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Nashville team retreat: scary birds, country music, and a photo shoot from 2023-09-26T11:44:16
The whole team is on the show! Jon, Helen, Jason, Josh, and Justin are on the mics to discuss our recent team retreat to Nashville, Tennessee. If you're wondering what a retreat looks like for a...
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Paul Jarvis: gaining freedom by building an indie business from 2023-08-01T13:50:11
Justin catches up with his old internet friend Paul Jarvis. Today, Paul co-founded Fathom Analytics with Jack Ellis Listen
How Tim worked on side-projects for 10+ years, and finally went full-time (with kids) from 2023-06-20T00:40
Tim reached out after the Aaron Francis episode: "I wanted to pitch you on the idea of coming on the podcast and sharing my journey of building side projects for the last decade while raising a ...
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Startup coaching: helping founders and team members realize their full potential from 2023-06-06T17:55:16
This week Jon and Justin are joined by Marcella Chamorro. Previously, she worked in startup marketing but has recently transitioned to coaching foun...
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Michele Hansen update: Section 174 and bootstrapping with kids from 2023-05-16T01:58
In this podcast episode, Michele Hansen (Geocodio) gives us an update on Section 174 and provides her take on "bo...
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Should a parent with young kids try to bootstrap a new startup? from 2023-05-09T12:45:41
In this episode, Justin speaks with Aaron Francis about being a new parent and trying to bootstrap a startup. Aaron argued the ot...
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Why we hired someone new from 2023-04-19T17:51:10
Jon and Justin welcome Joshua Anderton to the Transistor team! Josh is an amazingly talented full-stack web dev...
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Act now before it's too late: Section 174 from 2023-03-28T01:00
Michele Hansen (co-founder of Geocodio) is raising the alarm about Section 174. This legislation could dramatically increase your tax bill this year if you're a small software company in the USA...
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This would kill our company immediately from 2023-03-21T01:06
Jon's back from his first real vacation in years. In this episode, we discuss how we've been removing inactive accounts on Transistor, SVB, Section 174, Revin is shutting down their Merchant of ...
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One pepperoni pizza please from 2023-02-28T17:06:28
"I don't get it: if that money is for the government, how come the pizza place put it in their cash register?!?"
(Jon is on vacation - our next real episode is coming soon!)
Super Fun SaaS Sales Tax (Part Deux) from 2023-02-21T01:17
Last week's episode hit a nerve! "The idea that every small software company in the world will be able to be in perfect compliance will every foreign federal, provincial, state,...
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Nobody in SaaS wants to talk about this from 2023-02-10T08:12:38
Sales tax compliance: nobody in SaaS wants to talk about it. Jon and Justin tried to do something about it and it turned into a nightmare. According to Stripe Tax, there are about 90 different r...
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The gang goes to Montréal from 2022-10-18T01:00
The whole Transistor team got together for a retreat in Montréal. Jon, Justin, Helen, and Jason chat about the experience.
What should we talk about next?
- Twitter:
Jon&Justin reveal everything (part 2) from 2022-08-16T01:05
It's the fourth anniversary of Transistor's public launch! This is part 2 of "Jon and Justin answer your questions."
- (00:37) - Wh... Listen
Jon&Justin reveal everything (part 1) from 2022-08-10T12:29:41
It's the fourth anniversary of Transistor's public launch! In this two-part series, Jon and Justin answer your questions.
- 01:22 - Our... Listen
Bootstrapping in France (Baptiste Jamin from Crisp) from 2022-07-12T01:00
Baptiste Jamin co-founded Crisp with a friend he met in high school.
Highlights (go st...
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What's it like getting acquired by Spotify? (Dave Zohrob from Chartable) from 2022-06-14T01:00
Dave Zohrob is the co-founder of Chartable (a podcast analytics startup), talks about selling his company t...
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Patrick Campbell: why ProfitWell sold to Paddle for $200M from 2022-05-31T01:00
Patrick Campbell just sold his startup, ProfitWell, to Paddle for $200 ...
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Going from $0 to $2 million in ARR in 7 years (the Missive story) from 2022-04-26T01:01
Philippe Lehoux and his two co-founders started working on Missive around 2015, and just passed $2 million in annu...
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Taylor Otwell: the business of Laravel in 2022 from 2022-04-05T01:05
Taylor Otwell, is the founder of Laravel, a programming framework for PHP. But he's also one of the most success...
