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@mynameis_davis @jdnoc Yup, we sell to a lot of prosumers.

The creator economy is mostly prosumers. (That’s how I started)

Other products like this: ConvertKit, Carrd, Tailwind UI, Substack, etc

@breakfastbybill @theandreboso Lots of places!

Live Q&As: Instagram Live
Political debates: YouTube Live
CEO interviews: podcasts
Friend catchups: Houseparty

Elements of Clubhosue already existed on other platforms: Twitch, Periscope, Facebook Live, Voxer, Marco Polo, Chatroullete, Discord audio...

@FlegeDaniel Different scenario: by that time Facebook was a juggernaut.

But it’s difficult for upstart “indie” social apps to survive.

Twitter is already working on @TwitterSpaces.

@__tosh Wikipedia is heavily moderated and edited.

That’s what Clubhouse feels like it’s missing to me.

It’s magical when you catch a smart (well moderated) conversation, but often this means returning to old formats (a host who keeps things going, limits people’s speaking time, etc)

@__tosh Wasn’t this already happening in podcasts?

“The technique requires a genuine desire to understand people's motivations and help them reach their goals.”

@jasonfried You’re channeling some Christopher Alexander here!

@ianmisner I think using a platform like Twitter, YouTube, etc to help build your platform is fine (and a good strategy), as long as you’re not reliant on them for your distribution + monetization.

@calebporzio C’mon down and be Canadian.

@evanpro Also: the hedge funds are still winning. https://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/1354605363287486466

@Casey @RobinhoodApp @public Also, be aware that hedge funds are still winning here. https://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/1354605363287486466

@Ben_Kuebrich Are you saying FB/YT ads are “good” and “not scammy?” 😉

The biggest point to consider is: who gains leverage when there’s a centralized ad platform?

@Shpigford 💯

Many folks asked: "How do you price your SaaS?"

Besides recommending @patticus, check out @buildyoursaas' 3 eps on pricing:
https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes?page=4

And my blog post here:
https://justinjackson.ca/charge-more

Someone asked about moving from a service business to a product business.

I highly recommend @CasJam and his framework for creating "Productized Services."

Everything he puts out is 💯:
https://productizeandscale.com/join/

Another realization I had: Enterprise SaaS and small (bootstrapped) SaaS can feel like different planets!

But... I think there's a lot we can learn from each other.

Nice to see such a variety of participants today on Clubhouse. 👍

https://twitter.com/MichaelDBrant/status/1352715971123957763

@MichaelDBrant lol. this is my new favorite bit. 😜

Hanging out with @christophrumpel (and others) chatting about @laravelphp on Clubhouse:

https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/VPGjo2Om

@dvassallo That sounds like a nightmare (for multiple reasons).

I think local juridistictions need *more* federal funding and aid for education; not less.

"The answer isn't to turn inward, into competing factions. We must end this war this pits red vs blue, urban vs rural, conservative vs liberal. Show tolerance and humility."

@jonathanstark Wow. ❤️❤️❤️

@dannydjones @ninjaparade luv u both ❤️ Full video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoQr-eH5rFA&list=PL5PYemLqUixaGbr1kzaszPV4h8gc8khJH&index=2

Also, your audio sounds great. 👍

@patrick_h_lauke @jaredcwhite @tnylea @tailwindcss It’s the adoption rate.

More and more large companies are switching to it (@mozilla, @algolia) and it’s become the framework of choice for growing startups (@tuple, @savvycal_, @TransistorFM, @usefathom).

Current demand for the Tailwind skillset is already indicating its future

@nathanallotey @punchlinecopy 💯 true.

🤔 what’s the best way to practically teach that. Is it possible to teach folks to be “interesting?”

@fortelabs - French words like “toque” are used way more than the American equivalent (beanie).
- Quebec cities like Montreal and Quebec City are what many Canadian cities aspire to be (architecturally, urban design)
- all packaging has English and French translation (cereal boxes, etc)

@fortelabs In Canada, I feel like “Quebec culture” still has a really strong impact:

- most English schools offer French
- many schools in English Canada offer full French immersion
- many of our politicians (Trudeau) are from Quebec and/or French speaking
- Every restaurant sells poutine

@yegorgolovnia @iQylo @TwitterSpaces I did a side-by-side review you might be interested in:

https://transistor.fm/spaces-clubhouse/

@alexgotoi @rrhoover @nateliason @ThisIsSethsBlog @arvidkahl Thx! ❤️

This is the kind of strategic investment I can get behind. https://twitter.com/natalienagele/status/1350169986388680709

@bdougieYO Only emoji plants for me 🌱

@thisisehsan @TwitterSpaces It’s both!

