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@jackmcdade Yessss

@jesseleite85 If I grow it out... will I start podcasting more? 🤔🙏

@simonhamp @statamic Did this back in 2019, and I’m a believer!!! https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1173606448829366273

@northsouthaudio @heytjmiller Whaaaat. @jasonlbeggs!!! 🤩

SaaS/subscription businesses are way harder to build.

A launch-driven business will outperform a recurring revenue business in the short term.

However, a healthy recurring revenue business is more stable in the long term.

@jesseleite85 @joshcirre @TransistorFM DMing you

@joetannenbaum @inxilpro @overngineeredfm Love this idea

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

@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?

"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

@nicwentling 💯💯💯

Watch the full video here:

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

@laracasts @stauffermatt NICE 🤩

@un4tunatetoast @LaraconUS @jeremyvaught @ninjaparade Thank you! 🙏

@abigailotwell @LaraconUS @jeremyvaught @ninjaparade Seriously! You, Taylor, and everyone else have cultivated an amazing community here.

@ninjaparade @LaraconUS @terminaldotshop @sudobunni @stauffermatt @iamdavidhill @wking__ @thdxr @calebporzio @ThePrimeagen @teej_dv Private collection 😘

@LukeDowning19 @aarondfrancis 👏 absolutely.

@austencam @joetannenbaum @TransistorFM I’m going to get some more printed!

@ianlandsman Oh no!!!!! 😭 😭 😭

If Uncle Ian’s not there, it’s not the same.

Here’s the full @SFGate article:

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/linkedin-laid-off-california-workers-19607067.php

Sidenote: even within B2C, there's a world of difference between someone paying $0.99 for a weather app and a skier paying $32/year on OpenSnow.

Skiers spend thousands/year on equipment, lift tickets, etc. OpenSnow has built a good business on " high-value B2C hobbyists."

Second, many "B2C" attributes also fit segments of "B2B" customers.

B2C: short sales cycle, decisions based on preference, price, and brand loyalty.

Sound familiar? That's because that's how many individual creators, prosumers, solopreneurs, and SMBs buy software, too!

@arvidkahl An important bit of podcast history!

@AcquiredFM Can’t wait!

@nikstep Denmark?

"The rise of social media and parallel decline of mainstream journalism have enabled us to create what researcher Renee DiResta calls 'bespoke realities': custom versions of the truth that reflect what we already want to believe." – @CaseyNewton

@jackmcdade Yup.

@calebporzio I’m glad you did.

❤️ your insights, anecdotes, and perspective.

Listen here:

https://episodes.fm/1480884324/episode/NWQxMWE4ZjEtNjBlNi00YmQ0LTlkNWMtZjE5MTIxNmZlOGMx


I just ate this whole thing help me lord

People might want something, but if they only want it occasionally (infrequently), your business is going to struggle.

@jackmcdade @statamic @alpine @laravelphp @tailwindcss Incredible

Currently trying to strategize the best way to get from:

Kelowna, BC → Washington, DC
Dallas, TX → Kelowna, BC

Flying from the west side of North America to the east side is 🙈🔥💩

Will likely need to break the trip up by flying Kelowna → Toronto first.

@danshipper I use @usefathom for my personal site and @TransistorFM's marketing site.

For AI/automation to be useful, it needs to seamlessly connect numerous steps in a process.

However, there are many roadblocks to making this work in practice.

The tasks that really take our time are beset with friction. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1811112746102227203

For example, my accountant needs me to download and send him my monthly bank statements manually.

But most banks can't/won't automate the process of downloading a CSV, which means an AI assistant, API, or Zapier isn't much help.

@buzzsprout Looks sharp! Well done @AlbanBrooke and team. 👏

And finally, "The IKEA effect" is also in play here:

People value things more when they've put effort into creating or setting them up.

By the time users hit that "sign up to continue" prompt, they've already built something in your app.

It's like giving someone Lego pieces,…

@levelsio I need to up my weightlifting game for realz

@noahwbragg Wish I could tell my brain:

"Please, no more ideas right now. Need to sleep. zzz"

@EmmettNaughton Committing myself to a night of anxiety and stress!!!

