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Indie PodcasterThe Podtrics PodcastJoin Jeff Townsend, aka Podcast Father on his journey as the Indie Podcaster. Episode #61 is a special edition of Indie Podcaster. You'll hear an episode of Marc Beinder's The Podtrics Podcast.Jeff and Marc discuss the process of starting a podcast and various other things.Episode DetailsThanks for listening and thanks for telling a friend! More importantly, thank you for supporting independent creators. Keep being you, keep being great!Check out the Podtrics Podcast!Indie Podcast Father (Jeff's) website.All music credited to artist Yung Kartz, check out the site here.Use Poddin for your podcast transcript, they've got all...2022-08-1151 min
Indie PodcasterPodcast Garage conversation with Marc from PodtricsJoin Jeff, aka Podcast Father on his journey as the Indie Podcaster. Episode #44 Creator Spotlight: Bonus episode, pilot episode of our new project: Podcast Garage. *See Podcast Garage podcast summary below*Jeff, Tanner and Greg talk to Marc Beinder, creator of the new podcasting hosting platform: Podtrics. They talk about Marc's new business venture and share advice.Support Marc and the work he's doing at Podtrics. He's offering free podcast hosting up to a year for listeners of this podcast, email him at marc@podtrics.com.If you would like to help him financially and still recent a discount, use...2022-02-0742 min
Build Your SaaSLandsman on softwareJustin is joined by everybody's favorite Twitter Uncle: Ian Landsman (founder of HelpSpot).Ian's encounter with his internet hero Joel SpolskyDo you get worried that this all going to go away?How scared should we be of the competition?How do you hedge your bets?We prognosticate about what our bootstrapper friends' blind spots are. 🤣We both ask for investors live, on air.How founders should manage their personal finances.How our past experience can make us blind to opportunities.How can devs connect with marketers?Which startups would we invest in.What should we talk abo...2020-11-1847 min
Build Your SaaSHow fragile is the prosumer SaaS market?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 long will it last?How "soft" is the prosumer market? How fragile is it?A BUNCH OF NEW TRANSISTOR FEATURES:Zapier integrationPodcast:lockedEasily submit your podcast to the major podcast directories.Podcast distribution checklistHow do you work on your startup when you're feeling down?"There were weeks when I got almost nothing done because I was stressed out about the state of the world.""It's hard to force yourself to do crea...2020-11-1130 min
Changelog Master FeedPodcasting platform Q&A (Backstage #15)Marc Beinder is building a podcast hosting web application as a part of his senior project while at Lindenwood University. In this brief Backstage episode, Marc picks Jerod’s brain about how we built our platform and challenges we ran into along the way.2020-10-2129 minBuild Your SaaSWhat it takes to launch a SaaSWe have a bonus episode for you this week!Justin was on the Framework podcast.Check out the other Spec.fm showsSubscribe to Framework in OvercastWant to reply to something we said?Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda, @tomcreighton, @therobhayesLeave a comment on PodHunt; it's like Reddit, but for podcasts.Email us: mail@transistor.fmThanks to our monthly supporters:Take It EV podcastEthan GundersonHelmut IrleColt BorgMarc BeinderAnton ZorinBill CondoSofia QuinteroChris WillowMason HensleyBorja Soler teami.ioWard from MemberSpace.comTravis FischerMatt Buckley, from NiceThings.io Russell BrownEvandro SasseNoah Prail, eventOneHQ.comRobert Simplicio, S...2020-09-221h 09Build Your SaaSTHE FEARJon and Justin talk about "optionality" in bootstrapping. (Justin is concerned, Jon thinks we should just enjoy the moment).DHH: "Part of what gave us the confidence to turn down the whole world of venture capital was a small sale of equity to Jeff Bezos. That gave our personal bank accounts just enough ballast that the big numbers touted by VCs and acquisition hunters lost their lure."Are we at peak podcasting? Things are good right now - will they be good for 10 years? 20 years? Fred Wilson: "Taking money off the table."How much did the founders of B...2020-09-1540 minBuild Your SaaSDo you really need to build an audience?Late-summer update! This week on the program, we bring you a super spicy interview that Justin did on the TechZing podcast.Do you really need to build an audience before you build your product?Justin's tweetThere's this idea that you need to grow an audience, talk to an audience, and then build something they want. Is that really necessary?IndieHackers interview with Vincent Woojustinjackson.ca/surfingTweet: what do we mean when we say "audience?"Want to reply to something we said?Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda, @justinvincentLeave a comment on the TechZing episode page.Leave...2020-09-081h 22Build Your SaaSBreak outMid-summer update! This week on the program, Justin and Jon talk about:If you're bootstrapping SaaS, how many monthly trials do you need?Tweet: "You probably need more trials than you think."Breaking out of your own way of thinking"All it took was someone talking to me to have a different way of thinking about it."Want to reply to something we said?Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbudaLeave a comment on PodHunt; it's like Reddit, but for podcasts.Email us: mail@transistor.fmThanks to our monthly supporters:Colt BorgMarc...2020-08-0446 minBuild Your SaaSTalking about an acquisitionThis 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 should slow down for the summerTalking about the Simplecast acquisitionWhat would sell for? Mike: “Anything that’s a life-changing amount.”Want to reply to something we said?Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbudaLeave a comment on PodHunt; it's like Reddit, but for podcasts.Email us: mail@transistor.fm★ Bootstrapper shout-out of the week:Nusiihttps://nusii.comProfessional proposal templatesThanks to our monthly supporte...2020-06-3052 minBuild Your SaaSIt's just too muchThis 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 in the "almost but not yet."You're either:Brainstorming how to make money fasterBrainstorming how to work lessDifferent stages:Pre-launch stage: you're working on your product on the side. It's fun! There's nothing stealing your time and attention because you don't have customers yet.The beta stage: still pretty fun! You have a few customers who are using your product, and maybe paying you money.The "...2020-06-1639 minBuild Your SaaSWhy there's no episode today👋 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 took all our time and attention today. We're hoping to be back next Tuesday with a full episode.Thanks everyone; we appreciate your support! ✌️Special thanks to Dean Layton James, from CloudPeriscope and Benedikt Evans from UserList for giving us ideas on how to fix our issues today! ❤️You can reply to this podcast here:Twitter...2020-05-2704 min