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@vernbot @ManonLepage2 This can’t be real!

(but i’m gonna try it anyway 😉)

RT @LaComtesseJamie: Donald Glover’s career reads like a hyper 10 y/o who found a genie.

Donald: I wanna be a famous actor & comedian...
G…

@stevenbward There's a lot of nuance to the "when should you quit" question. 😉

It's more accurate to say:

"Some founders are successful because they didn't quit."

and

"Some founders are successful because they quit and moved to a different idea."

RT @glenmccallumcan: ⚡️⚡️⚡️If your hiring process is filled with coding tests, technical interviews, take home assignments, etc ...

I have…

@gpickin sorry, what? haha. don’t know what you’re talking about.

RT @mariepoulin: Finally wrote my follow up post after the discussion this generated: https://weareokidoki.com/blog/but-that-doesnt-scale/ hat tip to @pjrvs, @mijustin,…

@jmacias I manually transcribed it and uploaded the captions to https://video.twitter.com 👌

@iChris Initially Twitter, and then Twitch.

@travischmeisser @tylertringas Haha. Maybe Paul’s metaphor isn’t perfect. 😉

My argument is that focusing on “a narrow niche” will kill any business if the total addressable market is too small.

@annaleepawlowsk @sarthakgh thanks! 🙌

@emd @claire_atkin I’m actually in Vernon, but we’re all in BC. 😄

@TheDavidCotton Thanks! 🙌

@tenlinesofcode It's just odd that it's not built-in. (On the Stripe side, or the MailChimp side).

@ConvertKit has a built-in integration, but I'm not sure if it has the ability to automatically remove folks who no longer have an "active subscription" in Stripe.

https://help.convertkit.com/commerce/stripe-integration

RT @thisiskp_: Late to this but a brilliant thread by @mijustin .. just subscribed to your newsletter.

https://justinjackson.ca/niche

@ramsey @emjayess @Beryllium9 There's other evidence as well.

https://twitter.com/taylorotwell/status/962875454309961728

RT @buildyoursaas: Like listening to bootstrapping podcasts (focused on starting a SaaS)? Try our show!

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RT @valsopi: 🎙️ Just dropped EP06 of Bootstrapping Saas / Leads are still a problem and I'm super frustrated 🤬 a few solutions ahead though…

RT @sawinyh: The myth of the niche market https://buff.ly/2W38L2g

RT @sachinrekhi: The myth of the niche market https://buff.ly/2W38L2g

@MrThinkingbig Thanks for sharing it!

@sawinyh Thanks for sharing it!

@heyitsjovis Thanks!

RT @deadcoder0904: I love every essay @mijustin writes.

Today's essay is on finding the right niche and I think his advice is spot on.

"8…

@rsobers No, haha, I mean what do you think *your* total addressable market is.

@rsobers What do you think TAM is?

RT @mijustin: In Canada, a “full stack developer” is someone who can make a nice batch of pancakes. 🥞🇨🇦

@siddharthkp Exactly.

RT @JudMackrill: The myth of the niche market.

Great stuff as always by ⁦⁦@mijustin⁩ https://justinjackson.ca/niche

@corey_gwin What's that from?

@glenmccallumcan ‼️
🕵️‍♂️

RT @srebalaji: The myth of the niche market. Very nice read. ⁦@mijustin⁩ I read it more than once. https://justinjackson.ca/niche

@Reneeim Good point!

@AndrewPierno getting a 404 on http://seedcamp.io

@Yoroomie @tylertringas Interesting, how many total unique listings have there been on http://studiotime.io?

@Yoroomie @tylertringas How big is the TAM?

Seems like, if you include home studios, it's quite large.

My little town has 3-4 studios that *I* know of (there's probably more that I don't).

My guess is Pro Tools has been selling thousands of copies since the 90s.

Looks like a reasonably sized market

@LandonB32 @swyrazik Can you give me an example of what you mean Landon?

Stripe went after a boring + difficult niche, but there was certainly already competition there.

RT @jasontx: “Successful fisherman fish where the fish are.” 🎣 https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1132313290569265163

RT @WillStufflebeam: If you're starting a business, or even just thinking about it, take a few minutes to read @mijustin's advice about cho…

RT @earthlingworks: Good article by @mijustin here. When I first started Bidsketch, it was niched down. Sure we made money, but it got easi…

RT @rosmiquel: I can't recommend highly enough this article by @mijustin to anyone starting up or thinking about starting up "The myth of t…

@swyrazik Maybe.

But I wonder if it's truer that "good fishers go where there the fish are, knowing that they'll catch 80% of the fish."

@ABRENGUES @Valentin_Decker Thanks!

@corymiller303 Thanks Cory!

RT @corymiller303: If you’re not signed up for @mijustin emails sent on Saturdays, you’re missing out.

https://justinjackson.ca/niche

RT @davemorin: http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190510-can-you-have-any-fun-at-a-bar-with-no-booze

RT @dvassallo: There’s a great blog post by @mijustin describing all the above in terms of founder/market-fit, product/founder-fit, and com…

RT @fredrivett: Such a good article from @mijustin

Just building stuff people want isn’t enough. You’ve got to build the right thing for t…

@MatthewBogart @textfiles so dope!

@jdoss As in, you're suggesting a feature idea?

@josephcs Thanks!

@deifosv @IndieHackers @HowIBuiltThis Thanks Vlad!

