The Art of Product

The Code Quality Challenge (https://tuple.app/code-quality-challenge) Tuple's open CTO position (https://tuple.app/jobs/cto) Kevin Shen's Dream Studio Course (https://dreamstudiocourse.com/)

Ben Kuhn drops by the pod. Check out his great blog! https://www.benkuhn.net/

Aaron Francis (Tuple's Marketing Engineer) drops by for advice on his non-Tuple project, a query builder for Rails and Laravel called Refine.

Penelope Phippen drops by and encourages Ben to set, like, even a single goal.

Talking with Dr. Sherry Walling about dealing with mental health personally and how to help people around you who may be struggling.

Tuple launched a new marketing experiment this week. Derrick is continuing work on migrating SavvyCal to new hosting infrastructure.

The Tuple team had their first filming session for the meta-documentary about their marketing experiments. Derrick is awaiting results from the latest SavvyCal funnel experiments.

Ben and Derrick catch up on all things Tuple (https://tuple.app/) and SavvyCal (https://savvycal.com). Ben recently raised prices for Tuple. Derrick is experimenting with major funnel changes for SavvyCal.

Derrick is launching a bunch of SavvyCal features this month, including a Close integration and meeting polls. Ben has had good experiences lately talking to customers.

Stripe's Technical Advisor to the CTO, Penelope Phippen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/penelope-phippen-4103142b/) stops by and Ben tries to get her to divulge company secrets.

Ben and Derrick chat through a cool new feature Tuple (https://tuple.app/) is shaping up. They also discuss Tuple's ambitious marketing bets.

Ben and the Tuple team have hit a good shipping stride lately. Derrick and team are nearing completion on a few large SavvyCal initiatives. The guys reflect on MicroConf and the nature of dispensing advice.

Derrick and Ben share updates from the Castos recording booth at MicroConf Growth.

Our favorite Canadian drops by to talk mobility, fancy A/V setups, what's next for Tailwind UI, and how we'll never find peace of mind.

Ben and Derrick riff on a variety of topics, including coffee brewing, retreats, MicroConf, design, finding business ideas, and interesting subreddits. Links: Sweet Maria's (https://www.sweetmarias.com/) MicroConf (https://microconf.com/) Finding My Next Bootstrapped Business Idea (https://www.derrickreimer.com/essays/2019/05/28/finding-my-next-bootstrapped-business-idea.html) The Stair Step Approach to Bootstrapping (https://robwalling.com/2015/03/26/the-stairstep-approach-to-bootstrapping/) fatFIRE (https://www.reddit.com/r/fatFIRE/) OneBag - The Art of Minimalist Travel (https://www.reddit.com/r/onebag/)

The Tuple team has recently grown by three team members! Ben is looking forward to getting the Linux client out the door in the next month. Derrick is staying busy moving SavvyCal forward and bringing his new developer into the app.

Ben talks to Brian Lovin, a designer, podcaster, writer, and software tinkerer.

Ben and Derrick chat with Tuple's Chief of Staff and GTD expert, Stephen Dolan. They discuss Stephen's path from programming to sales to his current role and nerd out over methods for staying productive.