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Why Customer Support = Startup Success from 2022-03-22T01:07
Helen and Justin talk about the importance of customer support for indie SaaS companies.
- 1:08 The hardest part about podcasting is doing it... Listen
What's it really like to work at Transistor? from 2022-03-15T01:06
We got the whole band together: Helen and Jason join Jon and Justin to talk about what it's really like to work at Transistor
Founders' retreat from 2022-01-18T01:10
Jon and Justin recorded this episode sitting on the same couch!
- Photo of the Coeur de Boeuf
- The last time we were t... Listen
Reflecting on 2021 from 2021-12-24T12:08:02
Jon and Justin reflect on 2021 and get excited about 2022:
- Rework podcast episode: the word "startup"
- Sh... Listen
Brian Casel, of Bootstrapped Web, chats about his new app from 2021-12-07T08:51:22
In this guest episode, Justin chats with Brian Casel.
What does my daughter think of the podcast industry? from 2021-11-25T16:01:53
In this bonus episode, Justin interviews his 18-year-old daughter, Sadie, about:
- A Gen Z perspective on podcasting
- Why women are t... Listen
A few questions from 2021-10-12T10:30
This week Jon and Justin discussed:
- Tweet: what should we talk about?
- Justin's daughter wrote an artic... Listen
Why should we care about our customers' feelings? from 2021-09-07T16:14:24
This week Justin chats with Michele Hansen, founder of Geocodio. I got fired up about interviewing customers!
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This is a big step for us from 2021-08-17T01:00
This week Jon and Justin discussed:
- Our values determine how we make decisions
- Hiring FT: Listen
Is venture capital bad? from 2021-08-03T01:00
This week Spencer Fry, founder of Podia.com, joins Justin Jackson to talk about venture capital and bootstrapping.
Basecamp | Hiring | How to have a calm company from 2021-05-04T09:25
This week Jon and Justin discussed:
- Basecamp
- Note: we recorded this before Casey Newton's second article on Base... Listen
A good business will change your life (for real) from 2021-04-06T01:00
This we, we chatted about:
We're doing this and it's weird from 2021-01-26T01:00
Real humans making a business together:
- Taking the leap
- Why is Justin jealous of Ben?
- Pros and cons of building a remote company in 2021
- Limited exp... Listen
Podcast companies losing money? from 2021-01-19T01:00
Jon's back! He and Justin share their feelings/thoughts about the new year:
- Closing the door on the past
- Exciting revenue milestone
- Podcast companies losing ... Listen
Jason Fried – you can't control the market from 2020-12-29T01:00
This week, Justin and Jason discuss the dynamics of market demand.
What happened after Simon went full time on his SaaS? from 2020-12-15T14:11:37
This week, Justin catches up with Simon Bennett of Snapshooter:
- Every once in a while, we highlight one of our listeners who are building their own SaaS.
- This week: <... Listen
Landsman on software from 2020-11-17T15:12:06
Justin is joined by everybody's favorite Twitter Uncle: Ian Landsman (founder of HelpSpot)...
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How fragile is the prosumer SaaS market? from 2020-11-10T15:27:16
We're back!
- Justin's voice sounds terrible (sorry!)
- When is the next wave of economic despair going to happen?
- The maker/creator market is on 🔥 right now. How lon... Listen
What it takes to launch a SaaS from 2020-09-22T01:00
We have a bonus episode for you this week!
Do you really need to build an audience? from 2020-09-08T01:00
Late-summer update! This week on the program, we bring you a super spicy interview that Justin did on the Listen
Talking about an acquisition from 2020-06-30T01:00
This week on the program, Justin and Jon talk about:
- Updates on Transistor: new API is almost done, static site generator, growth slowed in June?
- Questioning whether we shou... Listen
It's just too much from 2020-06-16T01:00
This week on the program, Justin and Jon talk about:
- A friend, whose SaaS has grown 300% since the beginning of the quarantine. They just hit $6k in MRR.
- At that stage, he's... Listen
Why there's no episode today from 2020-05-26T16:00
👋 Justin here. This episode is to let you know why there's no episode today. (I've had a few DMs from folks that were worried!)
We're good; we had some server trouble this morning that to...
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Building software for 2030 from 2020-05-19T16:00
This week on the program, Justin and Jon talk about:
- The new Transistor UI, and how folks are respondi... Listen
Simon is going full-time from 2020-05-12T17:30
This week on the program:
- As requested, we're going to start highlighting our listeners who are building their own SaaS.
