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Michele Hansen, co-founder of Geocod.io (a geocoding API for developers), argues that developers can and should talk to customers. The…
Shaan and Sam predict the future of venture capital, explain SPACs, and discuss ways to win as a VC. They also cover Tonic Fake Data,…
A digital marketer built a six-figure business selling an online belly dancing course, replacing her corporate career with her passion.
A DIYer earned $20,000 in 2020 selling knitting kits on Etsy. The episode explores why her kits succeeded where many other craft sellers…
Failure Friday with Alan Perlman, founder of a drone training company that now does seven figures a year. The story focuses on a rocky…
Ramit Sethi (I Will Teach You To Be Rich) on running a course business for 15+ years, who Jay Abraham is, pet and cosmetics business ideas,…
How community businesses work: the law of reciprocity, Friends With Benefits (token-backed community), why communities can be great…
Growth expert Julian Shapiro lays out his three 'cheat codes' for printing cash with a startup: (1) give the customer a no-brainer decision…
Rob Fitzpatrick (The Mom Test) discusses his new book 'Write Useful Books' and treats book-writing as a product-development exercise. The…
Mini-retirements and the Tim Ferriss / Naval Ravikant lens on work, work ethic in other countries, the lion-vs-cow living metaphor, the…
A lawyer's after-hours music production hobby drew interest, leading him to package his knowledge into a series of video tutorials and a…
The daughter of a jewelry maker left corporate finance to launch her own custom jewelry brand. The episode covers how she applied finance…
Failure Friday segment with Nate Martin, founder of Puzzle Break, America's original escape room. An early expansion into San Francisco…
Valentin Hinov launched Thankbox, a group e-card / appreciation product for remote and distributed teams, and rode pandemic-era remote-work…
Episode 210: how a handful of politicians make money from car dealerships, Skip Barber racing school, a digitised gun-range idea,…
A product manager turned his love of tabletop roleplaying games into a business where he hosts and runs paid D&D sessions for others. The…
A Missouri ESL teacher sold a couple of barstools on a whim, then built a furniture flipping side hustle that grew into a full-time income.…
A Failure Friday segment features the inventor of a mug made of ice. He brought the product to a large outdoor event in Minnesota, but…
Gary Vaynerchuk on Vayner X headcount growth, NFTs (the 'what, not the how'), VeeFriends and VeeCon, his master plan to buy and grow…
Shaan and Steph Smith (Trends / 'Internet Goldmines') riff on FSA-dollar spending ideas, swag-pack opportunities, the 'Chief Automation…
Samy Dindane is the founder of Hypefury, a Twitter growth and scheduling tool. He found his co-founder via an Indie Hackers post and grew…
A menswear designer and new mom leaves her stable job to freelance for direct-to-consumer brands, building a flexible design practice. The…
Two management consultants open an online shop selling digital and print-on-demand travel-themed art prints. The episode covers building a…
Failure Friday: Amy McCord Jones of Flower Moxie learns the hard way that customers want photos of every colour option; skipping product…
