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@tobi @AndrewWarner 🤔 Tobi is personally delivering orders now?

@TransistorFM @GoldenKnights @spotifypodcasts I'm sad that my @EdmontonOilers got swept in 4 games! 😭

@HighFiveRPG What a beauty! 🙌

Looks like he's ready to take over the show. 😉

@warstrom I use @OvercastFM.

@CastroPodcasts and @pocketcasts are also quite good.

@growthcurrency @JustinSaaS @jmikolay @Bazzaruto @DevinLewtan @tonystark2020s Thx.

There’s also @justinvincent!

@myfriendjanine @OfficialBBrooks Congrats on the launch! 🎉

"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog," and on Twitter, you don't really know much about the people you're interacting with.

What kind of unsolicited DMs do they get?
What's going on in their life right now?
What's happening in their country?
What's their true intent?

The way you navigate public spaces often depends on how insulated you are from others.

If you're feeling upset, but you're in your car, you might yell and swear at other drivers.

But you wouldn't do that if you were on the sidewalk. The car insulates you; makes you feel safe.

@evoterra justin here. help me. i'm being held against my will.

@CasJam @tylertringas No, definitely not “find by Q2.”

Way more organic than that.

(But, the more of this intention & practice you put out into the world, the more likely it is to happen when you need it)

@MarkLIVE @IndieHackers (read the whole thread. 😉 More evidence below)

@stephsmithio 🎯

@jameswgowans YES. Still dreaming of this future.

@adamlogic @mariepoulin This video just exposes how old we all are 🤣

“Wow, this guy really GETS ME.”

@EspreeDevora @HelenRyles @TransistorFM @jonbuda @WomenInTechShow You should! She’s awesome. 👍

@r00k The only problem with this button is I will push it right away for everything, and @jonbuda will say:

“Well hold on, we should probably review the code and test this on staging first…” 🤣

@thame @Shpigford @BlockDebate This is actually the best answer I've seen!

Listening now. Good to hear both sides of the debate every episode.

Well done @gentso09! 🙌

BTW - Apple and Spotify want to change the meaning of “subscribe to a podcast” to mean “pay for a subscription.”

(For free podcasts, they want you to “follow” the podcast)

But the long-running paradigm of “Subscribe to my (free) podcast” is going to be tough to supersede.

@jesseleite85 Very thankful. Did a few podcast interviews today with @erasmuselsner and @pekpongpaet.

As I went through my story it was so clear: I have so many things to be grateful for. 🙏

@MrSimonBennett Whoa! Profit Well emails must be looking 📈 💯

@AustinWalper Like, it's not just every moment in our lives that brought us here, but millions of other events in the world and in other people's lives.

@CaseyNewton @dhh There was already a pretty good way to do subscription podcasts (Sam Harris, Ben Thompson, etc have been doing this for years).

And adding them to a podcast player (like Apple Podcasts or @OvercastFM) only takes one click:

@JamesCridland @benthompson @gruber @SamHarrisOrg Thank you! 🙏

@ericmass_ @ApplePodcasts Yup! Most of them still are free.

There will be the option for podcasters to offer premium (paid) podcasts through Apple as well.

@alantocheri @ApplePodcasts We've been planning on adding payments to private podcasts for a long time.

It's still something we'd like to do.

https://transistor.fm/paid-private-podcast/

You two should check out @jbrcpod. 😁

@DCoulbourne @calebporzio loving the Japan episode!

https://overcast.fm/+Q-RcdpAjg

@Ruari_wf Honestly, I think this is all because I turned 40 in June and I’m having a midlife crisis. 😆

@typeoneerror Lol. I was fully bought into the SoCal pop punk look.

@KennethCassel @damengchen 😁🤞

@tylertringas @arvidkahl If anything, this could make the “Ruby on Rails” startups more valuable.

Increased supply and competition in no-code communities, newsletters, online courses, etc might drive down prices and make customer acquisition more difficult. 🤔

@jayclouse You deserve ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@wking__ @tailwindui Yup.

And the real advantage will go to folks who do the extra work to customize it, make it their own. 👍

@calebwright @tylertringas Yes. There's a big correlation. Big audience leads to lots of people doing it "all at once" and tweeting about it, talking about it in Slack, etc.

The bandwagon effect is strong here.

"Tanks" and "tape" both get main category treatment.

