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Going from $0 to $2 million in ARR in 7 years (the Missive story)
Three French Canadians built a profitable indie SaaS

Taylor Otwell: the business of Laravel in 2022
Becoming a better leader, so that your product can grow and thrive.

Why Customer Support = Startup Success
"Customer Support may be the most under-appreciated role in SaaS."

What's it really like to work at Transistor?
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
Jon and Justin are reunited in the COVID capital of British Columbia

Reflecting on 2021
Jon and Justin record one last episode for 2021

Brian Casel, of Bootstrapped Web, chats about his new app
Brian talks about why ZipMessage feels different than his other SaaS projects

What does my daughter think of the podcast industry?
Justin interviews his daughter about podcast ads, women in podcasting, and how to attract more young listeners.

A few questions
We answer listener questions about bootstrapping, SaaS, and partnerships

Why should we care about our customers' feelings?
Get inspired to interview customers (with Michele Hansen)

This is a big step for us
Plus, what's with this summer SaaS slowdown?

Is venture capital bad?
Talking about venture capital with guest Spencer Fry (Podia)

Basecamp | Hiring | How to have a calm company
What happened at Basecamp? We announce our first full-time team member. And: cost/benefit analysis.

A good business will change your life (for real)
And, evil crypto Teletubbies

We're doing this and it's weird
Just the weirdness of it

Podcast companies losing money?
2021 and still no flying cars

Jason Fried – you can't control the market
A disagreement on Twitter leads to a Skype call

What happened after Simon went full time on his SaaS?
Spoiler: he doubled revenue!

Landsman on software
Ian Landsman talks about his 15-year history of building HelpSpot

How fragile is the prosumer SaaS market?
Justin lost his voice and sounds like Steve-O.

What it takes to launch a SaaS
Justin was a guest on the Framework podcast

THE FEAR
Justin is worried. Jon says "chill."

Do you really need to build an audience?
Reverse engineering success

Break out
What do you do when you can't solve a problem on your own?

Talking about an acquisition
One of our competitors was acquired; what does that mean for us?

It's just too much
What happens when your SaaS grows 300% over the quarantine?

Waking up
Resisting oppression and resisting being an oppressor

Why there's no episode today
A quick update from Justin

Building software for 2030
Will we still be supporting Internet Explorer in a decade?

Simon is going full-time
Simon is quitting his job and going full-time on SnapShooter
