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@webby2001 @BryanBarletta “Younger people are just smarter” – Mark Zuckerberg

We sent an update to our mailing list, stating that we would launch on August 1st, 2018.

To our surprise, @JamesCridland at @Podnews announced our launch date on their site.

Having our launch date out in public meant the pressure was on: now we had to deliver!

@kylefox @TransistorFM @jonbuda Thank you! And thanks for all of @getRewardful’s help!

@valsopi @TransistorFM @jonbuda Thanks so much Val! (And thanks for being an early believer)

@BretFisher @vballben Hahaha amazing

@riteshchopra @MicroConf Thanks for sharing it! Glad it was helpful. 👍

@APinedaKeio Just read it! Really interesting exploration. Loved the “internal vs external” perspectives.

@nathanbarry @dvassallo @tylertringas 🎯

@asmartbear For me, my best creativity, ideas, and problem-solving come from:

- Rest
- Walks
- Therapy
- Reading
- Listening
- Boredom (long drives)
- Interesting conversations
- Connecting with interesting people
- Novel experiences (travel, retreats, conferences)

@deanyeong I really like the way you customized your podcast website! 😎

Also: thanks for the @TransistorFM shout out at the beginning of the episode! 🙌

https://deanyeong.transistor.fm/episodes/how-to-stop-worrying-about-money

@aarondfrancis I’m a regular listener and a big fan! 🙌

@nbashaw I was sad, but then I realized you have a new podcast to replace Talk Therapy!

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Love the new format (and that theme song!!)

https://overcast.fm/+7IlI4WOXA

@AndrewAskins @_rchase_ 🎯

@crisp_im @baptistejamin Great episode! Foks are really digging it.

@asmartbear Curious: what are some common “potential downsides” that many new entrepreneurs miss?

@mattwensing @earthlingworks That’s what I believe too.

I think almost all successful products are built on top of existing momentum.

When I see new founders saying they’re building “a new category,” it’s almost always something with no demand. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1535398181378215936

@mastermaq Interesting that they chose to offer apartments over condos.

Good news for renters!

@jayacunzo @ScottChervitz @TransistorFM Forgot to mention: you can add multiple team members to each podcast you create.

https://support.transistor.fm/en/article/can-i-invite-other-users-to-my-transistor-account-130y6kr/

@jayacunzo @ScottChervitz We’d love to help you at @TransistorFM!

You can host multiple podcasts (for no extra cost). Plus: we have a simple intuitive interface, and live chat to help you when you get stuck. 👍

https://transistor.fm

I also have lots of questions for @DCoulbourne about “members only burger bars” that don’t serve burgers…

@p_millerd Haha. It looks like the kind of book I'd be into!

It's already mirroring many of the things I felt/thought about in the past. 👍

"Communicating compelling, differentiated value of your product" is definitely important.

Difficult to do in practice!

- In a competitive market, everyone's trying to add features that customers want
- Many features turn out to be not that compelling.😝

https://twitter.com/aprildunford/status/1546875335496683522

@petersuhm @adamwathan @tailwindcss Awesome move!🙌

@GaryGulman It’s crazy how the scale of how much wealth billionaires have has changed since this special aired.

Just found this short podcast episode where @hannahwitton and @AliAbdaal discuss the myth that “your 20s are the time where you need to make your mark, and get ahead.”

On topic for this thread:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/snippet-1-advice-every-20-something-year-old-needs-to-hear/id1587142091?i=1000568824925

@kylefox Um, clearly he hates freedom.

@brian_lovin @JackEllis @trycampsite Yes. 😄

@asmartbear 💯

Especially if you have the resources to pay for someone else to do the things you don't want to do (or aren't good at).

@ryanchenkie @petecodes @TransistorFM 🤣 it's all AI and video filters

@JackRhysider Refreshing to have someone share their honest experience like this. 👍

@khemaridh @Patticus Really good workflow 👍

@Swizec Soaring gas prices almost always increase demand for fuel efficient cars.

It happened in the 70s, but also in 2011:

https://www.thestar.com/business/2011/05/27/soaring_gas_prices_drive_sales_of_small_cars.html

@ThatWriterJon Transistor!

- Host unlimited podcasts for one price
- Responsive customer support
- Built-in podcast websites
- Dynamic audio insertion
- Private podcasts

https://transistor.fm

@aarondfrancis Super cool. Love it. 👍

@evoterra 💯

@peldi @balsamiq That’s an incredible achievement! 🎉

Peldi, you have inspired countless entrepreneurs (I’m one of them) with the way you run your company.

Congratulazioni! Ben fatto!

@vancolour @katy_merrifield @CHEK_media Lol. This is amazing.

@CodingDodo @IndieHackers @shl Thanks!

@JackEllis @shl @IndieHackers But it’s not just celebrities: you have influence, I have influence.

We get new customers from Twitter, our blog, our podcast, our marketing. This is a form of influence that we need to take responsibility for.

We need to be conscientious in what we say and do.

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

Big fan.

@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.

@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)

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

@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?

@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! 🎉

@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.

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

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…”

@justinvincent That's my definition of a wave.

A wave of customer demand builds over time. Depending on the timing, a wave of demand will have a different size and shape.

