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Christian makes an easy way to send email templates from FileInbox. Chris got a response from the Slack App Store, and is wasted a bunch of time on an ML bug. 00:00 Intro 02:47 Chris's week 04:21 Slack app store 11:18 Working on things that don't go anywhere 16:36 Christian did a bunch of stuff 21:31 Fileinbox email system 24:03 What sells well 28:57 ffmpeg 32:18 Free Fileinbox for marketing? 37:40 3D printing bezier curves 45:24 Tick Tock development (again) 51:44 Just do stuff (again) 53:32 Tinnitus 57:59 How to read a paper Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco pubmed.gov https://arxiv.org/
Chris is in 3 different AI competitions (anyone want to know how GPS works?) and Christian was gone and describes how it feels to get back to work. He's also selling a paramotor, so hopefully that goes well 😆 00:00 Intro 01:07 Life and death reflections 07:00 Give yourself some leeway 12:10 Work is hard until it's easy 16:00 Kaggle competitions 18:17 Objective measures of learning 27:39 Christian wants Black Mirror 🤨 29:24 Different types of AI problems 31:15 How GPS works 41:46 Patent competition (NLP) 44:57 Bird Call competition (audio) 49:26 Slack app store 49:53 MarketingChangelog.com 53:14 Christian's week 54:53 Getting started is the hardest part 57:02 Other tasks and projects Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco
Chris was on a trip, and Christian fell off the co-working wagon. Also, focus on authenticity (on YouTube, but everywhere too) 00:00 Intro 04:06 Tests 08:57 Having a beginner's mind 10:32 Fileinbox bugs 16:21 Consulting 18:52 SaaS math is bananas 23:50 Talking to customers 24:31 Focus is fickle 27:20 Makers.dev early episodes 34:54 Youtube as a reliable source of information 36:17 Prioritize authenticity 50:18 Attaboy 54:13 Hot Take #1: personal private podcast host 56:49 Hot Take #2: ffmpeg as a service (again) 01:02:21 How to start working with other people Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco undefined
Chris created his buyer's guide for acornchat. Christian gets another contracting job and wonders how to leverage that or if he should try to get more similar contracts. 00:00 Intro 00:50 SaaS buyer's guide 11:20 Look at all these salad dressings! 14:00 Machine learning theory and math 19:01 Fileinbox updates 24:37 Errands and engagement rings 32:09 Face follower contracting job 39:16 Making an automated Fiverr service 42:58 Modularizing code Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco
Christian calculates his consulting rate per hour. Chris soft launched saastips.com and was immediately overwhelmed by email bot signups. After fixing that problem, it led to three new SaaS ideas. 00:00 Intro 02:57 Launching saastips.com 12:25 Fixing fake bot email signups 18:54 Hot take #1: email signup saas 23:55 Hot take #1.5: better newsletter sending UI 32:29 Hot take #2: Marketing Changelog 39:11 $183.60 per hour 51:45 Back to SaaS 57:14 Hot take #3: Face follower Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco
We chat with Tim Leland who runs a link shortener (t.ly) and a weather extension. We cover how he came up with the ideas, how he developed and marketed them, and where he sees the future of his products and Chrome extensions in general.
00:00 Intro
00:22 Tim Leland's start as a developer
05:24 The Chrome Extension Marketplace
09:52 Security concerns about Chrome extensions
16:21 Chrome change create opportunities for new developers
20:13 400k active users
21:48 How t.ly works and compares to other link shorteners
29:28 Marketing playbook
33:01 Chrome extension marketplace tips
37:15 Malicious chrome apps
40:35 How to make money with a Chrome extension
42:54 The hard parts of running a link shortener
49:40 What's next for t.ly?
55:19 Other marketing channels
01:00:56 Be simple technically, focus on marketing
01:03:05 Where to follow Tim
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Where to find Tim online:
https://twitter.com/Tim_Leland
https://timleland.com/migrate-chrome-extensions-to-manifest-v3/
https://timleland.com/extensions/
We both share our takeaways from Microconf.
