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Listen the whole interview on @r00k & @adamwathan's podcast:

https://hackersincorporated.com/episodes/revisiting-the-ideal-bootstrapped-business-with-jason-cohen

@r00k We got a nice dark-mode/light-mode contrast going here. 😄

It's wild to look back at these big "frothy" investments into podcasting:

"When it first launched in 2019 with $100 million in backing, Luminary set out to create a premium audio space." – @ashleyrcarman, @business

$100 million?! 🤯

With pricing, the competitive environment you're in matters quite a bit.

If every product in your category is priced at $49-$99/month, it will be difficult (especially as a newcomer) to charge $299/month.

@nathanbarry's initial pricing strategy with @convertkit was to be "10%…

"Good advice at the wrong time is bad advice." – @JamesClear

This is especially true when it comes to pricing advice.

"Raise your prices" can be the right advice, but it depends on many factors.

@asmartbear recently refined his advice on pricing by saying:

"It's not always…

@CasJam It definitely feels more like Telegram (but with threads) than a "Twitter replacement."

It's definitely snappy. Pretty simple right now. The fact that it's iOS only is somewhat limiting.

After reading @nbashaw’s piece, I thought I would try it out.

https://every.to/divinations/twitter-is-fragmenting

Anyone else here on Wavelength?

I created a private group chat for bootstrappers to try it out:

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@statamic Had a meal with @jackmcdade at @LaraconUS! 🙌

@aeolianeth It's funny; just so used to Dropbox now! Doesn't feel worth it to switch.

When it comes to building a new business, I like @richardbranson's approach:

"When we start a business from scratch, we put our toe in the water. If the water doesn't feel too cold, then we start building it slowly. But if it doesn't feel right, we knock it on the head pretty…

@5harath @TransistorFM Nice!! 🤩

@noahwbragg @Dropbox @googlesheets @googlephotos @googlecalendar @WyzeCam @Apple Why do you use both Amazon and Google for photos?

What's your personal software stack for home/family stuff?

Here's mine:

- Online file storage: @Dropbox
- Spreadsheets: @googlesheets
- Photo storage: @googlephotos
- Calendar: @googlecalendar
- Home security: @WyzeCam
- Notes: @apple Notes

@valsopi Yes, this pricing structure makes more sense. 👍

I’m a fan of @FrameworkPuter.

This could be a cool job for a @rails engineer!

https://jobs.lever.co/framework/1d6559b2-ccf9-4391-bded-63034cf0ab22

@andrewculver @fxn @RailsSaaS Are you doing Rails SaaS only in the EU this year?

This particular episode is going to require a 3 hour walk. 😄

When part 2 of @AcquiredFM’s @Nintendo series lands in your podcast player.

@JackEllis @robwalling Great conversation you two. 👍

Jack: incidentally Basecamp tried running billboards and published their results:

https://world.hey.com/dhh/we-spent-300k-on-billboards-in-boston-and-it-was-a-bust-2ae8c9dd

@BurtDS My more customized sites are on @statamic (really robust CMS)

For simple blogs, I’m using @blogstatic. (It’s good!)

@luquimbo @IndieHackers @csallen @ChanningAllen I used @DescriptApp for this one.

Yup. https://twitter.com/cabel/status/1644766618260758528

@janostlund @SilverStarMR We get pretty good snowfall!

Silverstar, BC is my local mountain (7 metres or 23 feet of annual snowfall)

Revelstoke, BC is 1.5 hours away (~20 feet annual snowfall)

@wbetiago @podsqueeze_app Well done! 💪

@abigailotwell Happy Easter! 🐣

@petersuhm There are some good bootstrapper podcasts that have just started up. A few off the top of my head:

@pushtoprodpod - https://www.pushtoprod.show/

@startupapart - https://startupapart.com/

@nontechpodcast - https://nontechfounders.transistor.fm/

@waitbutwhy Really enjoyed this one.

The “human history as a book” metaphor is really powerful.

@philkellr @sugardayfox Haha. My kids are older now (13-20).

Building was definitely harder when they were younger.

Tweets, FB posts, TikTok are designed to evoke emotions and reactions from us.

Nuance is boring. Having a genuine, deep, contextual understanding on a topic is difficult (and often, boring).

It’s easier for our brains to reflexively react, than to really ponder a topic.