Let’s go Oilers!!!!!

More cosplay at @gameconcanada

@AsiaOrangio Yup. Agree 💯

I wrote about this back in 2019. I see a lot of folks blindly following advice to charge more (or “double their prices”).

Lots of situations where it didn’t work.

https://justinjackson.ca/charge-more

Spent the day at @gameconcanada yesterday #yeg. Going again today and tomorrow!

@MelanieCrissey Yes! The social part is underrated.

@drewmck So true.

@BradleyTRyan Getting out of the house and collaborating with fun, smart people: both underrated!

@CasJam So good!! He’s such a good storyteller.

I think this is the best @AcquiredFM interview yet.

Would love to see more apps (like @pocketcasts, @ApplePodcasts) supporting the podroll feature. 👍

(These get published to your podcast's RSS feed)

The feature already works in apps like @TrueFansFM:

@MostlyTechPod @aarondfrancis 👀 first-name basis: “Taylor”

YESSSS @EdmontonOilers 🔥🔥🔥

@DavydeVries @adamwathan We're talking about a small team (6 people) who put in a good-faith effort to review 1,600(!!) applications, filter them down to 100 people and interview many of them.

They spent two months of full-time effort working on this!

They went through a genuine process and ultimately…

Founders: how do you find and hire team members?

@adamwathan and I discussed a few different approaches we’ve used.

Which approach works for you? https://twitter.com/adamwathan/status/1794695166747689128

@nathanbarry @ConvertKit 10,000 for free!!! This makes ConvertKit a no-brainer! 👏

SEO friends: how can we let Google know they need to update this image for Transistor podcast hosting?

A lot of this recent interest in @AcquiredFM is being driven by this fantastic piece in the @WSJ.

https://twitter.com/gilbert/status/1788960318405894276

Yessssss 🔥🔥🔥 @EdmontonOilers

@aarondfrancis @ianlandsman If you're not listening to @MostlyTechPod you're missing out on all the 💎.

https://mostlytechnical.com/episodes/34-its-all-vibes

@asmartbear Haters feel "good" when they make other people feel bad.

https://justinjackson.ca/haters/

@thesamparr @manuel_frigerio @podcastharry Yes! Harry is awesome! 🙌

@bmadigan @Laravel @LaravelLivewire @tailwindcss @ianlandsman @aarondfrancis @MostlyTechnical 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@dceddia It's less about individual tactics and more about: "the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and markets."

Often, when I bring up examples of successful indie products like ConvertKit, Laravel Forge, TailwindUI, Fathom Analytics, Transistor, people say: "But those are…

Most businesses that get started have weak:

- overall market demand
- market advantages
- pricing potential
- fundamentals
- distribution
- product
- margins

Example: small retail shops. Bad margins, no differentiated advantage, high risk/low reward.

@ericosiu @asmartbear @wpengine I listen to Jason every chance I get.

Just added it to @pocketcasts for my walk tomorrow! 🙌

@_rchase_ And I had the opposite experience:

When we started Transistor, we really wanted to be “podcast hosting for businesses.”

Creators like @AliAbdaal reached out and said: “it doesn’t feel like this positioning is for me.”

It turns out, advertising “better podcast hosting for…

I posted an article on the @TransistorFM blog about how to work with an audio editor on your podcast.

(Including tips on finding an editor, setting expectations, pay, etc)

https://transistor.fm/hire-audio-editor-for-podcast/

@jayclouse YES!!! 🙌 The “why didn’t you buy” survey is such a great tool.

@simonhamp @joetannenbaum @neverything Nice!!! Thanks for using @TransistorFM! ❤️❤️❤️

@david_perell Framework for having a calm company:

1. Profit
2. Purpose
3. Freedom
4. Fun
5. Mindfulness
6. Sustainable growth
7. Peaceful work environment

https://justinjackson.ca/calm-company/

@hnshah If that’s the rubric, “most” of everything is junk food.

