Justin Jackson
Co-founder of Transistor.fm
Appears in 158 Episodes
What's driving you now?
"Everybody needs to build a website for Uncle Larry"
Clearing the air
Should you rebuild your app?
Anxiety about what might happen with the business
What do you worry about when you own a software company?
A cloudy feeling of dread
You need to get out of town
Who gets paid, and who doesn't?
"In our universe, the parts that people pay for is interesting."
What's your sustainable competitive advantage?
A chat with Nathan Baschez (Substack, Gimlet, Product Hunt)
The challenges of being in (the wrong) business
Don't optimize for the horse you're riding if you're riding the wrong horse
What happens tomorrow?
Advice for new software founders going into 2020
A Christmas Eve SEO scare
Predictions for 2020
Should you build an audience first?
Some unpopular opinions on bootstrapping
How did we do on last year's predictions?
We tried to see the future
What should we do in 2020?
Tired turkey talk
Why we stopped sharing our revenue numbers
Should you be an "open startup?"
Throwing computers off a tall building
What happens when you get a bug before bedtime
Why did this take so long?
First commit was six months ago!!!
Desktop life
What does Jon think of Tailwind CSS?
Limitless growth!
Wrestling with capitalism, SSO, and our spending
"Launched" with quotation marks
Are we flailing now that our first cycle has ended?
What's threatening our business?
"All of these eyeballs are giving me anxiety."
$30k in MRR – how does this feel?
Hot topics
How do you even sleep at night?
A lot of business owners have a hard time sleeping; what can be done about it?
Bootstrapping loneliness
No safety nets – there's going to be some injuries
Is it a good idea to be a transparent startup?
We've started our 6-week dev cycle.
How much MRR is enough?
Also: will paid podcast feeds be a thing?
Change is in the air
Do you feel it?
The constant feature release cycle
How could we enjoy the journey more?
WHO DELETED MY CODE?!?!
Two peanut butter banana sandwiches at 2am
How we're Shaping Up
Lots of feedback on our last episode with Jason Fried
Jason Fried wants to delete our backlog
Also: it's our 1-year launchiversary!
No sleep 'till Brooklyn (what we learned in New York)
Justin visits Spotify, Chartable, and many others. Jon found an office!