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Google started as a research project in 1996.

Larry and Sergey didn't incorporate until 1998.

Early in 1999, they tried selling Google for $750k (and got turned down).

They didn't find a business model (ads) until late 2000.

Idea → viable business took 4 years.

@arlogilbert 🤔 Sorry, are you saying that a shorter, intense sprint (2 weeks, 1 month, whatever) will return better health gains than slow gains over year and years?

Arguably, MailChimp's "slow gains" over time look pretty impressive now...

@tylertringas Have you heard Build Your SaaS yet? 😜

@jasonogle 👍 yes

@oamclean 👍

@tommauriello Yup 👌

@kuobot 🙌

@AnalyticsNinja They were doing consulting to pay their bills. 👌

@destroytoday YESSSSSSS

RT @natalienagele: @mijustin My favorite part of @AdamMGrant “Originals” is around the false belief that the successful entrepreneurs are r…

RT @de_henne: There is a saying in Germany. "Gut Ding braucht Weile" ... "Good things take time" ... 👇👇👇 https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1068773791952584704

MailChimp was a side-project for 6 years.

Todoist was a side-project for 4 years.

Basecamp took 2 years before it was paying their salaries.

Maybe the rest of us shouldn't be in such a hurry.

@or_bar @startupvernon Yes! 🙌 Thanks for coming out last night.

@tnorthcutt @TransistorFM ooh. i like that idea.

@haydos585 That is really encouraging thanks!

@haydos585 🙌

Here's the Pull Request template I used in the livestream:

https://github.com/TransistorFM/handbook/blob/master/pr-template.md

@turgs It's all right here! https://justinjackson.ca/livestreaming

@recio_sjogren @TransistorFM Thanks for hanging out! 🙌

Doing a little bit of Rails dev before I head to #geekbeers tonight https://www.pscp.tv/w/btB2FzM4NTU1MXwxWXF4b3JQb1phbEp2RBbQ9NtprlmVFbZlLH9eDPukNJlaTNcy59NZitCpXIo=

RT @dhh: “Based on last year’s irresponsible tax cut, Patagonia will owe less in taxes this year—$10 million less, in fact. Instead of putt…

@abigailotwell 😊

The folks I've met at #laracon are hands-down the best people I've met in the last few years.

Can't wait to go back again this year! 🤘

https://twitter.com/taylorotwell/status/1066370650120626176

@dchymko Definitely my Twitter audience (because it isn't potable).

But email I'm fine, because I can take that list of contacts anywhere. (It's open and distributed. 👍)

@r00k OOOH YEAAAH!

@dchymko In some ways, I'm OK with that. I don't mind supporting private businesses! It's the amount of power we're giving Amazon in our industry that worries me.

@matthewcrist Dang. I just wish Amazon didn't own it. 😉

My friend @jonfriesen also mentions that Kubernetes could also help fight the centralization of internet power:

"If you do it right you can switch from cloud provider to cloud provider with relative ease."

I guess the industry term for this is "Decentralized Cloud Computing."

(and it sounds like companies like @storjproject are working on it)

There's definitely been a lot of anti-FB/Amazon/Google sentiment lately. I wonder if we'll see a return to more distributed solutions.

@matthewcrist Interesting. Does it socialize the computing power? Or is it just for your own assets?

🏭 While platforms like AWS are great, I worry about centralizing all that power in Amazon's hands.

🤔 I wonder if we could return to keeping servers under our desks, but leverage new distributed computing tech to give us the same redundancy + scalability.

@reverentgeek Hahaha. Sweet.

@iamashley Thanks 🙌

RT @blurtdotapp: New The Write Stuff with Internet stuntman ⚡️ @mijustin! We chat about:

🚢 How committing to weekly writing is "a tide tha…

@rachelandrew I'd love to know more about this!

@stauffermatt I like @botmarker, but I'm not sure if he has an API though.

Listening to this now.

💔 Heartbreaking.

This new economy has tons of terrible externalities.

https://twitter.com/alphacolin/status/1067983304039653376?s=21

@ianlandsman I'd like to sign up for this service as well. 👌

@divtag_it Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it. 👌

@r00k Ben had a similar sentiment today!

https://twitter.com/aaronklaassen/status/1067802618112761856

@sethdrebitko I don't think I can make the jump. I still really rely on MacOs

RT @venikunche: @sehurlburt I'm proud and excited about my new project Diversify Tech
👉🏽 https://www.diversifytech.co/

@jhooks Whoa! I'm 38. Maybe there's still hope for me to learn!

@theleviallen Just submitted it to /r/videos if anyone wants to give it some ❤️

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/a1c1ky/riding_a_walmart_raft_off_a_1000_ft_waterfall/

@corey_gwin @adamlogic @blurtdotapp @OvercastFM @TransistorFM Definitely. It's easy to transfer an existing show! 👍

@gpickin @r00k Awesome! 🙌

@GSto @jonbuda Hahaha. That's awesome.

RT @corey_gwin: Just finished editing an awesome talk with @mijustin for next episode of The Write Stuff for @blurtdotapp.

Tons of great i…

@jmacias @TransistorFM Lol. That's right! 🤣

cc @jonbuda

Quickly deleted what I wrote, and changed it to:

"Jon can you take a look at this case for me?"

Crisis averted. 👍

Was typing out a request to @jonbuda in Slack:

"Jon, I'm going to need you to look at this support case."

And then it hit me.

Oh no.

This sounds like...

