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8/ Here's how @swagfanhq works:

• Connect your Printful store
• Create a swag giveaway link
• Choose which products you want to offer
• Share the link with fans/customers
• They pick their items, sizes, shipping info
• Printful handles printing and shipping automatically

Does anyone in San Francisco have a recommendation for a photographer who could take team photos/headshots for the @TransistorFM team (6 people) next week?

@taylorotwell @ianlandsman @stauffermatt @TightenCo I like this idea. https://twitter.com/chrisvpearse/status/1831039341147410908

@ericlbarnes @benholmen This needs to be a full talk at the next Laracon.

@joshcirre @LaraconUS @jeremyvaught @ninjaparade ❤️

@ninjaparade @LarabellesPHP So awesome. 👏

@teej_dv @LaraconUS @terminaldotshop @ninjaparade @sudobunni @stauffermatt @iamdavidhill @wking__ @thdxr @calebporzio @ThePrimeagen We gotta hang out more next time!

Gotta see what this streaming thing is all about. 🤔

@jackmcdade Me too. ❤️

@ninjaparade @laravelphp @taylorotwell Dude. You take the best 📸

This venue is wild.

Kudos to @taylorotwell and the @laravelphp team for putting this on.

@wking__ @terminaldotshop @laravelphp @iamdavidhill @thdxr @adamdotdev @getsentry @calebporzio @adamwathan @jackmcdade @stauffermatt @taylorotwell Yessssss 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@wking__ @laravelphp One problem, Coach: I have no idea what any of this means.

when’s the last time you had bundt cake

After hearing Ali Abdaal's feedback, we changed our positioning to a more inclusive B2Many approach.

After making the change, our monthly trials doubled.

We've continued to experience strong signups from multiple customer types outside the traditional B2B positioning.

@robwalling Similar, yes.

I like B2Many because it acknowledges there are more types of customers than just B2C/B2B.

Also, my experience with consumer hobbyists and prosumers hasn't been "the worst" or "high churn."

Transistor has:
- Low churn (fluctuates between 1.9% - 2.6%)
- Trial to…

Storytime: when Jon and I started @transistorfm, we wanted to focus on B2B customers.

Our initial slogans were: "The best way to create a podcast for your business" and "Podcast hosting for brands."

Then, one day, I received this DM from @AliAbdaal:

Canva perhaps best exemplifies the B2Many approach.

It started by targeting consumers. But those same consumers quickly started bringing Canva into their office jobs.

Today, Canva has 185 million users and $2.3 billion in ARR.

This is the kind of scale that B2M can create.

In reality, there is a spectrum of customer categories: Consumers, Prosumers, Solopreneurs, SMBs, Large businesses, Enterprises, Governments, and Non-Profits.

(B2C, B2P, B2SMB, B2B, B2E, B2G, B2N)

@phillip This example is quite suburban. Lots of houses of similar sizes, and fairly close together.

Here's a backyard POV.

@levelsio I was just reading @rrhoover's essay on "How to make friends as an adult." He came to the same conclusion!

https://www.ryanhoover.me/post/how-to-make-new-friends-as-an-adult

In business, the things I want to be automated (via API/AI) are still impossible:

- "File this form with the government, and pay the fees."
- "Register me for a Tax ID with this state government."
- "File payroll taxes for this state (with no API)."
- "When I get a tax notice,…

Wrote this into a longer post here:
https://justinjackson.ca/investment-loops

This is different than offering freemium (which is more like a full basic version of your product) or a free trial (where you sign up and get to use the product for 7-14 days).

It's more of an activation strategy, where you get users into using the product before asking them for…

@ianlandsman Great piece. Especially this line:

“It has grown into an alienating, artificial "positive-vibes" feedback loop. The Algorithm™ is serving a different kind of content these days, forcing more and more people to make that kind of content, rinse and repeat.”

I just made a quick video example of how to use oEmbed with @TransistorFM shareable podcast URLs.

Did I miss anything?

In #yeg for the week (attending @gameconcanada).

I’m on Whyte Ave this afternoon.

Will be downtown tomorrow during the day.

Hoping to hang out with folks while I’m here! 👋

@jasonfried I really enjoyed your interview with @awilkinson where you said: “we’ve perfected a system for shipping products and features in a small window of time.”

Your shipping cadence really is incredible. 👍

I love urban design observations like this:

“The key to making playgrounds fun for all ages is designing them for teenagers.”

h/t @inevernu

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-us-playgrounds-mega-swings/

@eldsjal - the right culture,
- the right government policies

that encourages entrepreneurs to start companies.

Cultural attitudes can take decades to develop.

@arvidkahl @peakparkr @CatalinJrj @damengchen @levelsio @dannypostmaa @ajlkn @tdinh_me @nathanbarry @Shpigford @yongfook You're in the club!

You can't learn much from entrepreneurs who failed (which is the vast majority of people who try to start a business).

You can observe the characteristics of the folks who succeeded.

- skilled
- tenacious
- have many attempts
- curious / want to learn
- seek out help /…

@shrutibalasa 🤩

@asmartbear I’d argue that the distinction isn’t that helpful, especially when it comes to advice given to bootstrappers: “B2B saas is better.”

