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@calebporzio wait, I’m older than u?

RT @mijustin: In your mind, am I older than you, the same age as you, or younger than you?

@thejonotron Oooooh. Yup, I’m June.

@markjaquith Do you have teenagers too? 🙀

@hurrrdurrr @TransistorFM Nice! 🙌

Let me know if you need any help getting things set up.

RT @ugmonk: Needed this reminder from @mijustin today 👍

Good businesses have margin: https://justinjackson.ca/margin

@aprildunford Pricing is one frustration, but I’d gladly pay if features + service were better:

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/939975565091553280?s=21 https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/939975565091553280

RT @TPuski: Good businesses have margin.

Profit margin? Yes.

But also margin for your time, your emotional and physical health, your rel…

@JordanGal Whoa!

RT @JackEllis: I'm so excited to announce that Serverless Laravel is now available. This course will teach you everything you need to know…

RT @smgrieser: How do I find customers for my product?
vs
Who’s already searching for a product like mine?

Good stuff by @mijustin

http…

@GregorySchier @Copypastaa Skateboards were created because surfers were actively looking for something to do when they weren’t surfing.

Snowboarding was created by surfers and skateboarders who were searching for that same “feeling” but on snow.

RT @GregorySchier: Can you think of any counterexamples to this? Products that invented an entirely new market from scratch that solved a p…

@MattGiovanisci @PovilasKorop If there’s sufficient demand (and not too much competition) you definitely need less “fire.”

@theDanKelly @wslyvh @IndieHackers @JamesClear @tferriss Thanks!

RT @TransistorFM: Last day to enter our contest for a new microphone or free podcast hosting for a year!

https://transistor.fm/contest

@Swizec Yup. Profitability changes everything. 👍

@theChrisDo @mattmedeiros @jayacunzo @chrisbrogan +1 ☝️

@omerkhan Ah. What membership / billing system are you using?

@omerkhan @zapier @TransistorFM Do you need something outside of a regular RSS zap?

@MatthewBogart Dude. Your commitment is incredible!

RT @iamashley: 7 years ago I demoed my first quote system (prototype) to an insurer in London. Today we start coding the automated quote an…

@derrickgrigg Yup, I’ve thought about this quite a bit.

I definitely wouldn’t have been able to do @TransistorFM without public healthcare.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/969427392459505664

@Kev_Conti Wait. Do you have a printed version of @marketingdevs?

@garyvee Nice! That’s my hometown. 🙌

I ❤️ #yeg

RT @csallen: Most successful companies, both VC-funded and bootstrapped, focus on obvious problems:

Helping businesses grow, or hire, or a…

@inorganik So, you think Apple’s success is more accidental than it is intentional?

If that’s true, where does the “accidental” part come from? What causes that sort of accidental luck?

@maxogles 🎯

@BScan When you say "right thing" what are you referring to?

@sinequanonh Two different entrepreneurs. But that's just an illustration I came up with.

RT @hellodomeier: This piece on BUSINESS IS LIKE SURFING by @mijustin is fantastic...
"Catching waves is about patience...good timing, skil…

RT @mijustin: More and more people want to build a SaaS.

But it’s not like the typical career ladder.

Business is more like surfing.

htt…

RT @pauldm: Damn, surfing is hard.... great analogy for starting / building a business from @mijustin 👇

https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

RT @ideasasylum: Single page apps have ruined the web. Every bloody one of them: spinners, broken navigation, stale data, actions that appe…

@Copypastaa Occasionally! I live in by Silverstar mountain though, about 4-5 hours away.

@theleviallen Nice! Going surfing?

@Copypastaa True. 👍

RT @phillduffy: Really good read
https://justinjackson.ca/surfing @mijustin

RT @Pinboard: This morning I want to tweet a bit about Alaska! Our largest state is rarely in the national political news, but there has be…

@shpadrian Not at all! In fact, it's inspired all sorts of frameworks in other fields (software, etc)

http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2004/08/intimacy_gradie.html

@acuellarh Glad it's useful for you!

@bryce I’m listening to it today too! I took a break, but that into story is 😮

@garrettdimon Noted!

@ericnormand Yes! Every page has these quotes that I just want to marinate on.

@stephenjudeso You’re welcome! Thanks for reading it.

@wardsandler Thanks Ward!

RT @Charlesvinette: @mijustin Your latest article, "Business is like surfing", is one of the best piece of content I've read recently. Very…

@seanwes Thanks for sharing it Sean!

RT @KateBour: This new post is 🔥

“Surfers follow waves; entrepreneurs respond to customer demand.”

If you’re exploring a business idea o…

@nathanbarry It’s looking great!

@thejonotron @chrisfosterelli lol. I’ve already got that laid-back pacific northewest drawl

@joelrandyblake Yes, but if they can "create more demand," why wouldn't they create the same level of demand for all their products?

