#234 – Money, Kids, and Choosing Your Market with Justin Jackson of Transistor.fm

Synopsis

Justin Jackson, co-founder of Transistor.fm, talks about transitioning from running a brick-and-mortar snowboarding shop to building a SaaS podcast hosting business. He also discusses how having four kids at a young age shaped his views on money, legacy, and the future.

Ideas in this episode

• Vertical SaaS for a specific industry

  Justin Jackson's Transistor.fm is a vertical SaaS focused narrowly on podcast hosting, and he discusses how he chose that specific market.

• SaaS tools for content creators

  Justin Jackson co-founded Transistor.fm, a SaaS for podcasters, and discusses moving from a physical snowboarding shop into the creator-tools market.

• Bootstrapped micro-SaaS portfolio

  Justin Jackson, co-founder of Transistor.fm, transitioned from a brick-and-mortar snowboard shop to a bootstrapped SaaS podcast hosting business.