MailChimp, for example, serves a large consortium of hobbyists, prosumers, “creators,” who aren’t that different from SMBs.

@arithisandthat In this episode, @iamjeremyenns and I break down our podcast stats for our first season (and share some mistakes we're hoping to correct).

https://episodes.fm/1725822754/episode/ZGExNjJmY2MtN2U4YS00MDA0LThiOGMtMDAyZjhhODBiYjQ2

☝️ listen in @ApplePodcasts, @Spotify, and all other apps.

Awesome opportunity if you need a designer but don't need someone FT.

Nathan is super talented! https://twitter.com/nathanjpowellUX/status/1780974139378909628

@nathanjpowellUX I think every era has its challenges:

Early on, you couldn’t accept credit cards easily, build using cloud infrastructure, and or use good frameworks (Tailwind, Rails, Laravel, etc).

The biggest challenge today is finding good acquisition channels. Also: more competition.

🎯 https://twitter.com/yongfook/status/1777213919146442946

5. Mindful:

At a Calm Company, decisions and commitments are made mindfully. We ask: will this decision make our lives worse? More stressful? Does it align with our values? Will this commitment add too much weight to our culture?

@amandanat If you haven't heard it, I highly recommend listening to @AcquiredFM's history of Hermes.

It's fascinating:
https://episodes.fm/1050462261/episode/N2ZhMmY0NzYtZmUxZi00YzczLTkxNmEtNmRiNGM5MzVhNDdi

The market you choose, and the idea that you focus on, are the most important business decisions you’ll make. They’ll determine your trajectory.

How well you execute will be a big part of your success, but your ceiling for success is set by the idea itself.

@PodcastMovement Thanks for putting on another great conference! 🙌

It’s nice to be able to meet so many partners and creators in one place.

@chantastic 💪🇨🇦💪

A new annoying bug I just found:

Someone replied to me yesterday in X DMs, but I still don't see their replies on the web. (They appear in the mobile app.)

Not getting DMs destroys a lot of the utility of this place for me.

@typeoneerror @mariepoulin 💯💯💯

“Being focused is good, and I think the measure of it is being able to stop at will and rest.”

@MostlyTechPod Alternate titles:

“Aaron’s Phishing Scheme”
“Ian’s Weed Delivery Service”
“Are you an Alcohol Man?”

I highly recommend you read @GeoffTRoberts’ whole piece:

https://www.outseta.com/posts/the-case-for-the-7-day-credit-card-required-free-trial

I enjoyed hearing @jrfarr’s backstory on the @lmsqueezy podcast.

(Always interesting to hear the experiences that lead someone to becoming a founder)

https://pca.st/episode/791f6f3a-2fa5-4aee-8650-4c1e45d6427e

@saasmakermac By far: @crisp_im

I highly recommend folks read @taragentile's full exploration of empathy. It's excellent:

https://www.whatworks.fyi/p/decoding-the-language-of-empathy

"What we really need to transform the world of work and business for the better is a full-immersion empathy experience."

Holy crap... Mastodon skews way older than twitter.

Rarely does a customer see an ad and think: “I’ve never thought about that before, I think I’ll buy it.”

Normally, a customer has been trying to make progress for weeks, months, or years. They’re open to spending money to move forward towards their goal.

@robwalling Yup.

I don’t see a lot of demand for this (from customers), and the model isn’t great for indie entrepreneurs.

@marc_louvion @levelsio Well done! Congrats on everything you’ve accomplished so far!

This is why it’s important to explore other industries, communities, jobs.

You won’t know what’s possible until you expose yourself to other contexts.

Go to meetups, conferences, social clubs, events, retreats. Get curious about other people, and what they do for a living.

@monicalimco “Grief & Pizza” by @typeoneerror & @mariepoulin

https://podcast.weareokidoki.com/

They might have been working as a coffee shop manager, pastor, retail store owner, or individual creator, when someone in a different industry notices them.

Their abilities have more leverage in a different context.

@plehoux @a13n @sarahhum @frankhellend Yeah, IRAP and SRED end up being more trouble than they’re worth.

What *real* innovation have they spawned here in Canada?

People who moisturize:

What’s the best daily cream you’ve found?

I’d like something with SPF, that won’t make my face look too shiny.

@podcastharry @thesamparr @TransistorFM I love the premise!

I've been arguing against the notion that "$75k+ won't make you happier" for years.

Listening to the first episode now!

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1560696762653818880

@PierreDeWulf Transistor was sharing our metrics on that page for a while, but once we hit $30-$50k it didn’t make sense.

Largely:
- competitive disadvantage
- invited copycats
- privacy

Danny talked about this as well: https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa/status/1744305504879596009

@mariepoulin Do you have a video on this?

I’d love a deeper explanation / view into your process.

@OrionSeven "From experience, I can tell you Blue Oceans are HARD to fish in.”

💯 Bootstrapping in an established category, where people are already actively searching for a solution, is a much better path for most founders.

Together, @joshuaanderton and I treat the @TransistorFM marketing site like a product, and regularly launch new features by building on top of the @statamic CMS.