Still hunting for a category that matches "software," "app," "website," "hosting," "data," "digital."

Evaluate your potential upside/downside.

If you really want to start a restaurant, and you’re willing to take the risk, do it!

But if you’re a polymath, and you could be happy doing any number of things, you should definitely consider your options.

great data from @mjwhansen: https://twitter.com/mjwhansen/status/1381287420461780992

In the same way: anyone can try to become a pro skateboarder, but that doesn’t mean everyone should.

(The same is true in business, poker, salsa dancing, modeling, and karaoke).

@danielkempe @sudyk @TransistorFM 🥰

The full story in Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-billion-dollar-startup-fab-died-2015-2

Related: increasingly, the best Clubhouse rooms are just live podcasts.

(I heard about @JoshConstine’s from his email notification)

My prediction: in the future, the top creators will leave Clubhouse (much in the same way they’re leaving Substack now).

From @JoshConstine’s Clubhouse chat:

https://www.joinclubhouse.com/room/ma6vNQkL

I should modify this slightly:

"The product category you choose will determine most of your business' *possible trajectory*"

If you open a coffee shop, that decision will determine the shape & potential for your business.

Alternatively, SaaS has a different shape & potential.

@pjrvs It must be nice for you to have a fellow-Canadian as co-founder (@JackEllis).

The other day I had to explain what a “toque” was.

@tnorthcutt @mjwhansen @ericlbarnes Yeah, in Canada invoice is what you issue before payment. Receipt comes after. 🇨🇦🧾

@adamwathan Awww yeaaah! What a beauty! 🥰

Related: @theleviallen & @jessedriftwood1 have a really vulnerable episode on the mental effects of the pandemic on creatives.

https://overcast.fm/+m5OyUinTQ

Just finished it!

Trying this "premier video" feature on youtube.🤔

https://youtu.be/N41v30oLM2o

@pjrvs This is a gold star tweet ⭐

@DuShaunUK @PhilMctimoney @helmi Yeah, we stopped sharing our numbers publicly at about $30k MRR.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1181679385780187136

“Margins create margins, too. You need massive scale to afford ‘the life you want’ in a low margin environment.” – @patio11

@nbashaw Surfing is a good metaphor for most creative endeavors.

https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

@__tosh @mitschabaude @DoubleMalt Whaaaaaaaaat

@_brandswell @TryGhost No official integration yet, but it should be possible to wire something up with our Zapier integration?

https://transistor.fm/changelog/zapier/

@joshua_hornby @TransistorFM Nice work! 🙌

@mjwhansen So excited for this! 🙌

@jongold 🎯

@corey_gwin Are you a millennial?

@mattragland This is what podcasting is best at: sharing our real, lived, human experience in a vulnerable way. 👍

The folks at @honeybadgerapp just published a @FounderQuest episode on this:

https://overcast.fm/+RSdGNs_0Q

@joshmanders related:
https://twitter.com/jonhainstock/status/1334949451182583809

@petersuhm @bjornlindholmdk ☝️ I just signed up! Looking for a good alternative to Google Forms/Typeform.

(cc @bentossell and @makerpad – this is going to be a cool new nocode tool)

One of my all-time favorite podcast episodes *ever* is @iroughol's conversation with @authorwadedavis about "the grandeur and decadence of the United States, and what comes next if America is no longer a superpower."

Definitely thought-provoking:
https://share.transistor.fm/s/06d0c038

Scenario 2: $500k in annual revenue

- 3 employees, earning $70K each
- CAC: $35k
- Hosting: $10k
- Misc: $10k

What's left for the founder? $235k!

(The costs needed to get you to your revenue number matter)

Scenario 1: $500k in annual revenue

- 5 employees, earning $70K each
- CAC: $35k
- Hosting: $10k
- Misc: $10k

What's left for the founder? $95k

(Could be paid as salary, or earnings)

@GraemeMac @coreyhainesco Tiny Marketing Wins.

The full episode is worth listening to:

https://overcast.fm/+nWRR9Gh5c

It's one thing to get to do the work you want to do.

But equally important: getting paid to do it.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1334278732450680834

@jayclouse I really enjoyed your chat with @csallen. I learned a lot about you!

https://overcast.fm/+JmiPeGg54

@Shpigford Smoking was “here,” and then society decided to shut it down. (After being socially acceptable for decades)

It’s ok to critically look at this tech, and treat it as “proposed and paused” until it’s proven it can operate in ecological manner.