I wrote a bit more here:

https://transistor.fm/spaces-clubhouse/

@davidmyths @rezzz @TwitterSpaces It’s in beta. You have to be following someone who has access and has started a Space

(I don’t have hosting privileges yet – 🙏 @TwitterSpaces)

@timsalau @esthercrawford I agree! I’m a fan. 👍

https://transistor.fm/spaces-clubhouse/

Ooh! I didn’t know about this feature: https://t.co/9AXL1igb7G

@marshal On his podcast, @coreyhainesco was talking about the same thing!

@petersuhm Prices are up all over. North America, Australia, NZ... https://twitter.com/mikesimonsen/status/1348730724023586817

(thanks a lot @ratiovernon. I could've been rich like Elon)

Low-volume example:

💰📆 If you want to make $10k / month...

📊 And your margins are 80%,
👥 but you can only attract 5 sales,
💲 your price is going to need to be $2,500

👥 The market you serve

Let's say an artist has "1,000 true fans." To hit her revenue numbers:

🎵 On iTunes, each fan would need to buy 3-4 new tracks per month. (Difficult, but not impossible)

🟢 On Spotify, each fan would need to stream her music 357 times per month.

📉 Sales volume

🎵 On iTunes, an artist needed to sell 3,623 tracks to earn $2,500 in a month.

🟢 On Spotify, she needs to get 357,143 streams to earn $2,500 in a month.

Because of poor unit economics, the volume required to hit baseline has gone WAY up.

@bnchrch congrats!

@JesperBylund @dvassallo @dr Ok new metaphor:

If you keep walking into my bar yelling, I can kick you out. You can speak freely on the street, but I don’t have to let you do it in my business.

Nobody is limiting Trump’s ability to speak freely.

@arthur_sav @dr The President has a myriad of other massive channels he can use to communicate:

- National televised address
- News conference (with every major outlet in the world present)
- A massive email list
- Every government website
- Emergency broadcast system
- LinkedIn 😜

@taylormaguire @calebporzio You can’t incorporate in Canada with Atlas.

However, Canadians can be shareholders in US C-Corps.

@CorbettBarr @janelleallen @ClaireSuellen +1 for @BankMercury

@mhmazur @emddudley TBH, every policy is different. E&O and "Cyber Liability" are just marketing terms.

I just need insurance to protect my SaaS. 😅

@HiscoxSmallBiz Hiscox is who this thread is about.

One of your reps explicitly just told me this on the phone:

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1347270513295380480

@pjrvs This is for our Delaware C-Corp. Any ideas?

(We already have one quote from Foundershield, just looking for a comparison quote from somewhere else)

@SimpsonDaniK @arvidkahl Happy birthday!

@lexpaval @sjkelleyjr Yup! That’s me. 👋

@jayclouse There are certain roles where being a generalist has very little downside.

I found that traversing “the gaps” as a generalist was hard (“damn, who’s going to hire me at the salary I need?”), but once your breakthrough in certain positions it’s all upside.

“This torrent of stimuli demands our fleeting-yet-shallow attention. Each source and piece of content tugs at us, sorts us, divides us, and distracts us.”

@stauffermatt Hahaha. Love it.

Happy new year Matt! Hope 2021 is your best year yet! 🙌

@m1guelpf @sitesauce Looks great Miguel! (I’m a happy customer 🙌)

Happy new year!

@buildyoursaas @cgenco @chrisachard 🙅‍♂️ not CamBoy

@AaronWeiche @DarrenShaw_ @TransistorFM Enjoyed hearing all the big lessons from 2020. So helpful to hear what other founders are learning. 👍

@jayclouse YES!!! 💯

@coreyhainesco Yikes! Hope you get well soon.

@adamwathan @drnic @_swanson @dhh Apple Podcasts is ridiculously slow in updating new episodes now.

Their new official response is that it takes "up to 24 hours" for an episode to appear in Apple Podcasts (mobile, desktop, web):

@jayclouse @PatFlynn Nice! Congrats! 🙌

@gonedark Holy hell your office looks amazing.

