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(Already got a few DMs about this)

I debated with @shl on the @IndieHackers podcast.

We’re highly shaped by who we follow, admire, and hold in high esteem.

This is why I think Indie Hackers should stop exalting Musk.

Worth a listen:
https://share.transistor.fm/s/0f2dcd76

@VicVijayakumar 🤣🤣🤣

@mrjonbradshaw @TransistorFM Yup! It’s been great! 💯

Big fan.

@VicVijayakumar 🤩 can you PostMates that to me? 😜

@ungatedcreative @amandanat Thank you! 🥰

It means a lot to get this encouragement. The whole @TransistorFM team appreciates it!

@WhoWorksThere @DanKulkov Thanks 🥰

@cesartastic @TransistorFM @dzohrob Thanks for sharing it! 🙌

@seanpritzkau @jappleby @jacobtender @Podnews I just noticed that too.

This is the message Acast shows you when you "unsubscribe:"

"You'll no longer receive our opt-in messages, but you can change your decision at any time."

Total bullshit.

@JamesCridland @jappleby @jacobtender @Podnews Again, I was working in the industry when this legislation passed. I'm quite certain they don't meet the criteria here.

Regardless, I'm filing a complaint. 😉

https://fightspam.gc.ca/

Also, will be adding the phrase: "Do not send cold email, spam, to this address" in the XML.

@JamesCridland @jappleby @jacobtender @Podnews I used to work for a Canadian ESP, and my understanding is that the bar for "conspicuous publication exemption" is quite high.

(You could argue the email is hidden in an RSS feed's XML)

In particular, the 5 items outlined at the bottom, here:
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/com500/faq500.htm

@marcelladotco @amandanat @TransistorFM 🥰

Dave's become a trusted connection for me in the podcast biz. He's often the person I DM when I have questions/thoughts about podcasting and business.

Just realized it was @rrhoover who introduced us back in July 2018.

Thanks for connecting us, Ryan.

(Good intros FTW!)

@amandanat So excited to have you on the platform! 🙌

Thanks for choosing @TransistorFM. ❤️

My friends at @podia are on @ProductHunt today.

Let's give them some ❤️!

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/podia-get-your-free-website

@jappleby @jacobtender @Podnews I've reported Acast to the ESP sending these emails. The ESP sady this kind of cold outreach is against their TOS.

In Canada, and the EU, sending this kind of cold email outreach is illegal (CASL here in Canada).

@eu_frey Thanks so much Simon! 🙌

@manuel_frigerio @arvidkahl For me personally, I didn’t start winning in business until I learned what makes businesses win.

1. Focus on a category with strong customer demand
2. Build something customers are strongly incentivized to pay for
3. Enter a segment where you have advantages (network, skills)

@jonbstrong @MrAsquith @acast @CaptivateAudio Be sure to report those as spam!

“What’s it like being acquired by @Spotify?”

Really good episode with @dzohrob.

We explore VC-funding vs bootstrapping, what it’s like to go from a small startup to massive company, and why we make things on the internet.

https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/whats-it-like-getting-acquired-by-spotify-dave-zohrob-from-chartable

@yongfook Congrats! It’s been inspiring to watch your progress.

Whoa! I spy @sparktoro on @LastWeekTonight!

https://youtu.be/jXf04bhcjbg

🙌 @randfish @amandanat

@iChris 🤣

We gotta hang out Chris.

When’s the next podcast conference in Saskatchewan?

@JThorn_ 🙌

@takeitev @TransistorFM Yup! It's built-in to your account. 🙌

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fugnbqUSjk

@AndrewWHacks Thanks!

@thatroblennon @TransistorFM Are you launching a show on YouTube, Spotify, or an actual video podcast (with a link to a video file in the enclosure?)

https://transistor.fm/video-podcast/

Details:

The winner will automatically be selected (by @ContestKit) on June 21, 2022.

I'll DM the winner, order the mic on Amazon, and ship it to them.

@TransistorFM is a small indie team (only four people), so any amplification you can provide is a huge help to us!

@earthlingworks @arvidkahl Yeah. I will say that the "success stories" that were helpful to me were the ones where I was DMing with friends who had succeeded, and I was really able to get a full picture of the dynamics at play.

(Also, there are a few honest indie podcasts that share honest stories)

@soyhecsanchez @arvidkahl It's less about their actions, and more about identifying the underlying characteristics of the market, their timing, their product, and the strengths that made them successful.

@Shpigford lol. yup. now i'm hungry

@arvidkahl "Avoid survivorship bias when learning"

Studying failure in business isn't that helpful. All sorts of folks start all sorts of businesses; examining an unlimited number of failure modes isn't that instructive.