- This week: Listen
They stole our idea! from 2020-05-05T13:00
What do you do when a competitor steals your idea? (plus: Justin and Jon have the giggles).
- People in tech get bent out of shape about who owns certain ideas, UI patterns, and busine... Listen
Starting over again on our SaaS from 2020-04-28T09:20
Justin and Justin talk about where they're at.
- Podcasts like the Project Journey show, are at the beginning of their journey.
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What should we build next? from 2020-04-21T08:35
This week on the show:
- Jon baked bread. Got some sunshine. Avoiding social media, the other disease
- Justin WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
- Read this Andreesen post that everyo... Listen
How coronavirus is impacting revenue from 2020-04-14T01:00
This week, Justin called up Josh Pigford, founder of Baremetrics:
- Baremetrics does analytics for Sa... Listen
Giuuuuuuuunta from 2020-04-07T09:55
Today, we are joined by a very special guest: Dave Giunta!
Pants-driven development from 2020-03-31T09:00
Jon and Justin, still making sense of life (and business) in a pandemic:
- Jon put on pants today.
- Justin is mad at Amazon.... Listen
How are founders handling the pandemic? from 2020-03-24T01:00
Jon and Justin are hunkered down, and reeling from COVID-19:
- This is moving fast, so this podcast might already be out-of-date.
- Difference between the restrictions ... Listen
Marie Poulin: Maybe you shouldn't start a software company from 2020-03-17T01:00
This week, Justin is joined by Marie Poulin, co-founder of Oki Doki. They discuss:
Chatting with Marie...
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All that he wants from 2020-03-10T01:00
This week, Jon and Justin celebrate 100 episodes:
- Jon was on the Cody Story podcast awhile back.
- Justin, o... Listen
Should you start a startup with your spouse? from 2020-03-03T01:00
This week, Justin is joined by Michele Hansen (co-founder of Geocodio). We explore a bunch of questions:
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What's driving you now? from 2020-02-25T01:00
This week, Justin is joined by Ward Sandler from MemberSpace (launched in 2015). We explore a bunch of questions:
- How do you find a cofound... Listen
Clearing the air from 2020-02-18T01:00
This week, Jon and Justin discuss:
- Justin's office is under construction 🛠️.
- How to talk about things that are hard.
- A review exercise from the book: Listen
Anxiety about what might happen with the business from 2020-02-11T01:00
This week, Jon and Justin discuss:
- What makes a good podcast for product people?
- New American Dream: building, owning, selling a SaaS (Listen
A cloudy feeling of dread from 2020-02-04T01:00
This week, Jon and Justin discuss:
- Repeating calendar item: "Jan 5th, GTFO."
- How are you doing with the winter blue?
- The Transistor Volkswagen bus, surfboards, and ... Listen
Who gets paid, and who doesn't? from 2020-01-28T01:00
Jon is back! This week, we discuss:
- This book, The Timeless Way of Building... Listen
What's your sustainable competitive advantage? from 2020-01-21T10:40
Justin is interviewed by Nathan Baschez to talk about business strategy:
"Every strategy is really just a theory: “We bet if we do x, then y will happen. In business, the 'y' that people are ... Listen
The challenges of being in (the wrong) business from 2020-01-14T01:00
Justin is joined by podcast producer Chris Enns to talk about:
- How do you get Alexis Ohanian (cofounder of Reddit, married to Serena Williams) as a client?
- Getting out of th... Listen
What happens tomorrow? from 2019-12-31T01:00
Justin does a solo New Year's Eve episode where he shares:
- Then (Jan 1, 2019) vs now (Jan 1, 2020)
- Justin'... Listen
A Christmas Eve SEO scare from 2019-12-24T01:00
Justin and Jon talk about:
- What's happened this year.
- "You shouldn't be worried about that, but you should be worried about THIS."
- The SaaS gold rush: “Building, Ow... Listen
Should you build an audience first? from 2019-12-17T01:00
Justin is interviewed by Noah and Ben from the Product Journey podcast:
- Should you build an audience first?
- Why finding the right ma... Listen
How did we do on last year's predictions? from 2019-12-10T01:00
Jon and Justin talk about:
- The new corporate condo in the french alps,
- Crazy to think about where we were last year when we recorded Listen
What should we do in 2020? from 2019-12-03T01:00
Jon and Justin talk about:
- American Thanksgiving
- Is it better for a product to be simple?