Why is the HomePod such a bad seller?
Why does Apple Music only have 20% market share?

My point is that demand comes from the market, not the company.

@joelrandyblake If big companies can truly "create" demand, why can’t Apple replicate their iPhone success across all their products?

It seems the size and shape of demand is defined externally.

There were pre-existing market conditions in the smartphone market that Apple benefitted from.

RT @mijustin: Entrepreneurs respond to existing demand, they don’t create it.

The market should already be “pulling” for what you’re build…

@geetfun 💯

@debugging 💯

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1230722835045183490?s=21 https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1230722835045183490

@pliao39 @david_perell Very difficult to build an audience unless there is some form of latent (or visible) demand.

@chaoqu @johnnytong The discovery of electromagnetism was one of the factors that shaped demand for WiFi.

@MattGiovanisci And the strength of the “pull” (often dictated by how *many* people want it, and how bad they want it) will determine the success of the product.

@derrickreimer @jonnyburch 💯

@JamesQuandahl @pjrvs https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1230584732015972352?s=21 https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1230584732015972352

@jonnyburch What base need did Uber create that didn't exist before?

@misener @pacificcontent Is Apple still enforcing that 4,000 character limit? Couldn’t find any documentation on it.

RT @grescoe: "The automobile has dissolved the living tissue of the city. Its appetite for space is absolutely insatiable; moving & parked,…

@alantocheri @TransistorFM @basecamp Definitely less complexity in SaaS, compared to retail.

RT @TransistorFM: Want to win a free microphone for podcasting?

We're doing a giveaway!

Enter here:
https://transistor.fm/contest?referral=zV0MVDY

@Jamogck @YoFolyo The @megamaker community has been around since 2013.

It started out as a monthly subscription, but now it's a "pay-once" for lifetime access to Slack + forums.

RT @buildyoursaas: On tomorrow's episode:
- @mijustin's office is under construction
- @jonbuda is updating our UI framework to @tailwindcs…

@mathiasonea Thanks!

RT @mijustin: More margin =

Less worry
Less driving
Less rushing
Less working
Less meetings
Less possessions
Less cognitive load
Less thin…

@andrew_liakh Thanks!

RT @AlecMacGillis: Stunning: the richest 1 percent of Americans now account for more than half of all share ownership. The bottom 90 percen…

@incredimike @jonbuda @buildyoursaas Thanks Mike!

@grantgarrett Yes, or Edmonton (my hometown). 🙌

Or maybe Portland? 😜

@grantgarrett I’m going.

@marvin_hosea Most use @ChartableDotCom

@mostlycoolmark @jonbuda @buildyoursaas There are two famous Budas on the web:

Jon – https://jonbuda.com/

Dan (Jon’s brother) – https://danbuda.com/

@timhammerich @TransistorFM @jayacunzo Thanks for sharing it! 👍

@taragentile Me too! (And revolving doors)

@MatthewBogart You got this! 🙌

@rasabatino @TransistorFM That's a direct integration we do with your email provider.

Go to the "Integrations" tab and you'll see it. 👍

@seanwes Yes.

I think we need to distinguish between “taking initiative” (getting started) and “putting in the reps.”

It’s taking initiative that gets me to the gym that first time. But, hopefully, I’m doing the right exercises (with reasonable form) almost immediately.

@jasonfried amazing. I really like the idea of "iPod as audio VCR."

@geetfun lol, yup.

@tkenny Nice! 🙌

@leevprice @jayacunzo Hahaha. I like that: “will marketers ruin podcasts?”

RT @alexisohanian: Thanks for the #BusinessDad top billing, @TransistorFM!

http://transistor.fm/shows

@tnorthcutt @ProfitWell nice! 🙌

@IamJamesGill ooh. I’ll fix that.

@saarw Is that true?

In an existing category, you have to spend way less time, energy, and money educating the customer.

More competition doesn’t always increase CAC, does it?

RT @mijustin: Don’t focus on finding a niche containing a certain number of people.

What matters more is “there’s this many people spendin…

@paullydca @TransistorFM Nice! 🙌

@TravisFischer Lol.

STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT

@gonedark 👍

Yes, I realize there’s a difference between “wealth” and “income.”

However, according to Pew: “Whether the metric is income or wealth, the rich have outpaced the poor in recent decades.”

RT @jonfriesen: I think @mijustin got it right

RT @GraemeMac: 📣 Announcement

I am launching something new:
http://buyingtriggers.co

Everyone is looking for growth, but not enough of u…

@KHayhoe I find the results for a lot of these carbon calculators really vary. Is there a particular calculator you’ve found that works well for Canadians?

@KHayhoe How do I figure that out? For example, I live in the Okanogan. Is most of our electricity clean?

@gonedark Happy birthday! 🕺🏼💃