@chriswallace @punchlinecopy Can you show me your sources there?

I’m skeptical.

(And... is this really similar to buying a tshirt? I’ve been able to buy digital art previous to NFTs, with no Proof of Work or “gas fees” needed)

@alexisgrant @AndrewWarner 😱 omg.

As a Canadian self-employed person (with kids), I have no idea how people in the USA do it!

@HCWeiss I’m using Podia and really like it. 👍

Loved this chat between @CorbettBarr and @chasewreeves on the “new creator economy.” 👏

https://overcast.fm/+pPbVIwMA8

@JamesCridland @Podnews @benedictevans @matt @HighFiveRPG @terzi_federico Great piece! Fascinating to see the “behind the scenes” of the newsletter. Well done! 🙌

@harriskenny @earnestcapital @tylertringas Thanks for coming on and participating!

@joshuaanderton @upscribe Daaaaaamn. Lookin' fine! 🔥

@robwalling @earthlingworks Sure: but in retrospect it happened fast! 😜

In reality we went from “launch to $20k MRR” in about a year.

When you have a family + mortgage anything that takes longer than a month feels slow. 😂

If it took 3+ years we’d be dead.

@harriskenny 👍

@FranCresswell @itsjustamar Podia (@podia) allows you to create subscriptions. 👍

The truth is, most indie creators need to do arbitrage on platforms (FB, Twitter, etc) in order to grow their audience or acquire customers.

(Google Search being the big one)

I think that's OK.

It's users (like us) who made these networks significant in the first place!

@dr @coreyhainesco This is a good point!

I'll push back just a bit: anything that demands our attention is competing with... other things that demand our attention.

In that sense, Clubhouse is a competitor to podcasts in the same way that Netflix and "walking without headphones on" is.

Fascinating research (and a harbinger of things to come). https://twitter.com/annastansbury/status/1363888359706300419

‘Wander the internal landscape that is you, adopting practices that best promote your well-being. Do that until your being flows free again and your living becomes self-expression. Now is where you act to make that shift from "I am what I do" to "I do what I am.”’

– @adii

@JackEllis @earthlingworks @r00k I just (personally) can't identify with that feeling of success feeling like "nothing."

To me, it feels like everything. It's full of substance and possibility.

If I'm 10x more successful, that just feels like there's 10x more possibility. More purposeful ways to use the money.

@GetTheAudience @arvidkahl enjoyed this conversation!

Especially the part about being supportive and helpful to folks in the community 👍

Also... I think I need to investigate this idea of “German compound words” 😄

https://overcast.fm/+nKsFYjkks

First, @tylertringas has a great article on his SaaS predictions:
https://tylertringas.com/2021-saas-market-predictions/

I think his concept of "the end of 'empty SaaS'" is particularly good. 👍

@AWaselnuk 4 kids.

Less tired because the kids are older now (my youngest is 11).

@anoushk77 Biggest personal regret is below.

Biggest career regret is not getting out of my small town earlier. Wish I’d gone to New York and other bigger cities sooner and see what was out there. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1360707883587936256

@iAmKevinMcKee @m1guelpf Interesting. My advice would be the opposite! 😂

(We had our first at 22, and our youngest at 28)

@iChris Dammit chris!

@TransistorFM @leenyburger @mjwhansen @SoftwareSocPod Awesome work! 🙌

@CasJam Standing by waiting for your call.

I think it will be helpful for folks who want a quick start guide for simple HTML sites that goes beyond "just link to the tailwind.min.css build on CDN."

@screeley whoa! Nice move acquiring @_PodLink and getting @NathanG onboard. He's a killer hire. 🙌

@ananthsounder You don't want to be too off.

If your competitors are all charging $39, $29 could be a good starting point.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1359229216391262208

@podcastharry Ahem. That's a podcast. 😜

For Clubhouse power users, there’s a habit-forming cycle that keeps them coming back:

1. Join a popular room
2. Get noticed and pulled on stage
3. Say something smart; get reactions.
4. “Halo effect” results in tons more followers on the platform (and lots of DMs elsewhere)

@sethdrebitko At least Anchor was asynchronous!

@amorriscode Yeah. I keep meaning to start using an rss reader again.

@cgenco OH YEAH. 🙌