- The benefits of having a "smaller menu."
- Why we started a private... Listen
Why we stopped sharing our revenue numbers from 2019-11-26T02:00
Jon and Justin talk about:
- New albums from DJ Shadow and Beck
- Why we aren't sharing our revenue metrics publicly anymore
- "Sometimes, you can worry more about your p... Listen
Throwing computers off a tall building from 2019-11-19T01:00
Jon and Justin talk about:
- A stressful Rails 6 upgrade (and how it broke the app).
- We often use data to make decisions, but we don't often examine the underlying data we're ... Listen
Why did this take so long? from 2019-11-12T01:00
Jon and Justin talk about:
- The launch of the new marketing site: transistor.fm
- Built using Statamic CMS and with Tailwind CSS
- G... Listen
Desktop life from 2019-11-05T01:00
What's new with the Transistor team?
- Justin has a Halloween candy hangover.
- Desktops vs laptops for dev work.
- Transitioning from your personal equipment and softwar... Listen
Limitless growth! from 2019-10-29T01:00
This is a heavy one! Let us know at @buildyoursaas if you listen to the whole thing.
- On a micro-scale many folks believe "how much MRR... Listen
"Launched" with quotation marks from 2019-10-22T01:00
We shipped our new feature!
- American Express called Justin twice at 5am
- The new enhanced podcasts feed is live.
- Pete Marcano: “I’ll be honest, when I listened to th... Listen
What's threatening our business? from 2019-10-15T10:30
Jon and Justin talk turkey:
- "I'm not used to all this attention. it’s weird. not bad, just…not used to it."
- "If you're doing anything interesting out in the world, you're go... Listen
$30k in MRR – how does this feel? from 2019-10-08T01:00
Jon and Justin have a bunch of hot topics this week:
- Podcast advertising, user tracking, turning away customers?
- Basecamp switched their podcast (Rework) to us
- Why ... Listen
How do you even sleep at night? from 2019-10-01T01:00
Sleep. We never get enough:
- Justin consistently wakes up between 2am-4am and can’t get back to sleep.
- Jon woke up at 4am. Often reports bad sleeps.
- Justin asked on ... Listen
Bootstrapping loneliness from 2019-09-24T01:00
Jon and Justin discuss a variety of things. Warning: Justin says the f-word twice.
- 80s trampolines
- Jon's new microphone: mic + pop filter = $65 USD
Is it a good idea to be a transparent startup? from 2019-09-17T01:00
Jon and Justin discuss:
- Good mics for podcasters. Justin recommends the Samson Q2U and the ATR2100. Make sure you get a pop filter!
- Starting our 6-week cycle (based on Basec... Listen
How much MRR is enough? from 2019-09-10T01:00
This week Jon and Justin answer a few questions:
- From Jason Zook: "How much MRR is enough for Transistor?"
- From Yaz: "What do you think of this new Supercast thing that help... Listen
Change is in the air from 2019-09-03T01:00
Hear what's new from Jon and Justin on their bootstrapping journey:
- Nothing like throwing yourself down a mountain when you're tired
- We're seeing a big increase in support t... Listen
The constant feature release cycle from 2019-08-26T23:00
Jon and Justin share their SaaS journey:
- "There's so many great feature ideas, but we can't do them all."
- Jon's wondering about the constant feature request/release cycle Listen
WHO DELETED MY CODE?!?! from 2019-08-20T01:00
Jon and Justin are tracking a bunch of stuff this week:
- We're moving from WordPress to Statamic CMS
- "I had no idea how to set up PHP on my laptop."
- We want to treat... Listen
How we're Shaping Up from 2019-08-13T01:00
Justin and Jon have started the process of implementing Shape Up.
- Lots of folks feel like it’d be hard to implement in their team
- "... Listen
Jason Fried wants to delete our backlog from 2019-08-06T01:00
Justin and Jon are joined by Jason Fried to talk about:
No sleep 'till Brooklyn (what we learned in New York) from 2019-07-30T01:00
Big week. Justin was in New York and Jon found an office!
- Justin lost his voice.
- Jon doesn't work from home or coffee shops anymore.
- Jon found an office: "It’s inex... Listen
Once you launch, you're immediately behind from 2019-07-23T01:00
Justin and Jon are starting to feel that stress.
- We start with an unscripted bit.
- Our backlog and todo list are still stressing us out.