Success stories are more helpful than people give them credit for.

@charlierward @arvidkahl 🎯 YES

https://justinjackson.ca/good-ideas

@Shpigford - salsa
- humus
- tzatziki
- sour cream
- nutella
- ice cream

@DusteDdk Steve recognized the market's existing momentum (BlackBerry, and others) and saw an opportunity.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1163167678959276033

RT @mijustin: Folks who owned a Palm Pilot (🙋‍♂️) in the late 90s were already wishing it could also be their phone.

When BlackBerry did i…

@anildash @benthompson Also, tech companies are global, but Ben’s POV is US-centric:

“it was also accepted that free speech was not simply a legalistic limitation on government power, but was a cultural value”

Free speech, both legally and culturally, is not the same in every region around the world.

@MrAsquith @acast @CaptivateAudio They spammed our customers as well.

It’s a pretty desperate move on their side.

RT @mijustin: There's a reason that word-of-mouth is the holy grail for any product: it proves that people want it, and are willing to tell…

@Kamphey @thisiskp_ @TransistorFM I talk about the whole picture (including what it takes to ride the wave) here:

https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

@tfyhpodcast I haven’t used Goodpods much, but I prefer @podysseyapp for giving and receiving good podcast recommendations

@thisiskp_ You’re always leveraging demand.

Waze was built on pre-existing demand for GPS.

Lots of folks wanted a GPS but couldn’t afford it, or found it too cumbersome.

Waze just unlocked pre-existing, pent up demand.

RT @ayewo_: @theandreboso Funny that you say this. It's also part of why @Patticus decided to sell @ProfitWell after fighting inertia for 1…

RT @joshtab_: Great post by @mijustin: "Here's how demand for products gets created, amplified, and destroyed." https://justinjackson.ca/customer-demand

@birbigs this conversation you had with @MichaelJFoxOrg was delightful.

https://overcast.fm/+4j2lsU2tE

@coreyhainesco Yeah, I think this is a really good approach.

@CatchKristen Happy birthday! 🎉

This is likely more true than we’d like to admit.

It’s not clear if any of the financial lessons we teach kids have a measurable effect: “lemonade stand,” “summer job,” “allowance,” “3 jar system.”

The truth is kids won’t really get it until they leave the nest. https://twitter.com/sambreed/status/1535708118255951873

@sambreed This!!

I appreciate the candor here.

A lot of the other stuff is well-meaning, but I’m not sure if it really has the long-term influence that people think it does.

@jamesbrowning Haha. I appreciate the candor!

This is the kind of stuff I want to hear.

@timregnier I’m intrigued.

Is the money you give them connected to chores or anything?

Equal for all kids? Do they go to the store by themselves, or do you drive?

A lot of advice for teaching kids about money feels trite and unexamined.

Does an allowance provide kids with the right tools?

Does teaching them the “envelope method” translate into a long-term savings habit?

What’s actually going to make a difference when they are adults?

Bonus question: *how* do you know these are good strategies?

(What proof do you have that they work, long-term?)

What are some good strategies for teaching your kids to manage money?

@ugmonk Looks amazing! 🤩

Folks who owned a Palm Pilot (🙋‍♂️) in the late 90s were already wishing it could also be their phone.

When BlackBerry did it, it released all that (pre-existing) pent-up demand.

Customer demand is often below the surface, and just needs to be unearthed.

You really want to build on top of what customers are already searching for.

“I need a way for clients to schedule calls with me”
“We need a better tool for pair programming.”
“I need a CMS for our marketing site”
“I’m trying to get better at CSS”
“I’m starting a podcast”

@TophatQuest This art looks great!

@lkr loved your chat with @CasJam.

Resonated so much with your “keep it simple” marketing strategy (less segmentation, etc). 👍

https://overcast.fm/+46sH8azVA

@arvidkahl Are the new subscribers there directly attributable to the referral program?

This is why understanding history is so important: you can see entrepreneurs and inventors building on pre-existing momentum.

There's a clear line between the early diaries of the 1700s, daily planners, PDAs (like the Newton, Palm), and devices like the Blackberry and iPhone.

@akippity More history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant

@thisiskp_ - Gen Z thinks of podcasts as something you "watch" on YouTube, or in short clips on TikTok
- Podcasters are more motivated when they're making *some* money from their podcast (sponsors, patrons, etc)
- A lot of the fun of podcasting is the theater of it: setting up a cool studio

@akippity Palm Pilot sold over 30 million units!!

That's hardly "no market demand."