00:00 Intro
00:37 Microconf growth '22
07:46 Takeaway #1: Focus instead of niche
13:16 Takeaway #2: Buying is harder than selling
19:35 subpoint: have a buyers guide
27:18 Takeaway #3: It's OK to optimize for experience instead of growth
39:05 Tall poppy syndrome
41:37 Excited for SaaS again
46:20 A nice little Italian restaurant on the internet
50:28 Hot take #1: Google voice style frontend for Twilio
55:20 Hot take #2: Tree map for expenses in QuickBooks
01:02:00 Fixed audio
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🚽 “How to Craft a Story that Sells” by April Dunford: https://www.recap.app/april-dunford
🔍”How to Go-To-Market Across Many Verticals” by Asia Orangio: https://www.recap.app/asia-orangio
🐎”Ending Well: The Complex Psychology of Exiting Your Company” by Sherry Walling: https://www.recap.app/sherry-walling
☑️The 7-Figure To Do List: 29 Tactics To Level-Up Your Business In 60 Minutes or Less by Rob Walling: https://www.recap.app/rob-walling-2022
🚀”Here’s the exact method I used to scale to $100k MRR in 12 months”: https://twitter.com/nathanbarry/status/1512782207508643845
🌳Grand Perspective’s tree map: http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/
🍝 “Nice Italian restaurant of the internet”: https://youtu.be/0CDXJ6bMkMY
Chris almost has Acorn Chat feature complete and ready to submit to the Slack app store. Christian is getting close to finishing the serverless FileInbox v1. Also we talk about RSI and using voice commands as a potential way to limit injury.
00:00 Intro
00:37 Expectation maximization
06:06 Acorn Chat
09:10 Screenshots and video marketing
12:55 Simple can be a differentiating factor
17:50 New Kaggle competition - are patents good or bad?
28:21 AI can be both good and bad
31:48 All the Music
33:49 The Gap
35:48 FileInbox recording, uploading, and downloading
41:25 RSI causes and fixes
44:44 Talon voice control
49:22 Home automation architecture
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🔍 "The Gap" by Ira Glass: https://youtu.be/91FQKciKfHI
🎼 All the Music project: https://youtu.be/sJtm0MoOgiU
🎧 All The Music player: https://gen.co/allthemusic
Chris is almost ready to submit his Slack app to the Slack app directory. Christian tries to figure out how to charge for work he wants to do for a friend. Christian also has ideas about home automation. 00:00 Intro 01:08 Kaggle essay competition 08:16 Building a Slack app 09:32 The amount of time things take to get done 17:09 Administrative poms 20:12 Home automation 37:50 Doing work for friends: paid or free? 52:48 Fileinbox update 55:36 Naming things is hard Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco
MeetingPlace is sold, so Chris is working on his next SaaS. Christian keeps getting stuff done on FileInbox, and wonders when he can actually fly with his paramotor.
00:00 Intro
02:28 Microaquired
09:29 SaaS feelings
13:23 Why developers are bad at marketing
16:31 What is the core functionality?
17:58 AcornChat development roadmap
22:31 Kaggle update
28:50 Getting work done one step at a time
44:42 Hobbies
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Chris finalizes the sale of MeetingPlace. Christian worries that he's getting too productive.
00:00 Intro
01:03 Completing the sale of MeetingPlace
11:33 Should Christian sell something?
15:01 Data science
16:14 Coworking progress
21:30 Open vs closed mode of working
32:09 Admin work
38:49 Three Body Problem
40:29 Paramotor Adventure
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Chris sells a SaaS! Christian tries to figure out what makes him productive. [Sorry for the audio quality! - it gets better next week]
00:07 Slava Ukraini
03:31 Selling MeetingPlace
08:43 Advice for selling a SaaS
11:21 Strategy to build apps just to sell
13:53 Motivation to sell
16:15 SaaS valuation calculations
20:30 Data competitions
22:51 Accountability buddy effectiveness
27:03 Time estimates are hard
30:41 Another app idea
33:05 So easily tricked
34:16 Open vs Closed mode
36:58 Goals for the next week
41:26 Administrative stuff
45:18 Talking openly about work issues
48:24 Audio quality
49:05 Allergies
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The Killer Combo of Free Content with Paid Promotion – Jordan Gal – MicroConf Growth 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9aLKqRuS7A
Microconf is in 40 days! We talk about what we want to accomplish before then, and come up with a strategy to hold each other accountable and get stuff done.