- We want to improve the app, ... Listen
Your backlog is making me thirsty from 2019-07-16T14:00
Justin and Jon dive into the growing backlog of features, bugs and tasks, and talk about how they might better manage it as a two-person team. A big new milestone is reached!
- Jon had... Listen
What if there's an accident? from 2019-07-09T01:00
Now, Justin and Jon share are both focused full-time on Transistor. This week they discuss:
- Emotionally processing what it's like leaving a full-time job.
- What was it like ... Listen
Jon's big announcement from 2019-07-02T02:00
Jon had some personal news for Justin this week. This week they discuss:
- What does this mean for the product?
- What does this mean for us as a team?
★ Thanks ...
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I want to work at Transistor.fm from 2019-06-25T12:00
Jon is away, so Justin is tackling these questions:
- "When you were early on and desperate, were you tempted to take investor money?"
- "How do you position yourself in a crowd... Listen
We took funding (from our customers) from 2019-06-18T12:10
This week, Jon and Justin talk about new developments with Transistor:
- We've taken over $100,000 in funding (from our customers!) Listen
"I can't believe you're using that in production" from 2019-06-11T02:00
More honest updates from Jon and Justin on what it's like to be building Transistor.fm:
- People can't believe that we're using Listen
How big of a market should you target? from 2019-06-04T11:00
Jon and Justin share some honest updates about as they continue to build their SaaS (Transistor.fm):
- Justin swears in this episode.
- We're half way through 2019!?!
- J... Listen
Four different git branches in various unfinished states from 2019-05-28T02:00
Jon and Justin share some honest updates about as they continue to build their SaaS (Transistor.fm):
- Jon asks: "how do you prioritize with limited resources?"
- "Working on so... Listen
You can't put me in a box from 2019-05-21T14:35
Happy Two-Four ya hosers! After a Canadian long weekend, Jon and Justin convene to talk about:
- Justin thinks Listen
Wrestling with our company's growth from 2019-05-14T02:00
Jon and Justin are wrestling with thoughts about growth:
- "Our current rate of growth is nice: it feels sustainable." – Justin
- "It feels less sustainable for me, because I'm ... Listen
Burn it all to the ground from 2019-05-07T14:00
Jon and Justin are back from Portland and wrestling with ideas, bots, and CMSes:
- Justin's spouse wants to know why we wouldn't sell for $5 million (and each get $2.5 million)
Keeping the dream alive in Portland from 2019-04-30T02:00
Jon and Justin do a founder retreat in Portland with Darby Frey and Shay Howe (Lead Honestly). We hashed out some ideas for:
- How do you start ... Listen
The "charge more" debate from 2019-04-23T02:00
If you're struggling with pricing your app, listen to this episode! Ben Orenstein, Jordan Gal, Patrick Campbell, and I discussed whether "charge more" is always the right answer.
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Taylor Otwell: "PHP (and a cheap laptop) changed my life" from 2019-04-16T02:00
Jon is away so Justin called up Taylor Otwell, the creator of Laravel. In this episode we covered:
- How Laravel become the most popular backend framework on GitHub.
- Surprise!... Listen
The market for your startup matters from 2019-04-09T02:00
Jon's away! Today I talked to Spencer Fry, from Podia about:
- How do you find a good startup idea?
- What are the worst types of companies to start?
- S... Listen
When should bootstrappers get paid? from 2019-04-02T11:10
Recorded on April fools day! Here's what we covered:
- If you're bootstrapping, when should you get a salary?
- An update on the worst day ever. (We're fine now)
- A SPEC... Listen
Worst day ever from 2019-03-26T06:00
On Sunday, we had a service outage. Jon and Justin talk about what happened:
- TLS / SSL day of horror
- Sunday morning Justin started getting messages from a few Android users ... Listen
Pro athletes are mocking me on the internet from 2019-03-19T02:00
Lots of interesting items this week:
- Justin got a personal message from an NFL player
- Jon moved everyone over to the new CDN
- Podcasting has a lot of confusing parad... Listen
Do startups need specialists or generalists? from 2019-03-12T10:25
Good stuff this week:
- Justin wants to know: when's the last time you changed your business' homepage?
- Jon does a deep dive into Apple's podcasting docs.
- Justin buil... Listen
Full-on sweatpants mode from 2019-03-05T04:00
Good stuff this week:
- Jon ran into Myke Hurley at the Cards Against Humanity office.
