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@dagorenouf Yes! 🤣

Great night of music in #vernonbc tonight at @sundogfest!

@bdougieYO Thank you!

@valsopi Thanks!

@DevaniAlkarim We need more of this type of development in @CityofVernon and @cityofkelowna. 🙏

(Also, a townhome for $3k/month is a STEAL here in the Okanagan).

@johnrudolphdrex @DCoulbourne It feels like you should start another podcast called "Obscenely Neurotypical"

@EddyVinckk @marketingdevs Sweet! I'll dm you.

@EddyVinckk @marketingdevs If you beat 100, I'll send you a copy!

@bcjordan Hahaha.

@bradsimantel Thanks! I agree. The trailer is super fun.

@digitaltrouble Thanks!

@Peasquared Thank you! 🙌

@jackmcdade @marketingdevs Yes! That's good feedback.

(And we're trying to figure out how to protect the leaderboard haha)

@OstapBrehin My boys are 13-18.

I had the original idea for the game, but they helped conceptualize it, and my oldest boy built the game.

I'll give a free copy of the Marketing for Developers (@marketingdevs) course ($199 value) to the first person to get a score over 100!

BTW – If you own your own business, I highly recommend working with your kids!

I did two types of projects with my 4 kids (aged 13-20) over the summer.

1. Real work projects: they helped me edit my YouTube videos, update my blog, bookkeeping, edit my podcast show notes, create…

@EddyVinckk Hahaha. Well done!

Currently, MOM has the high score.

Try to beat it!

(You'll need to refresh the browser to update scores)

Are you mad at work?
Do you sometimes want to flip your table?

We've got just the game for you:
Table Flipper, the table-flipping video game

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Play the game online for free: https://megamaker.ca/tableFlipper/

We would love it if you tried it and shared it with friends!

This past summer, I wanted to work on projects with my three teenage sons.

One idea we had was to build a simple game reminiscent of the old Flash-based games we used to play.

My oldest son programmed it, and my second youngest created this amazing trailer.

@digitaltrouble 💪

A web3 update from the future:

https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1704634312845312259

@JackEllis Paul's not on twitter - you can talk all you want!

@HCWeiss Left

It’s good for the podcast economy. 😉 https://twitter.com/shl/status/1704870467809812696

@adamwathan Helpful for small companies as well?

@robgreenlee @ApplePodcasts I wrote a post on this!

https://transistor.fm/create-podcast-artwork/

@rezzz Happy birthday! 🎉

@aarondfrancis Congrats!!! This looks awesome.

Can’t wait to check it out.

@rajivayyangar Congrats!

In the future, I'd love it if it was easier to find "the best tool for ____" on @ProductHunt.

Currently, when I search for something like "campaign management software," I expect a bunch of tools for managing marketing campaigns, but instead, I get a really general…

@asmartbear curious: why do you think SWOT is “silly?”

I’ve found it to be a nice simple tool for quickly getting things in my head out on paper: “oh yeah, these are the real threats right now, and this is definitely where we’re weak, but we have some strengths and opportunities…

@stauffermatt Amazing! Congrats again!

@michaelkoper Transistor

@stauffermatt Whoa!!!! Congrats!!!! 🎉 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@hankai1998 It all depends on the coworking – we’ve been running a little space of our own since 2014 and it’s been incredible. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1412803009596194816

@kvlly 👋

@mjwhansen Pinball: the man who saved the game.

https://app.primevideo.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.1855d3e8-c703-49df-9bce-345665a21b9c&territory=CA&ref_=share_ios_movie&r=web

@aarondfrancis @lepikhinb This looks great! That’s a compelling demo! I could definitely use this.

@ow 🤦‍♂️

For me, the dangers of cycling became so much more vivid once my kids started biking to school.

It’s frightening to not have protected bike lanes.

@DashBarkHuss It really depends on the company, the product category, and the big challenges that need to be solved.

@scott_bair Hahaha.

Thanks!

Our general schedule each day is:

- wake up sometime before 9am
- get together around 10am, have a morning discussion about the company, product, etc
- go for lunch together
- afternoon is more open (personal time, work together, go for a run)
- evenings we go out together and…

The @TransistorFM is on our annual team retreat in Nashville.

Anything we should see/do while we’re in town?

@dieworkwear That was great! Congrats! 🙌

@JudoHacker @TransistorFM 🏆 congrats!

@freekmurze Oh nice!

@mbuckbee So much of it depends on:
- the category you’re in
- how well you understand the category
- your experience and connections
- other skills and assets you’ve built up over time

There are tactics, but it’s difficult to apply them out of context. What works for one type of…

@mbuckbee Feels like there are plenty marketing/sales examples from smaller indie companies? 🤔

Lots of us doing it without multi-million dollar campaigns!

@daniel_nguyenx 🤣🤣🤣

Perfect.

@noahwbragg For print-on-demand, @Printful

@_knolan You’ve already reached thousands of customers, which is hard enough to do!

You’re in an interesting B2C space where folks have a strong financial incentive to buy and use your product. Feels like there could be a lot more upside there. 👍

@_knolan Congrats! 🎉

@NightCourtPunk great show last night in Vernon! Thanks for coming out. 🙌

#vernonbc

Last night on the lake

@ramongberrios @TransistorFM @castmagic_io 🙌 Kudos to you and the team for what you've built so far.

@TransistorFM @castmagic_io @PodiumDotPage @podsqueeze_app I’m hoping to get the video review out on YouTube soon!