@r00k Nobody asked us about cheesecake. 🤣

Chatting live with @r00k about building new products, whether bootstrappers should get funding, and cheesecake. https://www.pscp.tv/w/bs7QUTM4NTU1MXwxeW5LT09uUnJaV0tSqdCn8Pn_u7z4ZW6d7qGML5PV4s_8LyfpKnuUFOLm1Cc=

Hey y'all, deep work is great and all, but I liked the good 'ol days when I could DM you and you'd reply instantly. lol. 😜

@MartinCamenius Nice work! 🙌

@ninjaparade hahaha.

I keep this baby in my beach house.

@ninjaparade COPYTRON.

RT @marckohlbrugge: 🚫 The wrong product will have you begging people for feedback. You’ll cling to any comment remotely positive. (“Wouldn’…

RT @marckohlbrugge: 🚫 The wrong idea requires you to push and push until you’re tired and can’t take it anymore.

👌 The right idea will pul…

A watched DNS never propagates.

@alollou 👍

YES, being a solopreneur can give you freedom and flexibility.

BUT, there are risks you should consider.

AND, there are ways to minimize those risks.

Being a solopreneur has risks.

(That don't get talked about enough)

You get 100% of the upside, but you also bear all of the risks.

If you get sick, or if something doesn't go as planned, there's no one there to pick up the slack.

https://justinjackson.ca/solorisk

@CasJam @r00k @JordanGal @derrickreimer @robwalling @SingleFounder If you want to hear a *really* honest personal update, listen to this one:
https://overcast.fm/+MP5-OsBD8/39:39

(Especially starting around 39:39)

The sign of a good podcast is where you're yelling at your phone saying: "I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY!"

This conversation between @r00k, @CasJam, @JordanGal is good. 👍

(It gets really 🌶️ spicy in the last 13 minutes)

https://overcast.fm/+WWECy0EI/39:34

@Shpigford This looks like Tumblr. 😉

@stauffermatt 🔥 Awww yeaaah! Nice work!

@JordanGal @CartHook WHOA! 🙌 Nice work.

RT @spencerfry: All of @podia is super excited to welcome another person to our team. 🎊 We've just opened up a new role for a full-time Cus…

We hear it all the time: "Follow-up emails are important!" But remembering to do it is hard.

My friend @singlefounder is tackling this problem with his new app, by helping folks do "follow-ups at scale." 👌

It's on @producthunt today! 🎉
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/bluetick-io

RT @TransistorFM: ★ Just published a new episode of Build Your SaaS: How did you split equity in Transistor?! Listen here: https://t.co/92P…

@tranhelen Truth! In almost every situation!

@agilasadi Oh that's already happened

@davidhemphill Wait. You do this?

I thought you are going to say:

"... and point out the scene with D.T."

@b0rk I'd read it! 🙌

@gabeshep Take me with you

One of the best books on building a SaaS ever written. 👍

https://twitter.com/garrettdimon/status/1067105513882730496

@jessarchercodes Oh awesome! So glad it was helpful.

I'm going to be answering listener voicemail on the @TransistorFM podcast ("Build your SaaS") shortly.

Have a question? Leave a voicemail here (works best on desktop):
https://transistor.fm/voicemail

Great newsletter from @nickd today:

"Design’s purpose is to provide economic benefit for businesses. It affects how the business is perceived, how a product operates, and how the business’s service is executed. Every design decision has a corresponding business ramification."

I leave my 13-year-old alone with my computer for five minutes...

@kudapara @hamstu Thanks for sharing it! 🙌

@JalisoCSP @r00k @levelsio Get the deal! 🙌

RT @fredrivett: Props to @mijustin & @hamstu for having the balls to share this.

A raw, unedited behind the scenes chat between two makers…

@Shpigford Is this for a personal project? Like a stream of consciousness kind of thing? Like others have said, this really feels like Tumblr. 😀

I will say I'm loving @statamic for http://justinjackson.ca

Great writing advice from @Rands:

http://randsinrepose.com/archives/how-to-write-a-blog-post/

@theleviallen 🙌 yes!

@MitchBernstein Hahaha. But it's free entertainment!

@KateBour yes!!!

Managed to make it up to Silver Star today for a few runs with this little big man. 👍 #vernonbc

RT @valsopi: 🔥 JOLT is the very first book I bought by Justin. Marketing for DEVS is another Classic. Hurry and get them (pay full price if…

RT @david_perell: @mbilderbach @patio11 @devonzuegel did an amazing job describing this on my podcast, so I'll defer to her. She's the mast…

@bezielinska Which podcast?

RT @petericebear: @mijustin @thestepafter I bought it also just now :) Looks Nice and hear good things about it.

@petericebear @thestepafter Awesome. Thank you! 🙌

RT @mijustin: @wesbos 👩‍💻 For devs looking to upgrade their product + marketing skills:

https://megamaker.co/blackfriday/

😮 Up to 65% off on:

🖥️ M…

RT @r00k: ICYMI: I'm running a 50%-off sale on my Refactoring Rails course for the next 1.64 days. https://gumroad.com/l/rUbHb/flack-briday

Frightening.

https://twitter.com/OmarNajam/status/1066212662428631040

I know a lot of folks don't like Black Friday (the emails, the crowds, the commercialism). I get it!

But, for a lot of small companies, this is a once a year chance to:

1. Give folks a deal (which feels good!)
2. Earn a big chunk of their annual revenue

@owenconti Not yet (there is some on the mountains though)