Build Your SaaS | All Episodes

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S1 E161 Jun 24, 2025

"Justin, I built a SaaS!"

Harris Kenny was a long-time listener of the podcast, and dreamed about building his own software product. After multiple attempts, over 5 years, he finally did it. Ho...

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S1 E160 Dec 09, 2024

Giuuunta! Motivating yourself when you're not in startup mode

Bootstrapping a business is like getting a plane to lift off the ground. But what do you do once the plane is in the air?Dave Giunta and Justin Jackson recorded a rece...

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S1 E159 Jun 04, 2024

Adam Wathan: how small startups hire employees (Tailwind CSS)

How do founders of small bootstrapped companies hire new employees? Adam Wathan got over 1600 people who applied for two new roles at Tailwind Labs (a small team of si...

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S1 E158 Feb 09, 2024

Is ONCE enough?

A panel discussion on 37signals' first ONCE product, the launch of Campfire ("pay for it once, install it, and run it on your own server"). Ian Landsman, Tyler Tringas...

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bonus Jan 25, 2024

How Ben and David bootstrapped the Acquired podcast

Fast Company called Acquired "the #1 tech podcast sensation." I've been a huge fan of the show for years. So, I was surprised when they contacted me and wanted to swit...

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S1 E156 Sep 26, 2023

Nashville team retreat: scary birds, country music, and a photo shoot

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...

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S1 E155 Aug 01, 2023

Paul Jarvis: gaining freedom by building an indie business

Justin catches up with his old internet friend Paul Jarvis. Today, Paul co-founded Fathom Analytics with Jack Ellis: a simple alternative to Google Analytics. Paul is ...

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S1 E154 Jun 20, 2023

How Tim worked on side-projects for 10+ years, and finally went full-time (with kids)

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 l...

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S1 E153 Jun 06, 2023

Startup coaching: helping founders and team members realize their full potential

This week Jon and Justin are joined by Marcella Chamorro. Previously, she worked in startup marketing but has recently transitioned to coaching founders and teams. We ...

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S1 E152 May 16, 2023

Michele Hansen update: Section 174 and bootstrapping with kids

In this podcast episode, Michele Hansen (Geocodio) gives us an update on Section 174 and provides her take on "bootstrapping with kids."Michele explains you can be a p...

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S1 E151 May 09, 2023

Should a parent with young kids try to bootstrap a new startup?

In this episode, Justin speaks with Aaron Francis about being a new parent and trying to bootstrap a startup. Aaron argued the other side of Justin's tweet thread: "Wa...

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S1 E150 Apr 19, 2023

Why we hired someone new

Jon and Justin welcome Joshua Anderton to the Transistor team! Josh is an amazingly talented full-stack web developer (Laravel, Rails, Tailwind CSS, Alpine, and more!)...

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S1 E149 Mar 28, 2023

Act now before it's too late: Section 174

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 ...

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S1 E148 Mar 21, 2023

This would kill our company immediately

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 shutt...

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bonus Feb 28, 2023

One pepperoni pizza please

"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 s...

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S1 E146 Feb 21, 2023

Super Fun SaaS Sales Tax (Part Deux)

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, provinci...

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S1 E145 Feb 10, 2023

Nobody wants to talk about this (SaaS sales tax)

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, the...

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S1 E144 Oct 18, 2022

The gang goes to Montréal

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: @bu...

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S1 E143 Aug 16, 2022

Jon & Justin reveal everything (part 2)

As a part of Transistor's 4-year anniversary, Jon and Justin answer your questions

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S1 E142 Aug 10, 2022

Jon & Justin reveal everything (part 1)

Transistor celebrates 4 years since the launch

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S1 E141 Jul 12, 2022

Bootstrapping in France (Baptiste Jamin from Crisp)

An interview with Baptiste Jamin, the co-founder of Crisp. Crisp is affordable, high-quality customer support software.

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S1 E140 Jun 14, 2022

What's it like getting acquired by Spotify? (Dave Zohrob from Chartable)

An interview with Dave Zohrob, co-founder of Chartable podcast analytics

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S1 E139 May 31, 2022

Patrick Campbell: why ProfitWell sold to Paddle for $200M

Competing with ChartMogul and Baremetrics, whether you should "go big," and why the market is important

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S1 E138 Apr 26, 2022

Going from $0 to $2 million in ARR in 7 years (the Missive story)

Three French Canadians built a profitable indie SaaS

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S1 E137 Apr 05, 2022

Taylor Otwell: the business of Laravel in 2022

Becoming a better leader, so that your product can grow and thrive.

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S1 E136 Mar 22, 2022

Why Customer Support = Startup Success

"Customer Support may be the most under-appreciated role in SaaS."

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S1 E135 Mar 15, 2022

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 TransistorHelen, Jason, Jon, Justin, all squeezed in...