00:00 Intro
01:18 MicroConf in 1.5 months
04:07 The next 40 days
10:22 Accountability buddies
15:13 AI competitions
19:13 Tesla safe driving score
24:20 Writing mini blog posts
31:42 Paramotoring
33:45 Flashcard app
38:54 The big SaaS idea for a flashcard app
42:17 Neuroticism
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Chris has to relearn a bunch of math and tries to figure out how to teach it as well. Christian has a new way to try to get things done by delaying work on his fun projects.
00:00 Intro
03:08 ML Math
08:16 Teaching as you're learning
17:57 Games that you can't lose
22:08 Anki flashcards app
31:55 New tactic to get things done
36:04 Making clear priorities for Christian's assistant
40:18 Have you ever made a french fry?
45:11 Tesla roadtrip
50:53 Paramotoring
57:08 FSD Beta 10
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Chris tries to figure out how to learn the math he needs for ML by teaching it. Christian buys a new domain name, then works on another project for 16 hours and tries to figure out how to deliver it.
00:00 Intro
03:38 Benefits of taking a break
08:28 How to teach math?
12:52 Am I a web dev or actually shifting to AI?
14:07 Snow water equivalent competition
19:23 Doge wordle
26:50 Feeling like a BOSS
34:45 Nerdle solver
38:31 Magic robot arm
43:10 Some people are controversial
52:17 Don't make work for other people
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Christian had a really productive week and would like to figure out how to have more weeks like that. Chris is doing well in a Kaggle competition and had to learn a bunch of math for ML this week.
00:00 Intro
02:11 ML math is like coding
08:45 How Kaggle promotes code and idea sharing
18:12 Balancing family life and work
27:20 Christian's super productive week
33:04 Stripe extension vs coding your own
35:36 How to handle feature flags
37:20 What can an executive assistant do?
43:10 Attaboy
49:07 Making SaaS videos (as a service?)
52:10 Wordle solver
53:32 Make more videos
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Christian's executive assistant experiment is going great. Chris has to learn a lot more math to do his ML class. Christian has great LEGO aspirations.
00:00 Intro
00:42 LaTeX
06:44 How to learn by teaching
13:28 ML for essay classification
19:39 Folding data into bins
25:22 Christian's executive assistant is great
38:13 FileInbox Stripe integration
46:33 Harry Potter LEGO
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Correction: 59 is prime 😆
Christian finally gets an executive assistant! Chris finishes the pet kaggle competition and prepares to start the next semester of his masters program.
00:00 Intro
02:47 Chris cleans up
07:13 Adam Savage's rules for putting things away
13:16 Kaggle top 6%
18:34 Overcoming futile feelings
21:08 Public and private leader boards are different
27:13 Crypto trading is still gambling
28:46 AcornChat Slack App Store
30:48 Morning pages
34:33 Executive assistant for Christian
41:44 Stripe integration with Firebase
43:40 Whole house humidifier
46:31 Dude, where's my heart?
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Can we only get a lot accomplished if we have something more important to do that we are ignoring? Both Chris and Christian had productive weeks, but only by ignoring other things that we were supposed to do...
00:00 Intro
01:07 Getting stuck on features
07:25 Why features feel good
10:03 Next steps for AcornChat
11:04 Frustrated at Kaggle competition
17:21 Difference between cats and dogs
18:13 Applying AI to business
21:09 MeetingPlace features
22:18 Best way to do HTML embedding
23:15 Productive procrastination
24:21 Wordle solver
29:59 Getting things done only if you have something more important to do
32:34 Won't you be my boss goals
37:45 Dude, where's my Chipotle?
43:31 YC now offers $500k
49:51 We only get one life
54:13 Reading books gives you multiple lives
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Chris re-learns that to go fast you have to slow down. Christian rediscovers who his best customers are and tries to focus on getting more like them. Then he tries to sell a laptop...
00:00 Intro
00:27 Chris did nothing
01:26 Go slow to go fast
05:55 Software is magic
11:04 Dropbox api upgrade
19:01 Won't you be my boss?
31:16 Dude, where's my laptop?
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