Palm built on top of the momentum Apple (and others) created with devices like the Newton:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton

This is what iterating on top of existing momentum looks like:

Instagram in 2010: "Oh, you're already sharing photos on Twitter? What if you could do that, but with cool filters?"

They tapped into an existing behavior and an unmet desire: "Make my photos look better/cooler."

The key is to build an iteration that matches the direction and velocity of the existing momentum.

You can't pull potential customers too far off their existing behavior, expectations, or desires. (It's too big of an ask)

Other forms of momentum also helped Instagram grow:

An initial (and popular) use case for Instagram was sharing photos on Twitter.

Instagram URLs posted on Twitter would automatically embed the image in the tweet. (Later deprecated)

Most successful software products are built on top of existing momentum.

For example, Instagram's founders recognized the existing wave ("whoa, folks like sharing photos on Twitpic, and they like applying filters with Hipstamatic").

They iterated on what already existed.

@akippity They were building on top of existing momentum (a growing wave of demand).

They saw where the momentum was going (whoa, folks like sharing photos on Twitpic, and they like applying filters with Hipstamatic).

They iterated on top of what already existed.

@akippity I'm not convinced that Instagram was a brand new category.

They had many pre-existing competitors: Flickr, Picasa, Path, TwitPic, etc...

@akippity can you give me an example of (b)?

@Patticus Is it the positioning? (how a brand fits in a given category according to the consumer)

Or is it more about consumer psychology? (how the consumer thinks about certain categories in their life, and how they prioritize their spending in each)

@BlackRosieMedia @RiversidedotFM @TransistorFM Yes! It’s a great way to create podcast episodes.

@nickrp just saw this pop up on LinkedIn.

This course looks great! I'm going to see if my 17-year-old son wants to take it. 👍

https://frontendmasters.com/courses/unity/

🎯 "Optimism can be weaponized." https://twitter.com/tylertringas/status/1534933886731530240

@lennysan @nsphin There is a 24-hour delay from Spotify for the analytics they send podcast hosting platforms (Substack, Transistor, Libsyn, etc).

That's likely why you haven't seen Spotify stats ranking here yet.

@Patticus @ProfitWell @PaddleHQ @christianbowens Happy birthday Christian! 🎉

@brennandunn Just read that part. Looks great!

@spencerfry This looks great. Congrats to the team on launching this! 🎉

@CoachBrockArm @TransistorFM Feel free to DM it to me! 👍

@jaimeschmidt It’s beautiful.

@taylorotwell Whoa! Nice!!! 🎉

@kaleighf @EmmaFayeS @TransistorFM @joinPF Congrats!!! 🎉

@leenyburger Yes! 🙌 It’s been amazing to follow your journey.

The macro implications of our micro desires:

👍 As business owners, we want to raise our prices.
🙅‍♂️ However, we don't want to pay higher prices ourselves.
📈 But if every business raises its prices, inflation goes up.

@levelsio Whoa

@nickfrosty 👋

@dankim Lol.

This is the feature I'm most excited about from #WWDC22: using your iPhone as a webcam.

I have lots of questions though!
- what resolutions are supported? (4K?)
- does it only work when mounted to my computer or can I have it on a tripod?
- any latency?

https://twitter.com/i/status/1533880388988424192

@cgenco congrats on getting engaged! Just heard about it here: https://overcast.fm/+lW8SHjxeI

@WalkerLucas Well, I’m Canadian. The other co-founder (Jon) is in the USA.

@jclermont @TransistorFM Yes! We’ve thought about this before; the “golden ticket” episode. 😄

Not sure if/when we’ll build it but it’s a fun one.

@petersuhm @bjornlindholmdk @ProductHunt @heyreform Nice! Upvoted. 👍

@MelisOnCheddar @hnshah Yes!! 🎯

@leenyburger @mjwhansen @aarondfrancis hearing other founders go through hard things, overcome obstacles, and figure out a path forward is so encouraging.

Really enjoyed this episode! 🙌

https://overcast.fm/+gJ-VmN25c

@noahwbragg @TransistorFM And this: https://chartmogul.com/blog/slowing-startup-growth/

@noahwbragg @TransistorFM We’re seeing similar trends to this: https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1531497072695705600

@noahwbragg nice to hear this update!

There’s a lot of SaaS companies that have been stagnant these last 6 months. You’re not alone!

https://overcast.fm/+T3ki6rgW4

@asmartbear So much of pair programming is exactly this. 😄

The best part of this book is that @KHayhoe reveals her personal struggles. She identifies the guilt and hopelessness we all deal with, and she provides perspective on how to look forward.

“The guilt-based system will exhaust us. Here’s what really counts…”

@johnbeales @KHayhoe @how2saveaplanet Definitely worth a read. 👍