@a_fsardo @davidhemphill @taylorotwell @adamwathan @calebporzio @jeffrey_way @stauffermatt @laravelphp @tailwindcss @laracasts @gonedark @reinink @marcelpociot @spatie_be @freekmurze Thx 🥰

Happy to be a part of the community.

I’m bullish on the TALL stack, specifically because of all the great people building the coolest stuff on the web. 💯

@raspberrysarah @JFaid I was up until 6am. 😳

Slept until noon.

@ow Oh for sure there bud

@jayclouse Yes! @jonbuda bought one and it sounds amazing.

(I wish I’d gotten one instead of my complicated SM7B setup)

@__mharrison__ Yes. But the future inevitably arrives. 😉

And when future dreams become present, it sure is nice to enjoy them.

@astraflux It might be fine for some people; but not me! 😊

I like to “be somewhere, and enjoy it.” (Preferably for a good amount of time)

I don’t have much wanderlust.

What matters is *what you do when you arrive at your destination.*

That’s where the living begins.

@ArielMejiaDev Except I’ve found that the joy of “having arrived” often lasts a long time.

The process can be joyous, or stressful, or difficult.

But once I arrive somewhere, it makes it feel worthwhile.

@mariepoulin Don’t you live with a sexy fireman 👨‍🚒 who can pose for you whenever you want? 📸

@joshmanders @artofproductpod @buildyoursaas @jonbuda @TransistorFM @primcloud Nice!

It’s been helpful for me to hear from folks at a similar stage as well.

Glad you’re enjoying the back catalog! 🤙

@missbikesalot @virtuallybing @TransistorFM 👋 No plans to exit, but our business is at that level.

@iChris This is the way.

@m1guelpf @NicoAFerr @domm @pjrvs @JackEllis Thx 🙏

@JackEllis @brian_lovin @pjrvs To me, indie is any group of owners (generally less than 5 people), who aren’t beholden to investors or megacorps.

@SatchellDrakes 👋 I am.

@rob__race @BorisTane Originally influenced by these books:

- When Coffee and Kale Compete
- Competing with Luck

And JTBD Radio.

But I later read Mom Test and loved it. 👍

@ow Whoa. Is that a big switch?

@MattGiovanisci Omg. This is 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

@hrishio @wesbos Classic.

What are the variables that cause a bunch of individuals to collectively show up on your doorstep, wanting to buy your product?

Your passion might create the spark that gets you into business, but it’s customer demand that pulls you forward.

If passion = 100, but demand is = 0, you’ve got no business.

To last a long time, you’ll likely need both: passion and customer demand.

@earthlingworks WOW 😮

@robwalling @jonhainstock @tinyseedfund Agreed.

But at a base level: no demand = no business.

At least with competitor pain you’re starting from a place where the demand exists.

(You’ve just got to be the right founder to capture it)

@harriskenny @heyhey The academic definition is "the total quantity demanded across all consumers in a market for a given good."

For me, "a market" is the sum of these factors:

- Number of potential customers
- How much they spend
- The frequency at which they buy
- Their willingness to pay

@harriskenny I'm subscribing to the "movement of consumers" concept.

If there's no movement, at some scale, then it's likely not a market worth pursuing for bootstrappers.

@jasonfried But you’re choosing the product category you’re in.

If you choose the diamond market, you accept all of the characteristics of that market.

The shape of demand in Project Management software is different than the demand for banjos.

We, as founders, control “what biz we’re in.”

@tylertringas Agreed. Seeing too many folks tackle “small” opportunities with limited potential.

@podcastharry Wait until you see what @TransistorFM is cooking...

It looks like @Castbox_fm also gives a few recommendations, but these suggestions don’t feel particularly relevant to the podcast I just heard.

The “IMDB for podcasts” is @Podchaser.

They have a “similar podcasts” section, but many of these recommendations don’t feel particularly related to Unfinished.

@jamesewentech @IndieHackers @TransistorFM Yup! https://www.getrewardful.com/?via=justin

@joshuaanderton http://nerdmullet.com

@myfriendjanine Didn’t realize you were also in the 4 kid club! 👋

@lesley_pizza Hahaha. Yup.

@femkesvs Do you really want to live this far out? 😜

@NadavKeyson Lol

@CasJam @ProcessKit Wow! This looks good!

@mattragland Love this idea! Let's do it. 👍