Congrats on the new podcast @nathanbarry and @RachRodgersEsq! 🎉🎉🎉

https://www.billiondollarcreator.com/

@DCoulbourne Dude, we gotta get this submitted to @ApplePodcasts!

I can help. 👍

@heytjmiller @laravelphp @EngineerMoore Welcome @EngineerMoore! 👋🥳

@KeliWestgate 🎯 100%

People are hungry for genuine connection.

@joe_ashwell I’m walking up!

@kylefox @tuple 🙌 that was fun!

Walking home from the office.

@ianlandsman Once. 😆

You know, downloadable software you pay for once.

@ianlandsman Dude, it's a role-playing adventure game.

(Sold on Steam)

What do you think of this solution?

https://transistor.fm/test2/

I could also use something like this:

https://codepen.io/gisumit/pen/eYjMJyp

I need some help!

Would love some of your web dev / UX input on this:

I've been working on this massive review of AI tools for podcasters:
https://transistor.fm/best-ai-podcast-tools/

Currently, I'm embedding the plain text output from the different AI platforms as GitHub gists.

However,…

@adamwathan Super helpful to see the whole routine! Thank you. 🙏

@SeldonCrisisPod @stephenrobles @TransistorFM That sounds like a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review to me! 😄

I’m a huge @stephenrobles fan, so seeing him wearing a @TransistorFM t-shirt in this video is 😍😍😍 https://twitter.com/stephenrobles/status/1699540966992908709

@adamwathan Sounds like 37signals was listening to this episode. 😉

https://once.com/

@KoenRijpstra @nathanbarry Even the most well-capitalized companies in the world (Apple, Amazon) have trouble manufacturing demand.

I’ve argued that all we can do is capture existing demand (existing customer desire); we can’t make people want something they don’t want.

@aprildunford Love @bmoesta’s work! He’s taught me so much over the years. 🙌

@Rockwood_XRay People were already searching for accommodation (hotels, BnBs, rentals), so… yes.

Congrats on the new album @mikeherreraTD and @mxpx!

Loving it.

I met Molly (@mholzschlag) at Future of Web Apps in Miami, 2010.

She was kind, funny, and incredibly passionate about the open web.

Rest in peace Molly. https://twitter.com/zeldman/status/1699395939792822335

@joshcirre @TransistorFM @castmagic_io @podsqueeze_app @PodiumDotPage @swellai @cleanvoiceAI @PraveenTelu2 @ListenerPods @DescriptApp Thank you! 🙏

On Friday, I tested 10 AI tools that generate podcast show notes, transcriptions, titles, etc.

I hope to publish the results on the @transistorfm blog + YouTube channel, but this one will be a monster to edit. 😅

@digitaltrouble A cowboy hat would go great with that beard!

@adamwathan @r00k Thank you! 🙌

@abhiondemand 💯 this.

🎯 Entrepreneurs don't create the wave; we surf the wave. 🏄‍♂️🏄‍♀️ https://twitter.com/nathanbarry/status/1699115071220375950

@arvidkahl 💯 this.

If you have to ask "How do I research my audience?" then you're not embedded enough in that community.

@adamwathan @r00k

A few more questions (after listening to your episode on fitness):

- what’s your current alcohol consumption?
- are you using a workout app? (To track exercises, reps, etc)
- any chance of doing a video with your workout routine?
- any chance of links to the…

I'm still adding to (and improving) this list as I prepare for my talk at @FullStackEU.

You can read the whole thing here:

https://justinjackson.ca/build-new-startup

If you have ideas/comments, reply to this thread.✌️

5. A successful business idea will emerge from the experiences, connections, skills, insights, and resources you’ve accumulated.

The remedy for “not having good business ideas” is to go out and create more experiences: start a podcast, attend meetups, and run some experiments.

4. Look for product categories where the incumbents are old and crusty, and customers want something new and fresh.

Many recent SaaS successes have followed this path:

For example: Google Analytics was old and bloated, so @usefathom made a simple analytics alternative.

3. Find a good market with good fundamentals.

Look at the sum of demand for the category you're considering:

Number of potential customers
How much they spend
The frequency at which they buy
Their willingness to pay

Then, observe if there's a strong desire for something new.

2. Get in motion by building side projects in public.

Good ideas almost always emerge while you're doing something else.

For example, @adamwathan was livestreaming while building a SaaS product. People started asking him about his CSS. @tailwindcss was born out of that.

1. Build a product that people are already searching for.

It's 1000x easier to target folks already in motion.

The best opportunities are where customers realize they have a need and are doing something about it: searching Google, asking for recommendations, etc.

I've been brainstorming how I would build a new indie startup if I had to do it again in 2023.

Here are 5 principles I’d use.

@GergelyOrosz That’s not quite correct: we know they were purchased for a multiple of ~2.65x ARR (not annual profit).

My understanding is they had been operating at “breakeven.”

https://baremetrics.com/blog/i-sold-baremetrics

@jmckinven @jonnywhite @indiebitespod I loved the story of his first (and only?) cold sales call!

@ianlandsman Wait - did you get tickets to Fyre? https://twitter.com/arvidkahl/status/1698720060418752597

@jonnywhite I enjoyed your episode with @jmckinven on @indiebitespod!

@digitaltrouble @noahwbragg it was nice to hear you both back on the podcast together!

@businessbarista That’s 1% of Apple’s annual revenue.

@earthlingworks Or the episode gets deleted. 🙊

@earthlingworks Honestly, this is why I love “founder podcasts:” hearing what other founders are thinking about, struggling with, overcoming, etc