We launched so much good stuff this year! https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1634349732951621636

Every year, I ask myself: "What am I optimizing my life for?"

I'm optimizing for a good life.

For me, this means maximizing for freedom, simplicity, creativity, fun, learning, enjoyment, and self-actualization.

It’s pursuing meaningful activities with people that I love.

@leenyburger Omg. LOVE THIS.

This is gold medal-level commitment. 🏅

You two should wear that outfit everywhere! On dates, to family functions, to parent-teacher interviews...

One thing that seems to define the founders/leaders I respect:

1. They have a POV
2. They take action on that POV
3. They evaluate the results of their actions

Many people have opinions, but few are willing to put their ideas into practice.

Lately, a lot of my interactions with ChatGPT have felt like this:

Me: "Do this work for me."

ChatGPT: "I can't do that work for you. Instead, I'll tell you how you can do the work yourself."

Feels a bit too much like:

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

@daniel_nguyenx Have them read @sivers’ post: “Change careers like Tarzan”

https://sive.rs/tarzan

Listen to the full @MostlyTechPod episode I parodied here:

https://lnkfi.re/jiHRLd

@ianlandsman @aarondfrancis @MostlyTechPod I had the biggest grin on my face the whole time.

I couldn't believe I found some clips:

Ian: "Love the CloudFlare. Oh man, it's up 5% today. Let's go!"

Seinfeld (looking up from the newspaper): "It's up six points!"

You can also listen to our conversation as a podcast episode:

https://lnkfi.re/hoSY09

@chtrbx_ai It really depends on the "mode" I'm in.

I currently have @pocketcasts organized around different categories.

Here are a few highlights:

For bootstrapping:
- Bootstrapped Web by @JordanGal & @CasJam
- Billion Dollar Creator by @nathanbarry & @RachRodgersEsq

Business:
-…

Does anyone here use a really good payroll service that also automates 401(k) deductions for employees?

@CasJam Listening now!

You two have the most real/honest podcast in bootstrapping. 👍

@tylertringas Related: 😄

https://justinjackson.ca/charge-more

@cathrynlavery @kaleighf @mattragland @jayclouse @nathanbarry @nateliason @TransistorFM Happy to show you around and answer your questions @cathrynlavery!

(We met years ago at the AppSumo conference 👋)

@mattragland 60+ hours reporting to those four sounds like hell.

@FullStackEU Typo in original post:

“I’m back in Canada after visiting Amsterdam, Antwerp, and *Berlin”

@dvassallo There’s obviously a lot of nuance here, because “Europe” is ~50 countries (all of which have varying degrees of bureaucracy).

The folks I spoke to in the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, and Germany said there were significant administrative hurdles for small business there (and…

@CasJam @JordanGal Yessss.

I’ve been missing it! 🙌

@ModernAfflatus Nice. I’m in Berlin right now. 👍

@arvidkahl Yes!!

I’m really curious about your perspective:

1. What’s it been like moving to Canada for you?

2. What do you miss from Germany / Europe?

3. If you had to go back to Europe, which city would you choose?

@jasonleowsg @TransistorFM Yes.

But also:

“The right kind of iterations, moving in the right sort of direction.”

@daniel_nguyenx I'm 43 now.

I was 38 when Jon and I started Transistor.

We both went "full-time" on @transistorfm shortly after I turned 39.

@freekmurze YES!!!! 💯💯💯

@freekmurze @warsh33p Look at that crowd that rushed @warsh33p after his talk!

(rock star)

Really good slides in @warsh33p’s presentation.

He’s visualizing these database concepts in a way that even a jackass like me can understand!

Listening to @ericapisani describe how developers can boost performance in our applications using edge computing. 🙌

@FullStackEU #fseu23

@shawnblanc @MoBunnell @mds @TomFrankly @nathanbarry @brennandunn @MollyFletcher @jenny_blake @jaypapasan @sweatystartup @chasewreeves I’m really sad I had to miss this one!

@_lhermann @arvidkahl @dqmonn Join us! 🇨🇦

@calebporzio This!!!

I do this all the time: start a video, only to realize we need to fix/improve something. Demonstrating your product in public is a great catalyst for product improvement.

(cc @aarondfrancis: “screencast-driven-development”)

@damengchen I've been waiting for this! (I would love to chat with a grouping of PDFs)

@theDanielJLewis @DustinWStout Follow @mjwhansen, @earthlingworks, @robwalling, @asmartbear, @yongfook.

@adamwathan And… how do they compare?

If anyone wants to clone their own voice, you can use this tool from @elevenlabsio (no coding required):

https://elevenlabs.io/voice-cloning

Here's the GitHub repo for the voice cloning bot:

"The bot takes a voice and a string as inputs, joins your voice channel and speaks the string in the chosen voice. The optional 'gpt' argument uses the input string as a prompt for ChatGPT and then speaks the response."…

Creating a second episode for @PodcastIndNews! Having so much fun with this.

Currently uploading:
"Can you use an AI voice generator to create an entire podcast episode?"

@mdgale ❤️ That's all thanks to the work my wife did.

She took @theKevinShen's "Dream Studio" course and followed their recommendations. Highly recommended.