It’s…

It’s healthy to critique ideas, concepts, practices, technology, and beliefs.

We (as a society) can learn to be less dogmatic about our sacred beliefs: to approach difficult problems with humility, be open to genuine knowledge about a topic, and keen to understand the nuance.

Almost the end of the snowboard season. Great to be up at @SilverStarMR a few more times for spring skiing. 👍

RT @GaryMarcus: LLMs don’t lie, and they don’t tell the truth either. They create plausible sentence continuations, some turn out to be tru…

RT @jdevalk: I have an idea. Remember when we used to blog? How about we start doing that again a bit more frequently?

Comment on each oth…

@KeliWestgate @CoWorkVernon 🙌 happy to help

@CasJam I enjoyed it (music and movie) too. 👍

@typeoneerror Yes!! Congrats! 🎉

@ChanningAllen @csallen @IndieHackers 👏 congrats!

Excited for this new chapter. 💪

@marcosluis2186 @EspreeDevora 🥰

@coreyhainesco Listening to this now!

Hope you two come back some day. 🙏

@IndieHackers @csallen @ChanningAllen The full @IndieHackers podcast episode where they talk about going independent from @Stripe just dropped:

https://share.transistor.fm/s/ba7dd93d

Interesting to hear how they're planning growing revenue from $0.

Listening to this now: "@IndieHackers is indie again!"

@csallen: "We won't get a paycheck anymore. Are you worried about that?"

@ChanningAllen: "Lifestyle-wise? Maybe I buy like slightly fewer books."

@csallen: "Books!? That's your main luxury?" 🤣

@venikunche @EspreeDevora 🥰

@thetafferboy I primarily use https://playgroundai.com/

It's interesting to read this @mgsiegler piece on the podcast industry three years later:

@mijustin/its-interesting-to-re-read-this-piece-three-years-later-8181d159039a" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@mijustin/its-interesting-to-re-read-this-piece-three-years-later-8181d159039a

@mattmedeiros @YouTube hahaha.

Nope.

Is there a better interface for Midjourney yet? (that doesn’t rely on that Discord bot)

RT @mijustin: Most purchases start with a search:

"gift ideas for my wife"
"best podcast hosting"
"top indie games for teens"

So the key…

I discuss this topic in more detail here:

https://justinjackson.ca/margin

One of the hardest things to get right in business is the effort-to-results ratio.

Often we get stuck in a business that requires a high amount of effort for minimal results.

It’s tempting to “stick with it” (because the business is generating some revenue).

But invariably,…

@TedGoas Yes, met them at Geek Beers (a local tech meetup that runs every month).

@mattmedeiros 😆 the machines can’t figure us out!

RT @freekmurze: 🥳 I’m beyond excited that @mijustin, co-founder of @TransistorFM, will be speaking at @FullStackEU
Get your ticket here: h…

I wrote about how we set all this up here:

https://justinjackson.ca/wfh

@nbashaw I’m there:

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@ianlandsman Tumblr? Is that you?

@Agile_for_One Three friends and I rented an office together. Initially, it was just us splitting the rent. Eventually, we turned it into a real coworking place, and invited other members to join us.

@yongfook 😅

AI generated microphones still look weird.

(Stable Diffusion 2.1)

You can do this!

Three friends and I set up a little coworking office in my hometown.

It's a 5-minute bike ride from my house.

It's (by far) the best work environment I've ever been in. 👍 https://twitter.com/taylorotwell/status/1500473534346375178

@benediktdeicke @userlist Looks great!

@ChanningAllen @csallen @stripe @IndieHackers YESSSSSS.

@csallen @stripe @IndieHackers @ChanningAllen Whaaaaaaat. Wow! I think we need a podcast episode on this (stat!).

(Congrats on going indie! 🎉)

@mjwhansen I'm just a Canadian trying to help an American living in Denmark petition the US Congress. 😅

@nathanbarry Thanks! 🙌

@LeviNunnink Thank you.

If you want more background, listen to this episode:

https://twitter.com/buildyoursaas/status/1640500352528297985

Section 174 could increase your biz taxes by 466%.

I just sent this to my email list:
https://justinjackson.ck.page/posts/can-you-sign-this-today

If you're in 🇺🇸, please sign the petition today. 🙏
https://ssballiance.org/

#section174

ChatGPT is an insanely popular freemium SaaS product.