Tv, movies, books, food, internet, advice, self-help, etc…

@hnshah 🤔 in what way?

(To me social media, shorts, etc feels more like junk food than well produced long-form content)

@r00k This was excellent.

@r00k @tuple @SpencerCDixon You should be really proud of what you’ve accomplished at Tuple.

Excited to see what you do next!

(Fractal in NYC looks really cool)

This is an excellent analysis of the cost of housing in Western countries and its effects on, well, everything.

(by @johnrmyers, @s8mb, @bswud)

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-housing-theory-of-everything/

If you speak Dutch, and you’re looking to get into modern web development, check out Joeri’s first tutorial on YouTube. 👏

https://youtu.be/g-RBpboMU3M?si=R58Nb8lA-sQfDV8u

@thekitze @DanSchoonmaker @JoinRepo @lmnsqueezy @gumroad @taylorotwell 🤣🤣🤣
👍👍👍

@marckohlbrugge Jooj

(Sounds like an e-cig brand 😄)

@aarondfrancis @LaraconUS @ianlandsman @MostlyTechPod 🤣🤣🤣

@WhoWorksThere no punching here!

if you've built something cool that you're proud of, you're in the club. 👍

@joshcirre @chantastic @jlengstorf @whitep4nth3r Just watched.

Wishing you tons of luck in your search!

@aarondfrancis @ianlandsman @calebporzio @DCoulbourne @noplanstomerge It’s out!

This is the episode we’ve been waiting for. https://twitter.com/MostlyTechPod/status/1767523382407332199

@EmmettNaughton @TransistorFM If you can record your screen and narrate your thoughts as you sign up and send me the recording, I'd be happy to credit your account with 6 months free!

@RoxCodes Recently, Ben Gilbert shared his new podcast stack: https://twitter.com/gilbert/status/1697005149712208163

@MostlyTechPod @aarondfrancis @ianlandsman Loved this story.

@tylertringas We’ve done something similar for independent podcast services:

https://transistor.fm/vendors/

@villainjosh @TransistorFM We’re using @DeepgramAI!

@adamwathan You just gotta hire someone who’s been a founder. 💪

@ItMeansFaith @stauffermatt Love these! The photo of you and Matt dancing together is my favorite.

@thesamparr This is similar to what André 3000 said:

"Timing and momentum are more important than talent." https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1725756093643813269

@aarondfrancis Haha. Yeah, you’re good. Thank you for your service! 🫡

@adamwathan @LaraconUS I want to see a Taylor vs Adam Fortnite Battle Royale on the big screen.

@daniel_nguyenx Yup. I have a friend who just launched a freelance business, and I recommended he do the same thing.

“Who are 5, 10, 20 people you can think of that might need video editing services? Email those people and let them know you’re launching your own business.”

@DanielZarick 🎯 yes!!

You end up learning so much:
- are people excited about this?
- how motivated are they to buy?
- what hesitations do they have?
- what’s the primary friction for them to become a paying customer?

@davidrosenthal @hubermanlab @FoundersPodcast @AcquiredFM @djrosent Oops! 🤦‍♂️

@iChris @cassidoo ooh. that's a good tip.

@AcquiredFM Did you get an interview with Bernard Arnault!?! 😮

@tropianhs Fundamentally different in a number of ways: requires hosting, requires security, requires bug fixes, benefits from customer support.

I can’t think of a software product category (hosted) where this could work (other than a CMS).

@dvassallo My guess is you’re in category b.

(You’ve got strong product-market-channel-founder fit) https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1756729687441580525

@zackgilbert @EmmettNaughton Those two (@ianlandsman & @tylertringas) have a standing invitation to record with me any time, any day.

@JamesIvings @matthieunapoli I'm not an attorney or a tax accountant; folks should speak with one.

One firm has released this article:
https://www.venable.com/insights/publications/2019/05/will-the-real-merchant-of-record-please-stand-up

You can also read @GeoffTRoberts' piece:
https://www.outseta.com/posts/global-sales-tax-compliance-and-remittance

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