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@ttimsmith who?

@jeff_archibald @kylefox then, when they're all gone, you'll need to RUN to the liquor store! It's the circle of life.

SaaS founders: how do you define Cost of Goods Sold? http://davidcummings.org/2012/08/26/saas-cost-of-goods-sold-for-startups/

Canadian poet @Koyczan is a beautiful man. His TED talk made me cry: http://buff.ly/15CiwDn

@Jonflarson Good opportunity for @mastermaq & @hicksonsix: Mack&Cheese might get on the "real" radio!

@JoelleSteiniger it's beautiful! Still too cold to swim, but warm enough to sit on the sand.

How I spent my lunch hour: a 10 minute bike ride from my office downtown. #vernonbc #EarthDay

@thomasfuchs is he still playing hockey? Hockey is the true diplomatic link between Canada and Europe. ;)

I wait until the very last second to enter the last digit from Google Authenticator.

Because... I live on the edge.

@thomasfuchs @amyhoy You have got to be kidding me. That is crazy! He was on exchange from Vienna?

@kylefox http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZuVHQcZlNA You're welcome.

"Build software to meet a need and don’t become a commodity or enter a commodity space. Not all needs are equal." http://buff.ly/11wjmgu

@amyhoy YES. Commuting killed me. Was so glad when we moved to #vernonbc. Now I commute on my bicycle every day. Huge improvement in my life

@amyhoy wowser. For that kind of money, one of the privileges should be complimentary cocktails with the mayor. Or Will Smith. ;-p

@amyhoy @studiofellow whoa. What kind of privileges do you get? ;)

@davidsgallant @eyuzwa I think this has more to do with it: http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/27/turbotax-maker-funnels-millions-to-lobby-against-easier-tax-returns/

@studiofellow I think the Gov't would be surprised how willing we'd be to pay + how much more money we'd generate if they made it simpler.

@kylefox me too. Super uncomplicated in so many ways. The fact that I need to hire an accountant to help me find loopholes, etc...

@johnbeales ha ha thanks. I do have an accountant, it's just getting the stuff for the accountant that's a pain.

@davidsgallant @eyuzwa I'd like to see GDP currently being generated by complicated tax system VS potentially lost GDP for business owners.

Tax time is such a huge drain on my focus / creativity / energy. If the Canadian gov't really wants to help biz ppl they should make it easy

@sonixstudio thanks for sharing. ;)

@Malarkey I hear apes have a great P/E ratio.

@Malarkey but the Planet of the Apes collectables… that's another story. ;)

@mastermaq wow. He's been a pretty savvy "businessman" in a sense; I wonder if he's seeing a decline in revenue?

@mastermaq I'd love to see some data on his numbers. In his heyday I'm sure he was #1 for numbers & revenue. Shows a big demographic shift.

@mastermaq What do you think of this? http://www.inews880.com/news/edmonton/story.aspx?ID=1942511 "The talk show landscape is changing" Is this be a good topic for the podcast?

RT @stats_canada: Bieber Fever costs each Canadian taxpayer $1700 in annual healthcare expenses

@evankirby ha ha. No. Hadn't thought about that!

@amcwilliam @petevangenne @stewmcwill ha ha ha. So awesome.

Love this kid. RT @stuffmartysaid: "Dad let me help you imagine something awesome: it's raining sandwiches AND pancakes."

@petevangenne so awesome.

@petevangenne ha ha ha. That's awesome. (Who's Marshall Brown?) I love this.

@petevangenne what??? How do they know about it? ( you mean @stuffmartysaid? )

@kdnewton you're welcome! We enjoyed having you over.

@kylefox Wave has a personal finance side. http://waveapps.com

Photo: sovietpostcards: 1956 http://tmblr.co/Z4X8awjDf3ck

@stewmcwill proud of you man!

Love hearing about people getting value from @productpeopletv: @claytoncorreia mentions our @evanish interview here http://claytoncorreia.com/blog/two-things-every-product-person-should-do-before-starting-work-on-a-new-feature

Would love to see @cnagele speak at @baconbizconf. His SuperConf talks is one of my favorites: http://justinjackson.ca/chris-nagele/

@joestump what's a good model to use? Have you seen http://startingandsustaining.com/?

@einarvollset Are you using ConvertKit for your iOS Master Class sign-up page?

Look who we had walk through our front yard!

@ttimsmith you're going to need to fix that if you're ever going to immigrate to Canada. ;)

@ttimsmith *a* beer?

@joestump so you start charging and set baseline goal for # of customers to be profitable? Is there a magic time period: 1 year? 6 months?

@joestump joe, how do you estimate scale? When you're starting out its difficult to guess # of customers you'll attract @amyhoy

@amyhoy ... of product people is that they're sharing their revenue numbers + sharing their stories + good theory.

@amyhoy a lack of quality information + bad (fluke) role models played into that in the past. What's exciting about this new gen of...

