diabetes is $1,824.97/year.
- There's no charge for visiting an emergency room.
- There's no charge for getting surgery.

https://twitter.com/AdyBarkan/status/1232337836365537281

@Kev_Conti @marketingdevs Nice. 👍

I should try to make some physical copies again.

@Kev_Conti Yup. It’s evolved a bit.

To me this is the “spending time in the water” phase.

https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

@Kev_Conti Wait. Do you have a printed version of @marketingdevs?

@songadaymann that Anderson Cooper photo! 😜

@garyvee Nice! That’s my hometown. 🙌

I ❤️ #yeg

RT @csallen: Most successful companies, both VC-funded and bootstrapped, focus on obvious problems:

Helping businesses grow, or hire, or a…

@jayclouse Yup, strategy does matter.

But it seems that the size, energy, and characteristics of the “wave” matter most.

No matter what your strategy, you can’t surf a flat wave.

I think the market you choose is the biggest multiplier, and after that it strategy that needs to kick in.

@arvidkahl just pushed this live! 🎉

https://transistor.fm/podcasts-for-bootstrappers

@iamshief @kalv If two people (competitors) hop on the same wave, but one has more experience surfing than the other, it's the more skilled surfer that's likely going to win.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1221504985101291520

An important lesson, as seen on my weekly @usefathom analytics report:

My "Business is surfing" post is doing well – I shared it with my list of 11,589 and on Twitter.

But these other 3 articles get consistent, keyword-driven, search traffic.

Nothing beats intent-based search!

@inorganik So, you think Apple’s success is more accidental than it is intentional?

If that’s true, where does the “accidental” part come from? What causes that sort of accidental luck?

I wrote a post that expands on these ideas:

"Ultimately, your product's potential is determined by the size, momentum, and characteristics of your market."

https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

@kalv The answer is (primarily): the size of the wave.

https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

@mjwhansen Haven’t seen this post before!

@arachleff definitely echoes my POV here:
https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

@michaelkoper 🤣

@maxogles 🎯

@BScan When you say "right thing" what are you referring to?

@sinequanonh Two different entrepreneurs. But that's just an illustration I came up with.

It's fascinating to me that two entrepreneurs can put in the same amount of effort, but get very different revenue outcomes.

What factors do you think makes the biggest difference when it comes to earning more revenue?

RT @hellodomeier: This piece on BUSINESS IS LIKE SURFING by @mijustin is fantastic...
"Catching waves is about patience...good timing, skil…

RT @mijustin: More and more people want to build a SaaS.

But it’s not like the typical career ladder.

Business is more like surfing.

htt…

@T_w_Lee https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1221504323185594368?s=21 https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1221504323185594368

@thisiskp_ Thanks! 🙌

Generally, folks only focus on other founder’s late-stage success.

They don’t see all the years they spent in the water, learning to paddle, trying to catch waves, and learning to recognize good waves.

It’s important to recognize how much of entrepreneurship is learning to be the in the water, learning to paddle, and learning to recognize good waves.

@Una Wow! Looks like a great party.

@joshuaanderton Thanks Josh 🙌

@ramon_fritsch @jonbuda @linode @KeyCDN Thanks!

@gilesvangruisen Exactly!

Eventually, everyone needs to paddle out and get another wave.

RT @pauldm: Damn, surfing is hard.... great analogy for starting / building a business from @mijustin 👇

https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

Going up.

RT @ideasasylum: Single page apps have ruined the web. Every bloody one of them: spinners, broken navigation, stale data, actions that appe…