play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause Jan 25, 2024 bonus 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...
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause 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 ...
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause 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 ...
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause 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!)...
play Play pause Pause 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 ...
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause Aug 16, 2022 Jon & Justin reveal everything (part 2) As a part of Transistor's 4-year anniversary, Jon and Justin answer your questions
play Play pause Pause Aug 10, 2022 Jon & Justin reveal everything (part 1) Transistor celebrates 4 years since the launch
play Play pause Pause 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.
play Play pause Pause 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
play Play pause Pause 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
play Play pause Pause 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
play Play pause Pause Apr 05, 2022 Taylor Otwell: the business of Laravel in 2022 Becoming a better leader, so that your product can grow and thrive.
play Play pause Pause Mar 22, 2022 Why Customer Support = Startup Success "Customer Support may be the most under-appreciated role in SaaS."
play Play pause Pause 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...
play Play pause Pause Jan 18, 2022 Founders' retreat Jon and Justin are reunited in the COVID capital of British Columbia
play Play pause Pause Dec 24, 2021 Reflecting on 2021 Jon and Justin record one last episode for 2021
play Play pause Pause Dec 07, 2021 Brian Casel, of Bootstrapped Web, chats about his new app Brian talks about why ZipMessage feels different than his other SaaS projects
play Play pause Pause Nov 25, 2021 bonus 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.
play Play pause Pause Oct 12, 2021 A few questions We answer listener questions about bootstrapping, SaaS, and partnerships