The biggest business externality: the amount of employee productivity that can be attributed to coffee.

@amyhoy I think because sensible choices aren't always "easy", fun or desirable. Also: we don't think about "the math" (30x500 vs 10x1500)

@amyhoy it struck me most with his story about his iOS app. Most people build a $0.99 app. He chose a market that supported a $200 app.

@amyhoy ;) I've been thinking about this a lot since interviewing @nathanbarry - he's consistently made good choices. A big part of success.

Making good choices substantially improves your chances of succeeding.

@Malarkey do you apply the same thinking to your business? (ie don't finance computer purchases, etc)

@bakkahfei yes! We should definitely try to have @sivers on the show.

@Malarkey it's great! Did you have to do an initial push to pay off existing debt? (I'm assuming you still have a mortgage)

@Malarkey wow. Has it always been this way? Or is this a recent push?

Coffee rainy day https://vine.co/v/bUTKmBlKTED

@bakkahfei me too ;) Part 2 is coming on Wednesday!

"My parents didn’t want me to have a games console; they wanted something that I could create things on." http://buff.ly/11oZCKo

"People want opinions, analysis, techniques, experiences, and insights. The best come from actually doing stuff" @DHH http://buff.ly/11oUA0L

@ttimsmith you're welcome. Voted on it on DN as well.

Hey, my buddy @ttimsmith is: a super nice guy, and a great designer. He's available to be hired by the right company: http://timothybsmith.com/articles/designer-seeking-great-company

@AgileStyleInc the title of this movie is "Escape from the suburbs" cc @paper_leaf

@JimGaffigan Jack's delivery is perfect http://youtu.be/zOQ7uxoUyg0?t=29s

@kdnewton for you: http://www.dorkly.com/comic/51536/how-buying-videogames-is-different-from-buying-everything-else

@kylefox welcome to the club. ;)

@ttimsmith Are you freelancing right now? I'm wondering if something like this would be helpful for you: https://news.layervault.com/stories/3252-get-a-signature-and-get-paid-with-stripe-in-one-step

I think @inkdit could be especially helpful when used in conjunction with @malarkey's Contract Killer: https://inkdit.com/blog/2013/04/get-a-signature-and-get-paid-with-our-stripe-add-on/

Hey #makesomethingyeg, check out @inkdit's story on HN "Get a signature and get paid with Stripe" http://news.ycombinator.com/newest

@RafaelCorrales what makes a "high quality" startup? Potential market size? Potential revenue? Quality of team? Quality of tech?

@stevetsuida hmmmm. You could be on to something.

@AlyssaAFox I'm crying tears of jealousy right now. #tearsofjealousy

@joestump smart man.

"The public, not the polluting businesses, picks up the tab" http://buff.ly/17tC60E

Remember before you had kids and grocery shopping consisted of buying Mr. Noodle and a six pack?

@danbenjamin @hotdogsladies @jsnell ... Adventure Time and OSX shortcuts?

@kdnewton yes! That last 10% is the hardest.

RT @codefortravel: @kadavy Product People has been my favorite lately. @productpeopletv

Somebody you know on Twitter may just be dancing in his office to bad Lady Gaga remixes.

"I assumed that the problem they were trying to solve was: getting a new website. But it’s not." http://buff.ly/11ksuUg

@chadtomkiss thanks!

Pretty doesn't sell http://wp.me/p1366z-cT

@amcwilliam yeahhhhhhhhhhhjj @stewmcwill!!!!!! Amazing!

Daft Punk Is the Apple of Dance Music http://buff.ly/1748GIm

@carlhancock check out Wing$ and Same Love. That whole album is brilliant. Perfect mix of fun shit + serious shit.

@carlhancock yeah, they've got some great serious stuff.

RT @unsalted: I was kindly interviewed for the @productpeopletv podcast, talking about Litmus and how we got started: http://wp.me/p2XAqS-2c

@TimFletcher Envato! (Ha ha, a lot of people can't get that theme out of their head)

@brennandunn whoa! Fighting words. I like this.

This whole post feels odd: "The Jason Fried fantasy" http://buff.ly/ZuDXyE

"Wear this!!! Don't worry: it looks like a man's jacket in the dark" <-- real marriage conversation between @lorindaapps and I

Is there a day of the week where you need a new podcast? What shows get published on Tuesdays?

@StephenKiers whoa dude. I think you just auto-published 10 tumblr posts in a row.

@bakkahfei Hmmm. I think @kylefox wins this round. That's a BIG photo…. size matters?

.@kylefox and I compete. He put one big image of himself on his About page http://kylefox.ca/about/ so I put 13 on mine http://justinjackson.ca/about/

@bikemech_ca did you see this? http://www.vernon.ca/images/uploads/hr/grant_worker_bike_to_work_asst_coord_p.pdf

@Aaron_Morton @danbenjamin mine's @productpeopletv ;)

Hiring front-end web developers http://buff.ly/16Zkhs7