- Whether you should work from hom... Listen
Did we solve our bandwidth cost crisis? from 2019-02-26T11:50
Jon and Justin share their progress on:
- The bandwidth / CDN cost problem (and how it might affect our profitability).
- Marco Arment: "It would cost them probably thousands of... Listen
Counting beans and getting hit by a bus from 2019-02-19T09:20
This week, Jon and Justin are wrestling with some heavy startup founder topics:
- What should your SaaS company's gross margins be?
- How much is bandwidth going to cost us? How... Listen
Is this the best time to start a podcasting startup? from 2019-02-13T08:30
Dave Zohrob, the CEO of Chartable, chats with Justin about bootstrapping a startup in the podcast space. We cover:
- Why Jon and Justin started Transistor
- Navigating co-founde... Listen
Getting real: sharing our founder struggles from 2019-02-05T14:10
In this episode:
- Jon and Justin open up about the challenges of bootstrapping "on the side."
- How things have gotten harder (in some ways) now that we have customer... Listen
How to grow your audience from 2019-01-29T10:20
In this episode, Jon and Justin discuss the golden rule for growing your audience. This could mean:
- How to get more paying customers for your software product.
- How to get mo... Listen
Should startups worry about their competition? from 2019-01-22T09:30
In this episode Jon and Justin discuss talk about how you should think about your software product's competition.
Why you shouldn’t focus on the competition
- ...
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Marketing tactics for your SaaS: how to get the word out from 2019-01-15T10:30
We received some product marketing questions from Nirav Mehta:
- How to get the word out about your SaaS?
- Should you pursue partnerships?
- How can you get distributio... Listen
Our predictions for 2019 from 2019-01-08T11:15
Jon Buda and Justin Jackson make predictions for the tech industry, the podcasting space, and the startup ecosystem.
Predictions for 2019
- There will be a global economic... Listen
How to find the right customers for your software business from 2018-12-18T22:10
In this episode, we talk about the different types of customers for a SaaS:
- B to C: selling to consumers. Here, we'd think of products and services like Verizon, iP... Listen
Let's chat about the podcast industry from 2018-12-12T18:00
Justin gets interviewed by Harry Duran on the Podcast Junkies show, and answers questions about:
- Is podcasting really having it's moment now?... Listen
Why does Jon need a co-founder? from 2018-12-04T22:00
In this episode Jon talks about why he decided to partner with Justin (even though he'd already built the product).
★ Thanks to our two sponsors:
How did you split equity in Transistor? from 2018-11-27T01:00
How did you split equity in Transistor? How do I start a podcast? How do you say Adam's name?
★ Thanks to our sponsor: Listen
Interesting ways you can use a podcast from 2018-11-20T01:00
Why do you want to start a podcast?
- Grow your business:
- Get more clients – Nate TechNest Real Estate
- Brand / PR –... Listen
Insulating our recording studio with dollar bills from 2018-11-13T01:00
Jon and Justin respond to the new funding options available for bootstrappers, mainly Earnest Capital.
The GP, Tyler Tringas, told us what types of companies he's looking to invest in:
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There's a new funding option for bootstrapped founders from 2018-11-06T01:00
Tyler Tringas recently announced Earnest Capital; a new way for bootstrappers to raise money for their startups.
Should Jon and Justin c...
Your startup's expenses are too high from 2018-10-30T04:00
How much does it cost to run a SaaS in 2018? We take a look at our bootstrap expenses.
Every business accrues monthly expenses. The danger? Business owners can get in the habit of spending...
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How'd you get into computers? (Apple II, PC clones, BBSes, CYBERSPACE) from 2018-10-23T01:00
If you used computers in the 80s and 90s you're going to love this episode.
- Apple IIe in the school computer lab
- The original Macintosh
- "I wanted an Amiga so bad!"<... Listen
You forgot $20,000 in your snowboard pocket from 2018-10-10T13:00
Here we are at episode 30! Just found this old 2012 interview with the founder of MailChimp, before they be...
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You drew a prototype on that napkin from Portland from 2018-10-02T04:00
After one failed attempt, we're back with a new episode. Sorry it's late!
"We, as the customer, are paying people who make apps so that their good work continues."Responses from last we...
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What's the most important metric for a web app? from 2018-09-25T05:00
What do you think?
- Leave a comment on Breaker, the podcast app for Android and iPhone.
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We have some explaining to do from 2018-09-18T01:00
Jon and Justin are back from Portland and the XOXO festival.