Over 100 million free users; I wonder what their conversion to paid is? https://twitter.com/abacaj/status/1643312603551129601

@evgenylepekhin Thanks for reading it and sharing it!

RT @jessicard: i hooked up chatgpt to a furby and I think this may be the start of something bad for humanity

Source: @BBCNews from 2014
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30290540

Stephen Hawking was quite concerned about AI:

“Once humans develop artificial intelligence, it would take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever-increasing rate. Humans, limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete and would be superseded.”

RT @ianlandsman: I got final numbers today, the section 174 change caused a six figure increase plus significantly increased quarterly paym…

@djrosent @AcquiredFM 👀 wait... is this NINTENDO PART II? 🤞

Just added something new to my side-project, @MyPodStudio:

A new podcast studio! This one features @jmckinven's podcast recording booth he built into a cupboard.

A good one to check out if you have a smaller space:
https://mypodstudios.com/james-mckinven

@Merthh Thank you! 🙌

If you’re a founder of a small software company based in the USA, sign this today:

http://ssballiance.org

We only have until April 10!

What are some of your favorite subreddits?

Here’s a few of mine:

r/AccidentalWesAnderson
r/ArchitecturalRevival
r/RetroFuturism
r/CozyPlaces
r/Xennials

@cgenco OR... install ChatGPT on your TV and get it to provide you healthcare? 🤔

Another update: Reddit and Spotify are closing their "Clubhouse-style" live audio apps.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/09/reddit-is-shutting-down-its-clubhouse-clone-reddit-talk/

https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/03/spotify-is-shutting-down-its-live-audio-app-spotify-live/

The change in prices for US for consumer goods (since 2008).

🏥 Hospital services: up 99.8%
👩‍🎓 College tuition: up 64.4%
👶 Childcare: up 62.1%
👨‍⚕️ Medical care: up 57.2%
🥘 Food: up 52.8%
🏡 Housing: up 48.3%

@iroughol https://twitter.com/ianlandsman/status/1642964369519550479

@driesvints @FullStackEU Can't wait to hang out again, Dries!

@vivgui @FullStackEU @TransistorFM Thanks!

RT @alyssamvance: 48% of AI researchers think AI has a significant (>10%) chance of making humans extinct

58% believe AI alignment (by Rus…

@FullStackEU @TransistorFM Excited to meet everyone at this year's Full Stack EU! 🙌

If you're coming (or you've gone in the past), I'd love to get to know you better:

https://forms.reform.app/pF4xrZ/fullstack/qF4o4X

RT @driesvints: Our first speaker announcement for @FullStackEU is out! Super happy to have @mijustin join us ☺️🥳

@calebporzio I’m just here for these “young Caleb” avatars that pop up every once in awhile. 😉

@christophrumpel Nice! 🙌

@ylecun What percentage of qualified experts “who do research on AI” have concerns about AI?

@arvidkahl We should talk about the abundance mindset sometime on your podcast. 👍

“Wisdom involves using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and to think of the well-being of the whole. Unfortunately… we have lost the long-term perspective, and we are suffering from an absurd and very unwise belief that there can be unlimited…

“How about this: once your job is automated, you get an automation pension and get to relax for the rest of your life. Everyone will be praying their job is next.”

🎯

“The problem is that new generative AI is being introduced into a society that is ill-equipped to handle it.”

“We’re introducing a technology that can utterly wreck people’s livelihoods.”

https://jacobin.com/2023/03/ai-artificial-intelligence-art-chatgpt-jobs-capitalism/

@benjamincrozat @arvidkahl It feels like this could be similar to Google, who captured Search in the mind of the consumer (even though other alternatives existed).

OpenAI had over 100 million users now; ChatGPT is one of the fastest growing apps of all time.

They have a pretty strong brand and position.

@maxime_mlops That’s @XnapperHQ!

@drewclemcr8 I explore that idea here:

https://justinjackson.ca/charge-more

@einarvollset Who, in particular?

I’m following lots of smart people who have been in the field for decades with legitimate concerns.

Dr. Stuart Russell
Gary Marcus
Yoshua Bengio
Max Tegmark
Kay Firth-Butterfield

RT @asmartbear: Well, this didn't age well.

I can admit when I'm wrong!

Many did raise prices... just took a little longer.

P.S. WP Engi…