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@gilbert @spotifypodcasts 🙌 the world is just catching up to how insanely good your show is.

@ianlandsman https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1790484422384300119

RT @Dominus_Kelvin: “The world needs more indie entrepreneurs building calm businesses.” — @mijustin

https://justinjackson.ca/calm-company

😭

So good.

@AMplayslife Well done! 👏👏 👏

@tobias_petry Happy birthday! 🎉

@raae It really is.

@vadiefe Thank you! 🙌

Watch the full video here on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fBRDHyBoOk4

This video marks the re-launch of my YouTube channel. I would love to have a bunch of folks from here watch + comment on the video. 🙏

@tnorthcutt Yes, that's a great way to put it. 💯

@EmmettNaughton 👀

@MitchBernstein Congrats! 🎉

RT @timcasasola: Awesome post by @mijustin — https://justinjackson.ca/margin

@dohertyjf Still skiing!!? 🤯

@iChris Oilers are the most entertaining team to watch right now.

@mjwhansen 👀

@nathanbarry @ConvertKit Nice! 🙌

@goenning @daniel_nguyenx Prosumers are often categorized as B2C.

They often buy a product with the intention of eventually turning it into a business.

“I’ll start this newsletter on the side and hopefully one day it will earn revenue.”

@jwblackwell @daniel_nguyenx Not missing the point at all.

In these graphs we’re attributing to the first click (first time they came to my site).

In the example I gave (the feature being searched) they:

A) read the blog post
B) purchased soon after

We can also see other events that assisted in a…

@michaelpward In my world (podcasting), that distinction is much more blurry.

We ask big governments and giant corporations to sign up the same way as everyone else, so the sales cycle is generally the same for both.

@ChrisBadgett 💯

RT @gilbert: Progress happens slowly, then all at once.

Across just 7 months in 1968:
- DRAM was invented
- Intel was founded
- We got th…

@_rchase_ Broadly, I don’t think that distinction holds true (or matters as much as we think it does).

Look at ConvertKit, MailChimp, Transistor, TailwindUI, Fathom Analytics.

A large portion of our customers are hobbyists, prosumers, creators…

@venatoria My argument is that increasingly there is no distinction between the two (especially on the SMB side of the scale).

And… I think a lot of entrepreneurs ignore the “B2C” market, when it’s actually full of opportunity: hobbyists, prosumers, creators, solopreneurs, etc

@troypavlek Yup, this is exactly my point.

(Except, I’m very bullish on hobbyist, prosumer, and SMB customers!)

https://justinjackson.ca/prosumers/

@venatoria But these days, with the proliferation of “prosumer” YouTubers (who make money from YouTube, but buy their gear like consumers at Amazon), it seems like Nikon should be rethinking binary categories like “consumer” and “business.”

@venatoria The camera company is selling the camera for the same price, regardless of whether the purchaser is using it for personal use (taking photos of their kids), or business (taking wedding photos).

The distribution is the same as well (the customer buys it off Amazon either way).

For years, the rule for getting traction with a blog, newsletter, podcast, or YouTube channel was "consistency."

Generally, this meant publishing every week.

But nowadays, it seems a better strategy is to publish only when you have something awesome.

Thoughts?

This is a good example of the kind of bureaucracy governments should eliminate, to encourage people to start businesses:

https://eidel.io/how-to-found-a-company-in-germany-14-easy-steps-and-lots-of-pain/

@alantocheri 💯

@KateBour @IndieHackers There are things worth squabbling about, but folks who are intentionally baiting for engagement… no thanks.

RT @asmartbear: Ironically, “copying others” is a path to finding your own authentic voice.

You try things on like clothes. None are yours…

@iChris Yes!! 🙌

@TransistorFM @DescriptApp We (@iamjeremyenns and I) have been using Descript + Transistor for our new show, Podcast Marketing Trends Explained!

RT @valsopi: For over a week now I cannot upgrade my @OpenAI gpt4. I've changed CC numbers and it was a simple update, but it rejects every…

@adamwathan There's also the L1 VISA.

(I had a friend move from Alberta to California that way)

@adamwathan There are a few different paths you can take.

One is the US “Permanent Residence by Investment” program (EB-5).

There are also the E-2 visas:

E-2 Visa for Canadians Buying an Existing U.S. Business
E-2 Visa for Canadians Starting a New U.S. Business

@VicVijayakumar Realistic.

@SebastianHox Before @TransistorFM, I spent 6 years:

- Starting podcasts (@productpeopletv, Build & Launch, Megamaker...)
- Being a guest on 20+ podcasts
- Participating in podcast forums (Hotpod, G+ hangouts, Reddit)
- Going to events where podcasters gathered (XOXO, MicroConf, New Media…

@christophrumpel Happy birthday!! 🎉

@tedhosmann That’s actually a really good filter for LinkedIn connection requests. 🤔

@CasJam Congrats! 🥳

Amazing milestone.

@CasJam DMing you now.

