MegaMaker 2022

Josh and Justin recorded this on Jan 19th, 2022.Show notes Meeps – the best way to start a membership site Why haven't we launched yet? The anxiety of not being able to sleep as an entrepreneur: "how am I going to make this work?" How much revenue does the MegaMaker community make per year? Bootstrapping with kids Survey results ProBar.co – track your progress towards a goal publicly Find Josh and Justin online: Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin Support the show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Please! Share the show with your friends. The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app Want to start a podcast?

Sorry this episode is late! Josh and Justin recorded Dec 1st, and I'm publishing it two weeks later.Show notes Justin's Black Friday results When should we launch? January 15, 2022 Francesco's tweet about Typefully revenue vs Mailbrew Tweet: "With startups, the amount of reward you get (revenue) is based on demand: "How strongly do people want what you're selling?"" Find Josh and Justin online: Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin Support the show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Please! Share the show with your friends. The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app Want to start a podcast?

In this episode, Josh and Justin discuss when to open up a SaaS for early-access; and how they're going to use Meeps to make it better.Show notes Early-access homepage Our early access email How we're running early access for Meeps Tweet: anyone else noticing a slow August? How Justin does marketing at Transistor Find Josh and Justin online: Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin Support the show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Please! Share the show with your friends. The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app

In this episode, Josh and Justin discuss when to open up a SaaS for early-access; and how they're going to use Meeps to make it better.Show notes Casey Neistat interview Sign up for Meeps early access! Meeps video update Find Josh and Justin online: Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin Support the show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Please! Share the show with your friends. The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app

I had a conversation about building online communities on Twitter Spaces that I wanted to share with you.Show notesThanks to Vineet Sinha for organizing the Twitter Spaces: https://twitter.com/VineetSinha Find Josh and Justin online: Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin Support the show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Please! Share the show with your friends. The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app

In this episode, we answer some questions from MegaMaker members: Val asks: "I'm super curious about this:  How much of starting Meeps was a "hunch" rather than a structured discovery?" Ben asks: "Validation, what are ya'll trying right now/soon to get a signal if you're onto something? Also, is there a "company-wide" donut Friday? 😉" Tom asks: "Yes, specifically user discovery: how do you validate that the customer has, knows about, and will pay to solve the problem?" Jon: "(From our remote work discussion in MegaMaker): I'm interested in learning how you work together. Pros/cons?" Show notes "Business ideas are observations paired with hunches." https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1258879868952952833 Join our waiting list on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/meeps Community Weekly: https://communityweekly.co/ Memberful pricing: https://memberful.com/pricing Justin's spreadsheet for subscription platforms VentureBeat: Commsor raises $16 million to unlock insights from companies’ online communities Commsor: a list of all the community tools Community.club Community jobs: https://www.community.club/jobs Find Josh and Justin online: Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin Support the show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Please! Share the show with your friends. The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app

In this episode: Joshua Anderton gets three months of runway so he can work full-time on Meeps.app.Show notes The benefit of the TALL stack: https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1409304136504414210 MegaMaker community on Meeps: https://megamaker.meeps.app/ How did validation work with Transistor? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNDgRcJYAEg Product Hunt Ship: https://www.producthunt.com/ship Justin's barber: https://www.instagram.com/brett_thebarber/ Matty Conrad: https://www.instagram.com/mattyconrad/ Podcast hosting: https://transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com Find Josh and Justin online: Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin Support the show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Please! Share the show with your friends. The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app

This episode Joshua Anderton and Justin explore customer demand; how to recognize it, and where to find it. Plus: what do you think of the name? 😅Show notes The best way to build a membership directory: https://meeps.app Taylor Otwell's Laravel framework: https://laravel.com Adam Wathan and Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com Podcast hosting: https://transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com Find Josh and Justin online: Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin Support the show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Please! Share the show with your friends.

This season, Justin is making his first investment in Joshua Anderton. In this first episode they talk about the idea for a new SaaS app.Show notes Online community for indie makers: https://megamaker.co Upscribe: https://upscribe.net Justin's blog post: https://justinjackson.ca/solorisk Family Budget Calculator: https://www.epi.org/resources/budget Okanagan Developers group: http://okdg.org Podcast hosting: https://transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com Find Josh and Justin online: Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton Joshua's personal podcast: https://www.ramen.fm Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin Support the show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Please! Share the show with your friends.

I'm doing a new season of MegaMaker. This season I'll be investing in Joshua Anderton, and partnering with him on a new project. The first episode is coming soon!You may have noticed: I've deleted all past episodes from this feed. Now I have Transistor.fm, and it's going well. So, for the first time ever, I'm in a position to invest in someone else.That's what we're going to be doing here on MegaMaker. And my first investment is going to be in Joshua Anderton. He's built a product called Upscribe.Show notes Upscribe: upscribe.net Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com Find Josh and Justin online: Joshua Anderton on Twitter: @joshuaanderton Justin Jackson on Twitter: @mijustin Support the show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Please! Share the show with your friends.

