Jack Ellis - How to Run a Company People-First

Update: 2022-10-20

Description

Jack Ellis is the co-founder of Fathom Analytics, a privacy-first Google Analytics alternative. Jack also teaches an online course on Laravel, a popular PHP framework, and hosts his own podcast, Above Board, where he discusses running an indie and bootstrapped software company.

Jack and I discuss:

How he runs his company people-first
What happens when you judge your employees on their work, rather than on other measures
Lightweight ways of collaborating with a small team
The importance of online privacy and how his company enables that
Why running a lifestyle business is just the best
Overcoming analysis paralysis
The big downside of working remotely—or is it even a downside?
Why I don’t give specific advice for people with ADHD (or other conditions)

And much more. Enjoy the show!

Find Jack:

JackEllis.me
Fathom Analytics, privacy-focused website analytics
Serverless Laravel, Jack’s course for Laravel developers
Above Board, the Fathom Analytics podcast, which Jack co-hosts

Also mentioned:

Things 3, my favorite task manager
Linear, a collaborative software development app
Tuple, a remote pair programming app

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Jack Ellis - How to Run a Company People-First

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