In the last few weeks we've had a chance to interact with many of our customers in-person:
Your revenue forecast is wrong from 2018-08-28T01:00
What does "bootstrapping" mean really?
For most folks, bootstrapping means self-funding your business from revenues. It means not taking Venture Capital, not taking Angel funding. It's a litt... Listen
The problem with podcasts from 2018-08-21T01:00
Nick Quah shared this in his recent newsletter, commenting about podcasts:
[I have] this feeling that everybody’s drilling for oil in the same spot becau... Listen
What's a good conversion rate for a web app? from 2018-08-14T01:00
SaaS conversation rate cheatsheet:
Credit card upfront:
- Visitor to trial: 0.75% - 1%
- Trial to paid: 40% - 60%
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Launch week hangover from 2018-08-07T01:00
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- Leave a comment on Breaker, the podcast app for Android and iPhone.
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The opposite of bored money from 2018-07-24T01:00
In 2013, I interviewed Jason Calacanis, the angel investor.
One o...
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Startup advice from Justin Kan, Stephanie Hulburt, and Naval from 2018-07-17T05:00
Three tweets Tuesday
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Meet me in Chicago from 2018-07-10T01:00
How to build anticipation for your product launch
- Have a mailing list! Email them consistently during development.
- The week of launch you should send the following em... Listen
I see Spots from 2018-07-03T01:00
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Our Voltron needs fuel from 2018-06-26T01:00
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Teaser: I don't want to get crushed by the VC monster from 2018-06-19T12:00
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Bonus: building a SaaS on the side is hard! from 2018-06-12T01:00
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- This is the recording from the Art of Product Podcast. Full episode will be there!
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SaaS pricing advice from Rob Walling and Patrick Campbell from 2018-06-05T01:00
Jon and Justin are probably 1-2 months away from the launch of Transistor.fm. That means we need to figure out pricing.
“In your early stage two things are... Listen
What does Nathan Barry think of podcast hosting pricing? from 2018-05-29T01:05
Today's show is not a full episode!
Jon and I have been busy with our day jobs, plus Memorial Day, and didn't have time to record a show.
But, to be honest, this p...
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How should we price our SaaS? from 2018-05-22T01:05
We're hoping to launch Transistor officially in July 2018.
And that means we need to figure out a pricing strategy. What types of tiers and plans should we offer?
SaaS pricing exampl...
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Should we make our revenue numbers public? from 2018-05-15T01:00
How transparent of a startup do we want to be?
There's an app called Buffer that really kickstarted the "radical transparency" movement with startups. Over time, they've revealed almost ev...
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How to validate your product idea from 2018-05-08T01:00
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How to organize your time when your startup is your side-hustle from 2018-04-24T01:00
What’s been happening?
- New iTunes review from Shane Smith in Australia: "Keep up the great work. Love hearing the behind-the-scenes part of setting up your SaaS."
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Startup money from 2018-04-17T01:00
Recent news
- We're an official Spotify partner. You'll be able to find us in Spotify soon!
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We need to talk from 2018-04-10T01:00
What’s been happening?
- Is the Macbook Pro 2013 the best computer ever made?
- Jon's review of the new Macbook Pro: the screen, the keyboard, the thinness are great. He do... Listen
My teenager wants to play Dungeons&Dragons from 2018-04-03T01:00
Jon and Justin discuss "Why did we choose podcasting? And why now?" Picking the right idea, the right market, and having the right timing is crucial.
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Six screens and a power glove from 2018-03-27T01:00
This episode is sponsored by Bullet Train. If you’re building a ...
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What are you scared of? from 2018-03-20T01:05
News
- We’ve opened up early access! We’ve been inviting people by email.
- We currently have 15 shows on our platform. In four months, we’ve served ... Listen
I want Castle Grayskull from 2018-03-13T09:00
A story
In 1999, Basecamp started a blog called Signal vs Noise, which they billed as “Strong opinions and shared thoughts on design, business, and tech.”
It had a h...
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How to find a cofounder (our story) from 2018-03-06T12:00
Who are we?
Jon is a Web Designer and Developer in Chicago. Justin is a Product Manager and Podcaster from Canada.
How did we meet?
We met in 2014 at ...
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What does it take to build a SaaS these days? from 2018-02-16T17:00
Jon Buda and Justin Jackson are building and launching a new product this year called Transistor.
You can follow along as we explore this question:
What does it take to build a SaaS ...
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