Back in July 2018, right before we launched Transistor, I was so stressed out about money. What's happened since then?Show notesRead: Bootstrapper's ParadoxMy interview Jason CalacanisTransistor's revenue numbers are publicPodcast hosting: Transistor.fmTheme music: Striker-metal.comFind Justin online:Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustinFollow me on TwitchSubscribe on YouTubeSupport the show:Leave a review on iTunes!Join MegaMaker Club

Find Justin online: Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin Follow me on Twitch Subscribe on YouTube Show notes Annie Duke interview about professional poker on Farnam Street Casey Neistat clip his from the podcast Couples Therapy John Siracusa clip is from ATP, episode 293 Seth Godin clip is from the Akimbo podcast, Genius Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com Support the show:Leave a review on iTunes!Join MegaMaker Club★ Support this podcast ★

Show notes I'll be at Laracon in Chicago! July 25-26, 2018 On the blog: Maybe you shouldn't be a solopreneur Leave a review on iTunes! Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin Subscribe on YouTube Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com What am I working on these days?I'm building Transistor.fm and Spots.fm with my friend Jon Buda.Marketing for Developers is available until July 30th, 2018 (last chance to buy until October!)★ Support this podcast ★

Show notes Check out my birthday sale! Watch the full interview between Nathan and Justin Nathan Allotey's website Leave a review on iTunes! Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin Subscribe on YouTube Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com What am I working on these days?I'm building a new podcasting platform called Transistor.fm with my friend Jon Buda.I'm also creating a system for validating your market and your product. It's called the Product Validation Checklist.I'm having a birthday sale until June 18th: megamaker.co/birthday★ Support this podcast ★

Show notes MxPx Kickstarter MxPx's website Rolling Stone: 50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums Mike Herrera on Twitter Mike Herrera on Instagram Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com Contact me Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin Subscribe on YouTube What am I working on these days?I'm building a new podcasting platform called Transistor.fm with my friend Jon Buda.I'm also creating a system for validating your market and your product. It's called the Product Validation Checklist.I'll be speaking at MicroConf Las Vegas 2018. If you're going, say hi!★ Support this podcast ★

What am I working on these days?I'm building a new podcasting platform called Transistor.fm with my friend Jon Buda.I'm also creating a system for validating your market and your product. It's called the Product Validation Checklist.I'll be speaking at MicroConf Las Vegas 2018. If you're going, say hi!Show notes Read this on my blog: justinjackson.ca/opinion/ Check out my new podcast: Build Your SaaS! Sascha Segan's Macbook Pro article for PC Magazine Joel Spolsky's article on leading developers Leave a review on iTunes! The new Tiny Marketing Wins Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin Subscribe on YouTube Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com ★ Support this podcast ★

The announcement: I’m building a new podcasting hosting platformIt’s called Transistor.fm. It was started by my friend Jon Buda, in Chicago. I’m coming on as his co-founder.Jon and I were introduced in 2014 by our mutual friend Chase Reeves at XOXO in Portland. Here’s a photo from the day we met.Show notes Read this on my blog: justinjackson.ca/new-saas Check out my new podcast: Build Your SaaS! Check out Cards Against Humanity's podcast: The Good News Podcast Leave a review on iTunes! The new Tiny Marketing Wins Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin Subscribe on YouTube Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com ★ Support this podcast ★

★ Last chance to get $50 off tinymarketingwins.com. Use the code: relaunch! ★What makes a customer try to save $1 one week, but spend $60 (without hesitation) the next week?It comes down to the emotion behind the purchase.Learn how you can use it to attract the right customers, and offer them the right product / service!Show notes The story of iFilm.com Read this on my blog: justinjackson.ca/motivation New social app that everyone's going crazy about: Vero. Leave a review on iTunes! Read the blog post: I spent $30k looking for product-market fit The new Tiny Marketing Wins Learn about the new SaaS I'm building Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin Subscribe on YouTube Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com ★ Get $50 off Tiny Marketing Wins until Feb 28, 2018 with the code: relaunch ★★ Support this podcast ★

Thousands of dollars were pouring into my account. And I was miserable. Show notes Leave a review on iTunes! Read the blog post: I spent $30k looking for product-market fit The new Tiny Marketing Wins Learn about the new SaaS I'm building Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin Subscribe on YouTube Podcast hosting: Transistor.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com ★ Get $50 off Tiny Marketing Wins until Feb 28, 2018 with the code: relaunch ★★ Support this podcast ★

2017 proved that it's harder than ever to be a solo-founder. Niches crumbled. Marketing channels were saturated. Competition increased. And more than ever, consumers got tired. Show notes Leave a review on iTunes! Join the 2018 new year's bootcamp The new MegaMaker.co The new MegaMaker Club (formerly Product People Club) Send Justin a message on Twitter: @mijustin Send Justin a message on Instagram: instagram.com/mijustin Subscribe on YouTube Podcast hosting: Simplecast.fm Theme music: Striker-metal.com ★ Support this podcast ★