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5/ The SwagFan project

At ​@transistorfm, we've found that giving away free t-shirts and hats is a great way to promote our brand. When folks receive something from us, they share pictures on social media.

https://x.com/stephenrobles/status/1699474856251625667

4/ This gave me an idea:

Over the summer, I hired Ferdinand (with personal money) to build a Laravel app I've always wanted.

The aim was to get him to build a fully functional SaaS app (with Stripe billing) using @Laravelphp, Alpine, @LaravelLivewire, @tailwindcss

3/ Enter Ferdinand, a CompSci grad I met at a hack night. He built an AI bot that synthesized my voice on Discord. Impressive!

Despite his skills, Ferdinand struggled to land his first job. Dozens of interviews, no offers. The classic catch-22: No experience, no job.

2/ A while back, I talked about the "pipeline problem:"

• Bootcamps teach JS, React, Next.js
• Not many juniors are learning Rails/Laravel
• Rails/Laravels shops want experienced devs
• But we're not cultivating new talent

This cycle hurts the Laravel/Rails ecosystems.

1/ Here's a story about:

- How the @laravelphp / @Rails communities can fix the "pipeline problem"
- How we can help junior devs get their first gig
- A secret summer project (and a new SaaS)

Yup. 💯

Reaching people is hard! https://twitter.com/johnrudolphdrex/status/1837089342721839499

@stephenrobles Love it 🤩

@johnrudolphdrex WOW!!!! Congrats!

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@JohnONolan @hackersincpod @adamwathan DO IT

@JohnONolan @hackersincpod @adamwathan At Laracon, we joked that "each of us found the other person's business problems/complaints easy to solve."

What's a struggle each of you is having with your business, and how would the other person solve it?

@JohnONolan @hackersincpod @adamwathan From the outside, you two have built high-growth businesses with strong annual revenues.

When it comes to managing highly visible open-source projects as the foundation of your businesses, what are the downsides most people don't see?

@itsurboyevan Evan's whole piece is thought-provoking and beautifully written.

Read it on the @every site:

https://every.to/napkin-math/live-fuller-not-bigger-70cd44e7-4c2e-49d1-a853-29bd0b67c9fa

A poignant anecdote from @itsurboyevan's newsletter:

"A few years ago, I was at a dinner with the head of one of the largest private equity funds in the U.S. This guy had made it. His suits were crisp and Italian. His car was so fast it left feelings of poverty in its wake. His…

@thejonotron ScreenFlow!

@thinkverse Yup!

@metaskills Thanks! 🙏

Building a secret Laravel app https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1MYxNMBRPwLJw

Did some screencasting today. 👍

claude helping me out with life's big questions

@joetannenbaum ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@joetannenbaum 🙌

@ApplePodcasts It’s gotten more popular, but way too many people are still sleeping on @AcquiredFM.

RT @ShaneDRosenthal: Heyyoo!!

Guess who's back on the market, ready to make your wildest web dev dreams come true?!?! 👋

12+ years full ti…

@danielzarick @INBOUND Whoa! Looks like a good event!!

<my 16-year-old son sees me using Slack>

“Hey what’s that, discord for boomers?”

@ninjaparade @fiftysquared 🙌

@LaraconAU @keithdamiani KEITH!!!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯

@robjama https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1458906465016565761

@JohnONolan @Ghost Well done! 🙌

"A substantial part of 'founder mode' hinges on building an org around good judgment.

• You need to have excellent judgment in your problem area.
• You need to recognize the importance of good judgment as a phenomenon.
• You need to demand it in others." https://twitter.com/patrickc/status/1835434966072836483

🎯 Also true in business.

“There is no formula for success—you just begin and then you continue. I’m often asked how to have a career in stand-up and the answer is confoundingly simple: Do the work. Over and over again, just do the work. After you build the courage to get…

@TheAlexLichter @TransistorFM Check your DMs

@chrispodcasting @TransistorFM DM’d you

@DCoulbourne @TransistorFM DMing

💯

“Bootstrapping is playing business on hard mode. You have to be right so much sooner.” https://twitter.com/MattPaulsonSD/status/1835402641532170672

@VicVijayakumar @TransistorFM DM’d you

@troypavlek @TransistorFM 😮

@CnstDev @TransistorFM DM’d you

@iamdavidhill @TransistorFM DM’d you!

@christophrumpel @TransistorFM Check your DMs

@joshcirre @TransistorFM Check your DMs

@karlcodeswell @TransistorFM Check your DMs

@joetannenbaum @TransistorFM DM’d you 👍

@gilbert @TransistorFM Check your DMs ❤️❤️❤️

@larslommen @TransistorFM Check your DMs

@FalakDigital @TransistorFM Check your DMs

@bresslertweets @TransistorFM Printful and Swagfan

@troypavlek @TransistorFM You’ve been a long-time user!

Check your DMs. 😊

Who wants one?

@wking__ Looking 🔥

@shaunmmaguire Using a single anecdote to suggest a broader pattern about a group of people is what’s heinous.