RT @brent_bellamy: A great chart showing housing starts per person in Canada from 1949 to 2021. Housing affordability is directly related t…

@DCoulbourne @noplanstomerge @LaravelLivewire

@Jake_Joseph @suno_ai_ What are the usage rights with @suno_ai?

What kind of license is it?

RT @mijustin: We need more calm companies.

https://justinjackson.ca/calm-company

@1_of_S @david_perell Thanks! 🙏

@AlexLandowski My definition is here:
https://justinjackson.ca/calm-company

@vadim_kravcenko Thanks for sharing it!

The world needs more indie entrepreneurs building calm businesses. We won't get more calm from publicly traded companies or the over-funded venture-backed class. It will come from the next crop of small, purposefully built indie startups with healthy…

@MattPaulsonSD You can do it, but it's still rudimentary.

You can create a Custom GPT on @OpenAI, and upload everything you've written in a single text file.

https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8554397-creating-a-gpt

However, it's still prone to hallucinations:
https://ruk.ca/content/creating-custom-gpt-learn-about-my-blog-and-about-myself

@jekuer Small team size definitely helps 👍

RT @drewbarontini: “We need more calm companies”

I love this post from @mijustin on calm companies.

“Building a calm company has meant sa…

@hughdurkin Didn’t FB have a mantra of “move fast and break things?”

@hughdurkin They’re missing some key attributes, as listed here: https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1776693264587878895

@dagrlx Thank you! 🙏

@CADbloke 💯 absolutely

@Kusti @sharetribe Yes, there are lots of words that work; “balanced,” “grounded,” “mindful,” “stable.”

RT @tnorthcutt: Could not agree more.

@mikecodemonkey 🙌 Calm companies = good for society and the economy.

@Nuvei are you aware that your website is down?

@p_millerd @BusinessInsider Nice! 🙌

@daniel_nguyenx Love it! I gotta try it. 👍

@climatepaige There are a number of reasons the idea worked.

It’s a twist on “let’s buy you (what will become) your special stuffed animal that you take everywhere.”

The mark of a good business idea is “can it consistently attract buyers?” and Build-a-Bear has been able to do they longer…

@climatepaige The appeal of Build-a-Bear was giving parents and kids a creative experience they could share at the mall, commemorated by a take-home keepsake, and promoted through kid/parent peer groups.

@AMplayslife Yes! Congrats 👏👏👏

@iamcoreyg @DanielZarick @andrewculver Yes!!! 🙌

@MrAsquith @mrkevinfield @PodcastMovement @CaptivateAudio @libsyn @blubrry @buzzsprout @TransistorFM @rss @Podnews @truefans @pocketcasts Hahaha. We should do that next time.

@DanielZarick @iamcoreyg @andrewculver 👀

@heyjoshwood @CasJam @Clarityflow @TransistorFM Yup. From posts like this: https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1767278577609760948

@MrAsquith @PodcastMovement 👋 we’ll finally get to meet, Mark!

RT @mijustin: Can you launch a successful company in your 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, or even 70s?

Absolutely.

(For context, I'm 43 now, and I wa…

@CasJam Didn’t realize you lived on the coast!

@arvidkahl Congrats! 🎉

@calebporzio 🤩🤩🤩

@CasJam Listening now!

@JackEllis The framing of this question is difficult, because immediately I think: “compared to where?”

Housing prices have gone up worldwide.

When I traveled to the Netherlands, it was on the news. Same in Germany. Same in most provinces and states in North America.

(Also: which level…

RT @cdnpoli101: Man. @22_Minutes nails it again. This was perfectly done.

@climatepaige Surprised how many people are having babies!

@abigailotwell 🏎️🔥🔥🔥

Wow. Supercharged!

@DCoulbourne @noplanstomerge Seriously, I think @calebporzio needs to go check this place out and get the backstory for your next episode.

@TechEnby @noplanstomerge Wowsa

@DCoulbourne @noplanstomerge I'm considering this place in Buffalo.

@DCoulbourne @noplanstomerge This place looks nice.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7-Stuyvesant-Rd-Asheville-NC-28803/295554699_zpid/

@DCoulbourne @noplanstomerge Still! In the PNW, we haven't seen prices like that in a long time.

For example, Seattle's median sales price is $760,000.

The median list price in Vernon, BC, is $703,190 (CAD).

@pascallaliberte Nice! I like it.

@raae Looking forward to Mixpod!

@warsh33p Nice! 🙌

RT @GergelyOrosz: It’s odd to see the US regulators shooting its own tech industry in the foot by mandating developer salaries cannot be ex…

@CarterBryden Nice! 🔥

@julian_rubisch 🙌

@amacarthur @statamic hey @jasonlbeggs: would this be useful (speed up images) on http://justinjackson.ca?

@KaneJamison ooooh. 👀

@r00k ❤️

@DCoulbourne YESSSSS I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET

@mjwhansen 🙏🙏🙏

(Also looking forward to seeing what @taylorotwell is cooking up!)

@misterrpink1 @MostlyTechPod On YouTube here:

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RT @taimurabdaal: HN has been the biggest time sink of my life, but it's also opened a lot of doors — I discovered the startup world there,…