@FerIsella @TransistorFM Thanks!

@spencerowland Before I respond, a few quick questions:

1. What's the service you provide for them?

2. How do you plan on reaching them?

@anthonystauffer @TexasBluesAlley 👍

What's SRV?

@productgangsta You could be right.

I see a lot of indie businesses too, and my perspective is different.

Almost everyone who is consistently earning more than $10k / month (and certainly those that break $50k) targeted a large, or fast growing, market that they could reach efficiently.

@Folletto I agree that success is relative.

I’m thinking of folks who want to earn at least $10k / month (salary and dividends).

RT @JordanGal: @mijustin Right product, *right market*, right time.

Need all 3, but if you don’t have the market right, everything is har…

@rsobers I think so...

Do you think it would be different for other forms of business?

@ProductHuntHi @ProductHunt you folks might want to re-feature this one tomorrow morning. 👍

@jesterhoax @TransistorFM I'm not sure what you mean. I'm just using MacOS and Finder... I think.

For organizing windows I use "Magnet."

RT @builtbykrit: . @mijustin challenges us to consider different angles on marketing, customer development, and bootstrapping. All 👏 the 👏…

@JThorn_ Dude. There's so much there. That track "Eighties" is so close to "Come as you are."

@christophrumpel @marcelpociot @LaraconEU @enunomaduro yessss

Proof that Corgan was heavily influenced by metal (Sabbath, Metallica, Rainbow, Slayer): https://diffuser.fm/smashing-pumpkin-billy-corgan-metal-favorites/

@carljbusch The opening riff dude! Listen to it.

Then go and listen to "Seek & Destroy" by Metallica.

I'm telling you, Corgan wrote some heavy riffs.

@steph_happens Getting Real: https://basecamp.com/books/getting-real

Changed the way I thought about building a business.

@CohanRobinson @jonbuda that’s the name i was looking for! “PubSubHubbub”

RT @jessarchercodes: 🤩 I never could have imagined that I'd be doing a podcast with JMac, but here we are!

The BaseCode Field Guide is an…

@iChris Oh no.

RT @samreich: jesus: eat this bread, it is my body

jesus: drink this wine, it is my blood

jesus: close your eyes and feel this spaghetti,…

RT @wardsandler: Know when to hold em, know when to fold em 🃏🃏 via ⁦⁦@mijustin⁩ https://justinjackson.ca/giveup

@garrettdimon @adaptable_org Nice!

RT @eliajf: And nice article from @mijustin on figuring out when it is time to hang up the cleats. https://justinjackson.ca/giveup

@saeidhalvaeian @jonbuda @TransistorFM Yup! We talked about it here:

https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/finding-a-cofounder-you-want-to-work-with

RT @evanlapointe: @mijustin I like to think about the business as problem, product, position. Most great companies (Disney) struggle with p…

I'll write more in this Saturday's newsletter:

http://justinjackson.ca/newsletter

@brandonklotz What a nice thing to say! Thanks! ❤️

@brandonklotz Yup! It's all here:
http://justinjackson.ca/livestreaming

RT @marshal: 5/ I feel lucky we traveled for 5 months. Don’t get me wrong, it was amazing. But I’m here to say, extended travel won’t solve…

@dylan_penguin Thanks Dylan! 🙌

@joanyanw Glad it was helpful!

Writing a follow-up this week: "How do you know when to quit?"

@justinabrahms I loved Trillium!

Too many silos now; it's really sad.

@teemuvesala that’s true: i had irc too, but that was more my “online” buddies.

@richard_annable thanks!

@JustinNipper @buildyoursaas @jonbuda Thanks!

@javorszky Lots of folks in 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸!

@renebastijans @brhea @dominicstpierre I've found the opposite.

(Background, I've been doing Product Management since 2008, and regularly use interviews as well).

Finding unprompted, publicly displayed sentiment, can be a good qualitative indicator.

When used with interviews, it works really well.

RT @Shpigford: Bingo. In fact, most actually break out the "big companies" in to a 3rd category: "Enterprise".

The majority of "B2B" is ba…

RT @glenmccallumcan: 🔥🔥🔥Yesterday was unexpected. Traffic to my site spiked by 40,000%. So I'm resurrecting my wordpress site morning and a…

RT @danmartell: It's gradual, then sudden - @mijustin https://buff.ly/2LF0qNt

@shawnzvinis Yup! They're all here:

https://justinjackson.ca/livestreaming

RT @tomcreighton: “Software has eaten the world, and yet the world remains.” There's a *lot* in this @ftrain piece, and you should read it.…

@misterparker Super cute.

@siddharthkp @jonbuda Lol

@AdrienneNakohl @dominicstpierre Thanks!

I'm curious: what other steps are in your process?

@KateBour @dominicstpierre @airtable Are they mostly tweets in the Twitter app? Or are they text snippets anywhere on the web?

RT @buildyoursaas: We're wrestling with our company (@TransistorFM)'s growth.

Listen here: https://share.transistor.fm/s/7c3e38a3

@jonbca Thanks!

@DeLongShot was able to get me up and running. 👍

RT @glenmccallumcan: I know a few senior devs that are delayed between jobs due to programming challenge gates in the hiring process. Latel…

@rezzz @MrAsquith @mattmedeiros @niczthename @PatFlynn I use Descript. 💪

https://app.descript.com/r/HkLbabKnG