This applies to Trump’s debate assertion, and what’s being asserted here.

I read the whole article, and I’m confused why you would consider this “real journalism.”

@nicwentling 💯💯💯

@JackEllis @coreyhainesco @andrewculver Yup! Was in town for the Transistor team retreat and the Acquired live show: https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1833694264036856082

@coreyhainesco @andrewculver Sorry I missed you! Next time. 🙏

@ShaneDRosenthal 🙌

@aarondfrancis Does it work fine with Ecamm Live?

@mbuckbee Also @usefathom

@mbuckbee http://Carrd.co

@IsaAdney @ConvertKit @TransistorFM Awesome!!!! That’s so nice to hear.

Thank you for using Transistor. 🙏

@stephsmithio @AcquiredFM Agreed. Biggest and best live podcast event I’ve ever been to!

@jenny_colgate @AcquiredFM We were there too! It was so fun to be there with thousands of other Acquired fans.

Kind of surreal!

@natpmanning @AcquiredFM Agreed! It was a joy to be there and to cheer on Ben and David.

@ChaseCenter @AcquiredFM Amazing event!!

Didn’t expect to see @eldsjal and @emilychangtv on stage (in addition to @finkd).

@gilbert and @djrosent put on a great show. 🙌

@andrewculver Wait. Are you here right now?

I’m in town until Friday!

@AcquiredFM @TransistorFM @gilbert @djrosent @emilychangtv ❤️❤️❤️

I just published a post on the @transistorfm blog about my experience at the @AcquiredFM live show in San Francisco, along with some photos and video.

https://transistor.fm/acquired-live/

@AcquiredFM @gilbert @djrosent Here's the NYT piece:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/technology/mark-zuckerberg-podcast-acquired.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=0768F66E-8967-490B-973F-62B910A637FB

Wow!! The @AcquiredFM podcast featured on the homepage of the New York Times.

Congrats on amazing evening @gilbert and @djrosent! 👏👏👏

@AcquiredFM @finkd @eldsjal @emilychangtv @iammiketaylor @jpmorgan It was amazing to be in an arena surrounded by thousands of podcast fans!

You two have created something truly special. Well done, and congrats on an epic night! 🙌

@aarondfrancis @steve_tenuto @xata This was epic!!!

Well done! 🙌

Mark Zuckerberg on stage now.

Massive crowd for @AcquiredFM at Chase arena.

First surprise guest: @eldsjal, from @Spotify
Second guest: @emilychangtv
Soon: @finkd!

#acquired

@jeremyblalock @AcquiredFM Yessssss

Filling up here! Anticipation is building to see @gilbert, @djrosent, and @finkd on stage.

@aarondfrancis @jpmorgan @AcquiredFM @Chase Filling in!

@svendsxn @AcquiredFM Yesssss. Me too!

@renobelk @AcquiredFM Yes! We’re here too!

@ZeffMax @AcquiredFM Me too! 👋

@aarondfrancis @jpmorgan @AcquiredFM @Chase As soon as the doors opened!

Here early for the @jpmorgan @AcquiredFM show at @Chase center.

Looks amazing!

@petecodes Thank you! 🙏

@wbetiago @TransistorFM @AcquiredFM @finkd Fully bootstrapped.

What an amazing way to kick off the live @AcquiredFM event: a morning run with @gilbert, @djrosent, and 100 other podcast fans!! 🤩

@DmytroKrasun @daniel_nguyenx 🙏

The @TransistorFM team and I are in San Francisco for our annual retreat!

Excited to go to the @AcquiredFM arena show tomorrow, and see @finkd on stage. 🙌

@JohnONolan @levelsio Good timing for him to release this! Lots of folks thinking/curious about servers right now.

@EmmettNaughton @adamwathan Thank you!

@EmmettNaughton @adamwathan Thanks! 🙏

@indiejuan 💯 eventually it has to give you calm.

https://justinjackson.ca/calm-company

Watch the full video here:

https://youtu.be/RLBtrKZZCD8?si=0UpEsP0M1Q1Vxpy3

"Superhuman mode" is seductive for entrepreneurs.

The idea you can "will" anything into existence through sheer effort is intoxicating.

It's crucial at the start, but unsustainable long-term.

@cemart7 Thank you 🙏

Instant memories https://twitter.com/Alphafox78/status/1832232093163610407

I need to write more about the “superhuman trap” in business.

@valsopi Retail in a small market is already a bad setup.

Very few "make it" (keep their doors open), and even fewer (less than 1%, I'll bet) make a reasonable personal income.

@heynatefox @TransistorFM Do you have someone good?

If you've been running a business for a while, and it's grinding you down, I made a video for you:

https://youtu.be/RLBtrKZZCD8

(I think many small businesses have a broken financial engine and don't realize it...)

@TimmortalOla @taylorotwell for realz

@screenfluent ❤️❤️❤️

@stephenrobles 👏👏👏