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Why should we care about our customers' feelings?
Get inspired to interview customers (with Michele Hansen)
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This is a big step for us
Plus, what's with this summer SaaS slowdown?
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Is venture capital bad?
Talking about venture capital with guest Spencer Fry (Podia)
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Basecamp | Hiring | How to have a calm company
What happened at Basecamp? We announce our first full-time team member. And: cost/benefit analysis.
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A good business will change your life (for real)
And, evil crypto Teletubbies
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We're doing this and it's weird
Just the weirdness of it
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Podcast companies losing money?
2021 and still no flying cars
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Jason Fried – you can't control the market
A disagreement on Twitter leads to a Skype call
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What happened after Simon went full time on his SaaS?
Spoiler: he doubled revenue!
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Landsman on software
Ian Landsman talks about his 15-year history of building HelpSpot
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How fragile is the prosumer SaaS market?
Justin lost his voice and sounds like Steve-O.
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What it takes to launch a SaaS
Justin was a guest on the Framework podcast
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THE FEAR
Justin is worried. Jon says "chill."
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Do you really need to build an audience?
Reverse engineering success
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Break out
What do you do when you can't solve a problem on your own?
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Talking about an acquisition
One of our competitors was acquired; what does that mean for us?
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It's just too much
What happens when your SaaS grows 300% over the quarantine?
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Waking up
Resisting oppression and resisting being an oppressor
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Why there's no episode today
A quick update from Justin
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Building software for 2030
Will we still be supporting Internet Explorer in a decade?
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Simon is going full-time
Simon is quitting his job and going full-time on SnapShooter
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They stole our idea!
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 patter...
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Starting over again on our SaaS
Catching up with the real-life stuff that's going on
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What should we build next?
Bake that bread!
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How coronavirus is impacting revenue
Josh Pigford sees a lot of SaaS revenue analytics; what's he seeing that we're not?
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Giuuuuuuuunta
"This is like unveiling Banksy."
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Pants-driven development
We're still in it
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How are founders handling the pandemic?
Waking up to the coronavirus
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Marie Poulin: Maybe you shouldn't start a software company
This week, Justin is joined by Marie Poulin, co-founder of Oki Doki. They discuss:Chatting with Marie Poulin, Oki Doki3:40 – "I used to be in the 'Ra Ra! Everyone shou...
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All that he wants
"Sorry for the delay"
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