This is the way I've been describing it for years.

https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

@andrewculver Wow! 🙌 Shows people are eager for some ENERGY in the rails community.

@TheOmarZenhom @Patticus Just published the whole thing on my YouTube channel as well:
https://youtu.be/IvB98pzqfnA

@aarondfrancis @Netlify Oh interesting. Are you using any PHP packages to generate images?

(Glide?)

@AliAbdaal For many years, I had “label anxiety,” largely around: “how should I introduce myself at meetups? What am I?”

The nice thing about the “founder” label is it can encompass many things.

@brennandunn We’ve been using Rewardful for years at Transistor and really like it. 👍

@arvidkahl Congrats!!! 🎉

Look at that consistent growth!

@pavel_ivanovsky @earthlingworks @TheOmarZenhom @Patticus @thedannorris I agree with Dan: ultimately a business should give you *more* than you’d get from a full-time job. (You’re betting some of the best years of your life hoping for a payoff).

But earning a “FT income + freedom” is a good initial barometer for success.

@Shpigford Failure is probably less subjective than we think.

I think most indie founders would say that initial success = “more freedom and more money than I’d get from a job.”

There’s still a big chance that most who try won’t reach that mark.

Most can’t afford to keep trying forever.

@TheOmarZenhom @Patticus @ProfitWell @PaddleHQ @buildyoursaas Scheduling it for tomorrow (12:01 AM pacific, may 31)

@jayclouse @clouseplant Beautiful! Congrats you two! 🎉

@Luvnits @arvidkahl Hahahaha. I dig it.

@fannin_seth Just for listening currently; I’ll start with one turntable (no mixing). 😄

@JustinFerriman @TransistorFM @PodcastSites @ProductHunt Those email addresses are already public in the RSS feed, but that’s not a bad idea to obfuscate them in our UI. 👍

(Spammers have much more efficient methods of targeting those addresses at scale through)

@simonswiss @TransistorFM @AndrewWarner Thank you! 🙌

@dilantha Thanks! We'd love to have you. ❤️

@saronyitbarek THANK YOU! 🙌

@thisiskp_ @TransistorFM @PodcastSites @ProductHunt Thank you!

@nathanbarry @TransistorFM @PodcastSites @ProductHunt Thanks!

These podcast websites also support multiple localized languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch.

@AndrewWHacks @TransistorFM @PodcastSites @ProductHunt Thanks! @jonbuda and @jsonperl worked really hard at making those flows work nicely. 👏

@EmmettNaughton @TransistorFM Thanks! 🙌

@espressocopy Yes!! 👏

We’re hoping a lot of podcasters use it.

@egarbugli @TransistorFM @Podsites @ProductHunt Awesome! Thanks!

(Had to delete the original tweet because of a typo, here’s the new one: https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1529813436875476992

@Patticus @ProfitWell @paddle Congrats Patrick!

@rickyyean @TransistorFM @ProductHunt We’ve decided to reschedule the Product Hunt launch for Thurs, May 26.

@rickyyean @TransistorFM @ProductHunt Thanks! I hope so.

@kylefox @stripe Oh this is cool! Congrats. 👍

@markonproduct @joe_ashwell Let me know if you have any questions!

I've also written a guide on getting started here:
https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/

@jeff_weinstein @KateKendall @TransistorFM @atlas Thanks!

Our biggest need since launch is how to best manage international co-founders (I’m in Canada, Jon is in the USA) from a compensation/taxation perspective.

Also: how to give equity/options to employees.

Oh! And guidance on trademarks as well. 👍

@phuctm97 @NotionHQ Ooh. This is intriguing. What a riddle!

@adamwathan Nice! I dig that style.

@hey_yuvraj @ProductHunt Thanks!

@JamesCridland 🙌

@EspreeDevora @TheElsieEscobar The challenge is we can’t stop using the term “iTunes” in our copywriting. 😄

@VanceCrowe @ideasasylum @jmcharnes @andrewmcodes @excid3 @TransistorFM Thank you! 🙌

@loaibassam Love it 🙌

@stephenrobles Congrats!

Please make a video on your new studio setup. 🙏

(I can use all the help I can get)

@LemonpieFM @TransistorFM Thanks so much for having me on the show!

@marcelpociot Congrats! Looks awesome.

@JCDFitness Feels so much more urgent with a question mark at the end. 🤣

"Waiting for your reply?"

@nathanbarry We haven’t tried that at @TransistorFM yet!

Has that been effective at @ConvertKit ?

@marcoarment That was fun! Nice to hang out with you and the fam for awhile. 👍

@TransistorFM It's important to be clear about why you're starting a company. "What is this in service of?"

This means not only identifying your company's purpose ("help customers do X") but also your personal motivations ("earn more") for being an entrepreneur.

@iamwillcannon 🎯

There's no shame in quitting. Quitting gives you space. When you say "no" to one thing, you open yourself up to new opportunities.

It's OK to move on.

@raae @ivarconr YES.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1473351602559881220

@flybayer That’s a good way of looking at it.

@RachRodgersEsq Wow! That’s an incredible achievement. Congrats on 100k! 🎉